New-York tribune., 1905-01-22
TO ACT ON HOOKER CASE
Call for Special Meeting of Bar A.
sociation Issued By LGycyers Her,

petition signed By over sixty Of the bevs r.
Republican and Democratic lawyers n ~. -''~a
calls for a special meeting OF the Associa4,or ~
Bar Of the City OF Nsw-York to take s@,,o. Ns
the case OF Justice Warren b. Hooker.
The eau is issued because the State p
citation dropped the Hooker charges by fo,,. '-o
on Wednesday last The can says the ..'1s .os
meeting has been arranged "for the un-,,-
considering what action. II any should bs -
by this association in regard to recent sct.
Justice Warren p. Hooker. Of the suprer.s :, ~
OF the State Of New-YorIl" The meeting ,,,, ,,.s'
place on January r. The petition is bessss =
three fcrmer presidents OF the local Bar sT
ton-Whecler II. Pecknam. William G. Cbos..-
Joseph Larocque.
Among the signers Of the call ara yviu.
Guthrie. Henry Z. Haviand Paul D. -
Henry W. Taft. B. Aymar Sands. James n - -
mum. George W. Wickersham. J. w Sirop...
De Peyster Foster. Thomas Thatcher 49,
Fox. John @. Carlisle. Francis Iynde So
William B. HOrnblOwer. John c. AIllbur- -,
L. Rives. Lawrence Codkin. Robert " n. S'ss
David B. ogden and Edmund l. BaylIes. A
Regarding the call Of the Bar Association
G. Fox at his home. No. IS West s3d-st. sa1 20 20
evening 10 Tribune reporter: ."
The meeting was called to consider VIA, .,,-
If any. should be taken BY the associates - ~
Bar or the city OF NeW-Hork in regard to the ~.
OF Judge Hooker Ihe association may dee{ds.t 4.
send the whole matter to the Legislature blt .s
ever action the association does take, VIII BE- ts-
matter. The State Bar Association SCENE y, -
in the, matter; or, II II did not lack the eoure9s
lacked q standard higher than that hv 9-Sicf -,
Judge seems to have been guided himself The ls
action or the state Bar Association goes forfs :,
the world an. Indication that no higher s+sT5,33 y
prevails at the bar than that which fnds lfesiS y
accord with the acts of Judge Hooker.
Henry W Taft, at his home. No. 80 Lexington.
ave. said:
The only question in this case is whether the
facts which have been disclosed are OF s1f3cIerf-
serious import 70 justify consideration ~ the Ies
State Bar Association 50 far as published. It Is
unfortunate that where such a state OF facts wa
have been reached by the state Bar Association
without having IT charged that the result was a.
tanned through political pressure and the "packinz
OF the meeting.
Joseph Larocoue at hts home, No East ssb
ST.. said:
much surprise here. and resulted in a cali f5r
meeting of the Bar Association OF the City Of New.
York to take into consideration what had ALREADY
occurred. and 70 consider the prODriety OF soma
positive action the part of the local associati0r
course cannot assume 70 forecast It is the sens,
of the gentlemen with whom / have spoken on tas
subject that upon the facts presented TO the Stats
Bar Association the matter should not have besa
permitted to drop.
William B. Hornblower. at his home, No Ear
Ssth-st-. said:
beeys it is the genera general sentiment @ ,2 St me ss @
OF fact found by the Committee OF the State Bar
Association and adopted by that association tha.
Judge Hooker should welcome a further nvestigs.
ton by the legislature, II innOCeRt or should 5a
removed from office by the legislature, II guilty
The Dositfon taken bv some Of his friends ana
by the majority of those In attendance the Ssts
Bar Association is untenable. namely, that even
though guilty of defrauding the United States gov-
ernment while judge of the State, he cannot Be
iInpeached or removed from office because mis- MS
conduct was not in his official capacity as Judge
1t would follow from this that no matter how
criminal sCandalOUS may be the conduct Of a
Judge while In Office. he cannot be imDeaChed OF
removed except for judicial misconduct. To sstab-
Hsh such principle would be disastrous
Members os the Brooklyn Bar Association, VIZ
were not pleased that the State Bar Association
dropped the charges against Supreme Court Justcs
Warren b. Hooker. without taking any action il
tend 70 bring the affair up for discussion al tas
annual meeting OF the Brooklyn Association, which
will be held az o'clock on the afternoon o. Fu-
day. February 10. They Will be opposed oy soma
members. who believe that no good VIII come oy
tbrashing over the case here