New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-09

offered him the pace-to return TO the pracuce OF
law The act Of 1895 creating the offices OF City
Magistrate and Justice OF Special Sessions depars
the appointee from law practice. and the Greater
New-York charter Is equally prohibitive. Inc
Mayor nevertheless continues to urge that his
secretary shall accept the Office. and said yester-
day that he believed Mr.. Hedges would reconsider
his declination Tomorrow. If so, Secretary Hedges
will be sworn in without delay
The Mayor administered the oath OF office to Mt
Meade and Colonel Pool at II a. IN. yesterday
The former was accompanied by his son-in-law.
Frederick s. Gibbs. Republican leader OF the lxth
Assembly District and member OF the Republican
National Committee for the State Of New-York
Clarence w Meade born In the old Ninth
Ward in 1913 lie lives at No 400 West twenty
second-st, within few doors of his birthplace
He has been prominent In Republican politics In
this city for quarter CT n century. and has been
q member Of the County Committee from his dis
rict the greater part of the time and has frequent
ly been a delegate TO State and National eonven-
tons as well a member Of the Republican State
Committee lie has been Port Warden and
United States Appraiser. In 1859 Mayor Grant ap-
pointed him Police Justice. This occurred about
the time that Croker and Grant were accused Of
falling to keep their agreement TO reappoint Police
Justice Jacob NJ. Patterson. Mayor Grant ap-
pointed Mr.. Meade on the recommendation OF Cor
nelius ~ Bliss, ex-senator Warner Miller, A. r.
Whitney and other Republicans opposed to Mr..
Plat at that time.
Mr. Gibbs. having seen his father-in-law sworn
in thanked the Mayor and started off for Chicago
on business trip.
Colonel Joseph Pool, the other new City Magis-
trate, was born in 1887 in Canton, Stark County.
Ohio, President McKinleys home, and got his edu-
cation in the grammar schools of the place. He
studied law with ex-Judge Belden. who was United
States District-Attorney under President Pierce,
and whose partner was Benjamin +. Letter, Demo-
cratic Congressman from that district He was ad-
mtted to practise law in the Ohio courts. When
the war broke out Mr. Pool entered the Army in
the 9th Ohio Volunteers, and was made lieutenant
Of his company. He was promoted TO be captain
and assistant quarternaster on the staff OF BrBa-
der General f.. b. Tyler and In 1853, on the recon-
mendation of Edwin Nj. Stanton, Secretary of War,
President Lincoln appointed him paynaster, with
the rank of major. He retired from the Army IN
December 1865 having been promoted TO the rank
of lieutenant-coone by brevet. Colonel Pooi Is an
enrolled member Of the Republican organization
of the XIXth Assembly District, belongs to the
Union League and the Republican CluD ana Is
member OF the Military order of the Loyal Legion
and Of Lafayette Post No. 49, G.. A. r. lie IS
member of the law firm of Joseph & HARDWOOD X
Junior partner Of the firm. The Magistrate
lives at No 142 West Eightieth-st . 49,,
The arguments used for the Increase or the local
criminal judiciary may be found in the statement
that there were disposed Of by the City Magistrates
of New-York for the year ending October 81, 1895,
on sworn complaints and tried 1l2l6o cases: The
average cases heard and tried by each Magistrate
were ~ 462 being average of nifty cases OF az
kinds by each Magistrate for each day. In addl-
ton there were many hearings OH summonses
issued, which cover preliminary Investigations ana
also ex parte hearings In some of the judicial
districts there were disposed of from 400 10 lyOo
cases monthly. averaging for twenty days In the
month from seventy to ninety cases daily.