Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1903-01-17

not act In such u capacity unless or
dcrcd by the City Council" said the
Mayor afterwards.
Well. well. How careful the Mayor
cite Is about his Corporation Counsel
and his doings. How he does hate to
see his solitary plank float away from
him.
There II no ,lenrth of excellent avail
able judicial timber either on the Dem
ocr,tic or Republican side. ana next
June's judicial conventions should he
able to place fawless tickets In the
field. Among one of the strongest men
the Democrats could name would be
Hon. Daniel j. Mcmahon. the present
excellent attorney of the BOard Of Ed
ucntion. He would make n most ca
nIble judge.
Judge Lambert Tree In his recent
brochure In the Tribune took occasion
to say that 'ln the caucuses ana nom-
mating conventions for the selection
of Cook County judges men are often
proposed ana nominated, too, not with
reference To their legal requirements
or standing nt the bar, but because
they are strong with some class or
sect or natiOnality-Or because they
come from some ward where for one
cause or another they are deemed to
have the friendship of the workers"
Does Judge Tree mean this TO apply
to the judicial tickets nominated by
both parties last year? II SO. II GER
tninly looks very much like II left
handed compliment to number of
the most distinguished of the honor
able gentlcman's professional col
leagues.
Again the gentleman says: LET II
he spoken plainly-would 1t be surpris-
ing II the bar was already beginning
to distrust some of the Judges who
have crept upon the bench In the re-.
peatcd and rapid increase in their num-
bers?" The Eagle answers that II
would he surprising, ana what Is more,
II begs leave to say, with all due re-.
spect to the distinguished jurlst. that
II does not believe II. We have always
entertained the highest respect for this
great lawyer and citizen. ana we can
hardly believe he meant any such seri'
Ous reflection upon the bench of Cook
County rs the words quoted would
seem to imply. We believe that mos,
thinking people will agree with us
that 1t now bchOoves the Legislature
as u whole ana Irrespective Of party
but as the creation in great part Ol
two party organizations, To resent thi,
implied aspersiOn on the noble ju
dietary of Cook County by passing III,
proposed amendatory law, making Il
possible to Increase lis membership.
As Il matter of argument ana loglca
conclusion, we would ask the Trlbun,
how it figures out that the process O
selection ana election of our judiciary
which its correspondent complains of
could be remedled or improved by rc
strlcting the numerical membership %
the benchf
As stated before there never was
better field Of excellent judicial tim
her from which TO select candidate,
than that which was at the disp0sa
of both parties in the last judicial cam
; pagn. The same material will he n
hand next year.
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on the Democratic side, for instance
there Il Mr.. Sigmund Zelslcr. Her
Is n man whose name Is hOnorcd an,
respected by both bench and bar il
Chicago, and whose reputation ms
great ana successful lawyer Is ma
tional.
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, Hon, William l.. Black, who was ON
of the men honorcd by IA nomination b,
the DemOcrnt ic iudicioI convention Ia 9