New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-10
JUSTICE BREWERS RECORD.
BISHOP FITZGERALD OF THE NJ f. CHURCH
REPEATS HIS CHARGES.
HIS REPLY TO MR.. SUTHERLAND - JUSTICE
BREWERS ATTITUDE TOWARD PRO-
HIBITION IN KANSAS.

BREWERS ATTITUDE TOWARD PRO-
HIBITION IN KANSAS.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Certain communications from Mr. W. A.
sutherland were published in your issue OF February
10. | previously in receipt Of one OF them-the
letter to mebut dcemng it useless to attempt to cor
rect q man who is fully determined 10 be wrong
made no reply. 1t appears that a copy OF MS
letter was sent to you at the time the original was
to me, and through the columns OF The tribune
has been given to the public The statements ana III
fcrencc> made therein will not misead any one VINO Is
familiar with the case under considerations but some
OF your readers may not be informed to the facts
and therefore ask space for this communication.
Mr. Suthcrland's letter 10 prompted by one
that appeared in The Voice OF January o. over my
namc crificsing the promotion of the Hon. David j.
Brewer to the Bench Of the United states supreme
Court. | have wondered why your correspondents
with view TO perfect fairness. did not re'Ite
1.-The Voice, letter. which was comparatively brief
aud then append his reply. thus giving your readers
better opportunity to Judge of the whole matter.
Mr. sutherland objects to the comparison mad' DC
tween the President and Vice President and also TO the
statement that Judge Brewers nomination caused SAD
ness Of heart: and his answer l.. - that II wonln
trouble me 10 mention the drunkard wives and emil
drcn whose hearts were sad. and % that President
Harrison is my peer intellectually and morally.
As 70 the first part Of his answer have only 10
say that If the names OF drunkards' saddened wives
and children would have awaited to prevent the calam
ity over which thousands Of good people now mourn
such names would have been promptly forwarded.
As 10 the second part would simply say, lie does
me honor much
Emf the EXPRESSIONS in "The Voice. letter against
which strongest objection is urged are the following
SIX and strange it may scem they are largely SUI
stantiated by the DIRECTORS own writing;
- had hoo y, |
ioincd most earnestly in the protest against Judge
Brewer
After a labored effort to show what wonderful i",'''
,o for nroicsting were afforded, the objccor asks
" Did YOU not have opportunity 10 protest II no
had been careful according to his own words 10 BLOW
what he was talking about, lie wouu nave sec" '
nrotest" was in quotation marks. that the dehl'e
,co and the word oincdr used, and that the
refcrcnce was 10 particular protest In which ala hoU
have opportunity TO join
= senators. in order that they mleh' io'e''''i "
s,rotest rushed 10 the confirmation with haste ''"
can never be Justified and that beokens Supser''e"oy
to the rum power that is appalling
Mr. sutherland himself gives dates that iuiy COZ"
firm this statement. The nomination was made De
cou,b.r ( and was referred the Judiciary commit
too That committee. contrary tD what the irlchu'
~ prohibition had been led 10 expect repor'ru i'N"'
ably on the 18th Of December The rule 'ha' opr,'',
in ,uch cases forbade the taking OF the vote Oh t"'
dav but on the next day, Immediately M''r INC
n,,,,ati II exnircd the senate confirmed the appoint
mont As soon q, it known that the 'ommi''e'
had reported earnest. bc,ccqhng requests Tor Il 'or1
,rht.s DELAY poured in upon senators from ulner'"'
,,,rt.r. Tho,. requests were di,rcgirded. senator
nlar urged a po-tponcmcnt nhtl "i'er '"c '''"''
recess but as one prominent newspaper p"' It. Ms
,r.n ..i,i,n wa. rejected with scant courtesy \
,notion was then m1dc for single day > u'''N, anu
even that .ma-- boon was denied. senators N'''"
cha, , mighty protest was on 1t, way. and IN we" "t
,t. c,,er-rucv would be 20 fastened that IL """'u
reach the senate Chamber before tomorrow san "'''
down. and tearing that protest they r"Sh'" - INV '
nrn,aton while Temperance tremblcd ana rum re-
loiccd. Contrast this with the Two similar "pP'"''
m.nts that Immediately preceded IT. Judge Lamar
,,,. nominated on the 9th Of DcWmber, 1885, ana
,,t,hnut any special reason for delay the seh''"
,cforc confirming waited until January l'-"''"'' vi"
e,v 4 six wceAs. chef Justice fullcr' name was
pie,cntcd Apgil 80. loss. and though th''c ""'
neither formal protest nor notice OF one Hei"'''s
calmly waited until July 20-Ony nine days snort
-, three months-bcfore acting on the nomination.
