New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
Hopes Every Man Who Supports
Him Will Also Help Keep the
Controllers Office and Head
of Aldermen Free from
the Tigers Clutches.
ATTACKS DEAR CHIEF JUDGES
Wigwams Candidates for the /
dietary, He Says, All Bear the
Tammany Stripe - Collector
Urges Opponents Of Murphy
TO Emancipate Bench.

81 appeal for a straight vote ior 'ho
whole fusion ticket in this and every
other county" said John Pulroy
Mitchell a statement issued last
night. Mr.. Mitchell added
AS the campaign draws near It's
close I want to emphasize what | nave
said many times heretofore-that l
hone every man who votes for me VIII
vote also for Mr.. Prendergast for Con
trolIer and for Mr.. McAneny for Pres
ident of the Board of Aldermen lhe
election Of a Tammany Controller CT
Tammany President of the Board OF
Aldermen will be a calamity.
Then the fusion candidate FOR Ma-o
makes 4 separate appeal for eacn one
Of the fusion judiciary candidates
81 cannot recall a year. said NJ
mitchell lin which Tammany judiciary
candidates have been 50 peculiarly VI
the Tammany stripe and have dese'F'l
so little the support of any voters op-
posed to Murphy influence over the a"-
ministration of justice.
ppeaIs for Fusion Judiciary
Mr. Mitchell. Of course, did not DISCUSS
Justice Philbin, who appears poth oH
the Tammanv am the fusion tickets
He took I'D the other Tammany canu'-
datas however, in turn and compdred
each with his Ta-2many opponent Mr'
NitcheTs statement follows:
I'm the closing hours OF lts cam
naign Tammany Hall seems to nave
concentrated its efforts on the sa'iils
Of the Tammany judiciary nominees III
New York County. Committees ot
Tammany lawyers have approprlaIou
for themselves the livery OF non-pdru-
sanship, and. with the countenance ol
a few anti Tammany voters, elllls'e"
OH personal grounds or under hiSIeP-
vaccinations OF fact, these so-calleo
NON r-nartisan committees for Tam
many candidates are making desper-
ate effort to save Mr. Murphys Judl-
clary candidates from the wreck ana
ruin of Tuesdays campaign.
This is only natural, because Tam
many's control over the nomination
and election of judges has long peeh
the keystone Of the Tammany system
and. as lawyer, | cannot recall a year
in which the Tammany judiciary can
didates have been so peculiarly of the
Tammany stripe and have deserved so
little the support of any voter opposed
10 Murphy influence over the admins
tration of justice.
The nomination Of Benjamin Car
dozo for the Supreme Court l con-
slider the finest that any party has
made in this city in recent years.
Every lawyer recognizes his splendid
qualifications, his sterling character
and his entire independence from any
unworthy influence.
His opponent. Mr.. Weeks. has been
a complacent Tammany lawyer, loyal
to the organization in every crisis, and
know Of no reason which justiTies his
candidate, Mr.. Cardozo.
THE contrast between the fusion and
the Tammany nominees is even more
marked in the case of General Sessions,
and here the adherents of Mr.. Murphy
seem to be eentring their bitterest
fight. Judge Foster is a typical Tam
many judge who achieved fame from
the discovery and publication OF u
Dear Chief letter to Boss Murphy.
Mr.. Zeller has considerable personal
popularity, but the Bar Association
was unable TO discover that he had any
qualifications for the position.
Urges Vote for Mott.
"On the other hand. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Mott, the fusion candi-
date against Judge Foster. is master
of the criminal law, fearless prosecu-
tor Of all manner of crooks and GRIM
inals. He earned the especial enmity
of Tammany by convicting Senator
Stilwell after Boss Murphy's Legis-
lature had acquitted that Senator.
Judge William H. Wadhams. tho
fusion nominee against Mr.. Zeller, is a
gentleman of rugged force and inde-
pendence, appointed to the bench by
Governor Hughes. 1t would be great
pity to continue on the General Ses-
sions bench any candidate who recog-
nizes Mr.. Murphy as Dear Chief The
election OF vigorous. independent. res.
olute men like Messrs. Wadhams and
Mott to General Sessions would give
that bench a most needed influence in
wholesome directions. and would break
Murphy influence in that court. SO In
,egral a part of the Tammany system.
For the City Court. likewise q Tame