New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-02
WERNER AND H|SC0CK
WINNERS, SAYS BARNES
State Chairman Predicts Sub
stantiaI Plurality for Repub-
IiCan State Ticket.
LEWIS ALSO OPTIMISTIC
Says G. o. P. Will Elect at
Least IS of $50 Members
of ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Forecast" a Criticism.


William Barnes. jr., chairman of the
Republican State Committee. predicts the
election of Judges William e. Werner
and Frank Fl. Hiscock as Chief Judge
and associate Judge of the Court OF APP
peals, respectively by a substantial plu-
rality. and the election Of a Republican
Assembly.
Former Senator Merton Il. Lewis, who
as chairman of the state executive COM
mittee has handled the canvass. predicts
q plurality of 5000 for the judicial can
didates. He claims the Assembly for the
Republicans by the election Of eighty
five Of the 150 members.
Theodore Douglas Robinson, chairman
OF the Progressive State Committee
makes no predictions as to the chances
of the party's candidates for the Court OF
Appeals. He simply criticises the Repuo-
lcan campaign.
In regard TO the Assembly fight Chair
man Robinson makes the extravaganza
= claim that the Progressives will elect
q sixty-two Assemblymen.
81. The statements of Chairman Barnes
' and ex-senator Lewis follow.
BY WILLIAM BARNES, JR.
The voters of the State of New York.
on Tuesday next. in voting for candidates
for Judges of the Court of Appeals. will
record themselves in favor of or against
e.. the basic principle which gives vitality to
our existence as a nation.
The struggle for human liberty for
merly directed against the arbitrary
. power of kings must in the future be
made against the arbitrary power Of ma
iorities-to the end that the sovereign
people will recognize the sovereign in
diyidual and not crush him with the same
kind Of tyranny under which he labored
as the subject of a crown.
THE Court of Appeals is the agency in
the State of New York which protects
that sovereign individual from legislative
assault and upholds the basic law adopted
by the people for his protection. This
tribunal protects the weak and the strong
alike.
THE Republican candidates for judges
of the Court OF Appeals represent the
vitality of the basic principle Of individ-
ual sovereignty. This is equal justice.
THE Democratic party presents candi-
b.. dates for the Court of Appeals who are
silent on this subject; the state commit
tee. which nominated them, was also
silent This is cowardice.
THE Progressive party presents its
candidates for judges of the Court of
Appeals on the proposal known as the
recall of judicial decisions This doc
trine declares that the rules. known as
I the constitution, which have been es-
tablished to make it possible for each
citizen TO live in relation with his fell
lows without fear Of lawful aggression
upon his rights, shall be amended, so
that the Legislature may withdraw such
rights Of any citizen if the electorate
approves, notwithstanding a decision of
the Court of Appeals in his favor. The
citizens human right in life. in property,
in freedom of worship and in all other
forms of liberty guaranteed to him in
this state since its creation, will if this
nstrum is adopted. no longer be his, in
violable, but must be defended by him
at the polls. This is tyranny
The American spirit rebels against
the imputation that the American citizen
exists for the state. The state is the
creation Of sovereign individuals. 1t con-
ducts the administration of its affairs
under rules established by them, that
they may live their lives in security for
their own growth and development.
"Tnis is the issue in the State of New
York, the solution of which the Republi-
can party presents to the voters in the
candidacy of Judges Werner and Hiscock,
whose election by substantial plurality
l confidently predict"