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Show TO KILL WII1TMORE HILLS. Tlie district attorneys have won. Their oillcea will not be alwllshed. That Is if the report of tho senate 'i&fvimmfmj ymtk ,&.? l"of rw ' comniltteo on Judiciary Is adopted by the Legislature, and there Is every reason to believe It will be. Tho committee met yesterday afternoon after-noon to consider the Wliltmore bills, that are aimed at the otllccs In question, ques-tion, and after a careful canvas of the bills and the situation, tho former were turned down in toto. Tho oltl argument of tho district attorneys, at-torneys, that many of the county attorneys at-torneys had not oven been admitted to the bar, prevailed with tho committee, com-mittee, and It was decided that district dis-trict attorneys wcro indispensable to tho competent prosecution of tho cases that arose in the various districts. The position of Senator Murdock was that district attorney were Just as nccassary as district Judges, "and moreover," said he, "let us give tho young men of the state a chance to climb up. We have a gratifying example ex-ample of the splendid opportunities that the olllce extends to young men, in tlie Instance of one of the chief Justices Jus-tices of the state, who was first a district dis-trict attorney, then a district Judge, and now is adorning tho Supreme bench of tlie State." Senator Murdock Mur-dock had reference to Justice MeCar-ty, MeCar-ty, who was elevated to tho Supremo bench in the last election. "Wo saw the need of district attorneys attor-neys so clearly," said Senator Johnson, "that It did not take us long to decide to report adversely on the Wliltmore bills." |