The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-03
CIVIL JUSTICE ASPIRATIONS.
The Political Situation IN the Districts
Where There vni ne Vacancies

first term. These two nre Judge Clancy OF
the Second Judicial district and Judge Stock
Ter OF the Fourth. Judge Clancy was elected
in 1874; Judge Steckler was elected In 1881.
Both have been serving continuously since.
and neither one It is said. will be candidate
for reelection. though In Judge Clanoy's case
such an announcement Ia not authoritative.
But pinetoen years service in local court Is
long one and extremely trying to the am
billions OF aspirants in q district which con-
tains very large number OF young lawyers.
who consider themselves qualified to dis
charge the duties which devove on q New
York Civil Justice In the case OF Judge
| Steokler. there Is no such doubt OF his retire.
mont. for he has moved out Of the district over
which he presdes as Judge. and now lives In
West Eighty-seventh street.
Each OF the other eight Civil Justices whose
forms expire this year are candidates for re-
election. Some arc serving first term and
others Of them. to speak technically. are serv-
ing portion Of tho first term for Judge Moore
| OF the Third district and Judge Mexican Of tho
Seventh district. were first elected IN 1902. and
Judge Lynn OF the First district was elected In
| 1892. They succeeded respectively Judg es
Denne. Mcneil. and Mitchell. deceased. Tho
other Judges were elected In 1887 for the full
term OF six years. There arc Ave OF them. and
all i've are candidates for reelection. Judge
polulOSle III lilo lltu ulbtTlOt, WIlCn nus now
q large and constantly increasing Hebrew
! population. expects to have no opponent for
the Tammany Hall nomination. He was
elected In opposition to the Tammany
| candidate. Judge Mccarthy. six years ago. but
| along with his former county associates. Pat
| keenan,, John Ahearn. and Tim Campbell
went over to Tammany Hall soon after the
| election OF 1890. Up to few weeks ago 1t
was said that Alexander Rosenthal OF tho
Fourth district might oppose him. but Mr..
Cleveland POSSIBLY with the idea OF harmonic
ing local rvalries on the east side Of town.
appointed Mr.. Rosenthal Consul to Leghorn.
and so left to Judge Goldfogle the clear Il cid
for the Tammany Hall nomination. Judge
Lachman. elected at the same time as union
Democratic candidate in the Sixth district has
not 80 reassuring an outlook for six years
moro Of judicial service. Up to year ago he
was political follower OF Judge Maurice J.
Power. to whose influence he owed his NOM
ination in 1887. He has since Joined the Tam
many organization in the Twelfth district. but
Assem- blyman Daniel F. Mcmahon is slated for
the re gular Democratic nomination here. and
unless Judge Lachman runs independently
and wins which Is a remote contingency as
matters stand now he is likely to 10 retired
59dse osc 1tiss7s
joined joined T smmany Hall indecd. he Is one so Of
the few surviving anti anti NINA Democrats
Sos and the
nomination is not, as in most other lstricts.
equivalent to an election Il Judge Jer9Ioman
cratic and machine Republican support. he
will hayo as his Tammany Hall opponent
cratic Assembly nan from the Thirteenth dis.
trict for the y. past three years ,.,...,o
the Ninth district, or. rather. he would be IL
John NJ Conan was not already slated for that
pos wsr Of Tan A n
J%dss MSe and left wf tSe Il Icy
snug corner Of the Wiewam SINCE It SO hap
Judges AcFe the G.y ys Court and
Ninth District Court. in which he seryed two
full terms as Judge. And rs turn. about Is con-.
ndss fs p SSds PS n tss Ms
GoMn should BE- promoted from the harlem
Ssssn sss T S# x.s sss sS.t IL the
like his father Police Judge Henry Murray, q
membe Of the County DEMOCRACY. which he
Democracy. leaving that organization in 1872
to Join the anti snapper, Democracy. So he
six years, without. however. ioininc the chief
Democracy-that Of Tammany Hall. Judge
q s n are hea hs
10000 Republican voters in this district and
the Murray organization. personal one. Is
election OF Tom McManus to the Assembly, in
the Eighteenth district against the popular
Should Judge Murray take the field for re.
election; as nov apPenrf proS a6 there VIII
James A. oGorman: who was the LABOR can can:
ddate here in 1887. was looked upon as GER
has BEEN %, sh Hus
probable that THOMAS C. 0'spllivan Assembly,
man from the, Nineteenth district In the last
Both O'sullivan and O'Gorman are eloquent
orators. Judge Murray IL not. put as the case
out and three pegs are two too many for one
Moore in the Third district are, likely 10
be renomnated without any serious oppo-
sell Considerably Of late in the Irish parlia-
mentary question; taking the side OF the Par
nss Ina ntd se vs ss
Of the case which does not lind general accent
ance among Irlshmen hereabouts Judge
himself strictly to the business Of his court.
and he has proved to be- Sd enc OF the NEST Of
venerable lawyer. William F. Fullerton. in
w sSdss sis Rs EFfH II IT, Seventh district is
Ths astFs 81! sp1; S FSsssh
and Central Park: and It has grown enormous;
" during the past ton years In population and
Of the diamond back district. whore embryo
to serve In paid public capacity. are numer-
GUS. Besides this contingent OF candidates.
OF bright young Jewish and German lawyers.
not without political following. and stanch In
district has SO large a. jewish population that
political expedisncy is likely TO dictate the
Judge McKean would become ex-JudGe Nc
Kean after Jan. ], 1894.
In the second judicial district now presided
over by Judge Clancy. 1t Is CONN report that
young ban U'heilly. son Of the late Police
many nomination. Whether or not he will be
able to secure It 10 question which 1t s too
early to solve. but one thing about the sltua- |
tioD here Is certain. and that is that the man
who gets the Tammany nomination can go
fishing with Dennis shea at Canarse Beach on |
election day, without danger that his interests
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