New-York tribune., 1894-02-06
CTTTE tND TIE OTUERS.

Judge Cute Of Albany. has come down. lie
came down yesterday and he is likely to stay
down for a good while 10 come. We do not
mean that be- has come down from the capital
10 the metropolis Heaven forbid. He mas
come down from the perch which Shcchan ana
MAYNARD induced him TO mount last Friday
His celebrated Injunction forbidding the clerk
Of 1hr Senate TO call MIR. WolfrrtS name on The
roll has been vacated. His friends now say
that he knew all the time that it didn't amount
to anyfhiug and that he at least knew enough
Inv 10 understand that the legislative branch
of the State Government can max" ana
interpret its own rules Of procedure ana
can do any act consistent wiii the powers
vcr.rl In ii by tho constitution ana
,hat no judicial tribunal can interfere with
H. We haven't doubt that Judge cute
knows This fact at the present time: our "hIY
doubt is MS to when II" learned II. PcrhapS II
has dawncd on him since he asccrtain'I that
the people of The State looked upon him ana
his Injunction aS entirely worthless ana absurd
or perhaps he knew il all the time. h'l' was
willing 10 assist Maynard and Sh"rhan III max
ing Il gigantic bluff. However this may be- the
fact is well known io him now. by his own
confession and h. himself is better known
than he WAS before outside of Albany County.
Ju|gc Clu'c il noI the only one Of the dis
tinguishcl trio who has @ot 10 the point "f con
ceding something. The Licuician'''ovcrh"r
has also been heard from. He is quoted aS say
ing thai the Republican Senators mi,IN 90 on
viii brute force to d" anything 'h"y pleased
because they had Il biz majority. bu thai
did not n'kc II riglt To b. sure: hi'
Of course IN" presumption always is mat
any course Of action is right which is Of
fcusiyc TO ShcchIn. ana honest men would geii-
orally accept vcrr cliccrfIilly th" responsibility
Of npnosing his schemes. though they ihlyh'
f,rl so,i" mScivings un;il IL announced him
.c'f. L. III cis" th"rr isn't Il chance for
,olh' Whatrvrr the d""th of Jn'g" 'u'"s
knowlcigc or i@nclancr may he. Sh"cllan has
Il consdcl,bc supply of bruins. He never
imagined that 30 had right, rs presiding ON
Ger of Il legislative body Of which he Is not
even member TO decide for the majority what
il should do or leave undonc. or TO overthrow
the Constitution with iii injunction. lIc knew
tl:It he hadn't the right. bI' he thought II pos
siblc that sheer aulaciiy would cnah" him 10
exercise the power. 1t WAS merely one oi ms
characteristic tricks. Backed by congcnal ac-
comulccS. he has in former im"S ana under
different coalitions pock"tcd dirty stakes by
playing thr game tha; way. ana hc tlonsht he
nigh, as wei: try it again. He had no rcpufa-
ton 10 lose excepting such rs an unwon'cd
display Of drccncy might impcril. and the pos
shility Of saving something o,ii Of the wreck
Of his political fortunes was tempting. Nobody
Is surprised NJ his performance.
Perhaps nobody has any excuse for being
surprised at the part which Isaac II. Maynard
took in The injunction proceedings. Ana yet IL
would have been pleasant TO think that man
who bad sat for two years on the bench of the
Court OF Appeals would prefer not TO get caught
in n second attempt to cheat the people so soon
after receiving Il tremendous castlgation for his
first offence. l,ut vet the incident may prove
useful The people undoubtedly have an even
clearer perception than they had last fall of the
quality OF Democratic leadership in the State Of
York. They see that no rcbukc however
overwhelming. no punishment however stern,
can eradicate or even restrain the vicious pro-
pcnsiics of such men, their brutal contempt for
law. their dcrision of public morality, their
utter sclfshncSS.