New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-25

possible TO crt.csc Judge ODrlen HIS manner,
Dealing, ana conduct III syracuse were t"Ost
mat piUpcny distinguished "A gentleman. d Ju'l'i
and "a lldgc ihCes facts sun remain: DdNii
IL. IlIl required IN order to secuie The Senate Ol
the STATE OF Ncw-lUIk, tuat l,2lo ErpuDlIcab
Votes cast as innoccntIy as ever votes we're Cast
should Dc thrOWn out III IN. County Of OhUhdaadi
IL was Necessary that Judge should come Heie
who would grant such all Ur,cr as would enable
the board of canvaSscrs 10 throw out those votes
Judg, y Br,en, put upon the bench by ldmnidnA
Hail. was ciOsen ny I'LL to come; on Derehpei
>, liill III au executive document declared 'h'
votes i'll gal ana void two DAYS later Judge
o iricn rendered a decision to tnc same eilect
four members of the Court Of APPEALS, making
a majority say he did right; three say he IA.
wrong; one OF those three IS Judge Pecknan, d
Democrat.
50 soon as Judge O. Bricn made his appearance
In Symcuse the possibility Of a judicial scandal
loUn,cd clip. lierc were Two judges, one Il Rc'
publican, the other Il Democrat, ana Democrat
Imported Tor the purpose OF OiiSctunS ana up
setting the Republican, lhey were heaIms ,ns
vr,icrs ana stays OF orders IL is safe to say tha'
Judge O'iSrIcn did not like his job. lie WIS
nNIons that sDmc compromise should be rcachc
hat would c.aDic otc rrnueIlDb Oh d io'n'
.c'lsiOn III proceeding ia wincL hJtI secs shoui''
gee rs to the iaois, 30 that the "ho'c h;,''e,
mi4hj 90 IN an orderly way before thr court u
.,ppeli- NoDOuy wanted scandal, ana alFi
a good deal OF consultation between HtpaDlciH
counsel and Democratic counsel, ana me TWO
Judges, an agreement as TO iacis vas ic'c i
l,2ls innOccnty cost Republican votes must DC
pitched ont ana certificate Of election given 10
defeated candidate .
Meanwhile, Mr. Hill had resumed tine business
of getting rid Of County Clerk Cotton and IN his
decision removing that officer ne undertook To dc-
eide the validity of the transposcd ballots III
fact, he expressly grounded his order oil removal.
not CottOn's refusal to obey the Doird o.
CanvasScrs and sign false certificate, but on ms
alleged negligence or crmlnallty III tiailspoSln''
those ballots. II wcS as plain as day that hr
Ind done nothing of The Kind. but that his work
WAS entirely correct. OF course he was rcNiDhsl-
BILE for his messengers mistake, but II was pam
that that was mistake Hill, however dld hot
care anything about the facts. lie HAD brought
the proceeding FOR tine purpose OF " bouncing
the clerk. and for the more important purpose 81
making the decision against tine validity oil thosc
ballots. which decision the the Democratic judge
whom he had sent to SyricGsr should have before
his eyes when that question came INTO court In
his memorandum accompanying the letter Icmov-
ing Cotton, Hi used these words Every ccCt9r
who est Republican ballot was known. Inc
mistake destroyed the accuracy OF the ballot IL
enabled the inspectors and watchers, also. 10 know
who did not votr the Republican ticket as well
as those who voted II. The tickets so Y0c'i
clearly Illegal and void lie said TINS on
December 3, while the proceedings were p'ndln.
before Justice ORricn. in which II was the vital
question The Republicans considered that their
defeat too probable TO Justify them IN any
other course than one which would bring them as
promptly a. possible into the Court of Appeals
on December , Judge OI,ricn decided IN &C
cordance with the view previously announced by
Governor Hill. and the senate certlhcat" went 10
Nichols and the Assembly certificate to Ryan.
There remained for Hill one further act OF out
rae Wcch. the supervisor. who had run away
with the returns from his town Ia escape Judg"
kcnncdv's order. rcapiclred 50 soon as there was
a Democratic Judge IN syracuse, was arrested Tor
contempt Of court and ave hail. ON December 81
his case came mp before Judge Kennedy, and he
was convicted and sentenced 10 $3.50 fine and i'm.
prisoument for thirty days The sentence had not
passed the Judges lips before Wclch's lawyer was
of to Albany. and IN ten hours time he reap
reared with an Executive nardon, and Welch was
brought in triumph from the inil. il. r. o.