The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-10-30
To the Property Holders of New orls.


You may live and accumulate property
and die, and your property pass TO your
heirs without any question touching any
portion of IL ever coming before any court
during your lifetime but at your death,
whether you die testate or intestate, your
estate comes under the jurisdiction OF the
Court of Probate. Are you willing TO
have, for the next SIX years, an iucompe-
tent or dishonest Surrogatel
OF what avail would it have been TO toll
on aud toll ever in pilng up fortune for
your children, If, before it could reach
them. il would have to pass through the
hands of the old Ring? Would you be
willing to trust it to such manipulation?
And can any one, after reading the
STARIN award, couscientiously maintain
that the office OF SUR ogate can be more
safely entrusted to DELANo G. CALVIN
than il could be to RICHARD b. CONNOLLY
or WILLIAM NJ. TwEED'
The late JAMES GORDON BENNETT used to
relate an anecdote OF some one applying
TO him. soon after it became known that
he had a pretty large bank deposit, to en-
bark in II speculation. Mr.. BENNETT took
a walk with the gentleman, one pleasant
morning, down to the Battery, to listen to
his scheme, and he did listen patiently,
for a whole hour. Finally. the plan had
been fully disclosed, and the originator
listened, with intense interest, for Mr..
BENEFITS reply.
With his broad Scotch accent the great
editor spoke, and he said
"Da We see that little boat floating of
wander on tho ton If the vavps
The listener was startled. lie thought
Mr. BENNETTs attention had been dis
tracted from his scheme; but, looking, in
the far distance. he espied tiny boat,
bouncing up and down on tho white
crested pillows. YES" he replied.
"WeIl, now" said Mr.. BENNErr, 81 have
the money IN the bank. as we suppose; but
de We know I'd sooner take II out where
that little boat is and sink it than put il
into your scheme: for II | sank II there
should knOW Just miere 1t ,rds; but II PIT
IL into Uour speculation, l should norer
knoir lChdt became Of IT,"
Not another word was said by either
party on that subject.
The property holders of this city may
very correctly take the same view OF the UNI
certainty which will attend estates in the
hands of DELANo c. CALVIN that MIR. Ben
NETT took OF the investment proposed TO
him. Estates in his court would melt like
candle lighted ut both ends.
A man who thinks nearly four hundred
thousand dollars moderate fee for law
yer's clerk, may he not be expected to
whittle off hundreds of thousands of dol
lars off every estate of a million, aud
large percentage off of smaller estates?
How long would it be, il CALVIN were
Surrogate, before he would flourish his
| four-in-h hand like the late Col JAMES
| FISK, Jr.. his liveried servant and gold
mounted harness like INGERsoLI, and be
able to give parties TO rival the diamond
wedding at TwEED's? He might not be
able to do il. and then again he might.
| Perhaps II would all depend on the appre-
citation aud generosity of men receiving at
| his hands honest but large favors. If it
| can be said of thieves that there Is honor
among them, shall honest men who are
awarded enormous amounts be slandered
by the assertion that they DO not "divide
fairF
We wish to state the case justly, and
while we think it would be very dangerous
| to testate aud intestate estates to pass
| through the hands of such Surrogate, we
cannot deny that his election might prove
very big thing" for CALVIN himself.