New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-28
THAT "INTESTIGdTION" At ALB1Nl

THAT "INVESTIGATION" At ALBANf'
David t. Hills appearance suddenly at Al
bany Friday night was promptly followed by "a
statement from the Tammany chairmen OF the
two judiciary Committees which are to e" inyest-
GATE, tho Bar Associations findings against
Judge Maynard that the committees would hold
only one session and would make their report to
the Legislature on Monday night. There IL
something exceedingly amusing in the cynical
frankness with which David Is. Hill asserts his
opinion that the people are fools. when the
Bar Associations report was received al Aiom'y'
the Hill outfit there az once declared that 1t was
an outrage mass Of falsoho0ds and SlandeaUls
document to which no attention whatever would
be given. Three hours later the men who had
said these things wheeled directly around and
declared that the report would be considered
and its statements investigated by special com
mttoe This meant, Of course that I'LL had
sent orders to them commanding that course to
be- taken. He followed up his orders by putting
in personal appearance at the Dclavan House
and then il turned out that the investigation
was TO be nothing whatever except potencc of
ovamining a few public records, and
that its sole purpose was TO secure
the adoption of a whiiewaShing report by the
Legislature which the Democratic press OF the
State might uso as an offset to the Bar Associa-
TONS report 1t scarcely needs to be said that
this scheme involves the assumption that tho
people are vast body OF idiots and that nothing
is easier than to pull wool over their eyes. Nor
is it to be wondered at that Hill goes on thi.
theory. Ile has done it before at critical periods
in his career, and from his point of view
he has been both Slfc and successful in doing ~.
Thore always comes time, however, when men
of Hills sOrt overrsch themselves.
As we have several tines pointed out, 1t makes
substantially no difference what Hills gang Of
boodcIs. backmailcrs and election thieves do or
omit to do with regard to Maynard and the con
spiracy of which his acts were part. 81 long
rs the peopIe were Ignorant OF what the con-
spiratJrs had dUno, - long As tho facts were
successfully kept back or were susceptible of
miscons,ruo;ion, there was great public dlDgor.
But this time is past. The essential facts, and
all OF them, are now in the possession Oi every
intelligent voter If this is not literally true ut
the present moment, it will be long before No
vcmbcr. If the dirty politicians al Albany wcro
to perform the whole necessary programme OF
punishment and restitution, they would not save
themselves. The people would pcfoc,iy under
stand thar they had Gvno it only because they
had beon scourgdd and driven into an ap!Sh ap-
pcarance of honesty. Their rcfuSll 10 do Il
simply proves that they are u-.orly inconiglblc,
utterly defiant of public sentiment and
utterly bad. The public has the whirhand
of them now, and viii Mt l-e lis al
vantage Maynard viii come II the Bench
Frank Rice will come out of the Office that his
own hand plundoIcl; Elliot Danfl,h will lie
dograddl rs he ha' been diSgnCcl OSlomc and
Walker will bo whipped ont OF the senate and
the whole shameless NIB Of thieves whom Hills
wicked power has placed in authority in the
state Of Ncw-YorlI will be dcposcd. In this
great work of purificaion and Npulltl1n the
honest people Of the state ask nothing Of Hi
and his robhcr band.
But thoy do ask something If the sclf-re-poct-
ing gentlemen and judges who compose the
Cour Of Appeals. They arc body to whom
the confidence nd respect oi the public are n
necessary a, life. II il thor reputation and au-
thory which tho crimes Of Hill AID MAYNARD
have put 4, stake They clmot afford - be
silent much longcr The time i, at hand when
ihcy must show that Ioy esteem their honor
and the pc pies trIS. NJ lu4s highly than d. the
People themselves.