The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-05
DINNER TO JUDGES ELECT.
A NON-PARTISAN GATHERING
LAST NIGHT IN BROOKLYN.

EN en- senator McCarren Was Present 10
Honor the Men He Had Tried to Defeat
Each Guest OF o Receives q
Fountain Pen-Ietter From Ghoate.
The eight Judges elected in the Second
Judicial district we're the guests OF n
last night at a banquet rendered to them
by the Brooklyn League at the Assembly
in Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. A crowd
Of representative Brooklyn citizens in which
were many lawyers as well as politicians OF
both parties turned out to do them honor.
As an evidence of how non-partisan was
the character OF the greetings extended to
the men elected there were present many
members OF the Kings county Democratic
organization, including it's leader, Senator
McCarren, who did not indorse the Citizens
ticket and did his best to defeat most OF the
men in whose honor the dinner was given,
The eight Judges-eleot who received I.
this tribute from their fellow citizens OF
Brooklyn and also received fountain pens
as a souvenir OF the occasion with which
20 sign their future DEGREES we re George
B. Abbott. J oseph Aspinall. William j.
Carr. Lester W. Clark. Frederick e. Crane
Walter H. Jaycox. Townsend Scudder and
Edward b. Thomas.
Samuel Rowland. president Of the
leag ne, presided at the dinner 1t was ex-
pected that Joseph H. Choate would be
present TO represent the non-partisan move
ment that failed in Manhattan, but Mr..
Choate sent a letter OF regret instead in
which he said that he regarded the triumph
and election of the Judges in Brooklyn as
a great advance in the movement TO secure
a learned and free judiciary. Mr.. Choate
added that he hoped that the Judges elected
in Brooklyn would not be SO completely
absorbed in their duties there that they
would not be able 10 come over TO this
boroush and assist in Manhattan where
the Judiciary Nominators had suffered
defeat.
-it is high time" wrote Mr.. Choata,
that the citizens should a this whole
matter in their hands and treat it as their
own instead of allowing It to be political
business and the result Of bargains with
bosses. 1t is to be hoped that your ex-
ample will be followed hereafter throughout
the State"
before introducing Timothy
l.. Woodruff declared that the dinner was
not the realization OF a square meal, but
"the assurances of a square deal
IF these Judges" said he, look Tor only
two kinds of opinion-their own and that
Of the plain people-if they are accessible
TO all and aInenable TO none. they will be
sustained and their hands held up by all
good men. The busines OF this league
after electing Judges that were taken out
Of politics is to keep them out OF politics,
Justice jerks described Mr.. Woodruff
as the Warwick who had settled the ques-
tions and then proceeded to throw IL into
Mr.. Woodruff in a mild way for the part he
had lone in bringing about the Judges
election.
HE is like the man, said Justice jerks,
who said when he heard that his wife was
going to run away Why run?' Whatever
his motives were he has worked out some
thing Of everlasting good
Mr.. Woodruff in his speech cracked up
the Republican organization and himself as
an organization man.
"If it we're not for that organization
these men would not be here tonight as
Supreme Court Justices-elect,' he said.
Talking about the keenness OF politicians
seeking Jobs" he went on, 81 have never
known politicians to be 80 persistent In
seeking places or merchants in seeking
fortunes "a a lawyer seeking a prospective
judgeship. In nominating and electing our
guests here the Republican organization
did its duty to the people honestly and well.
Il still believe that we were true TO the
lest principles of citizenship when we de-
parted from the party custom and that
we were in keeping with the same spirit
of the times and the trend of independent
sentiment that resulted in the election OF
our Republican candidate for Governor.
Each Of the Judges-elect had five minutes
in whicht to express his thanks for the honort
conferred upon him and each pledged
himself to administer justice impartially
in the interests OF all the people.
After zach made his little speech Justict
jerks handed him gravely one Of the foun-
tain pens. job Hedges and the Rev. 5
Parkes Cadman spoke.