New-York tribune., 1911-02-16
1AMMANY |NSOLENT
Continued from nrst page.

~" Fietly effectively that tas
Tiger had swallowed the LEGISLATURE,
;ud' refreshed by that meal, was con-
Scious OF its strength and determined
10 reno and tear for amusement and
beneht at any and all times. Levy
Jcered at the professional reformers
who get their reward az the end of each
month In their pay envelopes" and "col-
lege professors who go down through
the East Side In automobiles and then
write magazine articles about the deni-
zens Of the crowded East Side" He
talked about "hysteria" stirred up by
these reformers. as illustrated by the
protests against this bill.
"1nsincere. false and dishonest" he
termed it. alluding at that particular
time 70 the. tenor OF remarks by Robert
s. Binkerd. secretary of the club, whom
he termed the almost mature Binkerd,
come here TO give US the benefit of mis-
ilhnita bic wisdom for pay"
So 1t went along until. after he had
finished. Senator Bayne asked Lawrence
WELLER. who was in charge Of the oppo-
sitiCn. If he wanted to sum up.
mo, we have nothing further to say
after this last performance. said he.
Justice Page, who as Senator headed
the legislative commission which in
vestigated the conduct Of the inferior
courts Of criminal jurisdiction in first
class cities and reported the bill which
ic the 1aU he u,
opposition TO the Tammany bill.
THE effect of this proposed change"
he said, would be to break down every
thing Of progressive nature that has
been accomplished by our commission.
1t would abolish the night courts and
the Court Of Domestic Relations and
would break UP the unity Of the Court OF
Special Sessions.
Would End Night Court.
This would be brought about because
the bill provides that the judges Of Spe-
cial Sessions shall be elected by the peo-
pie Of the borough in which they reside
and the magistrates in the districts in
which they reside. Because OF consti-
tutional limitation. judges can only pre-
side in the districts from which they are
elected. Under that condition it would
be impossible 10 have certain judges of
the city designated to compose a night
court or a court Of domestic relations. as
they could not leave their districts. The
only solution then would be the impos-
sible one OF having night courts and
courts Of domestic relations in every dis
trict"
Judge Page declared that the Sullivan
bill would not only undo what the Page
commission had accomplished, but would
do away with all the progress that had
been made since 1873, when the elective
system Of selecting inferior court judges
in New York City was supplantad by the
appointive system, because Of the scan
dalous conditions that prevailed before
that time.
Bronson Winthrop, a member OF me
Page commission and chairman OF the
committee on criminal courts o. tne
Charity Organization Society, was the
ney+ sneaker, and the one who probably
suffered the most from the TammanS
hadgering. He read letter from JULIUS
Mayer, opposing the bill. and also one
from Judge Alton B. Parker, in Whlch NJ
said that the present system had re-
sulted from a careful investigation ane
that the time was too short to JUSTIFY 81
extreme q change.
Mr.. winthrop repeated the argumen
Of Judge Page that the bill would az
awav With the night courts and tht
Court Of Domestic Relations.
Here Senator "Christy' Sullivan tAe IN
troducer of the bill, broke IN TO ass
where he found the provision 70 aooHsf
these courts. He explained that "nlH
The bill did not state that in so many
words. the election Of magistrates II
districts and Special Session judges Il
toroushs would have that effect.
Have you any amendments TO correc
this7" asked Senator Sullivan
Mr Winthrop said that ne d!d no
con,e there to offer amendments. Whei
the same question was asked Judge rag
he said he also was not concerned VIII
amendments. as he was satisfied with IN
law as II stands now. From then on M'
winthrop was interrupted by round Q
Questions put TO him by Assemolynna
BrAnnan senator Stllwell. Senator Nc
Clellan and others. They Would haFoI
Give him time 70 answer one questio
before firing another az him, and nnaiI
Chairman Bayne had 10 call for ordei
In fast there was a clash OF words DC
tween the chairman and Senator stl.!
well before the latter would recognize III
rapping Of the gavel To their ouestion
&c N whether the reopls could not eiec
as coed magistrates as the Mayor cou1
onnoint Mr. winthrop made this geners
reply:
"Poljce magistrates differ from otherF
thev are not purely judicial but ADMINS
+ratjve as we'll. They are responsible tc
The peace Of the community. we na'gn
az we'll elect police commissioners as
elect magistrates.
Mr.. einkerd Criticised Bill.
Robert 5. Binkerd. Of the City clu'
declared that the bill was introduce
merely for political reasons and that u
"decent citizens know that 1t is q rippe
bill"
Assemblyman J. J. o'Neill here Pre-
tested that he was just as decent as NJ
Rinkerd was, and the speaker was cat
toned by Chairman Bayne. He no"
ever. declared that when it is propose
90 ,y;ra ont hfty-fve magistrates only or