The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-31


circumstances surrounding the nomina-
tion Of Willett were both silent yesterday
Leader Nctooey of the Kings county
DE mocratiC organization gave out n
statement yesterday about noon which
didn' answer any of the CASSIDY c'1rges
that ketcham and Callahan had ~ioobed'
Willett. Mctooey would have nothing
to say about whether the Democrats t.
would continue To- support Willett OF
whether Willetts conduct In the dra wing
Of large sum of money IN tho dav he
was nominated would he investigated ni
whether he thought a. Cassidy had de-
Clared the day before that ne ,Cassdv)
could not see how the Democratic ticket
in Kings could be saved. He referred all
questions back to his statement which
was as follows:
The only light that can throw upon thi.
subject j. the tyct that after a conference
OF the Democratic leaders in the counties
embraced within the judicial district II
was conceded that Queens county was
entitled 10 one ot the nominate The
leaders oi Kings county. IN Difference to tho
unanimous sentiment OF the Democratic
voters throughout the county, presented
Messr-. kctcham and callahan and We did
not know positively who the nominee from
Queens would I've until tho delegates an
peared In the convention and presented Mr..
Wille,t
Apart from t1iS simple statement of fact.
which shows that 80 far a, king- county
was concerned our action was in strict
conformity with IN" rule Of political comfy
applicable :" ~uru coordinate action hp-
tween separate counties taking proceedings
in one convention. y j. perhaps IN order
for me to say. and - say no more al present,
that the question which has been raised hv
. our political opponents j. plainly irrelevant
TO the general !s~ue. involved III the cam
paign Nhether. thI~ or the other allega-
tion i well founded 81. has.lcss in any given
case cannot. | suggest affect in the least
the mind oi any intelligent citizen as to the
merits ot the two parties a. they stand con-
fronting each other not only IN the judicial
: fed but in tho field AZ large. including the
DstriCt \ttorney. the candidates for As
sembv and Alderman and the candidates
also for the county Offices
II l.. J dare say. plite unnecessary | am
sure. Tor me To enter upon a political dis
Cussiou of matters that upon the whole
80 plainly make their own appeal to the
common sense of the community The
thing in order Of course for the Democracy
j. to 20 forward in the campaign not dis
tracted in the least by any sophist icated
side issues raised by the opposition, con.
fden', a. they have a right 10 he. in the
soundnes- of their cause and the perfec,
trustv orthiness OF their candidate,
William NJ. Calder. chairman Of the
Kings county Republican campaign COM
mittee, and his colleagues at Republican
headquarters in Brooklyn, ~ Court street
were smilingiy jubilant all day yesterday.
This Willett judiciary incident means
n 10000 increase in the Republican ma
jority in Kings on the whole ticket" he
said in referring To what Mr.. McCooey
may have had in mind as sophisticated
side issue
No complaints about Willett's conduc,
have been presented before the grievance
committee Of the Brooklyn Bar Associa-
ton. said President David F. Manning
yesterday, and he did not know of any
To be presented. If a complaint were
mace il would go to the grievance COM
m,tee for investigation.
The present Queens county Grand
Jury is 10 be continued into next month
Tor the purpose OF investigating the scan
da;. This statement was made yesterday
on behalf of Supreme Court Justice
Townsend Scudder. 1t is said that this
actioi. Is based on Information which
has been presented to him from a source
as yet unGisclosed. District Attorney
Frederick G. De Witt has announced that
he will start "A Grand jury investigation
He sent on yesterday notifications to a
number OF persons 10 appear before him
this morning They will be examined in
pr!vat. Dy The District Attorney.
the District httorney said. and the high
Office involved think Shat in justice to
himself Mr. Willett should he the first one
to demand u Grand Jury investigatio ion.
In order 20 make an investigation | must
have .egal evidence not he3rsay or
rumoi and think !, is the duty Of any
citizen VINO Knows anything that may
throw lIu, on the rumors now atiOat
to come forward ana submit his evidence
As fsr a. my Office IL concerned the in
vestigatlon viii be conducted without
fear OF favor.
County Judge Burt J. Humphrey. :
pr.sident OF the Queens unity Bar Asso-
c!atiOI., ras directed the secretary to call
meeting Of the association III the court
house IN Long Island City for Thursday
afternoon, when the scandal " i'll b. taken
under consideration
40 further statements We're fprthcOm
ing yesterday from Joe Cassidy club
house in Long Island City or from WIlt.tts
headquarters in Fulton street. Jamaica
In the afternoon Cassidy spent e few min
utes at the clubhouse and then left for
Manhattan. It waa said in Jamaica that
Mr.. Nillett had not been AT his head
quarters during tn. day.
Judge Humphrey. Who was considered
u acandldat - for the nomination which went
To Willett said Yesterday that the nomna.
ton was not offered to him. although h.
coEsidered Surrogate Daniel Noble and
himself the two ,os.ca, candidates from
Queer
Aside from IT," Eject the scandal is
having on the Democratic candidates in
the Second Judicial district local Demo
crats In Queen, express their fear for ths
success If the county and borough ticket
In addition - District Attorney 4. A.seyn
blyrnan and Aldermen are to be- elected
aud in view Of the combination made by
the Republicans ana Independence League
under ordinary conditions the Democrats
would have all they could do To win.
Interest centres in the contest for Dis
trict Attorney bewccn Police Magistrate
Matthew J. Smith. who was nominated az
the Cassidy Democratic convention, and
James A. Dayton, the Republican, indie
pendeuce League candidate.
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