New-York tribune., 1909-05-08
IFTTER FROM Mr.. CHOAl

Mr.. shepard read the following letter from
Mr.. Choate:
was greatly disappointed to have TO come to
Washington imperative engagement 20! ioI 10 10
,,,orro,r which will deprive much against my
will of the pleasure of attending the dinner u MI
l regret to miss the opportunity of testifylng 10
absolute confidence in Nj JeI@rT' E t 1tq lat iaI
Office of District Attorney. know that ne has D9e
- Ifnd bimseIf AGAINST charges that were not
only without foundation, but were aIIose'"ei P'o
His critics seem to forget that the prosecuting o.
icer occupies sen-judlciai po@su91ib @ bt "s While il
is his duty TO bring justice those whom ne pc
tba innocent and 10 refrain from prosecuting those
against whom sufficient or reaSohdule P'''''
IN the course of his duty he sometimes has 10
stand between an incenSed publc Seil.T' - agoinst
bv a Clamorous press and sispected l.erSoI,9 "s"'
whom no proofs of crime he produced
ft2ed F@r VIC From doing Mr. Jerome IS in my judg-
ment equally entitled 10 praise and credit. of
No man could possibly hold that fmportani o.
nee Charged with such terrible Tesp9ns.ibii1teS
without making some mistakes @ Ts, u TO last he has
administered il with honest purpose wise G1,
dona his hest to bring Offenders to the punishment
which their crimes deserve
Flbridge T Gerry. in a letter written oe1or9
his departure for Europe said Of MT Jerome
He adorned the bar he graced the beICL,, , n aiu
now presents ideal example OF what Je he
cutting officer Of the city ot 1W of ius-
tce and to make the law a terror 20 d ~ ID
coupled
rnent has shown the wisdom OF the people III eie''
fIe had the bodness and the manliness to stand
up against the abuse heaped upon MIN py the
eationaI rress because he refused to SANCTION WHG
sale indictments Of citizens in cases where IN ms
o,,inon the evidence was insufficient 10 insure con
,-ic+iol He has refused TO permit MS great oIiC
10 he used as means Of gratifying private HAl'oe
personal vengeance
At the guest table sat Justice James A
blanchard ex-JustiCe Joseph F DAILY. ROBERT
C,riar Monroe, John l. Cadwalader William u
Guthrie John J. Wynne. John NJ. Bowers X
Fulton cutting Henry W. Taft, President John
H Finley of the city College; Bishop David H
Greer. Edward NJ Shepard. Samuel L. Clemens
C,1arerce Whitman. Senator Everett Colby. or
New Jersey: Justice John Proctor Clarke Dr.
LYMAN Abbott John G. Milburn. George Nc
Anany- president of the City Club. the Rev Dr.
P 6. Macarthur Justice Charles L. Guy and
Austen G. Fox
Some of those present in addition to the
sneakers were James Speyer, Sheriff Foey'
William F SheeIan John \. Henneberry Con-
+rolIer Metz. ex-Justice Morgan J. O'Brien- Pat
rick Francis Murphy, John f. Mcdonald, Otto
II Kahn. William b. Hornblower, Horace Rus
sell ex-Corporation Counsel George /. Rives,
colonel John J. McCook. Arthur H Masten.
Frank A Munsey. Norman Hapgood, Victor
AToravetz DR.. St. Clair McKelway, John La
Fargo +. Hopkinson Smith Job z. Hedges,
Isaac \ Seligrnan, Edward Lauterbach, William
" Miller Julien T. Davies, Theodore Connolly
ex-Justice Edward W. Hatch, John McGaw
Woodbury. John A. Garner, Edward J. Mcclure
and Ira A Place