New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-19
New Appointee to General
Sessions Bench Lauded
at N. Y. A. C.. Dinner.
JUSTICE WEEKS
JOINS IN PRAISE
City Officials Also Say Some
Nice Things About Governor
Glynn's Choice for Ermine.

Judges OF various high and low courts
city, county and state officials, prominent
athletic persons and persons OF lesser
degree OF prominence last night let their
food get cold while they praised Jeremiah
T. Mahoney, recently appointed to the
bench OF the Court Of General Sessions.
The dinner was the tribute of the Ne"
York Athletic Club to the new Judge. a
member OF the club and formerly some
thing OF an athlete himself.
James f. Sullivan. who has made SO
many amateur athletes, was POSTMASTER
He told his three hundred or so hearers
what good fellow Mr.. Mahoney Is, and
what a fine Judge he will be. Others said
the same thing in different way. the
first speaker was Justice Barlow s.
Weeks. OF the Supreme Court, who said
In part:
"Jerry's life has been one Of continual
achievement. Every arrow from his DO"
has hit the mark he aimed at. Ana all
that no has gained has been well de-
served He is honest, he Is man. and ne
is a New Yorker. born and bred
The POSTMASTER then reminded the din
ers that Mayor Gaynor chose this youth
as Commissioner Of Accounts because IN
him he recognized man who had always
strivan to keep his city clean and honor
able. He has always been a fair fighter
and a hard fighter" said Mr.. Sullivan.
and a tribute should be paid to the sys-
TEN OF athletics that has brought this
young nan to the great position he now
occupies"
Controller William A. Prendergast said.
just as former Controller Metz entered
the room:
Now don't know what the deuce to
say ! think / ought TO let Metz talk
bit and then cool of. But, anyway,
the influence Of a man like Nahoney
means great deal more than the sue
cess that he leaves behind him"
Thomas W Churchill. president OF the
Board OF Education. made the speech
that caused the most laughter. lie
started on with:
II must say that Jerry is not like the
moose head that hangs above, which, Ike
YOU chaps leaps from jag TO Jag, but Is
dnerent-he. Jerry. leaps from job TO
job. | suppose | ought TO say something
about education. but what's the good
when even politics and the bench are of
more importance? Jerry has always had
n lob. Like rodent he leaps from
cheese TO cheese. What I'm wondering
about is-what is he going 20 be next?
He does things so quickly. When his
ship sinks IL sinks into another sea. So
what's the use" And then he read a
poem.
Judge Joseph + Mulqueen. Of the
Court OF General Sessions. also had some
pleasant things TO say about Mahoney.
And there were many others who said
a lot OF good things about Jerry
Mahoney that he really should not have
been told about IN public. Among some
OF those who sat by and listened We're:
George Gordon Battle. William S. Ben
net. George V. Bonhag. Judge T. c. T..
Grain. Thomas f. Donnelly. Edward J.
Bowling, Robert Ludlow Fowler. Judge
Warren W Foster, l.. II. Gulick. Joseph
Johnson. Thomas A. Kenny, Philip j.
Kearns, William {. Muschenheim. Frank
McKenna, William II. Page, John NJ.
Phalen Jacob Rupert jr., Judge Otto
4. Rosalsky. Luke ID. Stapleton. Arthur
s. Somers. Thomas y. Scanlon. Judge
Edward Swami. George c. Van Tuyl and
Robert f. Wagner