New-York tribune., 1911-10-31

! torney of Kings County ana Disl'iN'
.,torpov Frederick G. Dewitt of Queens
had already started an investigation III
tbeir respective counties. Mr.. DeWltt
got busy Immediately after reaching MS
office yesterday morning. After coh-
ferring with his staff subp9nas were
issued FOR various witnesses In brooh-
lyn and Queens, who are expected ~
appear and be examined to-day WIN
view TO obtaining evidence to present
to the grand jury. The OCTOBER sranu
Jury will be continued for the lnVestiga-
ton by Justice Scudder, Of the supreme
Court, it was said.
WouId Know Truth Before Election.
81 think this is a matter which should
be sifted to the bottom" said MT De-
Witt, "and intend getting at the facts
| If possible. Election is only about
week off, and there Is no time 10 spare
The voters of this district have the rishI
to know the truth about TINS alleseu
scandal before Election Day. unuer tne
circumstances | think Mr.. Willett ought
to come forward and demand an ihVeS-
! tigation. AS yet have no legal evidence
before me- If any citizen In the III
Judicial District has evidence that VIII
throw light on this matter 1t is MS uutS
to come forward, whether the evidence
be for or against the men mentioned
1t is understood that Joseph CASSIDY
Democratic leader OF Queens; Louis l.
Walters, who Is one Of Cassidy S lieu-
tenants and bank cashier OF Jamaica
where Willett is alleged to have drawn
Sl0.O 600 on the day of the judiciary con-
v,ntion, will be among the first VIII
nesses questioned by District Attorney
! Dewitt In Mr. Wiletts recent state
ment he declared he had recently Drawn
$4,000 from various banks, So'Voo OF
which he used to take up note ana
81 1000 to buy certain stock from Mr..
Walters, and the remaining $4,000. he
said, he intended to use for campaign
expenses if he found it necessary TO
! 10 so.
These assertions alone warrant an In
vestigation OF the matter in the opinion
|
said. Mr. Elder said last night that he
examined several witnesses yesterday
and had subppnaed several more 10
appear at the District Attorneys once
in Kings to-day. Mr.. Elder declined to
saw whether the witnesses yesterday
were questioned before the grand jury
Brooklyn Republicans were Jubilant
over the developments I'm the Judiciary
scandal. The leaders were confident
the statement made by Joseph Cassidy
Democratic leader OF Queens, that the
scandal had already beaten the Demo-
cratic ticket in Brooklyn, would come
true. One OF the saddest men In BrooK-
llvn Yesterday was John II. McCooey'
leader Of the Democracy in that Dor
lough. He broke silence, however, ana
lissued a statement which appeared 10
be an attempt to appeal TO the voters 10
look through the clouds overshadowing
the Brooklyn judiciary ticket and see
the shining cross Of Democracy on be-
yond.
McCooey Talks Of "Side Issues"
He made no attempt to answer Mr..
Cassidy's charges that William Willett.
, jr., the Queens candidate for the Su-
preme Court, had been "Jobbed lnten-
tionally" by Patrick L. Callahan and
Surrogate Herbert 7. --etcham, his as
sociates on the ticket. Mr.. McCooey
said:
The only light can throw upon this SUB
feet is the fact that, after conference Oh
the Democratic leaders III the couhtles elli
braced within the judicial district IL wa
conceded that Queens County was enttled
to one of the nominations. 49,,
| The leaders OF Kings County, IN delSr-
ence TO the unanimous sentiment OF tle
Democratic voters throughout the county
presented Messrs. keteham and Callahah,
and we did not know posltlVely VINO INC INC
| nominee from Queens would be until the
! delegates appeared in the convention dl'u
, presented Mr. Willett.
Apart from this simple statement OF tact,
which shows that, so far as Kings County
was concerned, our action was In strct
conformity with the rule OF political COM COM
, lity. applicable to such coordinate action
. between separate counties taking proceed
inss i'm one convention, II Is, perhaps IN
order for me to say, aud 10 say no more
at present that the question which mas
| heou raised by our political opponents Is
pIatnlv irrelevant 10 the general issues In
volved I'm the campaign.
. | Nbether this or the other allegation ia
we'll founded or basoless ~ any given cas- as
cannot | suggest, affect I'm the least the
! mind OF any Intelligent citizcn as to the
merits OF the two parties as they STAND
confronting each other not only IN Tue l9-
diciaI field but in the field at large. lnclud-
ing the District Attorney. the candidates
for Assembly and Aldermen and the candi-
dates also for the county offices
II Is. | dare say, quite unnecessar". !
am sure. for me to enter upon polltcaI
discussion of matters that upon the whole
so plainly make their own appeal 10 the
common sense OF the community.
The thHS in order, Of course Tor the
Democrat ls 10 20 forward III the cam
raign. not distracted I'm the least by any
| sophisticated side issues raised by the op-
position. confident, as they have right 10
be I'm the soundness q; their cause and the
perfect trustworthness Of their candidates
Mr.. Callahan and Mr.. Ketcham de-
, clined yesterday to discuss the charges
made against them by Cassidy. Mr..
Callahan said that he was willing to rest
on the two statements he had made
ialready. and did not consider that the
Cassidy talk or other developments war
ranted another statement from him for
the present.
} David +. Manning. president of the
Brooklyn Bar Association, said last night
after a meeting of the grievance COM
mittee. called to consider the Judiciary
scandal, that a report would be made
at the regular monthly meeting on Fri
day. He said IT was true that Mr.. Gala
han had consulted him on Thursday
about Mir. Berrrs charges against Mr..
Ketcham and himself Mr. Willett does
not come under the jurisdiction Of the
association.
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