New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-02
MARCUS T. HUN.
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER,
II. \ PECKHAM.
Counsel 81 Committee ~ Three.
TRIrMPH ZOE pECENCY.

Thus IT was that the appeal TO the city Off
ciais failed, just It failed in New-Yorl City
when Devery ruled the police. il failed in
B1ookIyn under the Mclaughlin regime which
went down 10 defeat in 1893. and It failed
I'm New-York city before that when the public
clamor was met 10y the defiant dictum OF Boss"
Tweed. What you going to do about it,"
But in every instance there remained court
Of last resort n appeal to public decency and
this appeal raised in Albany In the spring
OF 1891. Party lines were laid aside race and
religion played part in the uprising. The
election district organization perfected. the
volunteer committees OF citizens learned the
system that obtained at the polling places.
The uprising In New York City in 1901 was only
a repetition on a larger scale OF that Of seven
years before in Albany
Again at critical moment it is vain to seek
for any evidence Of the Interference Of d. Cady
Herrick for decency Election day came. and
the lines that We're drawn were between the
criminal and the honest citizen. and Justice d.
Cady Herrick did not show himself on the side
Of the decent people The result of the election
was n foreeone conclusion. Public INDIGNATION
had been too thoroughly reused 10 he checked
and the four thousand majority of the fan Tor
the notorious Maynard was transformed into a
ma jorlty of nearly four thousand for Oren G..
Wilson. The candidate of the honest elections
movement. The ticket elected with him was
non partisan. The Mayor a Republican The de-
feat OF the Herrck machine was complete, an
overwhelming ma jority in the city assembly vas
wiped out. only three machine Democrats went
back. more independent Democrats than reyu-
lars were elected. The victory was thorough I'm
every detail. The day after election ALBANY
was a gala city. The celebration az the tri-
umph was as significant the triumph itself
for on every side il was regarded as the redemp-
ton OF the capital city from shameful condi-
ton, a return to decency-
The election of April. 1894. left its mark
on all the subsequent political history OF the
capital city but II did not finally end the regime
OF the d. Cady Herrick machine. although II
sounded note OF warning that a more astute
politician might have needed. The machine of
the Judge-Boss destined to final dIsintegra-
ton at the hands OF the Democrats it was to be
repudiated by the members OF the same political
family. The election OF 1894 merely started It
on it's downward career Before passing TO the
subsequent history. it is interesting TO return
for a moment t. a set Of circumstances that Oc-
CURED before the election but which belong a
little apart from the main narrative. Mention
has been made before OF the fact that on his
election to the Supreme Court IN 1891 n Cady
Herrick was member of the Democratic State
Committee. ON becoming a justice he did not
resign this office in spite Of the chorus Of critI-
Cism that The independent press directed at him.
What he did do was to delegate his machine
made Mayor. James ~. Manning as his proxy.
In something the same way. at y later period in
the realm of finance. capitalists were accustomed
to appoint dummy directors" and for purpose
entirely analogous.
In 1899 Herrick stlll actually committee
man. when he came. in his judicial capacity to
sit in judgment In a remarkable case. Mention
has already been made of this case: which I'M
vOlved the legality of the appointment by Mayor
Manning, Herrlck's dummy director" OF a set
Of election inspectors. Manning was the member
OF commission charged with this duty, who
found II impossible to agree with his colleagues
SO he appointed set OF inspectors of his own,
not those the commission named The inspectors
went to work and the commissioners to court
They Jared we'll enough. until finally the case
reached Judge Herrick who passed on the mo-
tion of Manning TO secure stay. ON man
damus issued by Judge Fursman. and requiring
Manning To publish the list OF inspectors agreed
upon by the majority of the commission. OF
which Herricks proxy was the minority. Judge
Mayham had issued such stay, investigated
the facts and recalled H. Justice Herrick grant
cd the stay which sent the ease Ia the General
Term and as a result postponed determination