The Washington herald., 1914-05-28
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~ IN. q. J. EDWARDS.
In rscentiy publishsd volume Co.'s
tanning reninsc>nees oe : lawysys me-
time, which vas vrisaes by reroa q.
Strong, one OF the leaders Of ths Nsw
England bar. be makes srsfersnce to ne
manner in which Sanford z. Church be-
came chief jusdce Of the highest court
in New York State Tina was judicial
position Of very high honor which was
held by Alton B. Parker when he vac
nominated. in 1904. at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention AZ the candidate Of
that party for President Of the United
States.
Curiously enough. Sanford Z. Church.
two years before he became chief Justice.
was the candidate of the Democratic par
ty Of New York State for the nomination
at the Democratic National Convention
In 1858 for President
Mr. Strong gently hints at the disap-
pofntment which was felt by George y. ,
Comstock at the failure Of his party to
nominats him for chief Justice of the
Court OF Appeals. q nomination which
was given to Sanford z. Church instead.
cOnSfftu-
ton of the convention Of 1857. the section
which provided for the reorganization OF
the Court Of Appeals. of which he haA
been at one time chief justice, the disap-
pointment that he failed TO receive the
nomination was easily understood by his
professional brethren
Mr.. Strong might have gone a little
further in his "reminiscences. -Four or fve
years before the death Of Noah Davis.
a fuTsx
Judge, asked him to tell me something
about Sanford E Church. for / knew
that Judge Davis had been for ten years
the latter's law partner, and suspected
that he had received some confidential
communications from Judge Church after
the Democratic National convention of
1858 abandoned Judge Church as . candi-
date and nominated Horatio Seymour.
Judge Church never spoke to me of
that matter, excepting in the most Incl
dental manner" Judge Davis replied. He
was an astute politician He had been
lieutenant governor Of New York and
had held other important political Offices
But / surmise that he was always con-
WINGED that Samuel J. Tilden. who then
dominated the Democratic organization
Of New York State. had caused his
Judge Church's) name to be presented
to the Democratic convention as New
York's candidate for Presidential nomi-
nation, not in sincerity. but for the pur-
pose Of masking his plan to compass the
nomination Of Horatio Seymour.
"At the proper moment Judge Church's
name was withdrawn and Horatio Sey-
mour's offered. and Seymour was nomi-
mated Judge Church's manner was that
Of a man possessed Of perfect dignity
and at no time did he show any resent
ment that his name should have been
shelved in this manner"
This dignifed and unresentful atti-
tude Of Judge Church greatly pleased
Tilden. I have good reason to know
that Tilden felt that there should De
some recompense to Judge Church for
the manner in which his name had been
suddenly withdrawn at the Democratic
National Convention. and that Of Ho-
ratio Seymour substituted
Undoubtedly Tilden had in mind as a
recompense the nomination Of Judge
Church, a year later. as chief Justice OF
the Court of Appeals. Although IL was
common opinion that Judge Comstock
would be nominated-for he was entitled
to the nomination-Tilden was inhuen-
tial enough in the Democratic state con-
vention to secure the nomination OF
Judge Church. and he was elected by a
plurality Of about $1,000 That Is the rea-
SON why Judge Church became chief JUS
tice of the Court of Appeals of New York
Copyright EA by Dr. Z. J. Edxards- Al rights
esevedJ
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell Of
The Widely Different Methods Of Two
Railroad Kings"