New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-01

done deliberately for the purpose OF enabling
them to give certificate Of election TO who was not
elected. That is my charge against Judge Maynard
What do the Senate thieves suppose they are
getting to their advantage out of such testimony
a. this? They have asked every member of the
Bar Associations committee exactly the same 9ues
tions; they have drawn out the same answers
The tone in which their questions have been
asked ha. been generally insulting, distinctly i'm
plying that these lawyers, all of them grey
headed in the service of the courts
all with immense practices that Keep
them constantly before the courts ana Una"
bring them into the Court Of Appeals at It's every
session-dstinctly implying that these men are
attacking a. Court of Appeals Judge because they
object 70 David B. Hill and want to beat him
in his campaign for the Democratic nomination
for President.
As part and parcel of this kind of tactcs, they
have intimated that James G. Carter is striking
a deadly blow at Maynard, In ORDER. 10
Get even with him for something, name
less as yet, that Maynard did In relation
to the sugar trust. Could anything DC
more idiotic2 They have explained Mr.. Hands
hostility to Maynard on the ground that thirty
wears ago Matthew Hale married Mr.. Haho
sister, who died twenty years ago. 1hey explain
Mr. Couderts hostility to Maynard on the ground
that he is the attorney Of William X. Grace, anu
Grace hates Hill, and they propose to say OF
rather. have said, in the report tnat I'LL h's
dictated for them, that on these grounds these
nine men, with 600 lawyers at their oacK' h%'o
shamefully slandered a good and upright Juuge'
whose only offence is that he loves his party.
Mr. srIcKNEY SHARPLY QUESTIONED
Mr.. Stickney followed Mr.. Cadwalader upon the
stand Throughout the examination Oh tne ioini'i
witnesses. at least whenever Reilly could get the
chance to question them, it has been Plainly LII
Dictated that Mr. Stickney was regarded "lth par
ticular aversion by the thieves, and that wheh NJ
came upon the stand he was going TO DE SHARPLY
Questioned Accordingly, Mr.. hlugwaS re",e"
With Mr. Cadwalader and Mr.. Reilly, with his wide
mouth and his snub nose and his sharp ltte eyes
and his black hair all cleaning and brstllng'
r.,,.c-,-;.d the witness. Mr.. Stickney gave some
st;noino replies to Reilly's questions, but couiu
not be provoked into making scene. 1he pur-
nose Of Retlys Introductory questions was "
show that Mr. Stickney had been the lnuaoor oi
the Bar Associations proceedings against May naru
b.. a, ornaared that that was mistake. lie had,
However. been one of the subcommittee OF three
who had originally looked into the facts.
o-You 20. some OF your facts from the hepuo.i'sn
LAWYERS, didn't youi Al got Of the records from
them -, IL ,..,,,.+,,,.n NJ
Q-And suppose they gave you their in.erpreV~"o" Va
them, A-No the records spoke for themselves. 49,.
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,swyes} Al had several interviews with Mr.. McCurNS
II "a. an orat statement 70 me- and promised to dictate
Il 70 his typewriter and send it to my once; Ouo ous
asked for it repeatedly. never succeeded IN se'"e "
/ suppose he too busy ,..,, M.
O-You made a report to your assocsVohi 80,
o,lv In thu meeting Of geatcmea who had been csueu
together to consider propfiety OF bringing inc ~
before the association -, cu,..a
O.-You afterward became menlpef Oh 'ne NV
Of Nine didn't you7 Ayes ,...
o-po YOU consider when you went on that Oo,nilVI
of Nine that your mind was in fair ana iini"r'a '0O
tim in regard to Judge Maynard Ayes
o-But had you said, in your preliminary iepoiS a.
ana a, N. committee Of three that he was plainly guilty
~ Grand larceny? A.-No. indeed L dld not
o-wsu but here 1t is. A-No; 1t IS h''' Sa''
there was prima facie. a case against MN - s,o,o
o-yku prima face, then. Having saia tha1 nc SO0A'
Oh. resuns- A-Oh, no; never said that
TIVE REMOVAL OF THE RECORD WAS STEALING
n Won said larceny A.-The Penal Code says lar
ceny NV report said he had removed the record
but since you say stole VIII agree. ''i"A VIII"
word properly likes quality Of the act
O.-And you had that opinion when you Oeca~e men
her Of the committee Nine didn't yous Al hsa u'e
opinion that prna facie case against 'uus'
MAYNARD did rot what he could say TO explain H.
My mind perfectly open ana II ne eNpa"ioU ~ 1 ~
have been happy
pdnt YOU coiceive that your functions on that com
r,itt,e were judcials A.-Not at all. The commuters
work was that Investigation SO far as our report goo
pr.lv undertakes that Judge Maynard mas pceh
o,,rtv q, acts which it seems you ought 70 H.
yest!gate and that you ought TO consider whether
they do not call for his removal. we cont Judge ms
case even that report we Simply oecIare 70 Nou e
fats as we find them but when we come here pesonsN
,s or task lis questions what we think OF course
We can only answer them as Judges. You nave nauo
iudges OF us here only Investigators as HenOcIS
VI the Bar Association . ,,,,. ,
o.--ou sent a letter Judge Maynard didn't you'
Ava did: inviti.g MA to make any statement mat
he desired make. In any way 'hat ne ues"cN
" make it. ,-, ,,o IT.,
no EOllA
n,ace an the bench Of the highest court in ~ State and
come down to explain his acts to you dii you
This question was put in Mr.. Rcillys most
belligerent and insuheraolc tone, as IL IL 1ut te
MAYNARD, like Aeneas, was descendcd from We
GODS supreme and Mr.. SticIncy, Mr.. carter Alr.
Coudert and the rest Of these Bar Association
lawyers were worms that crawi in .e u1s crse
tone. replied: 40, sir can't say that thought
he would
o-Do you remember there were great many
srders made BY judges IN these cases A.-Aes.
o-That orders conflicting with another were n.y.
Ing back and forth the great scandal OF
The courts? A.-No. 1 didn't know that. Something
ike that happened twenty years but 1t had
been stopped 1 didn't know it was renewed 10 tell
YOU the truth 1 didn't know much about these election
cases until after Judge Cu7.en made his
decision in the contempt proceedings.
That caught my attention at once, and then began to
,.ad about the matter and what 1t meant
o--suppose Judge Maynard thought that his act In
taking that return and handing 1t back to Emans was
proceeding, would not MS CONSCIENTIOUS Oeei VI
entitled TO weight in your esteemI AYES; but can
not onsder that he thought he did right.
o-why not? Ale must be supposed to know the
law.
o-was Judge Cuien's order Of December 10 legal 7
A-Accordlng " the Court Of Appeals portion Of it was
net.
0.-Are you moving to bring Judge Cullen up here for
remova7 A.-Cersinly not.
Q-But oughtn't he 10 be supposed 10 know the law 7
Ayes and he does the law remarkably well
Few know It better.
o-But he mede mistskel Also says the higher
court
..-. JUDGE MAYNARD MADE NO MISTAKE
o-May not Judge Maynard have made mistake :
x-rhe circumstances forbid that idea lie says
H.. mike mistake. lie he In