New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-07
CONDEMNATION.
BRANDED as 4 CRIMINAL.
4 scATHIy(; DENUNCIATION 81 THE DEM
OCRATIC LAWYERS OF NEWHoHh.
THE TERDICT or THE B1R dSHOCfAii"'

NE DELIBERATELY COMMITTED ONE OF THE
| crAvrsr OFFENCES KNOWN TO THE LAW,
AND, IN THE JUDGMENT OF TIL. Legal
| PROFESSION, i UNFIT TO HAVE
PLACE UPON THE BENCH.
| The Bar Association of New YORK yeai anu
ha1, 900 nut unon Isaac II. Maynard the indeh-
| 49,, .and ~ inramy After long and careful
collaboration a representative committee Oh the
associat ion presented a report reviewing III de-
,ou bis mart in the theft of the state senate III
| tho foil of 1891 emphatcally declaring MS Oh
| ,rca IN have been zone Of the graVeSt kho"h
| 10 l,w" and recommending his removal from
| tho Rench TO which he had been appointed III
| reward for his crime. This report WAS auop'eu
! bv the association March - lS'-' py al
almost unanimous vote at one Oh inc Ia So
| meetings it has ever held. The Bar ASsocia'o''
| Of this city Is overwhelmingly bei"o'i an
| body in it's political affiliations Inc co"''''''
| ,no, ubosc unanimous report Maynard was
condemned contains seven Deihoci"'S anu
on,v two Republicans The report, therefore
| o, ,reo from even the suspicion OF hostile
,ar+,ean has II was the impartial and dellb-
| orate Judgment of the legal profession of New
york unon a fcllow-membcr Of that profession
who had betrayed his trust and fiagrahuy Fio-
! lated the very laws he was bound to MAINTAIN.
| Here il the fun text Of the report; ana IL
I makes "mighty Interesting reading lor Tue
| electors Of New-York who are now lmpudehuy
asked to vote this law-brcaker Maynard INTO
one Of the highest judicial Offices of the State;
TEXT OF THE REPORT.
| tn the Association OF the Bar of the city OF
| New-York
| The committee appointed by your resolution
Of the sth day Of March instant. when was as
| follows:
Wherea fp9sars Of fTd TIM upr n.G 0 G""r hat
grave offences may have recently ben cv,I". M
~ th "nnirolI"r OF his STATE and that Mr. Isaac
! II MAYNARD then Deputy Attorneyicn'ra am
since elcvatcd 10 the bench Of our highest conrI'
WINS 50 conn c.si Win thc transaction AZ to i'm
pair his usefulness az "a Jung. anu ,'''r ,here
credit the administration OF justice now 'here-
Resolved That it be referred 20 c con nr.!.,
| Of nine members. to be- appointed by the m t,
dent of the ssorntion to inquire INTO thr mas
aforesaid and judge Maynards c9nse, , ~ th.
| nss@ciniion 10 be- held tn" evening OF Marcn
- sSl 80 conmlticc AS To- what acton If any, should
be- taken by ,he AS oc.ation in III" premises
Respectfully report:
| We have diligently inquired INTO an ,he
| facts and circumstances connected WIN 'h'
| subject matter If said resolution and nave ar
| rivcd AT conclusions concerning action sultap'e
I Ia be- taken by this association.
| In the course ~ our inquiry We nav" eNlnl-
| ,u.J AZ we believe every paper and document
| "a, wing any material connection with the trans
| actions. and have procured statements either
| oral or written. from most OF inc c"unsei con-
ncctcd wit the legal proceedings
\ STATEMENT or FACTS.
yorr committee deem Il most suitable to be-
| gin their report with brief statement "f what
seem 10 them to be the material and substantial
! facts
| II appears that statements In triplicate OF the
results Of The election In Duchess County had
heen deposited i'm the mails addressed sever
ally to the Governor. the Secretary Of state ana
| the Controller. and had been received by those
I officers as early as the 30th OF November
| 1891
| embracing this statement. would have resulted
] I'm "A declaration OF the election 90 the ono" Oh
! Senator from the XVIII Senatorial l'Htrlc, OF
| Edward -. Osborne, the Democratic candidate
| IL was alleged i'm the Republican interest that
| In the prcraration ~ this statement. and on the
| counting III votes Tor senator cast I'm Duchess
| County certain votes had been crroneously
| thrown out hy the T}pard OF County canNass'rS
i and that by this means an apparent majority
| had been secured for Osborne; whereas II such
| votes had been counted the Republican candi-
| date would have had "A plurality In the Sena-
| tofial District.
| II was further asserted on the Republican side
| that the statement above mentioned was irregu-
| lar and Illegal. 10y reason 81 the TACT that II had
| been certified by one Mylod who had been
| appointed secretary pro tcmporc by the Board
! of County Canvassers. instead Of, as the law
| required by the County clerk.
! II was determined by voters belonging 10 the
| Republican side in the County OF Duchess t.
| contes; by legal proceedings what they re-
| gardcd as an unlawful attempt to count in
| Osborne senator In mace of Dcane.
| Counsel were employed for this purpose. and
| the plan apparently adoptcd by them was two
fold: first. to institute proceedings against the
|