The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-23
New Haven Man Victim of
Spells System When As
suredl Of Minority Of Sen
ate Declined to Accept
Support That Had Been
Solicited About the State
House.

Solicited About the Stat
House.
II Especial to The Farmer.)
8 Hartford, Feb. 23-Judge John r
Booth Of New Haven who was de
feated, in the Senate Wednesday, b!
q vote Of 81 to for reelection to tn
. city court judgeship, could have con
.trolled the Senate vote If he had al
lowed the efforts Of persons interested
IN his candidacy to have gone on,
was learned here today.
THAT Judge Booths friends had en-
listed the support OF enough RepuDn
can Senators, With the minority votes
to have polled majority of the Sen
( ate votes, but that the New Haver
Judge at oncA discountenanced the
move when he learned Of the methods
being pursued to line UP the vote, was
1 the verified story that gained c1rcula,
ton about the capitol.
! Judge Booths friends were quietly
Mt work among the Republican Sena-
TORS. from parts Of the state remote
from New Haven. The strength OF
Ul1man, uk0 IudI VI AAoAAJ
the bosses. IL great only when 1t rs
being exercised in cooperation with
the leaders Of the other sections. Ana
there was no great amount OF JOY
among the Republican leaders at the
prospect Of accepting the report OF the
Judiciary committee dethroning Judge
Booth
The New Haven city court judge
ship stands out brilliantly as an argu-
~rnent in support OF tho Democratic
party's tenet that the present meth
Cd OF electing minor court judges IS
public scandal.
Because Booth had been put on the
bench by Ex-Boss Isbell. present Boss
IJllman would have his scalp, not
alone because Isbell must be punish
ed for daring to brave Ullman. but
because Ullman must reward political
camp followers.
The situation led tho Democratic
minority leader, Senator p. B. O'Sul-
Ivan, to verbally castigate Ullman.
Mr.. O'Sullivan pointed out that the
Democratic members Of the Senate
had nothing to gain. from the stand
point Of party expediency in boost
Ing the cause Of Booth. because he
was a Republican. It was merely a
further proof OF the rottenness OF, the
present system Of naming judges of
the inferior courts,
There appears to be no doubt in
the minds of ahy as to the ability and
qualifications Of Judge Booth said
Senator O'SulIivan. 81 do not hest
tate to say that Judge Booth has for
gotten more law than both the other
-gentlemen will ever know, and further
that he could lose one-half OF his ju-
dicial characteristics and still retain
a more full measure Of them than
Mr.. Hoyt and Mr.. Captain now pos
sess In a nut shell Mr.. Hoyt and
Mr. Captain are suffering tre4hendous-
" by q comparison with Judge
Booth.
Judge Booth was endorsed by the
entire bar Of the city Of New Haven.
His cause was advocated by hosts of
New Haven clergymen, and prominent
New Haven business men. He is alb
solutely honest, he is particularly
brilliant lawyer, and he Is an extreme
w able Judge. A man with such
acknowledged qualifications should by
all the laws of Justice to the people
pointment.
what is the trouble? Well, ]
will tell you It seems that q man
named Ullman-reputed political boss
Of the minority party Of the city OF
New Haven appeared at the hearing
on the New Haven city judgeship be-
fore the committee on the Judiciary
accompanied by a crew Of his po-
1itical parasites. At his bidding each
OF them popped up like a mechanical
little toy and spoke his few lines
apparently carefully prepared In .ad-
vance, shall charitably assume, by
himself And the gist of the argu-
ment made in behalf Of Mr.. Hoyt and
Mr.. Captain and against Judge Booth
by this same ullman and his puppets
amounted to this: Fellow RepubE-
cans addressing the committee), In
this selection OF judges for the New
Haven city court, you must absolutely
lay aside all thought of merit, worth
and judicial qualifications, because il
might be that my two henchmen
would not get by Ind Judge Booth, ]
know, would. What you must re-
member is that am the Republican
boss OF New Haven, and I don't like
somebody, who does like Judge Booth
and so he must walk the plank. But
the citizens OF the city of New Ha-
ven are unanimously in favor Of Mr.
Hoyt and Mr.. Captain as judges Of the
New Haven city court, as evidenced
by the fact that the Republican town
committee. all fifteen of them, after
I had told them whom I wanted as
judges, unanimously selected Mr.
Hoyt and Mr.. Captain. So you must
appoint them because I being in pow
err, say so.
II ''Mr. President, I appreciate the ex-
aggeration Of the above statement but
7 challenge any one to prove that the
germ OF the argument was not exactly
that used by the same U11man before
the committee and we can often en-
phasize the point we wish to make by
exaggeration.
"But the worse feature of the whole
situation IL this: that while the hear
ing on the New Haven court judge
ship was being heard and while
scores Of New Haven citizens, both
members Of the bar, prominent bust
ness men, clergymen and others, were
making an honest endeavor to con-
vince the committee that Judge Booth
should be retained on the bench, this
same Ullman sat back in his chair and
smiled his oily smile because he knew
something-and that something was
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