New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-04

whole community will not soon forget Do od ms rs
and the idea OF justice Will be upitteu ana re-
| enthroned in all our hearts. and our courts.our
temples Of justce-will be kept sacred against I'LL
/ invasions. Great applause)
MIR. CHOATES WIT.
Mr. Carriers speech was followed by an out
/ burst of cheering that showed what an impress
sion had been made on his hearers. Just as the
applause began to die away somebody shouted
! "Choate" and Immediately the air was filled
with cries of "Choate! Choate" Every one III
the building clapped. or stamped, or cheered'
/ and, to quiet the tumult. Mr. Choate was COM
PEELED to step forward and begin his speech
without the formality OF an Introduction. Nheh
/ he announced that after the eloquence when
/ had preceded him he would like to muse ana
! deliberate" a little his hearers with a surmise
of what coming. smiled His "musine was
on the subject of Richard Croker. and his mimi
table wit kept his audience in roars of laughter
/ and left Croker in sorry plight When ne
became serious he carried with him every one in
I the hall His effectual answer Of Crokers
charge that he was counsel for ricn corporations,
but had never defended poor man, was loudly
cheered and his denunciatiOn of Croker as
trust in himself met with marked approval
His speech as follows:
| Mr.. Chairman. Ladies ana Gentlemen: am not
her tSnen[ 90 sb endos Sensation in
this city and called you together to-msh.' "itn
meG!ta1e daughter and APPLAUSE, and besides. the
case has been argued through ana through II was
opened last week al Carnegie Hall IN that magh!l
| crnt grafton OF Bourke Cochran (appause', a
speech that never will be forgotten by this genera
| ton Appause). 1t has been summed up l9-hgn
in the learned and logical arguments OF my iTlehds
Mir. Herman and Mr. Garter can add noI n,sd 10
wide breach in the strcnshold OF our common VI,
enemy ana nope hnerTi1re tn ge you Yen Brigade
through that breach. Perhaps by illustration by
drive home and strengthen the splendid arsum ,his
/ that has been presented No" whdt means tlls
from your homes in such immense numbers BE-
lieve is the conviction thaL the people OF ine cry
the brutal and vulgar tyranny OF Richard Or9ker.
f r6er ban IBIS people viii submit TO- when he
has laid his foul hand upon the SHRINE Oh odi 10
far in his power lies TO corrupt the FOUNTAIN Vi
Now read with delight. as have no d4aGt
you all have read. those written interviews when
he has recently given out TO the pres ua , MI
Mind YOU DO not charge or credit nm WIN WIZ
ing tncm himself u-aughter. ne can ", wiz w.
! QIaughter) He wrte-with difficulty. Bul me
! language the grammar, the idioms of those con-
positions not in his peculiar style. t~.ushteLI}
! have proceeded from other possible source Now.
from those striking productions one tnlnS Is very
certain that in the panic that has seized MN ne
has for once lost his head CApplauseJ lie meyer
speaks unless he scents dancer In me ar .nb
tI'"oriny posi-, tonight Claughter)-that "Whom the
gods wish to destroy they first make mad; Ilaus ign
timent than that. Now, from these wild utterahces
OF Mr. G 5s hnE You but f1 You nS San he
| particular form Of insanity which has seized him.
SYMPTOMS OF POLITICAL PAREsIs.
He seems to ne to have all the symptoms in
marked degree OF political pares7. If you Know
/ anything about that fatal disorder. you kho"
how paresis always begins 1t begins uniformly
! ad head aughtort The head Is dltO-
| gether too big for the man. lie IS overcome with
an overwhelming sense of his own grandeur, great
c Of things ing Ne believes that The world is ali his
own. and that all things In heaven ana earth mus
fun Of the most startling failures Of memory
Now. let us consider some Of these delus Mons
Instructive about these times. .. ,,.,
He boasts that he is King In Tammany H9li ,,
! So Richard. daughter) Not quite SO We admit
upon ' that dunghili Bit moi for all lime-not for
life There never was COCK Oh me WaA ior ne
Nth longer spurs and harder beak and redder
gill that shah mount him and cut his comb ana
| pluck out his tail feathers and remit him TO me
! back benches. Q@ughter) TIE Leadership OF
comes by iorce-by sheer brute force II was by
the fist and the shlalah that ne attained ms ie3d
thai he will disappear when a stronger ana Il more
| Courageous and a more nervy champion appears.
| (Applause)
HIS NENT DEITsiON
That Is t' MS deiNslviS. -NoN M'4d' - VIC
! next? He claims that he owns the whole cHy or
| New-York That Is one Of his arguments Oh ms
great judicial question. Well believe Il IS pretty
nearly true Certainly he owns its chief MArS-
tate (Appause) Certainly he owns ever sunor-
I d!nate office from top TO bottom chalense you
10 90 INTO any executive Or admin Sai n.y. once
lie viii disappear tomorrow If you find him. He
/ foIgets however that that il the very reason "hy
/ power. II there is one principle that lies al me
| foundation Of our American form ~ eoveinmffnt
oil he sc
Tween Is '' fhe executve and legislative ana Judicial
powers and that each or tnf InrTe sna and # one
| man is TO make our laws. our ordinances the same
i ih tndgSs to pass between right wrons: be
tween sutton and suitor between the peope ana me
person charged with crime, why an Vesuse OF re-
STsS q ba owner S 81 H @1pFHt lie has fore
gotten that IT because OF foolish division OF
The frgnGs 0 a AND A h does NOT take notice that
every day and every hour he is doing, IN, best 10
more together with links of steel applause
WHAT HE is AIMING AT.
We'll. then he has another deusion. lie says
that having himself come out unscathed from our
courts Of justice. the keys of all courts, Of all
/ JUDGEMENTS Of all prisons must be carried In his
pocket That is what ne IL aiming at apparentiy'
| ana he goes further He says-now. don't be-
leyc everything that ne sayS-Ae says that ram
many Hall has created and expects proper con on,
sideration from all the Judges upon the pthch but
| two For Heavens sake re-elect those TWO before
go any further WIN tle arr "ieia,. 'f ~,
| WelI. now, there never was grOSscT libel uttered
/ by any man than this upon the great number Of
| the judicial officers who preside in our courts to-
| day lie forge,s that the chief among them
/ those Of longest service, have already been re-
! elected by overwhelming mpjorities. IN some cases
by the unanimous vote Of All their fellow-oitizens,
! because OF their good behavior ,Applausc.) There
/ may be some Difference 10 him IN the minds OF
/ small minority OF our judges II could hardly be
otherwise long as Judicial patronage continues
to be the OF our judicial system. but want
10 know how II would be II. after next Tuesday j.
| goes out 20 the world ana goes down to those
Judges at the City Han that INC people of New
| York are with Nj. Croker on this great question.
! Let them assert by great majority Of the people
/ of this city that those who h. lest. who
independent who are no respecters Of persons. who
will refuse TO obey his VII and grant hs requests