The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-23
Ex-Justicc Cohen Exposes the Nature OF
Their Judicial Tickets.

TneiF JUDICIAL Ftckets.
A meeting under the auspices OF the
Judiciary Nominators was held last night
at 3 West Forty-second street, n Of the
branch headquarters Of the party whose
emblem IL the black triangle and whose
motto is Embossed Judges"
The small rooms were crowded with
men who cheered enthusiastically while
Henry W. Taft, brother Of the present
Secretary Of War; ex-Justice William N.
Cohen and Lawyer Wallace MacFarlane
made speeches ~denouncing the judicial
ticket selected by Hearst and Murphy.
Ex-Judge Cohen, who is a member OF the
executive committee OF the Nominators,
told the crowd how their ticket had been
selected and compared the methods of the
N~on1inators with those Of Hearst and Muir
ply. He said in part:
What counts in this meeting is not 90
much what we speakers tell you, but h
you will tell your fellow citizens whom
We have not an opportunity to address.
This selection Of ten new Judges is by far
the most vital and important feature OF
this election. The professional politicians
are hoping that the subject will go by de-
fault, but we hope that this time what they
look on az the tail will wag the dog.
ITO be selected as one Of the Hearst
Murphy candidates is looked on by many
as equivalent TO a certificate Of electionS
and I may tell YOU that we nominatnrs
found it very difficult at first to get lawyers
of high standing and character to use their
names as candidates. Few of them deemed
it an honor TO sit on our Supreme Court
bench as it is now constituted. But we
finally drafted men Of the highest char
acter and standing, and we have pressed
them into service to redeem the oench.
There were and are no favorites among
them. Over 200 men were considered by
the committee, and when we had thrown
out those we considered least Mt the balance
were voted for by a secret ballot. There
were $500 lawyers and 800 laymen among
the nominatore, and | ask you II you would
not rather abide by such a process Of selec-
ton than by the Hearst Murphy dicker.
Murphy is true to Tammany Hall tradi-
tons, as expressed by Croker when he
declared that Judges were expected to
stand bv the organization. SO you must
expect the selection Of hirelings, and ex-
oepting only Justice Giegerich, the nominee
of all parties, YOU find whom on the Murphy
list? Erlanger. S~ullivan's man; Platzek,
Murphy's man; Brady, Hafen's man; Grain
Murphy,ls man, and hendHck' Murphys
-On the Hearst side we find SeabuTy
and Ford, two Of the incorporators OF the
| Independence League. and Gof and Dayton.
The league was Incorporated to secure
effective control of political pa rites by
the people at the very time, last December.
when Hearst's papers were picturlng Muir
ply in a convict's garb. Are the people
any more in control OF Tammanv Hall
now than then7 Yet Seabury and Ford
were among the incorporation; And then
thew say there was no deal! Rubbish!
Recorder Gof and Charlie Dayton have
one fatal objection in our eyes. They are
too old to serve out a full term and we
would not nominate such a man. Con Ia
all right. II he loses he stays Recorder.
And Il he wins Tammany through the
Board Of Aldermen chooses his successor
and 90 controls the patronage OF the Court
of General Sessions.
Taken altogether, they have every
sort of temperament save the judicial
one. And they will have to be educated
I'D to that. I've known all Of them and
all I can say OF them ia that they We got a
license to practise law. Quacks also have
licenses to practise medicine; But DO
you wan a quaok called in when you're
sick7 .
Save Erlanger and Platzek, not one OF
Murphy's men has any legal experience.
And not one Of them can examine an IN
t1cate question Of law with any more in
telligence than the dulness Of a turtle lying
on his back.
Among our Candidates, on the ot her
hand. YOU will find several mel that have
been making well over 1880 a year at
the legitimate practice Of law. And there
il not a man on the ticket who owes his
place to anybody. They revere the majesty
Of the law and have been brought up in
that reverence