The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-28
HEARST on BOSSED JUDGES.
~ Ar DEPENDS on WHAT moss
NEEDS A JUDGE or TWO.
SnrCnicass judges should ne NOn-PartisAn
Here They Mould Ne Divided Ne.
tween Hearst and Murphy why nou't
You strike the Fetters oT BOas Rule or

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tween Hearst and Murphy why Dent
You strike the Fetters of Boss Rule Dr.
Mr.. Hearst used to profess a strong de-
Rire for a non partisan judiciary, and even
among those who read his
exclusively there are some who are sur
prired over the fact that he has been a
party to n deal which had for its Object
the division Of judicial nominations for
partisan reasons without reference TO tho
experience or the qualifications Of the
candidates. As a sample Of his published
opinions on the subject there appeared
an editorial article in the Chicago EreninO
American Of October "a last, or after the
judiciary nominations in New York county
bad been divided between Hearst and
Murphy in conformity with the bargain
made al Buffalo.
This article was headed -Why Non-parti-
san Judges Should BE Chosen and said
that the judiciary needs freedom from all
alliances except to the people. II spoke
At the legislative act that created in Chi
oago twenty-eight new municipal Justice
ships a. q greet boon for the party bosses
and declared that the framers Of the law
and theb bosses worked In unison.
1T meant. > continued the article. "twenty-
eight more Jobs with which to reward faith
fui party hacks. II meant twenty-eight
more plums 70 dangle before the eyes OF
ward politicians and delegate chasers.
The regular judicial candidates owe the
favor Of their nominations to one or the
other Of the party bosses. Thus far they
are mere cogs and gearing Of two political
machines.
But why don't you strike the letters Of
boss rule entirely from the judiciary, you
voters of Chicago? Do you think IL wise to
risk having this or that member of the newly
created municipal judiciary pointed out az
the creature Of Reddeck or Sullivan or
some other party boss? Would you like to
AVE n Of your judges designated as hold
ing his Office through the favor Of Billy
Loeffier, who stole a tunnel franchise and
escaped Jole- through another judges
Technical .aes2"
Lawyers and other citizens favoring an
independent judiciary here who saw the
article yesterday said that it was all right
and that it hit the spot here as we'll as in
Chicago. The only thing they could not
understand. they said, was why Hearst
advocated a clean upright judiciary in
Chicago while here his newspapers were
now shouting every day for the election OF
judges who owed their nominations solely
to the favor Of bosses. one Of whom is Mr..
Hears himself.
IF YOU substitute the names Of Murphy
and Hearst for the names Of the Chicago
bosses mentioned and the higher courts
for the municipal judiciary. that article
would be a splendid argument for the
Judiciary Nominators' ticket here, said one
of the Nominators yesterday. 1T hits
OF the situation to a dot. Yet Hearst il
V,xaicinH IN HE NaU NprE pauvSpa nnrz tho
COTS and the Fords and the Seaburys
who we're put up for Justices of the highest
court Of original jurisdiction in this State
merely because he demanded Of Murphy
these places on the bench. He has made
his whole fight against Hughes on the as
sertion that the Republican candidate for
Governor is a corporation attorney and
therefore not 70 he trusted. while he him
self acQuiesced in the selection of such
corporation lawyers as Peter Hendrick,
counsel for the Murphy Contracting Com
pany, and NJ. Marley Platzek. who makes
q business Of defending what the Hearst
newspapers love TO call criminal and
predatory trusts. Mr.. Hearst isn't talk
ing here about the rights of h people
in this matter or the great advantage to
the community at large of an untrammelled
judiciary, but IL advising his followers
10 vote FOR Con- because he ia an Irishman,
thus making it a racial issue instead Of a
question OF fitness for the bench"
Some Of the friends of Recorder Con are
indignant because IL has been pointed out
recently that he has been reversed oftener
by the Court OF Appeals in prominent capital
cases than any judge hat ever sat upon
the General Sessions bench. A statement
has been prepared at the suggestion of
District Attorney Jerome of the general
results OF the appeals taken from the judg-
ments of convictions rendered by Recorder
Cof. As the statement does not cover
appeals prior TO January 1, 1902, when Mr..
Jerome first took office. IL is considered
worthless for any purpose of comparison.
Most of the big murder cases that Goff
has tried occurred before Mr.. jerome took
office, the last ono in which there was a
conviction being the Molineux case. wherein
the conviction was overturned by the o
~ Appeals. Prior to that the number OF
times that Recorder Gof had been re-
Versed in important capital cases wal a
matter of widespread comment. such as
had never been made before on any man
sitting as a judge in the General Sessions.
Here are some of the headlines appearing
in the various newspapers after Con had
been long enough on the bench to ave the
appeals from the convictions found in his
court settled by the highest court in the
State. These cases are not included in the
statement which was prepared at the sug-
gestion OF District Attorney Jerome.
GoFF TRIED lei UNFAIRLY.
COURT or APPkALB GIVES MARIE BARBERI
A CHANCE FOR HEB LIRK.