The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-24
Saving the Judiciary.

hNdldI'H' VI ppluldt condemnation
likely to thwart his most cherished
plans. For upward of "a quarter of a
century Supreme Court Justice Daily
has been one of the most respected
and upright of New Yorks iurists
He was elected by Tammany and rep
resonts in political sense Il discovery
of Tammany, but his course upon the
bench from the moment ne occupied
it has been irreproachablc Recently
he offended Mr. Croker by refusing
partisan demand. Croker took revenge
by denying him a denomination. At
this iunCture the New York Bar associa-
tior sent a letter to both the Tam
many leaders and the Republican lead
crs asking that DAILY among other
good Judges be renominatod Tam
many, "heying Croker, spurned the ov-
ertmr hut the Republicans promptly
accepted it and placed Justice Days
nam" ON the Republican ticket.
The result is that the New York Bar
association has, with other good citi-
zcnS Il. New York state, sounded the
tocsin among the people calling them
70 defend the integrity of the judiciary,
and an agitation is in progress that
threatens to cngulf Crockerism all the
. r
veg i'"i' van wynn """H' va IL
day night a monster mass meeting waE
held in Carnegie hail. at which spoke
many of the leaders Of the American
bar, all Democrats but one, and the
theme of each WAS that the rphul;iugr
of Croker's ATTEMPTED profanation of
tho irdioi,i o,.,,,i,,l, ,.,.. ,i,,,,,,,,,,.,, n,
80 ~
III" hlSheSl cohSldefatloE OF the pnpllc
welfare. Such men as John NJ. Bower
James C. Carter William y Harm
l,lo,,.o, and ro,,,.I,o ,,,,.,,,,, ,,,....,.,..,,
"'',' ''i' "o9''' -"
thdt the iSSuc thus presented rose
above any other before the people. and
Abran =; Hewitt hcinu foo in +, an
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tN"' -. P'i0''' "l"'' " lctt'I III "hIch
ne sad.
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".''S w W '"t VI " l'"G me / nave
noNoi h"oNH ",i oVc"S'"H Nh'" 'h' 'N-
p'Cos'Uii VI p,'pit 'liI'ion "l'P'"r'o 10 pr
I'loie i'.. icC'S'", III oIuor |" prevent lNr
,' Iul ~ a "G'I"E'' Not
~ 80 80 " 'i,' | ''.o''r" 'l' 'lNH
49,, w.. , We - 's,''''U on 'HStc -! 'Pu"i I'M
!rp TUi 'uiicG " 'ie peoIle ol lnlS country
tuition was at least Il debatablc question.
whereas M sane person can b" found who
ind,os ghnn1d ''io T pc1'"S,I'o'i , la' ,lI
CAPABLE. but should he ahsoIutrI,, ;nI"-
pendent of all political bias or partisan
lniueilco' me most precious possession
i,dioiar, ,rho i,,r,ti "tl, iJiI 'S9
Magma Charta that "ustico SHAH nnt he
sold' is the very foundation of our rights
"nu .,.,I HpertioS; ,r ~ tne presence OF
ineigniticorca Lyha, dn,. I'm 'I,o
is TO be governor of a s,atn WhiCn is no
i''',s ,onsei licv' ' NAY no"'s II "h'thef we
naNe Souidu HIHluaf" oi Nalu" When the
s,aiut,'u ol JuSIlcc i0 d'Nlf"Ned' why
,,, ailUuu we ulS'uSS lno question OF pro-
Niuilis J." Si"ple t"N'rH'hrnI Tor Iof'lEh
country Nn'H az nome lnr very corner
S'o'' ~ I.PupIc'ii lInuIutl"hS Is IN dah-
81 VI ueS, u''I' ~ W ny struggle LOT an
eEoHoihiCol "lu CnilSut'heu government
wiz" 'nc ilu''S u illuuS'lE ana business
are at me mercy OF arrogance ignorance
Gnu Nut'lul'S lHc mere statement OF lhe
IlcpoSlelouS ucHa"u "hI'h would con-
vert tue 1uulclaI p"pch INTO an amen of
iaininahE man Is Slillclont to call down
rom the people a repuke so crushing thHt
III our uaE ana generation the courts Will
pe renewed from pulltlcdl lnluenco.
The principal address at this reDra-
ea,,ta+;,.o oe.a,,,,,,. 20 - -,
Nv "9''''' ''i"S' vi 'he "cSI cl'-
ZenShlp or the city and nation was de-
liVered by BOurkc Cochran and it was
an oration that ro,, ,,oiost,, ,,,,,l &c.
=, .,. ''' '''' ''' ''
h'e" H"I shui comparison with the
best efforts of Daniel Webster. The
EXCERPT printed elsewhere ennhodvinr
Cool,ror,s ,,i,t,,,, -, ,,,..,....
" Nl"Nel II cl"SSic
III It's NlNldneSS; ana thereWa the high
est clOQuence also in these other t-,-
tracts:
We now have rights which no boss can
impair, even though he controls the lcIis-
city or state; but these rights depend Tor
their security upon the honor and virtue
ol the Judges. The right of every man to
me, liberty and thu pursuit OF happiness
was asserted long before the adoption uf
a judiciary equipped with power to assert
and defend those rights is the distinct
contribution ct American democracy 10
Judiciary the constitution would still COM
tam every declaration IN favor of udi-
Niual rights, but there would hr no au-
thority capable of Furnishing an inVasl IN
of them If that invasion prpcecdcd from
source of which the Judges stood i'm awe.
In dispute between the boss and the
judge as to what constituted proper con-