New-York tribune., 1904-10-20
HfS go WORTHLESS.

Tho Democratic candidate for Governor OF
New-YOrk has been forced TO attempt u uelSi'' -
himsslf from the truthful. and Therefore u",n-
ing Rasrgqs brought against him by the lPaoetS
and newspapers of all parties. ana WIN 20 %
iicular pjgor 10y his own supporters
tiee Herri> thought he could safely 'aAe ie'ue9
in silence s3nt he was mistaken. The charges
would not down. They followed him all over
the State Wherever he went 10 plead FOR Votes
they stared him in the face from the columns
OF the local press They trailed him reIhofse-
lessly from the moment he got up IN me morn
ing until he went TO bed at night he Khe"
thev were in the thoughts of every voter WHOM
he addressed in public or encountered IN prINatc'
They shook his nerve. and at last they broke
his will He had to make pretence OF meet
ing them. and he chose the Reform Club for the
purpose on Tuesday evening
But the charges were not met. The Demo
cratic candidate ran away from them with de-
mails which did not deny and explanations which
did not explain. In the very act OF soliciting
excrllpation he said that he should oner no de-
fence or apology. hut simply plain statement
Of facts He did not say. what every one per
ceives that he chose his facts 10 suit MS neces
sites He solemnly asserted that since MS
election 10 the bench ne had never attended
political convention except the national conVen-
ton Of 1892. or served on a political commit
tee. presided AT q pOllllcdA lucCtAi- ~ i'~
political speech Is Mr. Herrick foolish enough
to imagine that the voters will regard such
facts as pertinent and conclusive? Referring on
September 20 10 the period of his most detest-
able activities The New-YOrk World conced-
ing all this. said: But his continuance as the
real local political boss was 7Indeniable. No
"man was nominated without his consent no
"step was taken in Il campaign without his ad-
''vice His henchmen filed all the Offices his
Doe cir,rrl
his career since he ascended the bench in cool
review. The New-York Times" has pronounced
it a scandal: The Brooklyn Eagle has said
that elections were "as bad under the D. Cady
"HerTick machine in Albany as they were under
"the Murphy machine in Troy. and we regret
ito say. considerably worse than they were
''under the John Y McKane machine in Graves
end: The New-York Evening Post has de
scribed Herrick a ''an adept in all the disrep-
''utable arts of Democratic politics in Albany
County" while THE New-York SUM- now his
fereest advocate alludng to one particular per
formance condemned him "a desperate po-
Htical operator "a disgrace to the judiciary
and a Judge whom the press must denOunce
unless the press has become as foul al Judge
Herrick's court
These are the things which the present sup
porters Of the Democrats candidate for Gov
ernor OF this State said about him when they
were under no cOmpulsion to blink the truth.
But we are almost ashamed to cite a few de-
scriptiOns however vivid, of a record notori-
Gus that ii has become monument Of political
rascality, reared by a Justice OF the Supreme
Court of New York.
Having sought by means Of his speech TO the
Reform Club to delude the public with empty
assurances that as judge he did not officially
participate in the work of the filthy and malig-
nant political machine which he absolutely con-
trolled and minutely directed Mr.. Herrick at
tempted TO puff the fragrant albany Argus
case away. implying that. in the natural course
Of things. ne merely granted an ordinary stay
of proceedings. which resulted in a final and
satisfactory settlement of the matter. He omit
ted 10 explain that he cOntemptuousy refused
TO take the action on which he finally decided
when it was proposed in court by counsel for
the applicant whom prior to the litigation, he
had endeavOred to coerce at private interview
and yielded only after threat of Impeachment
had reached his ears and a conversation by
telephone with somebody claiming to be in his
confidence had failed to accomplish its object
Nor, it should be observed, did Mr. Herrick
offer any explanation of the disappearance Of n
celebrated incriminating affidavit which ought
now to be on file in the Albany Courthouse
The fate which compelled Mr. HerrIcIy fo
break his studied silence was hard, but lust
The people now know that his best defence is
worthless.