New-York tribune., 1901-09-24
SKETCHES OF CANDIDATES.

Court of Special Sessions. has been much IN Inc tne
public eye recently. account OF ms ,t5bng 1aIng
RR houses in % the city .' and his nvestiga5ions Of
es doss e is PeyeTy sen of aPh the
Jerome and nrn brother he t6 ot S in
ls He graduate Of Amherst hers oa G9eSs fss4 ana nd
Of Sas the Been naW Fo% sHa
Assistant District Attorney I'D In E1suh li he MOSS
as counsel to the Lexow Committee, s,,o He E wa, Wss
ee Goars of in
term of eight years.
JOHN Il 4P;s +K is Wv well SssstRn Re
Corporation Counsel in Mayor strongs admin Ea-
Committee which inyestisated the affairs Of the
Office when j. H. " ccnae Arned Was Tss
Frank Moss for the Maze , GSmmt'se nt Gey
General eya to condaet the invesga ton the
eged masGgs on ecem 1ne
ber % Governor Roosevelt appointed hin him to Of. I'll
by he on Of fhS JUSTICE
has been member of the Republican County
cab and the sha Repabcan SHes Club % Of Newyork
JAMES ARMSTRONG BLANCHARD was was born j in
IN hf @ Al q h aas o nine
father to Fond du Lac County, Wis. and spent
desh next few eang 0f BsnhaFd WAS
SUNNI summer "i1i he worked on the farm and in the win:
ter attended the district school In the summe,
Of Of @ mse6ngn 3f cava nd
when he discharged from the service on ac-
%9R, college, o. wsconsn Is and was T graduated from
z conmbia uni he cciis9e if@s Law W scSoS which
TO January /, 1900 having been appointed to III
Fitzgerald to the sunreme Bench. on Sep
tember !. 1900. he was appointed by Governor
EaeSsi1 Bisnehsrd a'Ss Reo%bliean hs uD'e' ~
MORGAN J. oBRIEN is native of this city He
vas SbtalnsS At s. }Shn,s College in Eordham CHAN
oa 0d he S a@
n % t he Psr in ne bs
pacIRty Waa bTief as he he's elected
supreme Court bench in 1887 one Of the young
most noteworthy work was done in 1881 wnen
in the trial of the election cases in Syracuse
Two three years ago there was talk OF the
piration of his term, which ends with December
81 1901 to take up more rem4neraIye m private ate
flee. Justice O'Brien is a Democrat. but not a
strong partisan.
WILLIAM J.; o'BRIEN was the fusion candidate
for Sheriff two years ago, and was. defeated.
He is a master granite cutter. forty-four years
old, an independent Democrat and an enthu-
to this city from Westfeld Mass. when he
was a Union soldier had died in Andersonville
:eo9n in hs dard Of
twenty-seven consecutive terms ana ms connec-
twelve years ago.
SAMUEL sEABURY the candidate s for judge Of Of
the CITY Court is one or the younger lawyers OF
the city. He is the Of the Rev William
J. Seabury, formerly rector OF the Church of
the Ascension and afterward professor in the
General Theological Seminary. He was grad
uated from the New-York Law School with
honors in 1893, and was nominated as the Cit-
Union candidate for Alderman in the INth
Assembly District in 1897. but declined the nom
ination after Henry George had been nomi-
mated for Mayor. In 1899 he nominated for
the Office of Judge of the City Court by the
delegates to the Republican County Convention
anti-Tammany ticket. He is Democrat
CHARLES V. FORNES is a prominent woollen
m and on a he
oc Club He born in Western New York
and was educated in the public schools. He
taught school in Buffalo for three years while
young man. About twenty five years ago he
came to this city and became successful rner-
chant He is director OF the Emigrant In
dustrial Savings Bank in Chambers-st. and is
said to be the only one ever In the directorate
OF Irish extraction.
THOMAS L. HAMILTON. a Republican Politician
Of the IXth Assembly District and a member OF
the County Committee. has been known for years
close friend OF Frederick s Gibbs lie is
of Scotch descent. but native Of New-York.
lie is builder. He for Sheriff I'm iS93 and
in 1897. and for County Clerk in 1855. and was
defeated each time. He appointed a sub
way commissioner in 1895 hy Mayor Strong and
January l, 1895. he appointed a police
commissioner by Mayor Van Wyck. Later he
removed from Office to permit the retire
ment Of chief McCullaFh and the elevation OF
Deyery to the command OF the police force