New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-22
time. and they will watch intently TO discover
how Loyalty and completely it is rendered
DID YER, j


DIFFER.
The observation Of Diver j.. at this precise
iuucture seems unfortunate. For the TWO
s,o,osmen to whom we owe the elevation of T..
Diver 10 the Bench which in his lucid intervals
he adorns at the low price OF SSooo !e;'r' are
now candidates for municipal cfiicc on Inc
same ticket, and his occasional production Ill
public as an object lesson If it did not promote
their prospects Of an election, would at IcaS'
cnIivcn the campaign. 1t might indeed do more
were il not for the fact that his usefulness Ill
the particular sphere in which he was pre-
eminent had been somewhat impaired by the
impertincnt curiosity Of the Lcx0w Committee
concerning the methods he has pursued ana the
uncharitable behavior of certain courts ana
iuri,s toward several of his most effective
allies and intimate friends. For L. Diver as
is well known is ordinarily at pcrihelon dur
ing the month Of October when the forests are
aglow with the ruddy autumnal tints and the
nose Of the returning Tammany tramp begins
70 blaze with the bencfcent booze of the
Bowery. 1t is in October that i. Diver
gathers his ripcncd crop Of Democratic voters,
and not nfrcquently under the GENIAL rays
which shoot down into Park Row from East
FOurtecntn-St. gets unCoI1nloni! i'Pc 'i"'N''
1t is there, when the happy husbandman Is
stufing his bursting barns with the fruitful
harvest. that =. Diver j., keeping in tune
with Nature and in step with the husband
man. swclls his registry lists and stuns his
boxes. Much more a bencfactor than ne VINO
makes two blades Of grass grow where only one
grew before, +. Diver can make several
hundred votes count when no one even voted
But for the Lexow Committee and the enforced
absence UP the river of some Of his ablcst CO.
adiutators. T. Diver might be still pursuing
career of uncxampcd usefulness 10 the Demo
cratic party.
Even now he might serve Il useful purpose as
an object lesson in the campaign, for it was
the Hon Hugh J. Grant. the latest Tammany
candidate for Mayor. who appointed i. Diver
to the judicial position he so highly adorns
The credit for il. however, is not his alone. II
is divided between him and his associate on
the ticket the Hon. Frederick Smyh candi
date for Recorder. Indeed, we are not sure
bur that Recorder Smyth deserves the larger
share of credit for 1t will be remembered that
Immediately after Mayor Grant had made the
appointment il was criticised by ignorant per
sons who did not know that the Tammany re-
quircment for judicial positions was not train
ing nj the bar but behind II. and that in reply
To such criticism the Mayor produced tcsti-
monial 10 the character Of l.. Diver from Re
cordcr Smyth, which might have served for
IIornbOwcr or Pcckham. and was no doubt
much stronger than any that Recorder Smyth
would have given either Of those unsuccessful
candidates for the Bench IL Is a singular CO.
incidence that T. Diver, j.. is the joint product
Of the two eminent statesmen AZ the head of the
Tammany ticket. Were he in condition 10 be
exhibited to the public during the campaign now
in progress both candidates would be able To
full vigor Of health. relieved Of courtpastcr.
with AL his lincanunts complete and features
unbroken. he might even now render his crea-
tors great service by the processes of ariih-
mctic. in which he Is an adept AMI the climina-
ton from the balloi-boX Of all untOward factors.
Even II his unscldsh devotion to the doctrines
of Democracy did not urge him 10 ii, he would
hardly be- able 10 resist the dictates Of graft
tudc 10 his bcnciacors.
Unfortunately and somehow mlsfortunes
seem TO fall upon the Tammany Democracy in
batiallons =. Diver is. during these golden
harvest days Of October. In retirement. Pre-
clScly where is not known only one thing is
certain, mat ne Il not Ill MOTIFS Ithul>kN
saloon. AT The end ~ brief argument be-
tween the judge and Mr.. Tcsulsky over a ques
ton Of constitutional law relating 10 the re-
ported purpose ~ the Judges constituents 10
stone the bloody lite out Of him." the Judge
fell back in good order covered with court
plaster, but having saved his own original col
ors and taken several others from the enemy.
Even now it Is believed that the Judge. If nv
could be persuaded To appear would be a very
great help TO the canvass Of Mcssrs. Grant and
Smyh The principle at stake in this election,
il we rightly understand Mr. Ellcry Anderson,
Is that the defeat of Grant and Smyth and the
party behind them would be an insane effort
10 make "a short cut 10 the millennium" and
would take away the occupation Of the Al
mighty" No intelligent voter could look upon
Diver without feeling that so long as he and
such as he are kept in office there is no danger
Of the millennium, by short cut or otherwise.
and the Almighty will be kept fully occupied