New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-10-22

CHOOSING CANDIDATEs BN LOT.
We cheerfully make room to-day for the
letter from Mr. :. Il. Garyin, although 1t really
claims nothing material in that gentleman's ia
yor which wa, not fully conceded in our article
Of Yesterday. III fulfilling what we regarded
A. a public duty in calling attention TO the pub
lie rumor tina, lots had been drawn by the
friends Of two Of the a.pirants for seat on The
bench al the Superior Court OF this city, and
tina, H., friend of Mr. :. B. Garyin had drawn
the prre. We. at the same time, were careful
Ia say that from all completely with the
rnodn, opsrandi We cheersilly acquit the success
ful nominee. a. Mr.. Garyin was not present in
person and is believed by those who know him
beet to be- incapable OF any such action This
emphatic statement. and the whole tenor OF our
article hardly warrants Mr.. Garyins attempt to
raise personal issue with us, A. II. In order to
draw of attention from the public aspects OF
ihr cn-c, the only ones 20 which We had refer
,nce. or for which the public care.
J. Is known 20 al who are in the least &C..
quainicd with politics that there were two aspi'
rants In tho 1.mmany Hall organization for on"
II the yacan, Judge ships Of the Superior Court.
one Of thesc was Mr. & 4 Garyin. The other
wa. Mr.. Samuel Jones, who was pressed for the
nomination by many influential Democratic ci'-
Igens. II Is certain, We repeat that the TREND
of ;hcsc rynl asplranis met a, noon last sAluf'
dav. and that, q, that interview, il was arranged
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should not be- brought before the Judiciary Con
rcni.on. but that Mr. Garyn should be nom-
mated without contest and by acclama'lon.
This va. the substance Of what We stated rs
certain. and from this statement nothing in Mr.
Garyiu's letter materially dctracts. We give
him crcd, for perfect honesty but his statement
amounts to nothing NOR, than We said Iestef-
day. namely, that Whatever wa. done, WAS done
withou, his knowledge.
Mr. Garyin must be- well aware that nomna
tons have sometimes been decided by lot IN The
Democratic party. Let him turn 10 the files Of
The L,Gder newspaper aud he Viii therein find
an c1ac; account Of the rattle for the Senator
ship Ia which we alluded What took place
when tie parties met, or whether the current
rumors as 10 foul play were true IN this case %
the Judgcship. or not, We did not undertake 10
determine. We gave them IA rumors widely
current in the Democratic party of the city, and
upon the statement of Trustworthy persons,
while We were careful, In placing them before
our readers, to protect Mr. Gavin personally
from suspicion of completely herewith. II Is
his misfortune that circumstances attending the
meeting Of conference referred TO may have
unjusty attached suspicion as To the INA
chinery" by which his nomination has been Sc
cured. We checriully make room for Mr. Gar
wins letter with this explanation, and shall
rccur to the subject in n day or two, with FUR
Their information aud fuller power to speak.
That Mr. Garyin is perfectly innocent IN the
matter We are no more convinced now than We
were Yesterday He is believed, by those who
know him best, Ia be u man incapable of any
bascr css, and such We stated TO be our belief in
the article Of which he so intcmpcratcly COM
plains. If the responsible editors OF papers
were 10 give up the names Of their authorities
Tor statements whenever asked tilcfc Wulllu NJ
an instantaneous closing Of more than nine
tenths of the present avenues to political ntor-
nation; and in the event of "A libel prosecution
the editor on trial would be deprived of his most
important ard conclusive witness tor the de-
fensc by having his lips sealed as ono of the
defendants.
In the mean time, ms Mr. Garyn Indignantly
announces his intention of withdrawing his
name ~ the nominee if a lot was rcsorted to to
give him the nomination, would it not he well
for him 10 learn from his friends at the meeting
on Saturday whether any such transaction took
place
We also publish a card from Mr.. Andre
Fromcnt, who cmphatically denies that he was
ever :" n party to any such transaction" He
should thank US, then, for the opportunity of
correcting what has long been popular belief
We, on our part, shall sciAh the opportunity to
open the subject to a thorough Investigation.