Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-26
CROKER STRIKES BACK.
Makes Fierce Assault ON Members Oh
Unr Association.

was an address by Richard Croker on tnC
Bar Association OF New York city. and
upon the candidacy of Joseph DAILY for o
Supreme Court jus.iceship.
Mr. Croker first inquired II there was
any considerable detection from the Tam
many ticket I'm favor OF Judge DAILY, and
then said:
since our last meeting there has been
| quite a demonstration on the part Of the
| managers of the Republican campaign,
| under the auspices of the Bar Association
| intended TO manufacture sentiment on
| the false issue to which | called your at
tention last week. Mr. Roosevelt and
other Republican speakers have taken the
| cue, and are echong the insincere utter
ances contained I'm the speeches delivered
| at last Friday evenings meeting.
you. of course. have not been deceived
as to the partisan purpose OF that meet
| ing, nor as to the makeup, either or the
officers of the association, notwlthstand-
ing the pledge Of loyalty of some of them
TO the State ticket.
SHOT AT BOURKE COCHRAN.
"Bourke Cochran, who was the star at
| traction Of the occasion, and now poses
as non-partisan statesman, left the
Democratic party for that party's good.
IL he or any OF his new-found friends
have any doubt OF the correctness or TINS
assertion, he and they may know where
to apply for particulars. They may come
directly to me.
"The other lawyers connected with the
meeting have long been recognized as
bitter opponents of this organization, ana
IL is quite impossible to hope or expect
TO satisfy them by anything we may or
may not omit to do.
1--WE hear the Bar Associations inter
est i'm judicial nominations only when Its
members see an opportunity TO retain
Republican justice upon the bench or 10
divide the Democrats, so as 10 make II
possible TO elect a Republican judge ana
so. while they cry DAILY their real pur-
pose is the election of a Republican judge
i'm the person Of Justice Cohen. The in
sincerity of this cry is made manifest by
the fact that, although Justice Cohen has
been less than year on the bench, ana
was appointed by Governor Black, all the
petitions that have emanated from the
Bar Association have asked for the re-
tention of Justice Daily upon the ground
that judges who have served long and
faithfully should be retained
FALSE ISSUE RAISED.
1T is not generally known that the
bar ASSOcldllOH UuInbtiS ltSS IMAM NiiN
secenthkof the bar Of this city. But while
you win not be deceived either as to the
falsity Of the issue sought TO be raised
or the character and motives Of the men
behind IT, the people throughout the State
may not be so well acquainted with the
true inwardness of the movement.
For that reason | feel justified In lay
ing before you some Of the information
which | believe should be made public, in
order that the people may be in a posi-
ton TO act intelligently and with full
knowledge Of the circumstances connect
ed from the beginning with the raising Of
this false issue.
Underneath the surface Of all this
manufactured clamOr lies the fact that
this is an attempt by Tweed's lawyer to
re-elect Tweed's Judge, and in this con-
nection It should be remembered that Mr..
Root was not only counsel for Tweed,
but is the private counsel for Mr. Roose
welt. the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor
"He IS naturally anxious TO create every
possible division in the Democratic ranks,
in the hope of helping Mr.. Roosevelt. his
friend client, and political leader. He
even went so far as TO go before The Re-
publican Convention with the startling
assertion that a man might have one resi-
dence for the purpose of taxation and an
other which should be his real home.
ROOTS CONNECTION WITH TWEED.
1T may have been forgotten that du-
ring the Tweed reign and collapse Elihu
Root was ranged on the side of Tweed
and his ring. In the very year in which
Tweed elevated DAILY 10 the bench, my
position was disclosed by Tweed's action
legislating myself and my associates out
of power.
I'm 1873 Il was common knowledge that
Tweed had stolen millions of dollars from
the public treasury, and that all the pro-
perty which stood i'm his name and that Of
his son, Richard NJ Tweed TO whom it
was transferred by his father, was ;he
proceeds of raids upon the city treasury
"On November 10, 1S7j Tweed was con-
victed on the criminal charges against !
him. On November y, 1875 three days |
after his conviction. his son, Richard NJ |
Tweed. to whom William NJ. Tweed had |
conveyed his property when the trouble |
began, conveyed to Elihu Root four lots |
on the south side Of Sixty-fourth street, |
between Eighth and Ninth avenues, for |
the nominal consideration OF 500
In the preceding July of that year, |
August Potter, with whom James II. In |
gersoll was a silent partner i'm the furni- |
ture business, conveyed to Elihu Root the |
property on the north side of SiXty-ninth |
street between Madison avenue and |
Fourth avenue.
In December. 1879. James II. Ingersoll. |
who was convicted with Tweed, conveyed |
to Eihu Root a piece OF property on the /
south side OF Sixtieth street, between |
Fifth and Madison avenues for the nom-
nal consideration of $1,000.
NOT SCRUPULOUS IN 1873.
Il mention this fact to remind you that
this eminent reformer, who is now so So
licitous about the purity OF the bench.
was not quite ~ scrupulous in 1873, at
which time he served William Tweed. 10
the extent of insulting the distinguished |
Justice who presided at the trial and es-
capped punishment only on account OF in
experience.
Since when has the Republican party
been so solicitous that Democratic JUS
tees should be kept I'm office? | have in
mind many great justices who have been
reelected by Tammany Hall because OF
their spotless records and splendid abili-
ty. whom the Republicans used every
Effort 10 defeat AT the polls such men a.
Abram i. Lawrence and Friedrich
Smyth, who were reelected in spite OF
he opposition.
These men were admitted by their as
;ociates TO be ornamental 10 the bench,
md their retention was urged as a mat
er OF public pride and duty Their SER
ices had been conspicuous and their
brethren came forward TO testify to the
wisdom Of their retention.
CAUSTIC COMMENT on DAILY.
1T is a significant fact connected with
he canvass Of Justice DAILY that although
he had been desperately struggling ana
,ulling every social and political wire for
|
ingle one of his twenty-one associates
,ae ,trged or oven asked that ne he re- |