New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-02
until after election. during which his proxy's in
spectors did their duty.

pBosTITUTED THE BENCH.
Tbi, Incident aroused the press OF every shade
OF pol,tica1 belief throughout the State. The
tsocha.ta- rTrion." a Democratic newspaper.
commented thus:
at ia a curious feature of this night that
Judge Fursnoans colleague on the bench OF the
Supreme Court d. Cady Herrick is the leaoer
OF the Manning faction. and that his name ap-
pears in the alrnanacs as a member OF the Demo
cratic state Committee. with the fOot-nOte;
Proxy. James n. Manning"
The Syracuse Journal said:
"A friend in court was the winning point IN
the Albany election inspectors case Judge hei-
rick takes care Of his own"
1.-THE Brooklyn Times commented thus:
IF Judge Herric< has not the decency to re-
tire from the place he has prostituted to par
tisan and factionaI purposes. proceedings should
at once be taken for his removal"
Some months later when the rumble of popu-
lar disapprovaI was In the air and the seeds
of the revolt Of the next spring already sowh'
on the eve Of the Saratoga convention u CauS
Herrick ceased 20 be member OF the State
Committee, represented by proxy. IL Is not
recorded that his successor however was more
than dummy director"
Then came the spring election. the popular
revolt the defeat Of the Judge Boss his retire
meNU from aCLual RUE VI tIiN NAS|F O"'
the control of the machinery. His friends say
that he tried 10 teach the boys to look 10 his
proxy ex-Mayor Manning for political guild
ance. Re that as IL may the attempt failed;
the 'bovs'' listened without even respect TO the
words OF the proxy" and then went up the
Hill to consult with the old man. Inc next
year the reformers and the Republicans divjded-
Such n division elected Robert A. Van Wyck
the first Mayor of greater New-fork In NJ
bany it returned the Herrick machine to power
But there Mere, evidences that the power OF tne
Judge Boss was waning His successful candi-
date polled fewer votes than the total of those
cast for his two opponents The DeInocrauc
party. as administered ny the Judge-Boss. had
become the minority party, and as minority
party it remained.
Two years later a similar break in the ranks
of his opponents served the purpose Of the
Democratic boss" His candidate poled sUOO
votes: two others each polled more than 6OOo;
but again the division was fatal 10 the
cause OF good government. But d. Cady Her
rick had won his last political victory The
next two years recalled those OF earlier days
The administration Of elections showed signs or
sinking 10 the level Of 1893. Then there was
revolt in the Democratic party. The rule OF
the Judge Boss had been increasingly rigorous.
He had succeeded for four years more because
mony in his own camp. He had grown arrogant
with power and when the campaign of 1873
opened ne astounded friend and foe by the an
nouncernent that he had decided TO sink or
swim with Mayor Van Alstyne. and sink or
swim the candidate was at once dubbed
This decision OF the Judge Boss was as pleas
ing 10 his enemies IS IT distastefUl TO his
Democratic allies For the first time in the
fourteen years that had succeeded his taking
the control bequeathed him by Secretary Daniel
Manning the Judge-Boss saw a revolt against
his rule revolution. in fact He met u with
characteristic energy. He was sitting in the Ap-
RELATE Division of the Supreme Court in sara
toga when the news reached him that the pri-
mary fights were going against him. Already
he had called snap convention for September
90 1t must have Cured 10 him then that this
was desperate step. since he had assisted In
the defeat OF ex-senator Hill's snap" conven-
ton seven years before. fastening % Albany,
he sat in the Office OF the Corporation Counsel
with several Of his leutenants. among whom
were John a. DeIahanty. John p. Masterson and
James Mcintyre
FINAL. RETIREMENT OF JCDGE-BOSS-
Two days later he saved his machine by a
vote OF - 10 81. an hour before convention
the division was 80 10 81 and nominated Van
Alstyne. His next was to assist i'm the
independent nomination Of ex-Mayor Wilson.
The campaign of 1899 a repetition OF that
of 1894. II was another popular uprising. and
when the smoke OF election day had cleared
the Judge Bosses candidate was overwhelmed
sink or Swim" Van Alstyne had sunk under
a majority OF 200 His independent candi-
date polled less than 4JO votes his political
power was broken. and Albany had become and
remains Il Republican city With this election
d. Cady HeTrick vanished from tn arena. EIe
had been expected To retire in 1891. when he
was elected 10 the bench. Through all these
years his hands had grasped the rclus or con-
trolled the movements of his proxies" hut
when his machine was broken when his rule
was repudiated by his party, as it was the next
year $1,000. when his opponents took control
of the local organization, then and only then
d. Cady Herrick retired. Richard Croker with
drew across the Atlantic; D. Cady Herrick found
the Supreme Court sufficient Vantage
II is true that even in this retirement the
more complete since it was enforced by stress
OF circumstance. there are those that admit that
the ex-JudGe-Boss sttll employed the fraction of
political power lett him. What use he made of
u opens Yet another tale Of political chicaneTy
'PaCky' MCCabe. who under ex-senator David
I +. Hin rules the Albany County Democracy in
hlS stead has been known to refer 10 the Judge
Boss, before his nomination. of course. as a
Benedict Arnold. There are Democrats who
| alege that the 6ItO majority against COler I'M
Albany County in 1902. which PLAYED so impor-
| tant share in defeating the Democratic state
ticket. was eNcessiVe-to 80 no further recalling
| the fact that the HeTrck delegates to the
state convention that year We're uuseated This
| being matter of history. there are those who
| say that history might repeat itself In Albany
county this fall.
1t is ten years since the decent people of the
capital city OF every shade OF political faith OF
religious persuasion united TO drive out of power
| the most corrupt machine the city has ever
known. IL is four years since the Democracy
OF Albany County snatched the reins OF political
party machinery from this same leader; and