New-York tribune., 1898-10-22

come here as a lawyer on behalf OF the prin-
cple of a non-partisan. independent judiciary
| come here Democrat TO protest against me
turning out Of a faithful and efficion, Democratic
Judge by Demosratie boss TINS IS G n9' sbedsr the sr
10 shoulder with our brethren of the bar OF both
fScs' Ths is ho a''fs the Il FIRST time that have
! necessary to oppose my party IN the mater y.
viii be the last, Certainly. trust that SO long
as I live no consideration OF party expeuchCH1ii Mi
swerve me from the path of duty where the
honor. the integrity and the purity of the bench
As ! have said on previous occasion; when as as
sans are made by ih ypI reSe of Justice
at whose alars we serve. we lawyers would DE De
VOWS if ' we failed to rally to the defence OF her
portals. Thank God the Democratc lawyers %,er 1l m
in their duty You Mr. Chairman: well Tsmem6er 1TIs
q 1893 snd shall hereai"F rsm%mFGr f iSc b6 6g
upTsns of ls In r V nS 10 d dag from
the bench judges who had disgrac,ed their emo Gihce
! Democrats and Republicans alike. 20 keep from
! the bench Of our court of last resort man who!n
| fee Now again. we unite. Democrats and Re
publicans alike. to resist the attempt 10 drag from
prcme Court. who has served faithfully and salts
& ima aa 1Ss Most for of Ss
| here present have been practising at the har;
N" Sa aGf bap sS in s
than the refusal TO renominate Justitc Day.
denSy With cloak q hypocrisy or WIN The the
preence Of any satisfactory eHSuse II ihS s ,n &
acting in his judicial capacity. he has defied me
vii Of the boss ana & acted On MS % own fop fRg ro
alone that he is to be retired m 5hg b@e bc
tween T ms Civilized countries. and especially the two
great AnFlo-Saxon nations. on the one mana i;hu
or ore Persia on the other hand is that Justice Is
undehed that it is not P"rchaSa6ff of @nG i9@s
of persons. know distinction between the rlch
v a2d the M SE the hS pfcrr from ana any H p M
zen or from any public Official to control t4em i, n
once be established and understood that any Judge
! upon our bench may find himself retired TO prl-
| implicitly obeys the orders and DEGREES Of pohu-
cal @ boss ara We haTg no ard enward show Of
free government or personal liberty. goo forbid %
/ that the day shall ever come in this State when
shall be driven to this pass.
OTHER ISSUES INSIGNIFICANT
As a Democrat favoring the election Of the
| Democratic candidate for Governor In this cam
paign | regret that the Democratic leaders should
| have allowed this local question TO arise when
| may mperi the success of their State ticket
mount mor "G imnortancr AS compared with the issue
! Of a pure judiciary on the one hand and politi
d"disions may he dictated from political head
quarters the question OF who shail or VINO Si.Ii ,.
ns'gnincanCe ine fnr IN Tan0nai issues in the
! from state Issues as I nave always separated
| iudicial nominations from any political considcra-
II is absurd to for Judges upon party lines
It is little less than criminal to connve at polii.
| cal interference with the judiciary. because or
party considerations. Were the situation reversed
and had the Republican boss reiustd 10 HS'e. ~ ~
the voice Of the Bar and refused to consent to
the renomnation OF an honest 1udge iUi RPSd- RP-
soral selfish reasons. should eNpecl ."a Inr %
publican brethren TO stand mere to protest az we
Democrats stand here no.gm. 10 tber rary
candidate for Governor they Gnost o' theinl
San Municipal tickct~while stu mant aiming their
party allegiance on State and National questions,
election with our complicated ballot law and The
difficulties attached to spit % ySns IN 1bc erG Tes
! il is our clear duty lawyers and as cttizens TO
do what in us lies TO prevent me punIhmtt o CON- ol
petent and efficient men This +. not question OF
one year or OF one election Nor IS it ques-
ton affecting any individual boss or any partiou-
lar party 1t is question which VIII be con
stanily recurring so long as there are bosses IN
either party and so long as there are moeponuent @
Judges OF either party We or the Bar "a ahG 10 you You
Of the laity, who are even more intcresied IN Ine
purity Of the judiciary than we OF NE Har since
and yosr liberty with which The judiciary deals
must be ready to renew the fight whenever and
wneTT@fp | prSyenf h of the fountains
of justice and the poisoning OF our bodY r'luc'
Mr.. Beaman was slated to follow Mr.. Horn
blower. but at the end of the speech OF The
latter Mr.. Carter arose and said
Ladies and gentlemen: | thinl; Il necessary
1
the addresses will he made here tonight Nj
Cochran will address you now, because he is by
no means well. but IS willing to make a speech
on this occasion He does not know himself
how much his strength will enable him TO speak
but he will make the attempt
MR.. COCKRANS ELOQUENCE.
The utterances Of no New-York Democrat
in public life heard with greater eager
ness than that accorded to Mr. Cockran's
! speeches Therefore It was not surprising
that MI Cochran got a greeting to make
| the blood tinge when he stepped TO the
/ centre OF the platform. He has made many
memorable addresses before New-York au-
/ dlences but none more memorable than mat oi
/ last night. In words that deeply impressed the
! roc,norv he described the system of govern
roen nv the boss and for the boss He did not in
weigh against Mr. Croker, but against the boss
svstern "All bosses look alike TO me- said Mr.
/ Cochran He pointed out the tremendous DAN
/ ger of unlimited power in the hands or man
/ who WAS responsible to nobody as u mas scarce
" over been pointed out before, and he de-
nicted with extreme vividness the appaiilng
/ neru Of extending the power of the boss 50 as
! 10 endaneer the Independence OF the fehch
1lno and again he forced TO pause for
q fuu minute or more before be could De heaIu
for the applause and the cheering ana the
/ scene that followed his last words were Things
/ not soon to be forgotten He brought the whole
/ house 10 its feet Hands. hats, umbrellas
/ hordLerchieFs we're shaken at him hy thou
/ sands Of shouting men and women Ihey
/ would not dcsist until Mr.. Cochran had risen
to how his acknowledgements, not once. but
several times. Mr.. Cochran scored memo