The sun., 1890-10-02
GEN. PRYOR NOW A JUDGE.
hPPOLH TED TO FILL THE UNExPLRED
TERN OF EI-JUDGE LLRREMORE


He WIN Accept the Appointment and Ne n
Candidate for Recollection at the Ena OF
his Term HIs Public Record.
Gov Hill appointed Gen. Roger A. Pryor yes
terday TO be Judge OF the Court Of Common
Pleas In place OF Chief Judge Richard A Lar
remore, who recently resigned on account OF
Ill health. Gen. Pryors appointment Is no
surprise. IL was foreshadowed some time ago,
whom Judge Gidersleeve made application for
the place. and when the bias OF the Gov
ernor's mind in Gen. Pryor's direction
was first made manifest. Gen. Pryor
is Democrat and a Tammany man. The va
cancy occurred too late for a candidate to be
voted upon at next months election, and Gen.
Pryor will therefore hold his position by ap-
pointment until tho fall Of 1891. when the
JudReship will como formally before the peo-
pie to be filled for the balance Of the unexpired
term OF ex- Judge Larremore.
The new Chief Judge OF the Common Pleas
Court is 62 years OF age. He was born In Din
widdie county, Va, in 1928 He was the son Of
the late Rev. Theoderiok Pryor, D. D., and
boasts descent from colonial ancestors on both
sides Of the house. He was graduated from
Hampton-Sidney College in 1876, and from the
University OF Virginia two years latel. He was
then admitted to the bar, but did not practise
at once. He became editor OF the Washington
Union, and. with John W. Forney, supported
tho Pierce Administration. While connected
with that paper he wrote review OF the Rus
sian aud Crimean war which provoked wide
spread controversy and made him we'll known
through the country. Ho next became editor
Of the Richmond Enquirer
In 1852 he was a delegate to the National
Convention at Baltimore which nominated
fnr hn In anf
Pierce sent him as q special envoy to Greece
to adjust the controversy between the two
countries regarding the American missionary
Jonah hing.
had led the fight against Nothingism,
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he was made visiting lecturer to the Univer-
sity OF Virginia.
He was elected to Congress in 1858 to repre-:
sent the Fourth district OF Virginia. In 1860
he was reelected. but was prevented from TAX
tPss NJ sea BY 5hs Fl 9nS bs
elected a member of the Confederate Congress
under the Provisional Government, and. upon
time, however, he resigned TO enter the Con-
fSS III :, s hi Of M Virginia in, sDRointsdd, him
Williamsburg, and was made General In
the Gnon foress and 1 conned In Fori
Lafayette.
At the close Of the war. in 1865 Gen. Pryor
moved to New York. Where he has since lived
! and practised law. When he first came here
he connected himself with the Daily Ners as
| editor. The paper was then morning sheet
| and the chief Democratic organ. While editor
| he read law. and was soon admitted to the
| bar. Since then he has devoted himself to
| law practice, and has written numerous articles
| for the american Reple,r and the Forum. He
| has contributed much upon law subjects to the
| Ency olopedia Britannica.
He has ais been in demand as lecturer be.
| He was delegate to the National Democratic
! Convention which nominated Tilden in 1876
and to the Conyention which renominated
| Cleveland In 1888.
| Gen. Pryor has been retained In many
prominent lawsuits during his legal career ir
Beech and Judge Fullerton as personal alto r.
neys for Theodore Tilton In the Tilton- BeeoheI
| case: was connected with the Morey lette,
! case; was attorney in the Sprague case ir
| Rhode Island; represented Gov. Ames in the
| impeachment case in Massachusetts: Won the
| first case brought for damages to prop.
| erty against the elevated railroad: de.
Tended o ODonnel. who was hanged In London
| for the murder Of the iniormer, Carey; united
| with Gen. Butler upon Irene Hoyts side OF the
! cele ebratod hpyt will case, and took prominent
parts in tho .Iaehne case. the case OF the Chi
! Gen. Pryor said last night that he would ac.
| cept the appointment nntil the next election
| following that of November next, and was will.
| ing then to submit himself to the voters OF the
| city for election to the post for the unexpired
term OF 0X-JudRe LarremOre.