New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-07
NO NOMINATIONS MADE.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION AP-
POINTS A COMMITTEE TO CONFER WITH
THE BAR ASSOCIATION REPRESENT
ATIXES AS TO NOMINEES

THE BAR ASSOCIATION REPRESENT
ATIVEs AS TO NOMINEES
The programme arranged by the Republican lead
ers for the Republican County Convention was
carried out last evening when the convention met
at the Murray Hill Lyceum, in East Thirty-fourth-
St. organized, authorized the appointment of
conference committee and adjourned until october
II without making any nominations. mild attack
upon some unnamed justices of the Supreme Court
was made by Lemuel Z. Quigg president OF the
County Committee. who ran the convention, and
the attack was resented mildly by some OF the
lawyers who were delegates TO the convention.
Mr. Quieg called the convention to order. and
occupied the chair until Edward Lautorbach had
been made the temporary chairman. When George
r Manchester had been made temporary secretary
Mr. Quigg moved that the temporary officers OF
the convention be elected as the permanent officers.
and his motion was carried without dissent. Then
he made a speech. He said that the only Work FOR
the convention was 10 nominate three JUSTICES OF
the Supreme Court and one Justice or the CRY
Court A committee of the Bar Association and
another committee OF lawyers had called upon him.
he said and their purpose was to try 10 induce the
political parties In New-York County to renomlnate
Justices OF the Supreme Court who had served with
ability and fidelity. and they had particularly men
toned Justices DAILY and Cohen as icing worthy 10
be nominated by both political parties He SAID
he had promised the committees that he would
present their Views TO the convention and ask for
an adjournment OF the convention and the appoint
ment of a committee to confer with the two COM
mittees of lawyers.
Then Mr. Qugg proceeded to say that the ANAL
gamation of the courts under the operation OF the
State Constitution had caused several Democratic
Judges 10 be swept from lower courts into the 81
preme Court Some Of those justices OF the Supreme
Court he SAID, were incompetent TO try grea;
cases" He used the expression after some heslta-
ton and then said that the Justices had oeen
elected to try Jess important cases than those CON-
ing before the Supreme Court. In the circum-
stances he said ne thought the Intervention OF the
Bar Association and of the independent lawyers OF
the city was justified and the least the convention
could do 10 hear them, and the best the con-
vention could do was to cooperate with them-
He therefore moved that the chairman appoint "a
a member TO meet the committee OF the Bar Asso-
citation and the other committee Of LAWYERS lot con-
ference TO nominations. and 10 report AT al du-
iourned meeting OF the convention ,,, !, At,
Myer s saacs got up and said that whie a re otd
wish to oppose Mr. Quiegs motion ne , ald ip'
think the lawyers OF the city agreed with Ar;
9ugs o b s to nT Goar
Mr. Teg said he hoped IN f h PspSmvenon Who
Abraham Grtiber said that he could speak with
Teceyer or referes by one OF the Justices of the
Supreme Court but he was sure thhu tne ~ re
Supreme Court were competent 10 SIT on the SUI
preme Court bench: ,., A. Tan
terbach appointed as members OF the conference
committee Thomas H. HubbaTd Charles hfsn n Mur,
Gruber. James NJ. Varnum and James A. Banch-
ard -.
George W. Wanmaker moved an Endorsement OF
the Republican State ticket headed by Goionei;
Theodore Roosevelt, and all the delegates eheered
at mention of Colonel Roosevelts name The mo-
tlon was carried unanimously. Then the conven-
ton adjourned until the evening OF TUESDAY octo-
Der II.
After the adjournment several lawyers VINO we're
delegates to the convention expressed sorrow be.
cause MI Qugg had spoken with want of respect
for Justices Of the Supreme Court. The general
convention would nominate justices DAILY and
Cohen. even If Tammany declined to nominate
them A Republican may be named for the third
place on the Supreme Court bench, and II Is ex.
pected that Justice Ocott. OF the City Court. Will
be nominated for the Office which he now holds by
Governor Blacks appointment.