New-York tribune., 1907-10-23
CALLS BARTLETTS FIT.
Also BRUCE and GERARD.
Bar association Passes ON Judiciary
Nominations.

At a largely attended special meeting of the Bar
Association last night the report of the committee
judicial nominations was adopted. with but little
discussion. The committee, which IS composed OF
Wallace Macfarane chairman; eX-Justce William
y. Cohen. Payson Merrill, Allen w. Evarts and
David B. Ogden. recommended both Justice NJ.
Linn Bruce and James W. Gerard fit candidates
for the Supreme Court bench. and the association
gave its Endorsement to both
Loud applause greeted the report of the commit
tee ndorsng the denominations of the two Bart
let's Tor places on the Court of Appeals bench.
Judge Charles S. Whitman also received the ap-
provaI Of the association for reelection to the
Court of General Sessions. as did Edward Swami
and James r. Malone. nominated on the Tammany
ticket for the same court The other three candi-
dates were not indorsed, not because of any per
souaI or professional disquafcations, but because
the committee reported that it was not able 10
recommend them for Endorsement without iurther
investigation.
While the committees report, as adopted by the
association finds reason to rejoice at the general
,,n,ro,ar,eDt ia late years in the caltbre OF the
nominees for the city Court, several failed 20 sat
isfv the requirements Of the committee justice
John Henry McCarthys denomination met win
sUecial dsapproval from the association and the
committees report said that he had failed TO MI
the duties OF his position satisfactorily.
or candidates for places on the city Court bench
the denominations OF Justice Edward r. - D"ye''
Tammany and Justice William II. Wadhams' fu-
this court the association approved Of Douglas
NIathewson Isldor Wasscrvogcl and Edwin = MeT-
rlu on the fusion ticket. and OF Thomas +. Don
nclv one OF the Tammauy Hall candidates The
other candidates failed TO receive the Endorsement
NJ tho association on the committees report that
they were not up 20 the standards for judicial
positions required by the association.
The committee i'm it's report says that the nom
nations for the Municipal Court in the East Side
districts are bad and pays particular attention to
the "a District where the candidacy of Isidor
Cohn. on the fusion ticket. and Thomas p Din
necu OF Tammauy Hall specially condemned.
There. was sentiment prevalent the meeting last
night that the association should make a stronger
recommendation advocating the election of Louis
Iandc the independent candidate and II was voted
TO change the reading OF the committees report so
as 10 give him the associations Endorsement for
election
Tho other municipal candidates ndorsed
Firth Observation-Disclosures Spiegelbcrg Republican:
William Young. Fusion. and August Thierry. Tam
sixth District; Jacob Marks. Tammany.
Seventh District Francis Worcester. Fusion. J.
r. Davies, Fusion; Charles r Rogers, Fusion;
David l. We'll, Tammauy. and James Butler, Tam
many
Ninth Dstrct-FrsnIt D. Sturgis fusion: William
c. Wilson, fusion, Frederick De Wtt Wells fusion,
Willis Bruce powd. Tammany; John Godfrey SAKE.
IainInanF. ana Moses K EyttenhcrS. Fammany.
The Bronx, lst PistrlCt-Seward Baker, fusion
The Bronx, "a District. VI. Tierucy, Tammany
The nominations of five of the other Tammanv
candidates FOR Municipal Court positions In the
East Side districts We're condemned. those of Mi
chael +. Blake and ", J. Boyhan. in the 4th Dis
trict. Edward Fox and Philip j. Slnnott in the
1th. and Leopold Prince. in the Sth. OF the other
candidates not specifically approved or disap-
proved. the committee reported that it had been
unable to pursue sufficient investigation Of their
qualifications TO warrant an opinion.