New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-14
CROKER. JUDGE MAKER.
the guilty

The Democratic County Convention on
Wednesday evening gave an impressive Illus
fratlon Of what Tammany control OF the state
government would mean. II MIR. Croker VIII
not let the courts be Independent Of his dicta-
ton. surely it Is not TO he expected that he Will
permit any other department Of the public ser
vice 10 operate except in his interest If he can
prevent IT, The refusal Of Mr.. Croker TO re-
nominate Justice DAILY is peculiarly impudent
defiance of the best sentiment Of the coinm'l-
nity and q cynical avowal of his purpose to
make and unmake judges we'll as other Off
GERS, no matter how high they stand. no matter
what friends they have even in the Democratic
party.
The reasons given for the rejection Of Justice
DAILY are various, but all accounts agree that
Mr. Croker is seeking to drive him from the
bench simply because he did not use his Judlcai
office for political purposes Some say that Mr..
Croker is angry because Justice DAILY would not
appoint another DAILY. n favorte of the Boss. to
n clerkship in his court. Others say that Mr.
Croker did not really care about the clerkship.
but was against the Justice simply because IN
choosing referees he did not take any pains to
reward Tammany lawyers for party work, ana
did not make the administration of justice fur
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up by the organization. 1t all amounts TO the
same thing. Justice DAILY ceased to he poll
tician when he went on the bench, and for that
crime objectionable in Tammany eyes, the at
tempt Is made TO force his retirement. The pc
tition Of $500 lawyers counts for nothing. years
of service count for nothing the only thing that
counts Is Croker. and. as II 10 emphasize this
fact and force home TO the minds Of voters the
conviction that they are miserable creatures
who through his great mercy are permitted TO
exist in the city Were he throws down and
raises I'D men ut his whm he has nominated in
place of Justice DAILY George i. Andrews. n man
whom he drove off the bench last year to show
his contempt of the better element who asked
that he be reelected. and TO pay the debt which
Tammany owed to Francis NJ. Scott for sud
denly terminating in Mr. Croker's interest his
long career as a reformer. Judgeships are Gro
ker's to give or take, and he means that every
body shall know It.
But what will the honest Democrats of this
State say 70 this boastful assertion Of power
over the courts? And what opinion will they
have of an eX-Jusice of the Supreme Court like
Mr. Van Wyck who becomes an ally of this
man who thus tries TO make judges his Great
,lres? His nominations are not Democratic
nominations: they are personal nominations No
doubt the great body of Democratic lawyers and
other persons familiar with the courts respect
Justice DAILY and wished his denomination. but
the little clique which is striving to build up
personal and family government in this city and
state has no more regard for the rank and file
OF the Democracy than for the community as
whole Trusting TO its own brute force. it Will
not even attempt 10 conciliate public sentiment,
but will trample on people with the tr1ie Tweed
spirit Of What are you going TO do about it,