New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-08
END OF HOOKER CASE.
House Refuses to Take Inquiry
Resolution from Committee.

Albany March 7-What Is generally regarded
as the end Of the effort to obtain the removal Of
Warren B. Hooker. OF Fredonia, from the SUI
preme Court bench. on charges OF improper con-
duct in connection with appointments and rental
transactions concerning the postoffices at FIRE.
donia Dunkirk and Fort Plain, came this after
noon when the State Assembly. by vote OF 81
noes to 90 ayes defeated a motion OF Assembly
Tompkins Oen.). Of New-York. to take
from the Judiciary Committee his resolution d.
recting that committee to repeat the investiga-
ton of those charges
The debate on the subject lasted several
hours. but the defeat Of the resolution was a
foregone conclusion. several members who
at the special session last summer voted for the
removal OF Justice Hooker to-day voted against
the reopening OF the case. Among these were
Agnew, Of New-York: ]. G. Allen, OF Cayuga;
Bass. of otsego; Bird Dem.). Of New-Yorki
Burnett. OF Ontario; Caughlan Deu). Of New
York; Cowan. OF Delawars; Cox. OF Erie; Cum
bingham, Of Ulster; Hammond. OF Onondaga;
Hubbs Of Suffolk: Miller, OF Queens and Mas
sau; Moreland. OF Chemung; O'Neill. OF Kings;
Solomon and Samnon Oems), OF New-York:
schoeneck, of Onondaga; A z. Smith Oem.).
of New-York; j. z. Smith, OF Cattaraugus;
Stanley. OF New-York; Steele. OF Hersimer;
Wadsworts (Speaker). OF Livingston: VAIN
wego. and Wilson. of Orleans. FIFE OF these.
who voted last summer against removal. to-day
voted TO take the resolution from the committee
-Beebe, of Monroe; Gates. OF Oneida; Quinn
Oern). OF Erie; Rogers. OF Broonne. and Shut
tleworth. of Erie. OF to-day's abssHtees Fish.
or Madison. chairman OF last years Judiciary
committee. which Instituted the removal pro-
ceedings. voted last summer for removal, while
Bedell. OF Orange and GUrnett Oen.). OF
Schuyler. voted against removal
Wade, Of Chautauqua. who last summer was
excused on the ground that he had acted as
Justice Hooker's counsel before the grievance
committee Of the State Bar Association. was
present to-day in the Assembly. but left tia
chamber at the outset Of the session. ana did not
return until after the rollcan Others absent
or not voting were Burns and Fritz, OF New
York; Gray. OF Duchess; Harte. OF Queensl
Hooper. OF Essex: Long. OF New-York; MCGUIRE.
OF Kings. and Oliver. Of New-York.
The vote by which tne motion was defeated
as follows:
Bss Fd 3 B9sAsT 81 sd ADEa ss.flP
Charles, Cohalan. Coon. Cowan, Cox. Crosley.
P P.3 P0WPs Draper EqEaaP EaTqa3
Gray f j. GTegE1Ty, Gunq LEI man. Hammond
IuPtoh Maher' aaier h4 Matthews Mead errt
J.: Patton, Phillips. Reilly. Rock. saloman.. Sam
mon. Santee Schoeneck. Scovil. Smith, a f;
Smith. NJ F.; Stanley, teele. SteHens. Story. ur-
gIess. waddeIl. Wainwright, Wells, Wemplei West.
Wood. Yale, Young and the peaker-S
AYES-Auen. F. E; Averil Becker. Beebe. Bern
stein. Bohan. BuIzynski, Carnochans- Colne: De
Grady. Green. Hackett, Harawtiz Harvey, Hooker,
Reyes. lie Fetra, Lee, A e: Lee. W. l. Lewis.
Lynch, Murphy, Nevins. Nolan. Oglesby, Palmer,
Schwegler. Shanahan. Shutteworth. Smith. ]. E.
Smith, Myron; SDrenger, Thompson. Tompkins,
Walk, Weber, Wedemeyer. Whitley and Winter-SO.
After the defeat of his motion Mr.. Tompkins
admitted that there nothing else he could
do, and the general impression is that the
Hooker case" so far as the Legislature IS con-
cerned, IS at an end.
Were to follow the course of least resis-
lance" said Mr.. Tompkins in presenting hIs
resolution Il would not be making this motion
A majority of the Assembly of last year believed
that there were things adduced in connection
with the trial Of Justice Hooker which called
for his removal from the bench. but the COnsti-
tutional majority was not forthcoming. How
ever. he was condemned by majority Of this
House, and the people OF this entire state were
not pleased with the whitewashing of this i'm
portant case They ask. aye. demand. that this
question be satisfactorily settled Some of the
members of this House who were active In the
successful attempt to save Justice Hooker last
year are now outside the bTeastworks. for we
all know that the people have not forgotten II
Warren B. Hooker. with his record. can remain
on the bench, IL would have detrimental effect
on the rest Of our Judiciary. and the people are
especially Jealous that the judicial ernine shall
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