New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-01
SELECTIONS FROM THE NAIL.
DEGRADING TIE BENCH.
NE WE'RE IN PRIVATE LIFE MAYNARD WOULD
-. 1..c1.r1n Lnr Ills CRIME.

DEGRADING HE DT-.NCh'
,pur WE'RE IN PRIVATE LIFE MAYNARD WOULD
Pc PROSECUTED FOR Ills CRIME.
To the Editor OF Tribune c,,o
Sir. Never before has the Bencn Oh ou' 49,,
~ On DEGRADED This is broad statement ou'
49, ,hs,an,iated The Bench has peeh
h,,ra.rad with ignorant men. who had 10 aed'
.ha rrd,mants Of law after their eecuon' anu
some who struggled to the end win 'he NV III
of English grammar 1t has peeh ou'u 80 tho
i,-mannered boorish men, whose d'sresa'u "a ,,.,
amenities was a serious impeachment 10 '"e 49,
vr.sentation of the claims of htisahls' ~
ro-oa from, men weak in intellect, VINO hau '
convention of the problems presented io' 49,
solution and from men, weak III WIN, hose
the playthings of stronger MINUS anu ,rou
hands the scales of justice vaciiia'eu VIZ" ,''o,oa
Hing uncertainty. The Bench has been oishono'.N
NV mon who in the midst OF an hoho'aoe 49, ,ho
have been corrupted by the greco oi s" hos a
49,. ~ newer But never before this day mas
seat upon the Bench been purchaseu y! nntment
mission of crime Never before mas d" "Pp, ,ha
20 the Bench been made as the ie"". .,,,as
ovowed reward of violation Of our peha' S'",u
And assuredly never before have 'he p0P
.h, c,ote been formally called upon by e'ea'
r,,, 90 Give their SURFACES for a Judlciai UNIV
a man who earned his present occupd".s over-
Mace nv robbing them of their suHraseS' W ,oo
turnne their clearly expressed VIII Ill ''e ~
ton of their Legislators ,u, hoe been
- .,oa,r,ert 10 the occupation OF seat upon
tho Bench and when committed py one -.
oNBce has invariably resulted III eApu' -,
osaca Rut to-day crime precedes ana e.e'"' ~
,ovs And what crime? The worst ''a' w
.or,r,,tted under a representative government "a
crime closely akin TO high treason ioi d" ar.
crime ''o u.s. =, tho governing body, and defeats
- iii, ~ the majority. substituting Tor II 'he
usurpng voice and rule of a minority: inns .a"s
unnardonable sin; it taints the yer! io"'''N
from, which the fe-givng spring Oh .he pop","
,,iu flows over the land; 1t snakes 'iie io""'
ton stone upon which rests the who're eu'''0e "
r,rr,ar government 1t is a usurpauoh ae""''
,., ,,rotec,on is most difficult for 1t is done III
80, ,s carried out by conspiracy, and cohsum-
mated by abusing the confluence Oh '"e pe0p
through which alone access Is oo'ahe" ~ Wv
election returns which indicate their woe. po9
sesses every element Of adherence ueiioe aNo.'
secrecy conspiracy stratagem. falsehood' oe'ra!ai
and venality. There Is no pio'e'"0
short of universal reprooauoh. ,oa
In the nresent instance the offense has received
not only the approval and commentator VI
Governor and Senator. but an appoiii'",r" "
tho Rench of our highest Appellate Court i"e,
Gov. u s that never before has the Bench Vi '"''
60. haor en- degraded Never before has 1t peeh
ossh,e for LAWYERS and laymen throughout 'he
c,a,o from, Buffalo to New-York, publicly u az
cuse a Judge actually in office, OF disho"es's' "
turptude of crime, of specihc leioh9' 49, 49,.
ah,e under the Penal Code of the state WIN I'M
nrsonment at hard labor in state p'ison ~
term of five years. and go unpuhisheu anu
buked. Never has the Bench been aesraueu y.
s,ch snectacle as this. The Bench can never
fu,,v recover from such open ana "iuesp'e"
puncation of one of its active members, s'',e
daily in Judgment upon the concerns OF MS ou'
ragged feowcitizens The nonTr aic Ji,p Office can
never again be as wholehearted d. 80 nermiss-
indignant and merited repuhe oe'""'e
o Ii Is the business and concern of all citizens 70
do what n lies nn en- How Shall this be done
Pronunciation must be followed up 9y ac,on tom
until voter SS
truth and the whole truth On,y he oS boned to avoid
the lamentabe spectacle of seating MAYNARD upon on
s Court of p Of Bf he people, whom he
.hsr s St,nr assesnpshsa viii til.
is daily CONTINUANCE WIN have been Guy an 0 on
81 81 sss; $s; sfsSs$
~ must sef-defence stop there? And must the
people and the Bar US yent should
be made to follow crime. ..u ala. NJ. ur
Of the leading lawyers o. n1S s cry stated raj
but for his position on the Bench Isaac ~ Sd
p pan.h %Sua and Sa3 such
the fate Of any memsNr ay gn H offence There
should ' be no such distinction. The Bench should
not he recognized as an asylum for criminals nor
refuge against the law On the contrary, ue
attempt TO make IL such an asylum ana refuge ~
an added offence, bringing new infany upon we
violation of the elective franchise. ii snouid ps
resented and the vindicaton of the law urged me
more strenuously that account. Ihe evidence u
moi wanting to present clear and deimlte case
FOR the consideration of Grand Jury Inc testi
mony of Emans of Comptroller Wemple anu o'
the Comptroer's Clerk, who SURRENDERED the ~.
turns upon being falsely told that they hau o. .s
smisdirected" are of record. And were IL not, tne
boastfu confession of Maynard is extant, sno"i ~
with minueness. not only the commission OF 'n ~.
offence but the deliberate intention 10 commN IL.
formed in connection with his accompnces as soon
as il was known that the corrected returns wsre
likely to reach the Board of Canvassers, Inc ue'
cision OF Judge Cullen is also Of record; adJudl'
eating the proprety and completeness OF inc trans
mission the agreement between the several PupneI
officers to remove the returns. and the criniiha
nature of the removal This is enough lot
Grand Jury. 1t would sustain not only an iIulct
ment against Maynard for purioning pubic g uGCS
ments but an indictment for conspiracy aea,i III
David b. Hill. Isaac II. Maynard and Frank RICE
to carry out the theft Fagin ana SYKES were
surely answerabe for the acts OF the Aruui DOUG
the law is the only effective self-defence OF tn'
neopie against the repetition Of these offences
otherwise not only will legislatures be stolen Du
the new reward for such theft will be repeated anc
the Bench will be soon on the same ieVe as ,h'
Assembly. PAUL fOLLHN'
New-York. Oct. 81 1885,