The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-22
The Sheriff.

The Sheriff.
The Office OF Sheriff. the most nncien
Office in this county. dating back to 1926 il
filled usually by a Democrat who. at some
period Of his adult existence. ran with {
fire company during the days when the New
York Fire Department was a volunteer
body. and before the era OF steam and
horses. The rule Is not invariable. and there
seems to DO no sound reason for its OBJ
servance twenty-eight years after the dis
bandmcnt Of the old volunteer force but ex.
firemen are usually strong Shriovalty can.
didates. and. under Democratic tradition
and usage. that fact justitics their selec,
ton. The present Sheriff Of New York, ex-
Judge GoRMAN. was one Of the active lneln-
bers OF the Gulick Hose Company a Ninth
ward institution. He joined the volunteer
department in 1916. and after being nine
teen years In its service, became first trus-
| tee and afterward Treasurer of the Relief
| Fund OF the department. and served as a
| Fire Commissioner till appointed Police
| Justice. He has been continuously active in
| the affairs Of the old firemen OF New York
| AS by the terms OF the State Constitution,
Sheriffs are not eligible to reelection. the
Hon. CHARLES NJ. CLANCY was nominated
by the Democratic Convention In Tammauy
Hall on Tuesday night to succeed Judge
GoRMAN. He also is an old fireman, having
been member of the Hibernia Hook and
Ladder Company in Elizabeth until its
disarmament. Judge CLANCY Is n typ
ical Democrat, from the lower wards of
this city. the Gibraltar of Democratic
strength and majorlties. He has repre-
scented his neighbors in this part OF the town
for many years. in the municipal legisla-
ture. and afterward on the bench Of one
OF the civil courts. where he has been for
eighteen years. He will leave the bench in
the natural order OF promotion. to become
Sheriff; and will be the first lawyer for many
years to hold that office by popular election.
The duties OF the Sheriff are mainly
legal. and a knowledge of the law on
the part Of the incumbent is, therefore, n
very desirable thing. Heretofore Sherifrs
OF New York, invariably Democrats. have
usually been men without diplomas. and If
qualified lawyers. they have not been in
active general practice. The salutary de-
parture OF Tanmany Hail in nominate
ing for Sheriff candidate who is backed
by eighteen years service on the bench in
civil cases. seems to have escaped the keen
eyed notice Of the professional roformers,
who use most OF their ammunition of crit-
cism in attacking imaginary abuses and
assaiing Interchangeable conditions, to the
neglect OF those things which are really
susceptible Of Improvement
Judge CLANCY Is a very popular Demo-
crat. He halls from the part Of the CITY
which deserves well of the Democracy. and
which. for many years, the Republicans
have pcrsistently ignored. He is genial
and unconvcntionnlly democratic. The
district in which. for many years. his
residence has been a landmark, was for
mrrly the abiding place OF thousands of
workingmen. some American. some Irish
American. and all Industrious. thrifty, and
law-abiding. Along with the changes of
population elsewhere. tho Fourth, Sixth.
and Fourteenth wards. which form collec- |
lively the judicial district over which he |
presides. have been overilown, as a student |
OF such matters recently declared by Rus |
slams. Italians. Greeks. Poles, and Rouma-
mans; but Judge CLANCY Is on that account |
no less representative Of tho constitu-
ency. His nomination on Tuesday night
was marked with great favor by the Con.
vention that made it; and once fireman.
now Judge. and always a Democrat. he
VIII have big majority on election day.
We have not yet got complete returns of
he election held yesterday in the city OF Perry.
hough the campaign WAS one Of the hottest
'ver known in this country. The six daily
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