New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-24

Francis NJ Finch Of Ithaca. one OF inc '"'e''
., tho Court Of Appeals expires ana a successor
~ hin, must be elected. that the eIec"o" vi JUG
,,ce Albert Haght. OF the Supreme court a.
r.u,bsr OF the Court OF Appeals creates "i "''''
,,o,oi vacancy in the With Judicial DISTRICT anu
,hs terms OF three supreme Court Jus''es-
=, ,,r, in tho Vth Judicial District: George Is
r-.1cv IN the Win District. and I"ran J." He"'S'
in IN. VllIth-exp!rc. and successors 10 ''''' NJ
>. elected In the With judicial p's'r'V' "''0
arc thus no less than three Supreme court '"s''''
aims 70 MI FOR fourteen years ana II h''n no'
b. said tina, every ambitious lawyer !" NV "'''''
#. acquainted with the fact
r,c struggle has already begun in every one OF
-. eight maicinl districts o, the state. ana VIM"
m. standing as lawyers Of many OF inc '"'''"''
IL high IL mus, be stated Tor the "'o'"" "
,o,ers in nil candor that some OF the o'"'
Ia not rank we'll AS lawyers. and their promote"
.. tho bench Is not looked upon with FAVOR 10y
leader, o, the bar in their districts The uh"or'"s
.,.,.,,cs .re seeklng n nomination by the AID OF
politicians veil knowing that members OF inc oar
would not sustain their enorts 10 become "'"
., n. highest courts In the state IL uhior'u'"
han,.ns I'm this state that the judic'a ds'r''' ''e
no, close politically speaking; they either nave an
.,.i,,i,glv large Republican majority or
,,.,,ocr,,c ono equally large. The Democratic ma
,o-,,v IN tho lat and Id Judicial districts -
usually enormous and Ia rarely hroh"h ny '"'
election even Of Independent peho'r"' INV
The liii judicial l)lstrltt h4ro ia" IN" -
n.rocra,c majority In the LIST. lid ana TIA
,,,,,, ,,.,r,.,s there are eighteen Supreme Court
r,.,ic.. and every man o, them is Democrat.
, nomination insures an election In the remain
,,g Eve districts the WITH Win. WIN, Win anu
yIr,b there are twenty -eigh, Justices OF the SUI
ureme Court, and every man OF them but on" Ju'-
,,.o nrad,ev is a Republican, In the last-namei
a,.,,,c,s there are tremendous Republican ma)orl-
ties As I'm the Democratic districts nomination
l.. usu,llv equivalent TO an election The rule was
broken I'm the case OF Justice Bradley bu, ter"
was n Republican bolt on that OCCASION excited 10y
so,,e .n,o caucuses and his Republican opponent
vas defeated Bu, tho rule holds good In every
vear but ono out OF about twenty that nomna-
lion I'm , judicial convention insures an election.
m. struggle which is going on now In the h"pup-
ucan and the Democratic judicial districts Is th"re
,ore for the control the delegates 10 the judiciary
conventions and II In 10 be suspected mat III many
o, these contests behind tho scenes the legal
ability o, the candidates Is li're considered In
some cases there is apparent evidence thnt Jus
tccshlp is 10 bc bought with a Senatorship The
nominations for the Assembly are also So'c Vi INC
pswns in this game
There are prominent Republican candidates
al the prescn, time FOR the Republican nom'na-
ton FOR Judge OF the Court OF Appeals. Thes" are
Justice Pardon c. Williams. OF WATERFOWL. n
member OF the Supreme Court who has been
designated as a member Of the Appellate Supreme
Court OF the First Department. which will he or
ganizcd I'm January next, and Judge Ccora f.. Mar
tin OF Bnghamton. member OF tn" With Judicial
District There are many candidates FOR the nom
nations FOR Supreme Court Justice. There are
three to be reelected In the LIST Judicial District
which comprises the county OF New-York: thre" I'm
the III District. which covers the counties OF
Kings Queens Richmond. Suffolk. Westchester
Rockland Orange Putnam and Dutchess. and one
each In the six remaining judicial districts Tam
many Hail. It Is rumored. intends to nominate ex-
Judge Charles H. TruaS In brooklyn II IL re-
ported that William r.. Davenport Is seeking the
Democratic nomination for one OF tho Justiccshps
IIur political combinations are made later In the
big cities than In the rural districts. and there
fore there fewer serious candidates In New
York and brooklyn than In the interior OF tho
State.
The TIA Judicial District is made up OF tho
counties OF Albany. Columbia. Greene. Rensselaer,.
Schoharie sullivan and Ulster While the district
IL n Democratic ono ordinarily. yet last fall It
went Republican, and tho Republicans have strong
hopes OF carrying II this year Among the cand
dates on the Republican side are n large number
In Albany Itself They are Eugene BurlInsamc.
District Attorncy OF Albany County. Charles W
Mead Arthur l.. Andrews and John 7. McDonough
who the Republican candidate In this county
for Judge several years ago. The Greene County
Republicans will press the nomination OF r.. T.
Chase The Republicans OF Columbia County
would put forward Judge j. Rider Cady can
ddate, hut II is understood that he declines the
nomination. Judge A. r. Clearwater may he tho
candidate OF the Republicans OF Ulster County.
AZ for the Democrats. they seem already TO have
selected ex-Attorney General Simon W. Rosendale
as their candidate.
The lVth District is In the northeastern angle
OF the state and contains the counties OF Science
tady. Montgomery Fulton. Saratoga. Washington.
Warren. Hamilton. Essex Clinton. Franklin and st.
Lawrence. 1t so happens that nearly all OF these
counties already have Supreme Court Justice.
Justice Putnam living In Saratoga County. Justice
Landon in Schenectady Justice Kellogg In Gin
ton, Justice Russell In st. Lawrence. and Justice
Slower In Montgomery. This leaves Franklin.
Essex Fulton, Hamilton and Washington unrspre-
sented and there may be a struggle among them
for the prize The leading candidate at the present
time Is County Judge clinton Il. Mclaughlin. OF
Essex county who showed distinguished ability as
a member OF the Constitutional Convention. Among
the Wasnlngton County candidates mentioned are
J. Sanford Potter and ex-Asemblyman Daniel NJ
Westfall. ~ "
The With Judicial District contains the counties
OF Onondaga. Oneida, Hsrkimer. Lewis Oswego