Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-31
WILSON'S DELAY
CLOGS MACHINERY
OF THE COURTS
Judge Ten Eyck's and Three
Other Places on Bench
Vacant Tonight.
TWO PROSECUTORS ALSO
END THEIR TERMS
No Successors Chosen and Trials
Must Await the Gov.
ernor's Action.
From a star Correspondent ]


TRENTON, March 31.-New Jerseys
criminal and civil machinery is being
clogged because of the failure of Gov
ernor Wilson to make the needed ap-
pointments.
Today March 81. the terms of four
judges of the Court of Common Pleas
otherwise known as county judges, who
handle the criminal business and much
of the civil matters of the respective
counties. expire, as do also the terms
of two prosecutors of the pleas.
Following is a list of the vacancies
that occur today. none. of which can
be filed by the Governor till next week
because the Senate confirmation can
not be made till then. a recess of the
upper House having been taken:
COUNTY JUDGES.
Essex County-Judge Jay Ten Eyck.
Cape May County-Judge James M.
E. Hildreth.
Hunterdon County-Judge John L..
Connect.
salem County Judge G. H Sinnick-
son.
PROSECUTORS OF THE PLEAS.
Passaic County-Eugene EmIey.
Hunterdon County-George X. Large.
The Middlesex county situation was
attended to the carly part Of the week,
when the Governor appointed Surro-
gate Peter Francis DAILY to succeed
County Judge Adrian Lyon. The Sem
ate confirmed the DAILY nomination on
Tuesday. Warren and Sussex counties
would also be handicapped but for the
Governors recent appointments.
william A Stryker was appointed
prosecutor of Warren county to sue
ceed John I. Blair Reiley, and Lewis
Martin was named as county Judge of
Sussex county to succeed Judge Henry
C. Hunt.
Judge Ten Eyck, of Essex county, re-
tires tonight. The Governors failure
to fill the vacancy that occurs at mid
night has complicated matters in that
county hearings and trials that were
scheduled for yesterday and today
were called off by the judge, who said
early in the week:
There is no use of me taking up
new matters at the present time. My
term expires on Friday, and all mat
ters pending before me must be cleaned
up by that time. 1 will have all I can
do to take care of matters that have
been heard before me and are now
waiting decision without taking up
new cases for trial or hearing that
might not be finished by Friday"
The delay on the part of Governor
Wilson has not only stopped all court
proceedings in Part 1. but has pu. a
number of lawyers to a lot of useless
trouble in preparing cases down for
| trial this week. only to have them put
off until a later date.
In Passafc County.
| The Passaic county prosecutorship il
causing some little comment in thai
/ section. The term of judge of the
! District Court of Paterson also ex-
pires today, but 1t differs from tn,
| prosecutorship. Prosecutors are ap
i pointed for five-year terms, and ther
! their incumbency ends. With the Dis
trict Court judgships different situa
| tfon presents itself The incumben
holds over till a successor shall have
been appointed. The present judge
William L Lewis's commission provides
that he shall serve for a term of fiv'
years and until a successor Is ap
| pointed.