New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-10

DANIEL. q. GRlFflN
flee Pardon c. Williams. Of Water'o""' 'o' ,ne
Court of Appeals nomination. as ne uhuouo'eu's
,u do the contest against Platt.sm Will never
cease in this territory until he Is oVer'hro""'
In ST Lawrence County ex-SpeaKer Many o"'i'eu
o,r,ost everv town and secured the Delegates ana
q unanimous nomination to the senate from ,"e
6. tavrence- Franklin district. Mr. l1au also
made an effort 10 secure one OF the Assemoiyihen'
nutting I'D several candidates against ira - 'ieS'
~ Edwards Mr. Miles was nominated on the NJ
.v-th,rd ballot The other Assemblyman from 81
Iawre,ca county will be " b. Ives. OF Potsham'
who is an anu-Platt man. lheSe "on''''"''o"' nv
all equivalent to an election
In the LET Assembly District Mr.. Platt MADE no
opposi.ion to the nomination OF supervisor No'
neIius J. Clark OF Carthage. for Assembly, honors.
and he was nominated by acclamstloh' III me 'iu
District Henry J. Lane. eX-memoer OF Asse'""'y' "
Plat man. was ptted in the Assembly contest
against Walter Zimmerman, oI Drumming "
Zimmerman won easily.
In the new XXXVth Senate or Jenersoh-he"s
District Joseph Mullin, who has served TWO 'e'"''
IN the Senate the representative OF the os"ego-
St Lawrence and jefferson district mas no oppos'-
,,op and Will be ronominaied at the Senate Con-
,.o,,,on 70 he held IN Carthage on September q
Mr. MullIn who is an attorney for the New-io rk
Central road and law partner OF DAME. IT, UNI
fin is known here as strong anti-Piau man. Du'
in Albany and New-York he is far more tolerant
of the boss than his people desire.
JUSTICE WILLIAMS \ CANDIDATE.
Justice Pardon C. Williams. OF this city. is can
didate for the Court Of Appeals nomination. to
succeed Francis y. Finch. OF Ithaca lie Is wen
known as an upright. able, fearless industrious
turist He IS Republican. but apprecia ton OF his
oualitcs as Judge is not confined TO his party.
Governor Flower appointed him TO special duty IN
New-York and in Troy when important cases were
70 be tried The trial and conviction OF Bat
Shea occurred under him. He was. candidate
for the Court OF Appeals nomination last year and
showed considerable strength at the convention.
He was in the field early this year and had no
opposition until Plat came out Few weeks ago IN
favor OF Judge Celora T.. Martin. OF Bnghamton'
his choice for the Court OF Appeals. Judge Martin
has for years been the associate Of Judges Hardin
and Merwin on the General Term bench. II nom
mated he could not the full term. on ac-
count OF his age.
The most earnest and interested hacker OF Judge
Martin is Senator Edward O'Connor OF bingham
ton He is another whom Plat has been unable
to carry in this campaign and who Is turned
down" for another Plat man; therefore OConnor
seeks an apponive place which Plat can give
him II Judge Martin can be advanced TO the
Court OF Appeals. Senator OConnor. by the grace
OF Plat will undoubtedly be appointed to succeed
Judge Martin. Justice Williams will have the
united support of all the delegates from the With
Judicial District. comprising the counties of Herki-
mer Oneida Onondaga Oswego, Jefferson and
Lewis Senator Mullin recently talked with Mr..
Plat about Judge Willlams's candidacy and Plat
was frank enough to tell him that Judge Williams
could not be nominated. and that he would place
the name OF Judge Martin on the ticket Mr.. Null
lin admits that Plat is controlling the conven-
ton and saws that he believes Platt will carry out
his threat defeat Justice Williams.
The Platt fight will be continued next year In the
contest for Congress honors This Congress dis
trict which comprises the counties OF Oswego JEFF
10 oil Ix
A. Chicker!ng OF Copenhagen. who is serving his
second term. Next year Elon X. Brown. OF Water
town will be the only ant-Platt candidate fighting
Henry J. Lane Colonel A. u. Shaw. Congressman
Chickering and Isaac L. Hunt Al OF W ,,21n have
announce their canddacy 1uase oyan ,ans
Will make sure Mr. Browns success next year for
Congress honors
MR. GRIFFIN WANTS TO BE ATTORNEY
GENERAL
Ex-Governor Flower has taken up his residence
In Watertown. and has been elected delegate to
the Democratic State Convention. lie will prob
ably be the presiding officer at Syracuse Wafer
town will furnish the Democratic candidate for
Attorney General this fall. In the person OF Daniel
c. CIR fin, ex-chairman Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee. He Is the choice of Senator
Hill His only opponent was Mr.. Stanchheld, OF
Elmira former partner OF Senator Hill. Mr.
StanchAed Will be Induced TO Withdraw before the
convention. as Senator Iill desires him to become
a candidate FOR the Senate.
Mr.. Griffin was born In the town OF wilma. JEFF
ferson County in lAS. In 1876 he was admitted 70
the b. r. and is "A member OF the firm OF Null
lin Griffin < Walker, who the WORK Cen
trail Railroad attorneys Mr.; Grimm Is an asiute
nlzed BY the New York Central officials and more
than once he has been selected 20 carry on i'm
pOrtant lawsuits.
The bi;terest political nght for the nominate
OF a Supreme Court judge In the Vth Judicial DIS
one in place Of Justice irving G. vann. Of Syracuse
whose term expires. and the additional justice pro-
v.dcd FOR by the new Constitution. Nann will be-
renominate1 without opposition, but there is Bit
/ struggle for the other place. The judges OF the
district now are Merwin. OF Oneida County: Hardin
OF Herkimer, Williams. OF Jefferson Wright. OF
Oswego. and Nann and McIennan. o, Onondaga
Lewis County has justice. Hardin and Merwn
on the General Term bench II has been
coded that Oneida County Is entitled to the add
tiOnal Judge. being the second largest county TN
the district. and would get H. 1t not for the
fact that the political leaders there cannot unite
three delegates ana " 4. Matteson. OF t'tica
three delegates the other three delegates are a.
videi. Oswego County has candidate In Judge
Stowell. and Lewis County viii present the name
OF Charles :. Mareness OF I.owville. Jefferson and
iierkim"r have no candidates. Onondaga County
which has two justices. wants the additional one
and VIII prohaby secure IL on account OF the bitter
! hshi between Matteson ard Scripture In Oneida
| County. OnondaPa County will give her solid dele
/ States Senator Hiscock. The jefferson and Oswego
delegation VIII probably vote for HiscOck and thus
| nominate him. The nomination IL equivalent to
an election. The Judicial Convention VIII be held
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