New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-29

power of Senator Hill TO call into question: any
mans character or reputation. Ine ,'' VI
lawyers who identified themselves WIFI 'liiS
mcctipc bv outboriyinc the Use Of their names
rs its officers comprised almost every WIZ
known and reputable attorney III 'n' "'i vi
this city. and the resolutions adop'c" y! 'n'''
men. trained to employ prccis" 'Api''''o"
whose very business il is to discriminate VIII"
the greatest care i'm the use oi Wor"S' !" '''
just what they mean. no more ana IL" ieSS' W.
clare that thc net for which the Democratic
party is seeking 10 reward Mayh'r" 'onH'
tutcd one OF the gr:lvcSt crimes kho"h 10 '''e
law" They say that his nomination Is III AZ
tock on thc nuritv of the bench. the freedom
and honesty Of popular elections and the SUI
prcmacy of the law" and they appeal 10 the
citizenship If the state against what they de-
scribe as an effort to degrade the bench ana
to employ lone Of the peoples high's, OFFICES
as Il reward for the preparation oi " 'r'ihe'
The men who make this declaration ARE ho'
only the very flower and perfection OF the par
but i'm nine cases ont Of ten they are Deiho
crafts Tbcir utteranccs are significant. too, as
much for what they are not as 1or WIFI ''''!
are They are not politicians lh'y are no'
oficc-scckcrs They are not men VINO can 10
SUSPECTED of n selfish motive ON the contrary
every natural inclination would lead them to
smotbcr th.r protests against Il judicial nom
nation. if they felt any. They hav" come FOR
warl 10 defend the honor and purity oi IN"
bench. we'll knowing that the effect 10 them per
sonally of the position they nave taken VIII
be-. in the event of Maynards election lncvl-
tablv hur;ful Every man of them Is constant
Is before the Court of Appeals. ana every man
of them knows that hc is liable to encounter
the prejudice of Il Judge whom he mas repre-
scented in the most public way 10 Dc II crlilihai'
and whose election he has opposed rs Il dcEra-
dution of the bench and Il rcproach To the
honor of the Statc II Is impossible that 80
startling IN arraignmcni. made IN clrclim-
stances 50 singular. should be- without immense
effect upon the mind and conscicnc" of the
voters They cannot fail to see all that Tins
great mass meeting Of lawyers means. senator
Hill cndcnvored in his Brooklyn speech 10 con
fuse the issue against Maynard, to mix mp his
criminal act in an intricate maze OF facts ana
dates in the hope 81 imprcssng Democrats win
the belief that Maynard has II defence OF some
kind however difficult 10 understand i'll the
complicated web OF circumstances that Senator
Hill presented.
Bui Mr. Carter blottHl ont MI of this 10y
showing that Hills dates wcr" WRONG ana
his facts fanccs. and that the simple ana
controlling fact which stands admitted and i'll
decd adudc:ltcd is that Maynard stole from
the office of the State Controller a true AMI
lawful certificate Of election. adjndgcd 10 be-
true and lawful 10y the Supreme Court. ana
sent 10 the Controller in pursuance of 'hc stat
NE bv the courts order to TAX" the pac" OF a
false and fraudulent rct'irn: AMI that Maynard
the Court ~ Appeals having approved the action
If the supreme Court. and having confirmed
its order and having directed the stat" Board
of IanyaSSnrs To canvass this irll" AMI lawful
return and to reject the false one. sat 10y IN
silence while the Board dctEl and disob"ycd
the court and while II counted the falls" ana
fraudulent return. declaring. when challenged.
that no other return WAS in its possession he
well knowing that the reason why no other
WAS there WAS because hc had stolen II. This.
say the representative lawyers Of the state OF
New York the men Of age. experience. learn
ing and reputation. this constitutes one of
the gravcst crimes known to the law Can the
voters say otherwise!