The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-11
SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE.
THE BAR AssOCIAToN DBPLoREs
JUDGE MAYNhRD's NOMINATION.

JUDGE MAINdhDb NOMINATION.
A scanty Gathering Passes Sor,n Resoiu-
tons TO that Eject, but It Rejects Mr..
Fuiiet'. Suggestion OF Crirn,nai indictment.
The Association OF tho Bar OF the City OF New
York has q membership OF 1.196 names. Sew
enty-four members. or but twenty-tour more
than the number necessary fer q meeting.
were present at q regular meeting last even
ing Mt the club house. West Twenty ninth
street There was most striking absence Of
many OF the best-known lawyers Of the as.
ISOLATION. This occasioned surprise and dis
appointment to the members. who ran through
programme with little opposition.
The President OF tho associatioii. Wheeler II.
Peckham. presided. George II. Adams was
tho temporary Secretary. The routine busi-
ness OF receiving reports on officers and elect
ing four new members was soon finished
When the President asked II there was any
miscellaneous business. Austin g. Fox arose
and introduced the following resolution:
Ror.d That for reasons already expressed by ne the
nomination Of Isaac H. MAYNARD for Judge OF the Court
OF Appeals IL not Mt to have been made.
Rsrot That this association urges upon every good
citizen without distinction of party. and ally
upon every lawyer the paramount duty OF opposng to
his utmost this attempt to reward unworthy conduct
by the bench OF our highest judicial tribune
This resolution was seconded BY Mr.. Ford
ham.
Mr.. Paul Fuller OF Coudert Brothers offered
an amendment. that the President be re-
auested to appoint committee OF nine.
charged with the duty OF procuring the in
dictment and trial of Isaac H. Maynard for the
felony with which this association has already
charged him in the report adopted by it on
March %. 1872, such felony consisting Of
violation OF section 81 OF the Penal Code. by
removing and abstractinR from public o.
flee an election return properly deposited In
thNt 0sG by 1ptMhS evsy o. devsd further
amendment that Mr.. Foy's resolution be re-
fer1ed to committ IS Of three % fGE revision.
II don't exactly like the language" said Mr..
Perhaps yoH would like to have it more
The original resolution was then carried by
2, votenearly unanimous. There were not more
than five votes against 1t.
Mr.. Fuller then renewed his m1tion for an
that any preamble seems unnecessary. The
voice Of this association seems to have been
has been rs that tSs S
been put in nomination by q Convention sup
posed to represent the people
spoke in opposition He said that no one
with the object in view. hut he Thought there
were good objections TO the resolution: on This
Is o OAR association OF the CITY OF New YORK,
and the crime was committed In Albany"
' II there was a crime" said Lawyer John j.
Macklin.
this time" continued Mr.. Hinsdale. would
hinder higher trial before the people OF New
York State this fall"
Mr.. Fuller's amendment was first declared
defeated by the President on vote OF ayes
and noes After MIR. Hinsdale's speech it was
defeated on q rising vote. with but seven votes
In its favor.
The meeting was then adjourned. Among
the lawyers present were Henry r. Beck man.
Elihu Root. Hamilton Odel. William q. Will
son; Horace Barnard John NJ Scribner. Walter
d. Edmonds Cephas Brainerd. and Thomas
NJ. North. There was a large majority Of
young men.