New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-17
TAMMANY JUDGES And REFEREEs
LEGAL APPOINTMENTS WHICH ARE MADE poe
POLITICAL. REASONS.

LEGAL APPOINTMENTS WHICH ARE MADE pos
POLITICAL REASONS.
THE World" printed an article yesterday ah,,.
Tammany judges and referees which strikes :,
methods which often commented on in prly,.
conversation by lawyers. The Word" said:
You VIII find good many lawyers who viii N,
a good word In pubic for Charles II. Truax. a.
bc put back for fourteen years more II they AZ
sure that they Will not be- publicly quoted. they vii
In the important matter of the appointing Of rn
crees. The reasons the lawyer are quiet abou
this busness are tw0-fir.;, TruaX might, by soS~
cnance, slip IN agaln and YOU'D then De IN pos.
ton TO revenge any grievances he might have. and
judicial places who are In the same ring aad wouS
punish the rash lawyer who save the ring away
Blu, the story OF the referees s. out and Is pu.,.
scandal. No judge has ever been stancher ser.
want of Tamm3ny in tails matter than Judge Trus.
or all the judges who keep the favor Of the pOI
ticians By appointing political lawyers referees
Judge TruaX Is perhaps. the worst
But, before taking up Trqax's referees atieut,,
should be called TO one OF Ms appointments Of a re-.
ceiver. 1t was Jess than year ago that the !,
Nicholas Bank went mp. VITA great scandal and
disgrace Its affairs came into the courts. |, be.
came the duty of Judge TruaX 10 appoint a receiver
The banking business H. about the most deilcafs
and complicated business there is. When a hent
gees To- pieces Judge mindful Of the Interests =.
voved casts about for business % long er
per!ence of high integrity ana Of definite standing
on December q, ls9! Jadse Trgax announced hi.
appointment. When the new 81 9li people would
N4l
cx-MayOr of the city. politician and sporting man
The reason Mr.. Grant wanted me Place was no.
hard to find Thomas f. Giro had made repu,a.
ton as a sold business man by being appointed a
receiver. Grant decided that ne too would pu: hin.
self into position 10 pose. not as sport. turf
gambler and a political hee.er but as man Of bust.
ness an administrator OF finance.
But why had Judge TruaN appointed him? The
OTHER DAY Grant overthrow GiirOy and gave Traay 4
denomination. II TruaX made Grant receiver. why
Grant didnt forget to DO az he could 20 make TruaY
q Judge again. Why did TrulX dare to make such
an appointment? That question was answered BY
the fac; that ne was a thick-and-tnin Tammaay
man.
A to this referee business Judge Trusx's record
speaks for itself 1t Is only necessary TO recall that
q referee should be "A lawyer Of standing, Of in.
tegrity. of eXper ence and OF ability. IN the ast
three years and nine mOnths-tAat IS, since January,
1890 Judge Truax has appointed 30 referees These
were divided among twenty-nine men. one man.
George 81. Van Hoesel, chiefly distinguished the
son OF Judge Truays Cd friend and protector Judge
Van Hoesen. got sixteen. Young Gilbert Sper. the
son OF the Judge and otherwise Unknown, got TWEEN.
ty-nve Gi,roy's son. Thomas j.. get three, and
(irroys s0n-in-aw. Mulqueen. got TWO. ". s.
Andrews who keeps the streets dry. got eight All!
Henry Macedonia so invaluable In the Dlsrc,-Attor
ney's Office 20; two. Steve Prownwel. Is down fof
five Ashbe. Fitch for two The present POSTMASTER.
Charles W. Dayton, got four. George \. hsisey vas
appointed seven times. and BOurke COCHRAN and
General Martin T. Mcmahon once each. William X.
Wills was appointed seven times. The Judges
brother, Chauncey = Truax, was appointed once