New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-11
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and distinguished judges should uniformly he Re;
elected The committee hns given most careful
confederation 20 this sentiment and has endeavorcd
10 weigh II from every possible point 81 view
THIS sentiment has Peen most ably ana @Nnnu ,,
fullegt and most candij cons'deration. the con
herein reported.
This campa!sn, IS ayowelly campaign FOR up;
practice OF payS political contributions or assess
nents and against the use Of judicial patronage
FOR good government In Ncw-York under present
conditions It must. as matter o. course also be
Of judge Day by Mr. Croker and the Tammany
Mr. Croker himself before the Mazet Commute" on
Aori Il last. IN which ne boasted ~ his control Of
Patronage tho subsequent testimony 4 many OF the
Judges themselves. which displayed an amazing in
dcial contributions and assessments the well known
ta' Mr. ' ror and hs intimate poficS sssotistcs
the widespread belief among the voters maj JudEs
i tai bcncb in the rammant fai Interest All these
considerations combined TO make him an impossi-
bic candidate on ne present ssut ~ Iecoid as
Judge may be Of the best. but his inhucnc" ms a
ton on the bench, is felt TO be constantly eNerted
In opposition 10 policies which are ~ me essenc"
~ good government In this city. In addition II
may be- added that had Judge Birrctts name APP
pearod ON the ticket recomm'n dod by ne confer
whoi9 aSsis'anrr ~ 10Y W Vv ,ic "''"
The committee submits the following resolutions
and recommends their aadoption; ..,,. .orro,os
tho re COMMUNICATIONS and resolutions reported by
the committee appointed on October D. 1Nt'
Resolved That tho Council Doe and hereby is re-
onesfed 10 take such steps as it may deem adj
visable further he selection q the ticket named
Then the matter was discussed. city Judge
William r. Cohen was the first speaker lie
spoke vigorously. and was applauded He
praised the object Of the conference but said the
name Of Justice Barrett should be on the ticket
He spoke Of a letter from exMayor Hewitt. IN
which the latter declared it would be an outrage
IL Justice Barrett not renomnated. TX
Judge Cohen sail the club would stultify itself
and go against its record II II did not insist on
Justice Barre.t's denomination He said Justice
Barrett was known 70 be in sympathy with the
principle involved Justice Barrett had been
member Of the committee that combated Tweed
and had proved in that way his purity
Lewis L. Delaheld next spoke in much the
same strain He said ne came from the Bar
Association. which had adopted resolutions
favoring the denomination IF Justice Barrett
He said the club must ndorSe Barrett on
this he would insist He was loudly appauded.
II was apparent from the emphasis Of the APP
plause that the Barrett sympathy was pre-
ponderant.
John f. Parsons made a strong plea for Jus
tice Barrett He said he had letters from
william B. Hornblower and william Earle
Dodge indOrsing Justice Barrett
PECKFfAM ATTACKS BARRETT
Wheeler II Peckham was the next speaker.
He criticised Justice Barrett with eeverity He
said he had always favored Justice Barrett I'M
til he had learned Of certain things. Referring
To ex-Judge Cohen's statement that Justice
Barrett had been a member Of the Committee
81 seventy the speaker said that he. too had
been a member of that committee and II vas
there he had formed Justice Barretts acquaint-
ance He said the only way that Justice Bar
rett had distinguished himself IN that service
was by observing the committee. Mt P"cH-
ham dealt IN some asnerities. and adNocateu
the ratification Of the fusion ticket
Everett p Wheeler also mad" bitter attack
on Justice Barrett and appealing 10 the CLUB
members 10 sustain the work n its conference
committee
The meeting resulted IN complete rout for
the anti Barrett forces The vote rejecting all
tickets without the name = Justice Barrett
was taken upon a resolution 90 tAat efe't IN
troducod hyp cx-JUdge Cohen
The new committeeman are sim y S'erne
Everett p Wheeler Paul Fuller. Francis e.
Huntington and Arthur T Crosby
Mr. P=ckhan and his friends wee rnucn ma
crined over their defeat. and Mr. p khan Went
away from the club al the close ~ the meeting
IN company With c. { Beaman