New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-11
FOR JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME CoIhl'
THOMAS .. PEARsALL NOMINATED IN h"ooh
rYN To SUCCEED JUDGE EAENAhD-"h
HAS ALWAYS BEEN PARTISAN

THOMAS -, pEAk>AlL NO"'''' ~ ~
rYN TO SUCCEED JUDGE EAENAHD-hh
HAS ALWAYS BEEN PARTISAN
DEMOCRATIC roLITIuNN
Thomas T. Pearsall was nominated Tor Justice Oh
,ho S,nrone Court in the Second Judiciary District
Wv ,',,on hold in the Kings County Court House
j., r,ooL,vn YESTERDAY Tho vacancy 10 ne Hiieu
-, tho coming election will be created by the retire.
rneut on December 81 OF Judge Barnatn' vi rouen
ke.pse by reason of his reaching 'he sui'u'oi'
limit of age for a seat on the bench' Inc co''en
ton WAS composed of thirty-two delegates from the
,, co,r,,es i'm the district. rrdcr the new appor-
tionmont Kings County has majority. Ponce JUS
tce Walsh. Of Brooklyn, presided an" JOHN w.
LYONS of Orange County. was the secie'a'E' ~"
name OF Mr. Pcarsal was presented by Assistant
District Attorney Mcguire. of brooklyn ana sec
onded by Dis,rict-Attorney Fitzgerald OF Richmond
corrtv He WAS opposed by W. Fl. Wood. OF
Dutchess County who said that that county MAD had
A Judge ever since the Supreme Court was ORGANIZED
II WAS due to the work of Duchess county III 1871
he added that the reapportorment was "aue
which gave Kings County a majority IN the cor"
vention. He nominated James l.. Williams, OF
Poughkeepsle.
The Queens County delegates. through ex-Dstrict-
Attorney Downing presented the name OF AUGUSTUS
" Weller. Surrogate Of Queens county as " can
dl1ate. The representatives. OF Westchester' fu'-
nam and Rockand counties supported MT. rear
sail In balloting he received twenty-sx votes
and each Of the other candidates received three
The nomination was then made unanimous
Thomas l.. Pearsnll is the chairman OF the Demo-
cratic General Committee and Executive commit
tee in Brooklyn. and has been an active partisan
politician He has repeatedly sought nomination
To judicial Office I'm vain in the past and for weeks
he has been busily buttonholing delegates ana
plylne politicians TO secure the votes needed TO
nominate him. He is nfty-two years OLD, ana
native OF Brooklyn, where he has spent all OF ms
life lie had u public school education ana became
an Office boy for James H. Troy when thirteen
years old. lie afterward went into the law ofhce
OF Judge Garrison. and while there was admitted
to tbs bar. For twenty-one years he was "a part
ncr fof ex-Judge s. -. Morris. From 1851 to 1s'2
he was Assistant District Attorney OF Kings
county He has been counsel in many important
ca scs and onoys IA lucrative practice. He was one
OF the counsel for Theodore Tion In his famous
suit against Henry Ward Beecher Mr.. Pearsal
served with Judge Reynolds representing Kings
County on the State Commission to revise the
judiciary provisions OF the constitution few years
ago. He has always been active In Democratic
politics and IL counsel for the Long Island Water
supply Company. Mr. Pearsall lives In f.ighth-ave.
and is "A member OF the Montauk club. the consti-
tuition club the Carlton Club and the Crescent
Athletic club.
The Republican convention to nominate candi-
date for Judge Iiarnard's place Will be held in
BrOoklyn at y. to-day. Colonel Robert i.
Wilkinson. Of Poughkeepsic, ia likely to be made
the candidate.