Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-03

cut Courts appoint jury commissions
Mr.. zisgen supported this, asserting
II would carry out Democratic
pledges. He said forty-four States
mad jury commissions. but admitted
these We're not all appointed by the
courts. Mr.. McDermott later stated
that in most of these States the com
missioners were either elected or the
people elected their judges. He en-
phasized this as an important fact
showing that in these States the
drawing of juries was not far re-
moved from the people.
Speaker Taylor removed the time
limit ordinarily imposed in debate
and long harangue from Mr..
Matthews followed. When it was
ended MIR. Martin pointed out that
I'll. Matthews during the session had
sdulousl.v played to a Newark eve
ng paper, which each day had
tied his curly head and told him
at a NICE boy he was" Never dur
the sc ssion had Mr.. Matthews
sen except to say Something mean
nasty" added Mr.. Martin.
Assemblyn1an Salus. of Atlantic,
gpellu although iiG lltid
ned the co Inference committee re-
TT recomme nding the referendum
the McDerlnott dual proposition,
would not st and for. that bill. and
d only signe the report to get
nething before the House. He
pod for the Republican bill and
mitted that b,V doing so he was
ing to his pol ltical doom so far
j. Atlantic County was concerned.
Hennessy Att acks Measure.
IT. Hennessy spoke strongly
inst the conferer ice committee bill
in favor of the Republican bill,
/ vead President Wilson's denun-
tions of the presentssystem of draw
by sheriffs.
Ir. FIsch of ESSEX, best summed
the situation when he referred to
4 eretary of State Bryan's recent
sech heleJ in which, the Nebraskan
clared that membels of the House
Bould act from the democratic and
rot the aristocratic VIEWS of govern
ment. 1.-THE measure offered by the
Republicans" said Mr.. Fisch, car
ries out the principle t,f the aristo-
IfiIlC NltHs IL SiyS tue PVOplt VI
New Jersey are not: intelligent
enough to think for themselves. But
the bill recommended by the major
ity OF the conference committee
takes tine democratic view and de-
clares the people are intelligent
enough to determine what they want
and what viii be given an opportun-
ity to decide"
Speaking for his substitute, Mr..
lSates said it was only an accident
that 1t was introduced in the Senate
~ a Republican, and that Demo-
{ratic votes could pass it and 1t
Would then be a Democratic measure.
Mr.. Beekman declared the sheriff
plan. proposed in part of. tho Nc
.1ermott bill. was worse than the
ssresent sheriff system, because the
:ourts would virtually draw the
jurors. Mr. Nhtting declared that
Essex County had the best sheriff
here was, and that after the people
that county had voted on the Nc
aermott bill the sheriffs would still
tain the power of selecting jurors.
! he people of Essex, he said. would
| elcome referendum.
Republican Bill Killed
j He moved the previous question
Ina the vote was taken whether the
Republican Circuit Court measure
|houid be adopted. The Republican
bin was killed by vote of Is for and
~ against The affirmative votes
were cast by Adams, Coles, Conrad,
Hates, Moore, Peacock and Salus.
and A. M. Agnew, Beck
man. Hennessy. Holcombe, Leonard,
j. A. Matthews. Mount, Neighbor,
Porter, Smick and Zisgen, Democrats.
Then Mr.. McDermott explained tho
of his bill, in which the
two propositions of sheriff-drawn and
circuit court commissions are joined
with a referendum to decide which
shall prevail He asserted the Dill
offered real jury reform, in that 1t
teok the progressive step of providing
for court supervision over the sheriff
BIZ giving the court the right to
oppose as many names Of jurors as 1t
chose.
I'm answer to "A question from
Speaker Taylor if he would consent
should the Senate provide that SUI
preme Court and not Circuit Court
Justices should appoint commission
eFsl MIR. McDermott said he would.
MIR Martin in urging the passage
Hlst he McDermott bill, said;
5rhe members of this House do not
)ow what the people of New Jersey
ant. We are here to put on the
Hatute books a law which will do
What we promised to do, and that is
provide real jury reform. We say to
the people now: You take the one
YOU want and Wen be satisfied.
Courts Get Power. Anyhow.
Again Mr. Beelman artfully at
tackled the McDermott bill because he
said the sheriff section of it would
actually let the courts draw the
1uries. That was a dangerous prac-
tlse he said. whereas, in the commits
sion plan the court would only APP
point the commission and have moth
ing TO say about the actual selection
of jurors names. Mr. Fisch pointed
out how much labor organizations
we're against commissions for jury
1 selections. telling of hundreds of let
Tiers to that effect which he had re-
ceived Mr. Mcguire, of Essex. spoke
in similar vein. Labor men were
unanimous in sentiment.
I. Mr.. Carrow, of Camden, objected to