New-York tribune., 1898-10-17
CROKER'S RAGE EBULLIENT.
BAR ASSOCIATION CAUSES AN OUTBURsT
OF MAGNIFICENT WRATH.
ATTACKS MEssRs CHOATE AND ROOT AND THE
ASSOCIATION AND DRAGs THE LAST CON-
sTrTU1IoN IN by THE HEELS TO
PROVE THAT LEvENTRIrT
WAS WRONGLY AsPERsEp.

iH'NH IrAi i''sN rs'> MI 1
WAS WRONGLY AsPERsED.
The action Of the Bar Association on SattT.
day night in denouncing David Leventritt. one
Of Tammany's candidates for Justice OF the Su-
preme Court. unfit to hold the office for
which he had been nominated created big
furry az the Democratic Club yesterday. Mr..
Croker was apparently much enraged. and the
leaders Of Tammary Hall emulatcd the attitude
Of their chief Mr Croker had consultations
without number with several advisers and be-
tween them they patched up a statement which
they gave out to the newspapers Mr.. Croker's
wrath was great. and he expressed 1t without
stint. Most Of It fell upon the broad shoulders
OF Elihu Root and joseph II. Choate. The SYM
postum which Mr. Croker and his assistants
concocted at length reached this shape:
It's Just what might be expected from the Bar
Association as II Il constituted AZ present. IL IL
nothing more or less than partisan machine
annex 20 the Republican party run by Elihu Root,
Republican attorney FOR CORPORATIONS and trusts
What r.-ht has n, 10 select a man f,r ne "a in
dorse? Root IS assisted In hts manipulation of this
lcan attorney FOR big trusts and corDorations in
this state, and would Ike 10 know II he is a nj
man 70 dictate nominations 20 Tammany Hall in
resard 10 its selections for the bench.
These mon would not indorse any good sound
Democrat for office. No matter how III he was.
They showed this in the campaign ~ 1884,. when
they refused 10 indorse Justice Smyth who hai
simply because he was a Taplmary man. and we
cont cont EXIT & anything from them that would help
Frank T Fitzgerald for Surrogate While II pro-
fesses 10 be nonpartsan il t. really used by Root
and his clique 10 put through mon OF their own
These men met in Iauterbach's Office and CON-
cocted ms scheme TO endea'or 10 force the Demo-
cratic party 10 nominate their own men FOR once.
afterward rushed them through the association.
Root may be able TO humour the Bar Association.
ming the association for his own stidsn purposes
and no young lawyer who dares antagonize him
has any show IN tho association He and Choa'e
represent Puritanical clement. ~ whose domina-
ton this city has had enough. No man can come
recommended from the Bar Association without hs
has the ndorsemen' ~ those two partisan lawyers.
EX-JrDGE DAvIss LETTER
II was plainly evident from the Saturday nigh.
meeting that the gag law used to make thu
association obey the wishes Of Root. Choa'e & CO.
The minority was choked on. and although letter
from ex-Justlce Noah Davis. ~ the most con-
splcuous members Of the association and fair
Judge. generating Mr.. Levcntrtt was read. II
was kept from the reporters. The tendency ot
these men IS 10 .uppress ne clement r %' ,ne o
purposes It is narrow-mindei and bigoted
These are the men who are running Colonel
Roosevelt and hunting for an issue; an an IN IN,
petfion do not vote in New York city The Demo-
cratic party is not yet ready TO ntrust Us ] monli
/ representing the biggest trusts and corporations
in the State. and who are working IN the IN IN,
that II is about time that bar association was
organized that won't have TO consult WIN fla1,
/ and Lauterbach before they take action in any
matter Root and his clique have destroyed tho
usefulness Of the association by turning II 10 par
which nearly all RSpu6lican G ard ayn magns p
what chance any loyal pGoGsa g TSIa nave
am not commenting on the action OF the a.,
socintion for political purposes but just to show
up the humbug.
CONSTITUTION OF 1894 DRAGGED IN.
Mr. Choate. as chairman Of the Constitutional
/ Convention Of lS9i and Ehu Root. as its chez
/ executive were responsible for the new appor-
/ tionment bill denying the city or New-iork Us
! proper legislative representation In the Assenn-
| hv and in the Senate. Notwithstanding the fact
that the population Of New-York city u
o., 900 moro than all the rest Of the State we
have representation Of IS out Of 80 in the Assent
bly, and 90 out Of 80 in the Senate In section OF
the Constitution II declared that no matter how
great might c3S 9S '9 ts Sgslativs representaton
should never exceed one-halt the total OF i legis
aton Of the spirit of all former constituiions OF
this State The representation IN All othcr Ssl.s ,rl
| s based on population. and also the congress
representation is based up9n the Poput'Tgi' g New
app9rtionment did n2 sro, aorG INVASION that
| il should have II Mr. Choate ana MI kOot are are
SO much @ iiw tSey neyer should have permitted
! such an outrage. to be committed against the
section Of Article III of the Constitution: reads;
NO county shall have more than one -tt,iI" Cl
+ riiorv thereof as now organized. which are ad &
/ ioining counties which are separated 9HHiy, III
public waters. snail have more than one-hal oi d."
/ the Senator'S" . s,,.o.o ,o
These are two men who now seek to dictate 70
! the Democratic party or cur cry
PERRY BELMONT TAKES A HAND
Perry belmont. who assisted Mr. Croker IN 'ne
manufacture Of the above statement had sol"e-
hing 70 say on his own account. He was as
much enraced as his chief. and declared that the
Bar Association had become hopelessly partisan
Oht sVOilid necessary
70 form, new bar association which would NOT
,oddla with Tammany Halls nominations. he
did not say it just that way, but that was the
/ infarorca IA he drawn from his remarks.
Vernon NJ Davis agreed with Mr Belmont
tIa disonproved strongly Of the attack on Mr.
Ioventritt. and declared that 1t reflected inc
norsonal animosity of a small proportion OF the
. bar.
Whom Mr. Croker and his assistants had
Ground out the foregoing wall, they gave ou'
/ ~. following letter which they said had been
sent T. the Bar Association before its meeung
/ on Saturday night. but which had been wlthheld
from the newspapers. The letter was addressed
- Mr. Leventritt by Noah Davis. formerly Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court 1t read as to!lo"s;
Pocantico Hills. October 10 1898
~, attention has been called TO the case Of
! w. Wauhoffen against Newcombe. ct. al. re-
/ norted in 10 Hun at page 80. IN Whlch wrote
! " oninion of the Court. According 10 my rec
omac,ion II did not appear that David Leven-
tritt Esquire. whose name Is connected WIN @ tne
/ cas- had any personal connection win nv
/ ,rarsartions out of which the case arose. or
was Justly subject 70 censure or condemnation
| As A member Of the firm he Was however
legally liable for the misconduct OF others
II is very unjust, it seems 10 me after apse
~ moro than twenty years. that this case should
/ bo 5ur no for mere partisan purposes 10 the
injury Of one who by many years OF s. SUES.
., tha bar has won the confidence and respect
81 me courts and the public. am for one very
/ sorry 10 see IT.
Al Mr.. Leventritt's house it was said tha'
Mr. Leventritt was i'll and would see nopooy'
/ Rv his orders however, more copies OF 'ne ie'-
| cor ouo,ed above were given out Inc suPPS