The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-06-09

Fron Hls Ias..l,il.Hss f--fzss. EepsfE.a4a.
tn, nomination Is, Pres lrut Nckiairy
u John L llat, a. D., Judge % ihc
ur,5i Ssair. rauu Ca shr p.-tnes ~
Ws-a.ru Nce Yvrk hss tyr n.e na,-aaal
question 81 it deserves o. t-e lias,A ), q
ners J.a,f5,isE. aha as- rreaua3sr!,i iay
the place, by E.-- las aHj h,- Senatorial
Man Frtfy pcfes. and recent h.s,oTy
d.s nst afford su ssswgiegi ans arpains
mrut tbaf Is more dangerous vr Tvpnhou-
,iblc glau 'ki. Il Is 10 Bve thiu- fog
lightweight luli,.lIass- e. feossFe apIatuI
meut- O. responsible Positions or which
ih,y are uhplly unas bu; the graz. c.u.
sequence uE placing Incompetent ncn 10
j.ubtiu, thaueter aP.n thr Federal
Bench have usually beea SO obvious as D.
serve a- q restraint upeu she uso-E partisan
Presidents sn r,-.eut wear. Fortunately
ihe Bar II N,R YORK shr IraIl. and the
newspaper wigl.aat u-arl Is party aihh
aliou,. au. thoroughly 5rau.ei and intensely
indignant az this assault upau ihc standing
and character of Ihc Judiciary, aud are r,r
ductin. such vigorous aud -Tirt-l cru
ssde against this ghuuel, and -ra-,ly
unfit nomination thar rlati aud nrpea !,
hcnChmau may MT b, ioi~,ci upon the
luiieiaU, Ca Thursday the New York
Bar Association. after making careful and
thorough investigation, t.-ak formal action
b, pls-iu. 10, following Resolution.
Resolved. That judged bt the stand
ard If judicial requirement. which this as
saciatiou ha, repeatedly adopted. 'tha, the
career &C a candidate for Judicial othcc
should furnish uumisiakabl. evidence, Of
capacity and fitness 20 di~ehare its duties, :
this association does not deem John K.
Hazel fl, candidate for the office Of Dis
tric, Judge, and is Of opinion that his
nomination should not be confirmed
The nomination Is Ia the hands Of the
judiciary Committee Of the United States
Senate. and the fact revealed to that com
mittee at the hearings gwen ON the sub
jeei during the past tea days make the
fact clear To everybody that the elevation
of Hazel to the Federal Bench would be a
disgrace aud grieyuus misuse OF the ap-
pointing power Il was shown in the hear
inss by the committee that during the past
ten years Hazel appeared in court only
four times: that he was not learned in
the law was without the practice IN the
law that would tit him for the Judicial Of
fee, and that he Is merely an active, small
politician, who wants the place. His very
advocates and supporters could not, and
did not, attempt to rcfute the convincing
testimony adduced as to his lack Of exper-
fence in the law, but appeared in such
ludicrous and lame guise in urging that he
was a versatile aud ready fellow, with d
knowledge of people, who would soon pick
up the needed qualifications, that Senator
Pettus said. Witty, that this was the first
time he had ever knew of lack of exper
fence advanced as a qualification for can
/ didate for the Bench The most famed
exploit in which Hazel seems to have beer
engaged was the sale Of the yacht Enquir
er to the Navy Department during the wa
with Spain The charge is that Haze
used his political pull to such good eff
! lScJ IndJ Tue NdtHJ- WHICH cost tue oNht
| s45, 900, was sold To the Government fo
/ the outrageous price of $50, 900; that tn,
owner received $50, 900 of that sum; tina
Hazel got $4,000 for his share of a $50,
600 commission, the rest of which went t,
parties now unknown, and that at the clos
of the war the yacht Enquirer was LISTED
| for sale by the Government for S25, 900
with no takers
Apparently there are no persons witt
any sense of decency who are not agains
the confirmation of Hazel by the Senate
and it is to be hoped that he will not b.
confirmed; but it is an extraordinary ant
discouraging thing that the President, wht
is the national guardian of the judiciary
should be induced by disreputable politica
bosses to appoint men of such character t.
the Bench that the whole nation has t,
unite in a crusade to keep them off it.