New-York tribune., 1899-06-11
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roma rkpd mildly 10 tnc opuIc' D'" -
Slaughter, l am told-ahem-that you 10 ho'
! possess the-er-judicial temperament
Judicial temperament be damheu' sio"'oN
the Squire picking up his hat ana S'"'''
ont. and thereafter the amiable ana "9'u'' w
had a vindictive and inveterate enemy 80
This habit of profanity was so chro''i' VIZ,
Mr. Slaughter that one day, in the Veheiiei0' -
an argument before the Court or Appears Il"
would argue vehementy before the Seven 0ieep
ers though there Is no relevancy IN lhls h'u'''
tion-he ripped out quite string OF oathS " '"e
rustline Of the judicial robes and the cofs'o' III"
ton of the asse embed bar. Old Judge Drahai'' "
CORNER ,,or,ber Of the court, and consequently
somewhat privileged, who was awaiting he"'
ing commented more or less audioIy' 1
Enoch walked with God; well, welI' the way" Va
,ho AIoigbtv are inscrutable and past finding
out" whereat there was comprehensive ''''i
also more or less audible. But the squire iheie''
shrugged his shoulders. gave Tohteii'p'uou'
"t1umnb" ard picked up the rope, not the
thread, Of his argument.
rolled in his judicial ambition. as he firmly be-
Iicved himself to be by the Vaccinations OF oaSe
corsprators. Mr. Slaughter still clung to the
idea OF holding office The next fail ne aii-
rourcod his candidacy for the Dstrict-Attorney-
shin independent LlNhSN'
which ensued was torrid for Mr.. Slaughter
stumpei the county so thoroughly that MS WIZ
was heard in every election district. That 1ol-
lowed az a matter Of course SAID Judge MAJ ="
mani .If he spoke al ALL" But fear there was
concealed irony in this remark Al any ''''N'
tho ward leaders were constrained by their fears
for the first and only time in local poiilicai MS
,or,, 70 snopd fully half of the money confded
to them for the purpose OF coTruptihs 'he d" "''
chise to the financial detriment of their grocers'
OF course there was no doubt ABOUT the an
nounced result. The party in power having '"e
inspectors landed their candidate with the
Squire quick second
Rut this was only the first round. Activity Is
No name for the agility with which the Squire
came up to the scratch and resumed 'ne 'o"
Aict He bullied a young magistrate without
any political gumption into holding al eN p"''
examination for the general purpose OF deter
mining whether a crime had been coini''i''eN
sort or Iexow investigation in petto. With the
fine tooth comb of a subpoena ne harrleu 'he
county and pretty state of affairs ne revealed.
He showed how repeaters had been brought up
from, New-Yor< and down from Troy, and had
voted in gangs Of ten or twelve each under the
charge Of = heeler. at the various polling places
sometimes
their coats inside out and change hats, but
oftener simply intmidatng the officials not
nrivv to the fraud He showed as a corollary to
this how the sick had been cured, the lame Hiaue
to walk and the dead restored to life since ac-
cording to the rolls, they had one ana all eNe'-
cised their high privilege freemen. He
showed how money had been as plentiful AT the
polls for the unterriied as broken heads had
Jo CHI 10 n
srector had been "slugged' and that inspector
had been "shanghaed," and how the brother OF
a third had been appointed on the police lie
showed who it was that, after the returns were
all i'm save from district, took that midnight
ride up to the old Ninth Ward which caused
such a fateful change in the official figures. Al
this pont il became evident that some OF the
underlings would confess to save themselves.
The boss became alarmed and sent for the con-
testee For heavens sake, withdraw" he
begged cor Slaughter will have ball and chain
on every one of u.s.
There was a doube-eaded editorial In the
leading party paper, the Supreme Court held an
inquest and Mr. Slaughter was declared District
Attorney for the next three years-hence the
title Squire" by which it seems so natural to
call him.
The Sduire's administration unique. He
had no trouble at all with the ordinary crm-
nails They simply pleaded guilty rather than
suffer him to roar at them. Such submission
was judicious. When Mr.. Slaughter was not
opposed he was inclined to mercy; hence. as a
rule, sentences were moderate during his term.
The feeling of these unfortunates toward him,
by the way, one of profound admiration.
They respect force, realizing how poor a substi-