The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-11

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The CIDER C the cont. hns because. ~ ne
ection Of tha secretary % state tFrank
Bee the g0yernor Hai1 ard TIE counsel
Of ne con psrolisr Mayazr1E the retzFns
were taken from she severai paasac oEhees
wbsgs they bad beea pgop~rsy received
aaA wsfs gsTea 20 Mr.. Enanx."
AL TIE judges u the ssprsns court aud
the eoaFt of Appeals who decided axasnss
tie ssxasisy az Msynard's sst ssrs Denao-
crxss. RE4 the grA31ear Of the Whole bnss-
ness = that 60 ths Absolute rsvsEes1e for
their Judicial dafy OF these judges; 70 tbs
patriotic determination Of the greAs Demo-
attempt % plani thief upon the highest
c0ars Of the state. &c owe ths defeat Of
Maynard.
of coarse :hs Democratic lawyers knew
that probably the defeat Of Maynard
veald drag down the rest Of the tlckss,
bat thsy did not hesitate moment; they
said, II the Democratic state Convention Is
ruled by men 50 shameless thai they do
not hesitate 70 nominate . thief for the
bench. then ne will teach these "bosses"
that they can not invade the courts Of the
state with political safety 20 themselves:
tinetion OF party 70 rescue their courts
from this threatened invasion Of political
rusHanism and corruption. So powerful
was this appeal Of the bar Of Nsw
York state; 50 upansweabie were tie
arguments on the evidence Of Maynard's
crime: 50 theoretically did they work
night aud day for victory that week
before e.eetson the New York CORE
spondeut Of the Philadelphia Psess wrote:
Nothing but unsxampled frauds at the
polls can possibly save Maynard from
defeat"
The bar Of the state Of New York saved
its highest court from disgrace; led the
American people froin dishonor before the
civilized world. The people Of no state
desire 70 elevate man Of tainted integrity
and paralyxed moral sense 10 q seat upon
the bench, bat craftsmanship frequently
swallows patriotism. and it needed just
this universal revolt Of the legal profession
in New York state against the nomination
Of Maynard 70 secure his defeat.
The great lawyers in both parties, who
organized this revolt. were none OF them
politicians: they are seldom heard Of in
politics, and for this reason. when they
rose up and as one man begged the decent
men in both parties to sustain the credit
Of the courts. the people VIGOROUSLY an
swered the appeal.
Hereafter let no man speak derisively of
the legal profession. There are lawyers
and lawyers. but II IL no more Just to hold
the legal profession responsible for the
dirty work Of q shyster than II is to hold
the military profession responsible for the
infamous acts of guerrilla
As . rule the respectable lawyers are
among the very best and Predetermined
citizens of their communities. Seldom
rich. they are generally liberai-minded
and free-handed men. They believe in
education: in social order, law, and in
tolerance both in religion and politics. Ii
Is splendid feather In the cap Of the pro-
fession that its universal instruction de-
feated the election OF an unjust Judge to
the highest court of New York.
Ii should not be forgotten that these
Democratic lawyers who worked night and
day to defeat Maynard did so because he
had stolen sAs state senate for their esc,s party.
They rose above all this vile defense for
Maynard and said: "Free institutions are
failure If honest men refuse to repudiate
a man who steals an election in order 20
steal the state because he happens 10 be
our particular seoundreI." Maynard was
political pirate aud thief. an outlaw to
patriotic men of all parties