New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
" NOTHING BID IN DI|JER."


his famous recommendation OF Patrick Dl'N'r
for oppointmcnt as Police Justice III WHICH h'
said II have known Mr.. Diver perSoh''' i''
"manv years and believe him I'D pe III c'','
"w,v qualified To discharge the du'ieS oi 'h'
..ot,ice 10 which he desires 10 Dc appo'"o"
and ON the strength of TINS cer'hca'e ii"'' Wv
nresent Tammany candidate for RecorueI "''
IJrch / Grant the pre- sent Tammany caiuiu''
for Nayor. did appoint Patrick Diver f"hce
Iu.ticc several things have happened. For III
s,,ncn seventeen men in the district oi WIN"
no WAS the leader have come 10 sr"i Ill
in nrison. some have been heavily hheu anu
sonc have fed the country 10 escape 'he p"'''N''
,,,o,, &c thcir crimes All these were puhiSh'"
for election frauds And all the lr'uuS "'.'
'.@,,,,,i,,.J with DIVERS knowledge and at his
;,.,io,ti,n Pretty bad in Diver * party
,1r and office holder this was. Worse stii'
so soon ~ inSticc got cn track of these "nen"-
$50. tho man NJ whose bidding and for whose
,,ntooo they had committed erin" ana III
,,,,rrod n.noltirs turned tail on them ana rai
rl,o , cowordv cur. leaving them to 'heir ia'''
Diver fed to California aS soon ~ ''' ''on'"
hrrau and did not return ill II WAS oN''' ''"'
left the impression among palrl"'S WI" i'''N
uizcd him rs their leader that DVV'r '"'''n "''
ha depended on 10 stand by his iri'm'H' '"''
i, a,,o,,, tb,t # vaS very bad in Diver !"
u,, ip,n troublc in that way and then
desert them.
little later it appeared in evidence o'ior'
tbc Icxow Committee that Will" p'''r was
conducting a ginmill and preparing h'liS'H ~
discourage the judicial duties for when h'cor"''
Smvth who had known him personally 'or
many wears" certified that he was IN 'N''!
way we'll malilied" his ginmlll was me h''"'
ouortcrs Of green goods men and buhc"S'''I
nrs whose companion and friend he was I"
no, octuallv in partnership with them 10 'h'
honest unsophisticatcd citizen seeing pNN'r
sitting ON the bench Of the Police Court I" Ell
fore, the laws mctc out justice To "Hchd'rs
and punish crime: viewing the possibility -"'!'
IN. certainty. II the police but did thelr du|
If the very green goods" men and bunco-S'''r
..r. vho wcrr his intimate friends ana VINO
Lon, in his safe the tools Of their proi'SSi"h'
hcirc ,rraicncl before him. II did really seem
had in Diver tha, he should be- 50 tangled up
with nrofcssional criminals. For II gave rise 'o
- very natural suspicion that the immunity
which thes.. swlndlcrs had VIGOROUSLY enjoyed
in this community f." many years might b'
accounted for bv the terms Of intimacy on winch
,hov lived with the officers of the law. whose
function il j. 10 administer punishment IN
aic, ncuoItlcs and protect society against them.
The average man. "" believe" considers 'hlS
rather bad in Divver.
Herein he takes quite II different view from
that If Recorder Smyth DIVERS original spon'
sor and present champion For Recorder Smy'h'
with a full knowledge II DIVERS character ana
coreer before and since he recommended his
l.f mol
mat recommendation. says. with a certain FRANK
assurance born probably " tn" consciousness
that in the matter Of morals public and private
Diver Is a good average of The ruling "rgah'Aa'
,;o, f. which both belong Il would do the
"salnc again Diver made good f"hc' JUS
.tce. and if he had only let liquor aloh" ana
mot got into this late diS"rderN scene rol'r-
ring to thc Tckulsky debate. from the effects
"of which Diver iS now in conrt-pAs'e'"' ~
"clusion, he would be all right. Iherc j. noun
"inr bad in Diver. whiSkcy aside. any more
chan in any other man Oh the f"H'" h'"'"'
According to tins eminent authority -cahdlhl''
for reelection 10 his high judicial position
there j. nothing bad in the Judg" VINO ilNu
gates his followers to commit frauds upon 'h'
ballot and then baScly deserts them no'hlhs
had in the Judge who consortS with green
goods" men and buncostecrcrs ana furnishes
,bom with facilities for their criminal pursuits:
Il il only when he gets roaring. lighting drunk
,b,t no * obicctionablc Nothing bad in MN
Int the whiskey our trouble. according |" MI
Smv,h. Is not that we have Tammany Judges
urotecting the rocuos who rob us. IN; That once
I'm a while a Tammany Judge gets drunk anu
discracos lis Disgrac,.s us not 80 miich ny MS
drunkenness as by starting in 10 fight wheh
drunk and getting 'lickcd' and laid mp III court
plaster
rh. voters ow" Recorder Smyh thanks NJ
least for simplifying one feature or the slt'il
tion anI making the issue so far as MS own
claims for reelection are concerned. clear-cu
distinct and plain vote for Frederick Smyth
for Rncordcr l. "A vote 30 vindicate Patrick DIV
yer Mr. Smyth has disclosed his standard of
nuhlic morals and his idea Of the proper qualf-
c,tions for "A judicial office. Not only disclosed
| # but repeated it with emphasis in the face OF
all that the voters now know Of Patrick DIV
yer's unwhocSome reputation, vicious ass0cia-
tions cowar,lly characteristics and turbulent
career Every voter who has the slightest re-
gard for thc good name Of the city or any In
tercs, Ii protecting life and property from or
canjzcd thcvcry and huggery should bear III
| mind that a vote for Frederick Smyth for Re
| corlcr is "A vote Of confidence In Patrick Divvcr.
| For Frederick Smyth says publicly. 'thcr" Is
nothing bad in Diver.