New-York tribune., 1885-10-21
NIL, AND THE RING JUDGES.
,,ocp,r1c DISGUST WITH HIS RECORD.
c,yyor MEET THE cnARGEs-hhf'D'- 'D'-'''''''
Hh SN' Confident or VICTORY

- c.rCOr MEET THE ShA""~
Ii SH CONTINENT or VICTORY.
.,trp coRREsroxDEST OF THE TRiBuNE'l
lfEo %, oO-Out of o number OF leaolns
ALBSH1 ,ybo have recently passed through thiS
RepuODIl,,; .ha;r vav TO and from New-forK no, o"o
e'y =" hsord 70 express other than the most cheei
has peen 20 the outlook in the State Colonel An
ful We" Tyood and General Carr have received
foh g H. here and many letters come 10 theih
many i - ,,bicb agree that the Republican canul-
dalH' -, not only going to poll the full RepuoHcah
ia ~ olso many Democratic votes ihio,i
VIZ ,.ooe;ved in this way is confirmed Oy 'no 70
uon iss which indicates an almost unpaTaHo''u
eSnN aisoust and apathy on the part OF Demo
aes Tho Republicans believe thau 'neS
cra,S' rrv Albany County, although us
VIII Democratic majority is about o'ooo
nor that was reduced to G45, and TINS year
Las' y'", ,, - ,rined out. Mr.. North, of Ihe o"cd
u wiz .ono,ts feeling of great satisfaction IA
h"G,r ronntv and says that those Staiwar'S VINO
Oneiua 80 for Cleveland are now supporting
voteu vot9ri;con nS ticket. Mr.. Smith. Editor o1 me
the fep I'rno1 saws that OnOndaga will give one
Sp"ose' oId.time Republican majoritieS' De
OF Ito .ho Saratoga conventions MI
ioio ,, AID not feel saugulne OF heouo
.,ccess this year, but since the TWO VicAo''
beon paced in the field he says lhat 'iielc LAS
,D marked change in the public 1eenng anu ho C
an6dent of Mr.. DavenporPs electloh' v.
-, of The Buffalo Commercial makes ilho
,onafnl repcrt of the feeling in western New-io'h
Tv+rocts from letters received mere iroln PioID
.or+ men In every part of the State coulo DC
A. confirm these statements. Colohei "ood
.h;,ts that the great danger TO hepuoncahS Is
+. feeling of Over-confdence whloh may Oee'V
apathy. co.,.o, g Variable
The Executive Office at the Capitol is Veri'aoio
.1no;ly, HEADQUARTERS. and the Governor Is work
eanp"-eb pr~s1,,b his usual underground methods to
a,orcome the rising tide of popular dsapprobatlon
~ s M doubt that he has been greatly discon-
.-.a5 hv the charges supported by documentary
.,-;donce that have been brought against him. so
49,, a. these were confined to his acts IN the egls-
,s4 session of 1871 he affected to feel no concern
.ho,+ tbem. He said that he could explain those
tirrs On party grounds But when the PROOF OF
~ snnport of the Erie Ring, almost single handed
;n 1879 was Produced and his effort to shield
Iu1,a Cardozo and his continued opposition 10
+ba reform bills and other such things were brought
foryard there was visible change in his demeanor.
The exposure of his partnership with Tweed while
member of the Legislature, and of his sharing III
tbe Canal Ring spoils has undoubtedly alarmed
+be Governor So far no great effort has been maze
10 meet these charges because they are all matters
Of documentary proof
The report that he sought to shield the corrupt
,narss has been seized upon. and Democratic news
na,er, have declared that itwasan unmitlCated lie
10 saw that the Governor did not vote for lmpeach-
,rent.p No one has made such a charge; because
when the final test came Mr. Hill did not have the
eourace to stand almost alone, in the
face Of the overw hclmng evidence produced
before the Judiciary Committee of the corruption
of the RING Judges. But be did everything possl-
ble 10 imrcde the committee in its work. On Aprll
26 1872 whena resolution to imPeach the Judges
was called up IN the Assembly, Mr.. Hi voted
against it, There were several motions relating TO
the subject, and Mr.. Hill in each
case was recorded in the minority. Mr..
Tilden was only recorded on the final vote, but he
was acaiYst Mr. Hill. The Judiciary Committee
reported IN favor of the Impeachment of Cardozo
on Nav l. Every member of the committee signed
dissented. lie would not agree with the
majority in charging Judge CardOz0 with hlgh
crimes and misdemeanors. Before these reports
were presented Mr.. Hull made desperate eHort 70
shield CardOzC, by getting his resignation read
The account given in The TRIBUNE, OF May =
1872. written at a time when Mr.. Hill was sup
posed TO be about TO retire permanently from puo-
lie life read as follows:
On the opening OF the House this morning d. b. Hli,
who until this morning avoided WIN
his feOw-members OF the judiciary Conmltlee, maue
an effort TO present communication addressed 10 nj H.
which was understood be the resignation OF Judge
CardOzo but Mr.. Prince objected. Considerable tine
was spent I'm the discussion Of Mr. HIS right 10 have
the paDer read and when the point was decided against
him on the suggestion OF Tom Fields lie claimed the
rcht to read under OF question OF privilege,
and thus foresall the action OF bis committee III the
presentation their report which he knew was aDOut
10 be made This was also decided against him.
This effort of Mr.. Hill TO shield CardOzo
awakened a good deal of feeling at the time and
brought down upon the Chemung member many
angry comments. When the Judiciary Committee
brought in a recommendation for the impeachment
OF Barnard a minority report was also presented
signed by Hill The majority report was signed by
Tden 1t charged Barnard with corrupt conduct
and high crimes and misdemcanOrs IlllPs MINOR
ity reported dssented from the charges
of high crimes and mIsdemeanoIs, and explained
that while he favored Impeachment he did not be-
leye the judge to be guilty of "pecunlary cor
ruDtOn.'
When the Impeachment Committee was made
up Mr. Hill was made a member Of 1t, IN order that
he might see that unfair advantage or injustice
was done the corrupt Judges. He voted fina ly for
the impeachment of Barnard, but he made the
reservations already noted in hlsreport Such acts
as these with the record of his acts Governors III
defeating the Reform bills passed at the last ses-
sion, have created a feeling of disgust among
honorable Democrats. One of them SAID to-day
that Hill would lose hundreds Of Democratic
SOfes N tins alone