New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-04
LOOKING FOR GOOD PLACES.
,orJTICIANs HAVE BEGUN FIGURING ON
MUNICIPAL MAGISTRATES
SOME OF THE PRESENT STAFF NOT AVAILABLE
roR RENoMINArIdN UNDER THE CHAR
TER PROVISIONS.

Jacob Neu. Gerard Il. Van Wart William
echritzspan. Adolph Goettng and Cornelius Fur
s,eson the five Municipal Justices in the Borough
., Brooklyn. will end their terms OF office with
the completion Of next year. and already politicians
sre beginning 10 busy themselves with their sue
cessors on the bench These successors are to be
elected FOR term OF ten years the salary which
they will receive being 5000 a year Under tho
new rules as laid down in the New-York CITY
charter. the nominees must be voted for only In
the district In which they live and over whose
court they wish TO preside Formerly the Civil Jus
fees whose places taken by the Municipal
Justices were voted for throughout the city.
Judge Neu's district is the First. composed Of
the First TO the Sixth wards inclusive. and the
Tenth and Twelfth wards. l, is Overwhelmingly
Democratic and the only district for that
party Judge Neu now lives in the Twenty bird
Ward. and 80 Is eligible for denomination from
his old district He would certainly not he nomi-
mated by the Democrats again. upon whose ticket
he was elected for in 1897 he deserted the Demo
cratic organization to take the nomination Tor
Sheriff the Citizens Union ticket. ana thls year
came out in support of Colonel Roosevelt and the
Republican party. The nomination for the place
which Judge Neu now holds is prize which Is De
,ns looked at with covetous eyes by NUMBER OF
Democratic lawyers.
Judge Van Wart presides over the Secohu lis
trict which includes the Seventh. Eighth. Nih'h
eleventh Twentieth. Twenty first Twenty-second
to he Republicaqi Judge Van wart desires and
expects A reconciliation II has beeen rumored tha'
Judge Neu may seek for the nomination from the
Republicans. ,
Iudce Schnitzspan the incumbent In the Thrd
District cannot he renominated because ne = No. '
q LAWYER He has made good Judge dS MS
rungs have always been based on Common-sense.
He lives now however. in another district so l,dt
~ as some o. his friends hope. no IS MADE elisoic
nv special legislative enactment. he VIII prooanE
seek a nomination in the Fourth District. l ne
Third District consists of the Thirteenth 70 fASh-
teenth wards inclusive. 1t has been carried by the
Republicans but IS not sure
The Fourth District is presided over by Judge
Coettng II takes in tie Twenty fourth 10 Iweh-
ty-eighth wards inclusive. Judge Goetung. Dem
Ocret. IS looking Cor denomination, ana mas bceil
seeking favor with all the leaders. as well as win
the rank and file. Police Magistrate Andrew Lemon
is spoken Of as tho Republican candidate. and the
district has been carried by this party although II
Judge Flirsueson presides over the Fifth District
which Includes the Twenty-ninth. Thirtieth, Thirty
fret and Thrty-second wards. He Is a Democrat.
and almost certain OF denomination and election
Each municipal justice has the appointment Of a
clerk and assistant clerk at 5000 n year each. four
attendants $1.coo year each and a stenoRrapher
~ 5000 a year The latter place Is the only one
subject 20 Civil Service regulations. All OF the
present justices have appointed their STATS for six
contend that as tho present Judges are FOLLOWERS
from the civil iustCeships. and not regularly
elected according the charter they have no right
- make appointments to last longer than their in
dividual terms Tho patronage Is considered
worthy of making a fight for.