New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-17

.s - ,.r.v shouId undertake to put f. Z.
Ce,v,.s off the Bench and elevate James Il. ~nr
ting in his stead The object, we must soafA''
nresume, was to distribute the mountainous a'
sousIlv As possible between the contendang par
ties; but party has properly nothing to do with
the matter II the best men who could DC cuosen
judges bad all been either wings or democrats,
they should have been nominated without hesita-
ton. Turning good Judges OF the Bench is the
very last lob that should be attempted By Reform
Committee.
Mr. southworth, already on the " American
ticket is said to be capable and worthy man
very far preferable to Selsh, his Hard and Soft
competitor We trust the Republicans will pre-
sent still better candidate. The Reform Com
mittee should have waited for our nominations be-
fore making their selection.
As to the selection of Messrs Shepard aud
Willet from the Tammany Soft ticket, We are
unable to guess on what principle it has been
made For years, the necessity of separating our
Municipal affairs from party influences has been
urged with zeal and energy BY this Committee aud
acknowledged by most intelligent and respecta-
BILE portion of eur citizens. These have broken
away from party trammels expressly to give their
support to this movement. We, for example, did
our best last Fall against our esteemed personal
friend and compAtriOt John j. Herrick in favor OF
Wilson G. Hunt, Democrat because the latter
was the Reform candidate for Mayor. Thousands
of Wings did likewise But where were Messrs. l.
B. Shepard and j. c. Wiet found in this con-
test Did they prefer the Democrat supported
as Reformer to the regular ammany candidate
or did they keep up the cry, Stick to the party
"yote the whole ticket Regular nominations
"foreverl" If they took the latter course-as
Wa presume will not be denied-why should they
now be promoted to the highest seats in the Re
form synagogue over the heads of such men as are
or surely will be their competitors! DO you say
they are capable and of good repute! We Will
not DENY it; but remember that it was not on the
az sumption of his incapacity or unworthness that
we opposed our friend Herrick last Fall, but be-
cause he was party candidate, pledged to use the
patronage of his office for party ends II was Mr..
Ferrick's speech On accepting the nomination that
rendered $50 we thought, and the Reformers gen.
orally said) his nomination by the Reform Com
mittee impossible Now what was there OBJ
iectiopable in Mr. Herricks position that is not
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paralleled in that of Messrs Shepard and Wlllst
Does not everybody know them to be thorough
partisans-in Municipal concerns as elsewhere
and certain to use their official patronage to sub
serve partisan purposes Is this the entertain
ment to which Wing Reformers were invited
On the whole, we consider the Reform cause
temporarily wrecked by the action of what is left
of the Reform Committee, and we advise every
man to vote in perfect independence of that Com
mttee's recommendations. There are men on the
Reform ticket who deserve to be supported, but
not because of that position. There are also men
on that ticket whom forty Reform nominations
should not induce true reformers to support. Let
each vote exactly he thinks proper, aud be sure
that no committees Endorsement impels him to fill
responsible stations with the incompetent or the
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