The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-12
GAYNOR'S ,RENOMINATE
~ STIES MiDDON. tRRETSON
tND "a TNiu FIRST a. ass MEN.
suppose Two Are Republicans. what
Matter: " Democrats should Re
fuse Them denomination Democratic
Ticket would He Likely To Lose.

Mayor GaynoT favor- the denomination
u Garret J. Garretson and samuel r.
MADDOX. Justices II the Supreme Court
whose terms expire this year. and ot
Justice Harrington Putnam. who was
appointed by Gov Hughes To fill the
vacancy caused 10y tn. resignation Of
Mayor Gaynor after he had teen nomi-
mated for the Mayoralty Since he was
electsd Mayor MIR Gaynor has made Il
q rule to s.,y nothing winch might be
construed - having political hearing,
but be- told reporter for THE SUN yester-
day that he WIS willing to have Il known
'h,t ne favored the denomination 81 the
three Justices
The Mayor believes th1t when the
question Of the denomination Of a Jus
tee who has satisfactorily served n term
un the bench comes up the political anil
atoms # that Judge should not be con-
sldersd 10y either 81 the dominant par
ties, that the only question that should
IL T. ken under thought should he whether
or not the Judge had been capable and
efficient II - the opinion of the Mayor
that the nc 5r,l- made by Justices Garrett
son and Maddox .ntits them to a renomi-
nation and he voiced this opinion yes
tsrtav d,'spit" the fact that these two
Judges are Republicans and that he knew
u a dIsp,sSitIpn on the Iart 1T the DEMO
critlr political leaders ia Brooklyn and
IA the sec mi Judicial district. which m
Cluis- King Queens. Nassau. Suffolk
and Richmond. - turn down Judges Gar
rstson and Maddox this year. II - also
known 10 the Mayor that there - a ike
purpose on the part Of the Democratic
headers uf the counties mentioned 10 OBJ
- -. the npnnatipn Of Justice Putnam
al INDEPENDENT p-mocrat for a full
term TIE Mayor has hea ri that the ex-
cu~e given fur this attitude on IN. part 81
'hs leaders j. that Justice Putnam is not
prompt enough IA his work On the
other hand IN" Mayor has been informed
that the Republican ~ rty ~ willing to
nominate all three u the Justices
By all means all threr Of them should
b" rrnuminat"d. Mayor Gaynor said
Yesterday Mr. justice Maddox and Mr.
Justice Garrrt~on have served n full
term pf fourteen years and shown them
ssl' - 20 h. industrious paInstaking and
able Judge II would never do Tor the
Democrats Ia fail Ia renomnate them
The Republicans have heretofore nOmi-
uItsi and reDOmiuatsd and helped to
eie,t Democrats JlstIcs- Stapletun
Carr and SCIdder. all Democrats were
nominated and ,.lct''sd by tho RCpubh-
cans | was nominal II and rsnonin at.'i
bv tie Republicans II Will not do FOR the
Democrats to show n different Sp,rit
II they were not good men II would H.
u different thing. bat they ara first class
men. and should think that Il the Dem
OCrais should refuse to renomina,e them
the Demo, ratio ticket would be- very apt
in To- detetaed ~ 10 Judge Putnam
he alSo should b. nominated In - true
that SOME think ~" - too slow. hut when
sas q Judge "A good many said that was
too quick - you see you cannot please
everybody ! dare zay Judge Putnam
- h- gets used 10 IN" place Will grow
duly eNpeditious think myself that a
Judge ought to TO "A prompt man and a
good executive DRY law il not all there
- Ia the judicial oficr The English
Judge 'akes right hold of cases and helps
the jury try them and II wide awake.
and that - the kind Of Judges We need
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