The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

ana asssESitss. he was \ tSoroosSiy srsiSsdi
municipsl LAYER. and hsd drA,ted many
sss' ~ tSo a. Sss S,SS VS. IL A A'SG ms;a S : r. / '%sS:
ner, n great spprtsnann, q conenmmate Judge 81
hoEscdes5, : keen shot an enthusiSs!ic dlsoipls
hand grasp. and converse ion won him hostso Of
made d .hapny MARRIAGE, with . daughter Of
Charles A. stetson, tho, original landlord OF the
political magnates In all parties. After
leaving office and declining a reorganization
hne for 1aS " time Se after his fathoT HiGnHtS. S Seath com.
Quoted tho Astor Honse: Ono day tho news
papers would chronicle Develin as a. guinR .
refer to him as angling. for salmon In CsnadNi
soon again resisting u damage case against the
fisher ut the South Side Club at Isiip, Of which
he was a founder. Judges were devoted to him,
cares that he might attend he jerome race.
course or q pigeon match. Pleasure, with Dove
n9RI i sSSG5 i6b !GormSn wen veil S sastains.d h ~. assr.o.
ter OF the Develin admlnietrntion Of tho Office.
He omulated his predecessors, Graham and
OF judgments against tho city. UGormsn Was
p%oration Counsels. lie had the. MiiesiSn', Hery
eye Of o'cennell, tho humor and sarcasm com:
BFSgs6 Si rn liz had GG sIssadi t f%" p iS r ,Sf sfoS Ss
Of ais native island while yet q young Dublin
e eoS;pi ,b sSd eI sr%eint r rns mo Asq he .sS MHs an Al al
his best attributes he brought into his two terms
as CORPORATION Counsel. Like Brady. Dillon.
Church, but eclectic In his dealings with men OF
other creeds. A decade after his retirement as
Counsel he WINS elected n Justice of tho Superior
Court. He. too. left II son to follow his fathers
profession.
signed and wal, snoSseded By tho only KePSbii.
can who has held the office Of Corporation Coun-
sol. e., Delafeld Smith. who had been President
Lincoln's Federal District Attorney. The Tam
many ring WIS being smashed by tho reform or
sanitation; Just previous to the inauguration
Mayor played a sharp political trick on the re.
formers BY procuring tho destinations OF Comp.
iEStsf e s1d corpor raSaa' COUNSEL @1rsi o SG'1!n,ss'U %nd
SO forestallinR any action by the reform Mayor.
who had been elected by q eombination Of tho
cation, Mayor Hall saw that the charter pro
X ID ,. that :. every appointment s .sTos1,or shS SohId b So, ipf 6s.
yond Mayor Havcmeyer's term, In tho
new deal made only. a week before he
obtaining promises from Republican legislative
leaders of an act TO ratify the appointments, A
m ms@. Com of the t1e TSSm ann ian w Society H.p wSs ,m then
a vacancy in tho Parks Department. and the
Corporation Counsel's office, were given to the
hadI been chsirmHn Of the local Republican,
Committee, succeeded O'Gorman. He selected,
Sc See ns ef fpll Counsel AnsGieSM in;,s whG soy ys% { tSas s istsr
ton the bargain with Smith included n retention
Pa al III tG tb other Eer1 smPliGyeecs o,n IL NAY !, here ss 90 1 ioT!
tunate in their assistants. Under Graham were
his brother John and young Henry l.. Clinton;
Under Brady, young Peter y: Sweeny rendered
Young and Henry 4. Anderson, who was. in after
years, long one OF the bar leaders. Under Dillon
were Sweeny and Amniel J. Willard, who
during tho reconstruction period became q
carpetbag Federal Judge In South Carolina. and
Abraham X. Lawrence, now q supreme C2urt
Justice Just sh Shepard had h.r the be-, aid Of John R e., Ear,
came Andrew Campbell. now and for for y years
past chief clerk OF the Counsel Office. and in
effect its sSiiher Of pro nsrnT;n and m nnEi1P :
Dean, who died last year OF overwork both al
Assistant Corporation Counsel-serving nine
y 2SrEm SHnr,er Eom as SnS OF ths ae Greater Gsservs Sew y
memorial tablet on the office walls for all mu
ntcipai time to come. Under Develin, also, Johr
&. Haekett was an assistant. and LEFT the pos
the late District Attorney Fellows was an rs
sistant. or all the staff Campbell remains thu
most remarkable; never self.assertive, nvoidinf
noloricty. never usurping the functions or hi
chiefs, and never assuming undue authority.
In reviewing tho incumbcnts OF tho Corpora
tion Counsel's office it is remarkable to notice
what Il nursery II has been for other posts, ant
how their tendency has been toward the Judi
cinry. Thus the following among them; nfte
getting office. held judicial places; Ro6er
Henry Z. Davies. Richard Bnstced, Greene c
Bronson, ana Richard O,Gorman. all deceased
and am9ns the lni!yhin nso M LEI on B ,Sa s,D,s Ann
Court bench Justice-elcct Scott and E. Henry La
combc. on the Federal Circuit bench. Whitne.
went to Washington as n Cabinet Minister ant
Hale became Attorncy-General. ,
The duties of the office are incessant ano tn
responsibilities great. for the CORPORATION Coun
sci is the legal conscience to every head, OF
ployec. H. may have n dozen opinions In tn
course of one day to Furnish III writing, True
drafts and briefs and to hunt up authorities, ye
he must supervise their labors.