The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
CHEER FOR EMBOSSED JUDGES
BIG MEETING or NORKINGMEN
IN HARLEM.

ne0FtN Al1uuG LFGANNN DtN U8AAC
ignore CandidAtes Name, but Shout
for. His Nominees Judge Cohen
siIences I~nrerrupters Bronx Meeting.
The Judiciary Nominators held an en-
thusiastic meeting last night in the har-
lem Arcade, at l24th street and Third ave-
nue.. A big crowd, more than the full Of the
hall, was attracted by the band and fire.
works, and it stayed till the finish, listen
ing closely to speeches by eU-Judge william
N. Cohen, Henry w. Taft, brother Of the
Secretary of War; Robert A. Kelly, George
w. Gibbons and j. N. Lehman.
The bulk Of the CROWD was composed OF
workingmen living in the neighborhood'
INC they seemed deeply impressed by the
appeal Of the speakers for an Embossed
Judiciary
Mr.. Taft reminded his hearers how In
the past il had been necessary to remove
from Office several Judges selected by
political bosses who proved dishonest.
He said in part:
This is the fifth, but by far the most
important occasion on which it has be-
come necessary for the people TO assert
themselves nd to rebuke the political
bosses who propose to control the judiciary.
! On previous occasions there has only been
at issue a matter OF one or two Judges.
But now we have to select ten Supreme
Court Justices, and 30 Il becomes ten tmes
more important for US to see that the selec-
ton is such that Justice will not be con-
trolled by men who call themselves the
masters Of our Judges"
Mr.. Taft reviewed the qualifications OF
the Tammany- Hearst Judges.
Brady" he said, lis a real estate specula-
tor; Granger, though a good lawyer, is
known as Sullivan's man; Plstzek Is another
good Tammany lawyer, Of whom 1t can only
be said that he is travelling in bad COM
pany, n then Hendrick and Guy. two men
who have no such legal experience az en-
titles them to comparison with any one OF
our candidates"
Mr.. Taft struck a snag when he enumer-
ated the Hearst candidates. for the names OF
COT, Seabury, Ford and Dayton were all
! cheered. There seemed to be a Hearst
| claaue in the hall, who let Hearst's own
name 20 by without comment, but took
every other occasion TO interrupt Mr.. Taft
by questions about the gas trust and
! cheers for the Independence League.
Ex-Judge Cohen had hardly started before
he was interrupted by catcalls and cries.
He demanded a hearing and said he would
answer all questions about Judges but no
others. j.,
The crowd received this offer kindly, n
a youth Jumped up to ask II Choate ana
Parker were not corporation lawyers.
-I1l answer that. said Mr.. Cohen. They
are, and l feel sorry for any lawyer that
can't get employment from a corporation.
You can take any trade, and If the man
who practises that trade, be he builder or
carpenter. or what-you will, cannot get en-
'ployment from some corporation be cannot
| n yorVy rood Mt hia trade CORPORATIONS
| to-day are the embodiment OF our busl-
ness, and they have as much right TO pro-
lection from illegal attacks as any human
being has. Even the meanest criminal Ii
entitled to a lawyer to defend him, and GER
tainly a corporation is so entitled. -.
pa corporations, like bad men, should
be, and will be, condemned and punished;
but, for Gods sake, because there may be
two or three bad corporations don't go
crazy and denounce every corporation
Judge Cohen's spirited reply took the
house by storm, and from h on his speech
was not interrupted. save for applause as
he made his points.
Rufus B. Cowing of General Sessions, whom
the Nominators have renominated, entered
the all. Mr.. Cohen drew attention to the
action of Hearst and Murphy in dropping
Judge Cow.ng, and the crowd howled as
the speaker pointed to the whitehaired
There is a fair sample aid Mr.. Cohen,
"of what you may expect from the bosses.
They don't care a damn what you think
about it; they've got the votes, they ay,
and you can do what you like"
When Judge Cohen had finished his
speech he held a little question lee, and
his frank answers to the few Of his audience
who ventured to interrogate him kept the
crowd in good humor.
There will be a mass meeting tonight
in The Bronx in the interest of the indie
pendent judiciary ticket. II will be held
at the Crotona Casino, Boston road and
fB9th street. This is expected TO be one
Of the biggest meetings of the campaign
in The Bronx. William Rand, Jr., will
preside. The other speakers will include
Everett p. Wheeler, ex-Justice Ernest Hall
Jacob Kemple and he Rev. DIR. Thomas r.
Slicer.
There will be a reception to judicial
candidates tonight at the Seventh As
sembly district headquarters Of the Jul
dietary Nominators, at 244 West Twenty
third street. This is the district in which
John Boyle is the leader Of the Nominators'