Now,  as  to  some  other  criticisms  that  have  been  made  here,  and
of  which  I  took  a  brief  note  in  passing.  One  gentleman  thought,
and  I  think  it  was  my  friend  from  New  York,  coming  from  our  end
of  the  State,  which  bears  one-half  the  taxation  of  the  whole  State,
that  the  argument  of  economy  was  hardly  worth  considering.
Here  we  are  to  put  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  million  more  money  into
the  judicial  machinery  of  the  State,  and  that  argument  rests  as
lightly  here  as  the  volatile  air.  Our  friend,  Judge  Moore,  thinks
that  he  could  go  to  every  valley  and  hill  and  talk  to  his  con-
stituency in  favor  of  adding  a  quarter  of  a  million  to  the  expense
of  the  judiciary  here.  I  am  not  in  favor  of  any  such  thing.  I
think  the  number  we  have  is  adequate  and  that  we  want  no  more
additions  to  the  court.  I  was  very  much  interested  when  I  saw
our  friend  from  Cattaraugus  (Mr.  Vedder),  the  proposed  future
Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  State,  which  chair  he  will  adorn  if
he  gets  it.  (Applause.)  I  suppose  he  is  about  as  good  a  man  as  we
can  get;  he  delivered  a  panegyric  here  on  the  work  of  this  com-
mittee, which  has  been  three  months  in  session,  such  a  panegyric  as
I  rarely  ever  heard  upon  a  piece  of  literary  construction.  Now,
sir,  what  was  it?  Why,  Mr.  Chairman,  the  very  first  blow  of  his
right  arm  shattered  one  of  the  very  foundation  stones  of  this  report,
and  it  was  stricken  out,  I  think,  almost  by  unanimous  consent.
