The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-02
M'CARREN IGNORES HEARST.
STRAIGHT JUDICIAL TICKET IS
NAMED IN BROOKLYN.

The Democratic judiciary convention for
the nomination OF eight candidates for the
Supreme Court in the Second Judicial dis
trict was held yesterday afternoon in
Brooklyn. William r. Hearst and the
Independence League were ignored, as
was the fact tn / there Is q Democratic
State ticket in the field. The deter
mination OF Senator Patrick Henry
McCarren, whose leadership of the Demo-
cratic hosts in Kings county was over
~whelmingly sustained at the recent prima-
ries, to tolerate no dickering with the
Hearst people, who Rave been clam oring
for recognition on the Judiciary ticket, was
unanimously indorsed by the Assembly
district leaders prior to the meeting Of the
convention. Not a voioe was raised in de-
fence Of the scheme of the Gilsey House
crowd to NEEDLE with the autonomy Of the
Kings county organization, and the district
leaders voted as a unit in approval Of the
slate for the judiciary ticket, which had been
prepared by Senator McCarren and his
chief advisers.
The convention, which was held in Part ii.
OF the Supreme Court, was largely attended
and was marked by much enthusiasm.
There were thirty-one delegates dis
tributed as follows: Kings county, %;
Queens, 4; Suffolk. ?; Nassau, 1 and Rich
mond, /. As a rebuke to the high handed
work at Buffalo, where the Cassidy dele
gates from Queens county were seated.
although Bermel's ticket had a majority
Of 5000, the four Bermel delegates were
seated without question. The Cassidy dele
gates didn't even put in an appearance.
The temporary and permanent officers
Of the convention we're Congressman John
J. Fitzgerald, chairman, and Edward La
zansky. secretary.
In his opening address, Mr.. Fitzgerald said
that the convention was not a self-consti-
tuted body Of men who thought they had a
monopoly OF political virtue, but q regularly
chosen body OF representatives Of a great
political party.
These were the candidates nominated:
GEORGE b. ABBOTT. Isaac M. KAPPER.
JAMES d. BELL, y. S. W~HITEHoIsE,
WILLIAM J. CARR. W. NJ. HUGHES,
LUXE D. STAPLEToN. TOWNSEND ScUDDER.
All the candidates, with the exception
Of Mr.. Scudder. who halls from Nassau
county, are Kings county men. The Kings
county candidates all received unanimous
votes on the first ballot. Rowland 3.
| Miles OF Suffolk county was put in nomina-
ton against MFR. Scudder, but he only got
the votes Of the two delegates from his
county and the nomination Of Mr.. Scudder
was also made unanimous.
Mr.. Abbott, who heads the ticket. is in
his fifty-sixth year. He il a graduate OF
Williams College and Of the Columbia
law school and has been in legal practice
for thirty-twO years. He was Public Ad-
ministrator in Brooklyn for eight years
and Surrogate for seven years, serving
with marked distinction in both offices.
He is a member OF the Brooklyn Excelsior
and Germania clubs and University
Club Of Manhattan.
Col. James D.. Bell is the present Assistant
! CORPORATION Counsel in charge in Brooklyn
and chairman OF the Democratic county
committee. He was admitted to the bar
in 1880 and has ever since been in partner
ship with ex-Surrogate Abraham H.. Daley.
| He served as Superv isor from the Nine
teenth ward, Police Commissioner and
! Commissioner Of the East River Bridge.
He il president OF the Brooklyn Institutes
law department, and was one OF the or
Ranizers and long president OF the Brooklyn
Bar Associ alton. He ia a life member
OF the State Bar Association and a member
OF the Society for international Law. He
is a civil war veteran and prominent in
Grand Army circles, and was five times
grand marshal of Memorial Day paTades.
He is a member Of the Hanove Club, the
BROOKLYN Club. the City Club OF Man
haitian, the American Academy Of Political
and Social Sciences and the Selden Society
Of London.
William j. Carr was admitted to the bar
In 1884 and in 1891 was appointed a clerk
in the Supreme Court. He wrote ex-
tensively for the leading law journals
and assisted in the completion Of the
American and English Law Encyclopedia.
He served as Corporation Counsel in the
old city Of Brooklyn, and is the legal repre-
sentative Of some OF the leading corpora
lions. He ia a member OF the Columbian
Club and the st. Patrick Society.
Luke d. Stapleton, the silver tongued"
orator Of the Brooklyn Democracy, is a
graduate Of st. James's Commercial School,
Manhattan College n the law school
Of the College Of the City OF New York.
He has long been recognized as one OF the
most brilliant members OF the Brooklyn
bar, and has managed some Of the most
important cases which have come up there
in the last ten or twelve years. he served
as Assistant Corporation Counsel in the
old city Of Brooklyn. He is q member OF
the Columbian and Putnam clubs, the *.
Patrick Society and several other organiza-
Isaac NJ. Kapper has been in practice
for twenty years and holds a high position
as an advocate at trials and in Appellate
courts. He was counsel for ex-senator
Michael J. Coffey in his successful fight
for reinstatement in the Democratic county
committee. He served as an Assistant
District Attorney and on the commission
appointed by Gov. Roosevelt to revise the
charter Of the Greater New York.
Samuel s. Whitehouse has been practising
law for ~twenty-six years his partner for
most OF the time being eX-Judge Samuel
ID, Morris. He was a candidate for the
Supreme Court bench last year. but was
defeated by Justice Burr, who had the in
dorsement Of the Municipal Ownership
League. He is a member Of the Brooklyn
Cluband president Of the Bushwick Demo-
cratic Club.
William 4. Hayes is an Assistant Corpora
ton Counsel and has long been active in
Democratic politics. He has been a mem
Der Of the Brooklyn bar for twenty years.
Townsend Scudder Is the leading lawyer
in Nassau county and served one term in
Congress.
OF the eight Democratic candidates
Mr.. Abbott and Mr.. Scidder are on the
ticket which has been put in nomination by
the Citizens Committee OF 100.
Democrats all over Brooklyn were elated
over the action OF the convention, n there
were warm Communications for Senator
McCarren over his refusal to make any
dicker with the Hearstites 10 the choice OF
tho Judiciary candidates. That the Asseyn-
bly, district leaders and election district
! captains would sustain the Senator 10 Q