New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17

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| excessive court expenses They stand out most
| glarlngly when compared with those of Burlington
County whose population Is the nearest to MidueSN
of any of the counties cited Nor are the conditions
| in the two counties dssimilar as to ADMIT VI
such wide variance $1,000 and $4O"
| Those who attempt defend or justify the I'M
warrantabe outlay for the administration OF justice
in Middlesex County assert that the criminal DUST
ness has increased greatly and Is much larger tah
in other counties. That is in measure true. ii IS
manlfestly certain that the criminal docket at each
term of court Is crowded than II used 10 De-
but that very fact to the minds OF all wel-informed
citizens Is a confederation of the assertion that the
expense is unnecessary, and is due to causes when
| are subject to control
! For the last five years the acting prosecutor IN
Mldlesex County has been Robert Adrain. He
would undoubtedly have been the regular prosecutor
but for the constitutional provision that person
holding an office of profit under the government OF
the State should not be eligible to a seat in the
| Legislature. and Robert Adrain not giving up
his seat in the New-Jersey Senate fer the prose-
cutorship Of Mid l,eseX County, particularly when
by the grace of the court he could be specially ap-
polnted each term exercise the functions OF the
latter office. Rober Adra.n, in his public capacity,
takes things easy and doesn't intend to hurry. IL
he has nothing TO do. he Will attend TO the prose-
| cu,ion of criminals that Is OF such criminals as
he sees iii TO prosecute; for this he receives 5000
year II he has something else to DO wants TO
| 20 away on a trip matter what time of year or
how messing the duties of his office he will do it.
and let the prosecution Of criminals await his pleas
ure: he gets paid at the same rate The case OF
Michael Barry may be cited in Illustration. Barry
an alleged nrebug arrested several months
ago and indicted by the September Grand Jury.
both for the crime for which he was arrested ana
for that Of conspiracy to break jail On the latter
charge Miss Mamie Hogar;y. a young woman VINO
has borne a good reputation and VINO Is DeheVed
| 10 be engaged Barry. was also indicted, the
| no Of SMUGGLING
fail TO aid the prisoners to escape. october IS was
the date set for the trials. but that day Robert
| Adrian announced that the case would not be
moved, and November is has been set. In
stances Of Ike character are frequent, apparently
the main thing considered in each beng the con-
venience Of Robert Adrain. These delays are. Of
course highly expensive If a witness in a criminal
case is kept in jail his board be provided and
he is given 30 cents for every day he is In jail.
The law Judge Of Middesex County is J. kearney
| Rice. He Is a careful. pairstaki judge But he is
! believed to be absolutely under Democratic control
/ and in such close afiliatlon with the Democratic
! ring : to prejudice his fairness on the bench
| The terms Of both these officials have long ago
| expired. Governor Werts reappo.nted them last
winter but the Republican Senate refused to confirm
either nomination. because representative c'ti%ens
| OF both parties protested against being afflicted
! longer with either Of them. Notwithstanding their
| rejection, however Governor Werts has appointed
them their respective positions al Interim ana
they now hold Office contrary to the wishes Of the
! people But the handwriting the wall has been
seen and both Messrs. Rice and Adrain know that
their public careers are limited. Governor GIgss
is absolutely certain that they could never be elected
by the people John " Grsgs s sad yIf crs am
has been elected Governor out they VIII 60.
TARDY JUSTICE IN HUDSON.
Much has been said in years gone by Of the in
nuence which the County Court and the Prosecutor
Of Pleas may exert in Hudson County on elections
| This better illustrated than when Justice
Lippincott was the Presiding Judge Of the Court OF
| Common Pleas and forced by his own indomtable
VIII and high sense of right and justice TO trial
about sixty balOtbOX suffers and sentenced nearly
These men were eection officers. and many of
them had been such for years. They had as t heir
cnises Year after year Trey had voted dead men.
men who never existed; men VINO were not CITIZENS:
IA single election, and frequently dozen times at
a singe precinct polling place The exposure came
in 1883 1t was first brought about by Republican
senate investigating committee, and was followed
by the aggressive action of Judge Lppincott Ru-
nors OF these gigantic frauds were common Every
convinced that ballot boxes we're stuffed IN
interests of the ring that controlled the election
During all this time the Prosecutor of the Pleas
appeared to be blind and deaf Arrests were never
made for balot-box stuffing. and Instances were
rare when a common repeater was arrested. Ihey
were mucn more rare when d conNeuoh va o.
tained through the Prosecutors Office. WhIe no
one openly declared that :hese rascaLy ba.!ot-e2x
suffers were protected by the machinery OF the
court, "A Whole lot of people did mucn thinking
ney knew Of any balot-b5x stuing and tried 10
punish the authors his efforts were not generally
In a county Ike Hudson little be done TO re-
press to punish crime without the active and en-
to stop policy paying. bookmakine, close poorooms
and ds@rdery houses P9GSy PSy ns II IN run
of Hudson County. Poolrooms spasmodically open
Orderly houses are very seldom raded by the de-
tectves in the Prosecutors Office.
interest in elections than the hackers OF policy
shops. poorooms and other unlawful pursuits For
the privilege of being unmolesed In their nefarious
business they exert considerable Influence eec-
ton day for they can control the class OF voters
been apparent in Hudson County for years and IL
these gamblers and bring them to justice. elections
would be pureT and certain class Of voters would
Justice Lppincott has repea tcdly called the atten-
ton of Grand Jures to the evils wrought by these
acted on his sugges tons and indicted ,aree mum
Der Of policy sharks, some Of whom were convicted
Hudspeth to imprisonment The machinery of the
courts in HUDSON COUNTY can 90 inuch toward Keep
most Obvious TO surroundings may permit evil to
The County Court is composed Of three Democratic
Judges. The Prosecutor l. also Democrat. The
judges and Prosecutor mad all held Democratic Of
fees before fling their present positions Under the
law in NewJersey, naturalization papers are gr2nt-
ed by the County Court and the issuing Of THESE
papers Is entirely Discretionary with any of the
three judges IT Is in the power OF PARTISAN judge
fusng to grant citizenship papers in county Ike
Hudson. where the foreign population is enormous.
MIscARRIED IN MERCER.
If the runors iniastr!ousy circulated In officia,
and political quarters be true the Senate Invest-
eating Committee will resume its sitiings at
Trenton and William H. Corbin will insert his
probe into a subject that Is calculated produce
greater sensation than did the exposure of
the gang Of cOrrupuOnsts who had Toasted and
fattened at New-Jerseys pubic crib for many
years.
When the Senate Investigating Committee took its
recess II was for the purpose permitting the sub
committees into which the genera committee had
divided itself TO investigate into numerous charges
o municipal corruption to which the committees
attention had been called.
The Investigating Committee took pare in the
trials nor made any effort 10 the Indictment
OF those exposed before it, but since the trials of
fhe ind nfelr n I'M