New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-24
HILL DEFENDS MAYNARD.
TIE MAKES A VIOLENT ATTACK ON THE
BAR ASSOCIATION
IT IS CONTROLLED HE SAYS. BY a BRNNLEss
CIT OF NAMBY-pAMBYs"-A WEAK EFFORT
TO JUSTIFY MAYNARD'S CRIME
OPENING THE DEMOCRATIC CAM
PAIGN IN BROOKLYN.

TO JUSTIFY MAYNARD'S CRIME
OPENING THE DEMOCRATIC CAM
PAIGN IN BROOKLYN
Tho first great Democratic mass-meetng OF the
resent campaign in Brooklyn was held last even
,ns IN the Academy OF Music Senator David b.
M, and Mayor David A. Body the star
,askers and in spite Of the storm large audi
.nc. crowded the house. But the capacity Of the
academy Is limited and there not half as
many people present attended the mass-meeting
IN the interest Of Charles 4. Scheren for Mayor
IN the Rink last week. few women were In the
'front.' seats reserved for them. Senator Hin had
a reception at the Clarendon Hotel before the
meeting He entered the Academy with District
Attorney Ridgway Among those present were
Judges Pratt Clement and Van Wyck. General II.
r King H. D. Polhemus. j. p. Adams. Thomas
r Pearsall, William Barre. Senator McCarren C.
r Adams Alden s. Swan Edward Feeney. A. ~
Salmon General John B. Woodward. Senator Nc
Carly General l. S Catlin and James A. Murtha.
Thomas r. Pearsall resigned the post Of calling
the meeting to order-to which he was entitled by
his position chairman OF the Democratic General
Committee-to Thomas j. Kenna. He nominated
General Alfred c. Barnes TO preside. General
Barnes began his speech by saying that he was not
a practical politician. and a man in the audience
raised a laugh by saying: you will be II you stay
long in Brooklyn
u
ordered printed. after a few names had been read
BY Herman Bachrach the boy orator. of the
Fourteenth Ward who failed TO make himself
heard throughout the house He also read the
resolutions. They referred to President Cteve-
land. but the applause for his name did not equal
that for Senator Hill. There loud applause
for the resolution demanding the prompt absolute
repeal of the purchasing clause of the sherman
Silver law. fraught With peril to the workingman
and full of menace the honest business interests
OF our country" There loud voice in the
negative when the vote taken on the resolu-
TONS but they were declared carried
Senator Hill had a hearty greeting when he rose
10 speak. He addressed his hearers as THE I'M
terrified Democracy of Brooklyn and he then pro
ceeded TO recall that he had opened the campaigns
for a number of years in Brooklyn. He then paid
his compliments political adventures" and
'bushwhackers." who had deserted the Democracy
to aid the Republicans.
HIS VIEWS ON THE TARIFF AND SILVER.
Senator Hill then discussed wha: he asserted
would be the action of Congress upon the tariff
and said that there would be no sudden changes
Tariff revision would proceed with steady steps
until the tariff taxes were reduced to the lowest
point consistent with the revenues Of the country
In regard to the Federal Election laws. he said
that Federal interference with election was par
tisan in It's inception and offensive in execution
accomplishing no good results. and urged repeal
The sneaker attributed the panic Of the summer to
the unsound financial policy of the recent Repubi-
can Administration. In regard TO the Silver DILL
Senator Hill said that 1t a Republican measure
and adopted against the votes OF all inc
Democratic members of Congress but he did not say
why the repeal of it not favored by all Dem
ocrats The Democracy of this State had consls-
tently opposed the Sherman act He himself had
been the first public man TO declare opposition 10
IT, and the famous midwinter State Convention In
February 1892. took snap judgment and declared
opposition 20 H. No State had a more vital inter
est in the repeal of the sherman act than New
York Senator Hill declared his unequivocal atti'
tude in favor of the repeal Of the Silver law at
once He also said he not profoundly impressed
bv the courteses Of the Senate which hndered
action and were not adapted to the present age Oh
progress The rules were weak, defective ana
sted in every legislative body the world the
United States Senate and the British house OF
Lords Senator Hill said he proposed to return , TO
Washington last evening to again take up the
cause of unconditional repeal
REJOICING OVER MAYNARD
Speaking upon the state campaign. the speaker
FIRST paid compliments TO Governor Flower and
other State officials. He said that Democracy ana
education ALWAYS went hand In hand Continuing.
he said: For one 1 rejoice that the Democratic
party had the courage Of its convictions in nomi-
mating Isaac II. Maynard Justice. honor, proprletv
and the usages Of our party demanded the nominal
ton He has made a satisfactory judge OF the
Court
INT has honored H. ~ my opinion. He has unos-
tertatiorsly and ably discharged his duties II is
nnno ,c parry IN contested election cases he
performed what should foreTer depTivc, him Of be
citizens" i'm then vent into the details
OF The election cases IN ThSl MaXn1rq was nv
defeat and if he is elected it is party victory
An this talk about sie99g the senate Is oh die Tor
the struggle was ferce one; for FL knew taat
4 hat
openly and aboveboard. For this act of simpl"
Justice this is S vd ro a 1nG he ea act OF h s
legal and that court has ever declared 1t Illegal
Il is said that a crime was committed. In Gods
name Why mas not some Republican had judge
Maynard arrested on charge Of larceny. so that
They prefer TO stand at the street corners and cry
Thief "
HOW DO NEw-YORK LAWYERS LIKE THIS TALK
Here Is the way in which Senator TIill talked
about the Bar Association:
submit to all fsirmn4ci n that the action o. the
LEGISLATURE should have end all further prosecution q
Judge Mavnord fhls iora Bar Association Iefnsel
T. submit 70 the d,c,lon Of that body. They apaei TO
tn only trbuna! tina, had jurisdiction 10 inr'saat and
try him. and refused to ac1uc'cc in IT. decision.
They sr, getting from improper motives and msHns
III {, ALLEGED non. partisan association tail 70 Re-
publican kite.
Although he hal made an a9lo and satisfactory JUDGE
during the nr> wear he had Lcen appointed mir
ma ice was not rr.fcd they pur.u'd bin Ike south
houad, and opposed mis- rcap9cntmont bv the GoTornor
There are 10 words sufficient denCunce such n;amous
Conduct.
What would YOU think Of citizen who makes chafg'
Of larceny against his Deighbor. procur~ an Indictment
and ait,r trial and acqit'al Of the accused Nore N:
ony court authorized Try such cases yet the citizen
el insist ON and constou;y parallels bforc
the prblic' The community would naturally rrcs d ssch
action as unwsrrantel ard shameful.
HE SAYS TIE AS>O ,IATiON IS IMPCDEST.
TINS Bar Association inpudcntly set thcm'c!yes up
haze. atso,s
and above public sentiment. Partisan newspapers and
Eepuican orators speak Of Judge Maynard a. having
been tried and adjudgcd guilty whcn. how and "norc.
Let nc a.kf L. exIartc INVESTIGATION By q self
constituted committee Of local Bar Association having
no jurisdiction over Judge Maynard competent to con-
denim him Z
lie has been by the only tribunal th'' ha1
ony authority try him-vn the Lcp''hturc oil '"''
State. III,
They nippantlr assert that lie co""'td o'' ',.