Evening journal., 1909-08-18
Wednesday, August I8. 1909
GOOD APPOINTMENTS

II,
i appointed by the court to revise and codfy
the laws of the state are admirably qualified To-,
the task and it is difficult to conceive how bet
ter selection could have been made. The Hon.
Charles B. Lore was an active practitioner at the
bar for than thirty years prior to his eleva-
tion to the Chief Justceship. No one questions
the eminent services rendered by him during the
sixteen years that he occupied seat on the
bench With almost fifty years of experience at
the bar and on the bench, and with his natural
force unabated, there seemed to be peculiar fit
ness in naming him as the head OF the commits
sion.
The second member named is rmerAttorney-
General Herbert II. Ward, who is Recognized as
one OF the leaders of the bar cf this county.
He is in the midst of as large adaw practice as
any one in the stateI1s ability is everywhere
recognized, and he possesses 4o an unusual de-
gree Inequalities needed .ior careful and dis
criminatc revision of the laws
Mr. Walter IL. Hayes, the third member of the
commission is unsurpassed by few, if by any, as
we'll read and able lawyer His experience at
the bar in practice extending over nearly thirty
years embracing causes both large and small
and his familiarity with the legislation that has
been enacted during the past twenty years by
reason Of his close touch with the General Assem-
bly,. eminently fit him for the services entrusted
TO, the commission.
The bar of this county consider the commission
as named a very strong one, and the only objec-
tion that has been heard anywhere comes from
*hc Dover Index. The cOmnlaint made hv that
journal arises from the fact that the members Of
the commission named entirely from the
bar of New Castle county. There might have
been some point in this objection if the members
of the commission were inferior in ability and
fitness to those who might have been chosen
from one or both of the other counties, but this IS
not the case.
THE JOURNAL therefore sees no sound rea-
son for objection made by the Index When we
reflect on the matter, it appears to be about time
that New Castle county should have hand in
the revision of the laws of Delaware. The first
revised code was formulated in 1890 by Willard
Hail. then and for many years before, member
of the Kent county bar. His work was well done.
In 1852 a second revised code was prepared by
Samuel M. Harrington, Daniel nj. Bates and
Joseph p. Comegys, all residents of Kent county.
It. too was a work we'll done In 1874 John II.
Paynter made a revision of the state laws. He
was resident of Georgetown and member OF
the Sussex county bar In 1903 the fourth and
last revision was made under the supervision OF
James H. Hughes ahd Robert II. Vandyke, both
Of the Kent county bar. If, therefore, honors in
the legal profession are to be divided among the
three counties, it is evidently now time for the
New Castle lawyers to take their turn at the
work OF revision.
The State Of Delaware is one hundred and
thirty-three years old, and in all the revisions OF
the laws that have been made in that time the aid
has not been asked. 1t seems to be New Castles
turn now, and in view OF what we have said the
objections urged by the Index to the recently
appointed commission seem to be as foolish and
puere il was TO kick against the new state
bench appointed by Governor Pennewl
Possibly some OF the Dover lawyers are sor,
because they were not appointed on the commits
sion, but we DO not see that they have anything
to complain Of. assuming that the camor of th'
Index for a division of such honors is followed
We trust the Index will get over the large groucl
that it has been displaying against the bench
The thrilling experience OF Street and Sewe
Director John c. Gray while driving near Shell
pot Park the other night. can be appreciated =,
those who use horses BY his presence of mint
only Mr. Gray escaped what might have been
fatal accident. The incident shows that ieati
turks in certain brand of rubber bits that ar
extensively employed by horse owners MI
Gray was driving with zone OF these expensive
rubber bits bought few weeks ago by him. Thi
bit snapped and he was left without any mean
OF controlling his horse 1t was supposed tha
concealed beneath the rubber bit was steel lil<
Sn ordinary bit. which would have prevented tn
accident. but instead there was only films.