v,v such haste I'm the Brewer case, and such dchp-
,t an IN the other eases. II not that the pmng pro
test against confirmation might be ioirst'i'" ana INC
desire Of the enemies Of prohibition grained i"o
cases Of General Morgan and Dr. dorchester nav ''
90, ,,,.od entirely from the minds of people ih"''
c,mp.ratvely unimportant appointments "l'' 'o'''
c changed II necessary, were investigator ana "V""
GRATED mon al great length. while the al lnpor'",'
m, life l,ng appointment was "railioaded 'h'Vu-"
With lightning speed. 49,.
Ic, candid men decide a. TO whether or not '"'''
wa, undue haste 800
B. Judge brewers decisions IN inl"o' 80
,,vc cncitcd applause in the saloons OF the entire
lnnd.' ,,, ., ,
,rde,ur from the number Of times he alludes 10 IT,
nnrndr That TINS expression i Large 'onlr,Du,"'
- 'i' rf,iic enough to believe that I va, not
resent IN any Of the saloon, 10 hear the applause
,.t - NJ, NOT necessary that 1 should be- IN Inc
'"Ioon m order to hear the "Pp.'n'IIi
:, mid IN. heard afar. The t,ho', oi IL ar sun
,,,,,1n- All around H.. They come from 'hc v"'SI'
# nuror associations, the prpfr'ors vl WA IN
~ ,r,..r..f ,i The liquor traffic. Civ one "i me,
erhoc, - "A sample ana II space ."1'u ~ .
.n,,ld give manN. The Brewers journal ''9 -
MIN ph ,r,nnstr.tnn of the temperance fanatics al
nc ocra.ou OF the banquet gwen III honor oi Jnns,
80 an, other state an the Union bat hAh>a,, II
va, intended an Insult 10 tnr ne" t . I'm Mi
IN n.,,uut of hi anti Prohibition d,'i,i'h,, "n1 II
acted fac boomerans -lin'.nk on .n ,h nnr
nf me Sat. whrrc such lot OF ian"u'o ana '.'"','
are allowed t. prostitute the la" Tor puip"'' ." P
>onal hatred and spite ,.,.,o... b,,.. |
{. Judge Brcwsr' most '"'' "''
teen IN Sond I" be- Utterly ut, t. deny th statement
and therefore, tr. onjtctpt though SUI onJ'' 'lns'
rar'y admits ii, CORRECTNESS. anu profoundly tNeS
the unuor question in IL various aspect.
." Those decisions were irNcr~, H. .. !, !
,,lc nt thn t.e I'm t. 81 " the plural number wc
Aims. This o.ic.ti,n en- O." easily ana tnlN mt |
- rhru come. 10 - - the de- l-"n, th'''''Nts
= I,u shnv what an EnNnrth, artiufc II T..
a. Famous ~ the anti Prohibition Judge
!; | v',r, dispo.ed TO stand only for a moment on
rud .uch ~ Mr. ~uthcri tad takes 10 lifSr p'Il
Of his letter. might .aN. that even tho"Im h rn"Sn
IT,, rudyo he should not thereby di,ploN" IN" stitr
m.nt that such is Jude brcwcr'r fame. bn ! Shonih
,,",h 7 nav, such "A notable example for - dong |
I Shall soon quote from the Judge dccl-G,. ana tnrm
,r th.n tho continent has been we'll earned that
~ j., f,ct a. we'll a, i'm name IN" anti l'rohili |
H., rudo. And the vino disputes II thereby |
,'csLrn. whatever ell" Ia mas say. .
+ now come {, consider the bolt d,clara on th,t |
. rrdr urrwer IA, invariably sustained the principle
II n,,hidtion whenever that principle Ia been IN |
ird in his decision I'm support Of thi, declarations