The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21
SIX EX-JUSTICES
BACK NEWBURGER
Shearn, Seabury, Ingraham,
Scott, Leventritt and Golf
Join Committee.
FASCES TO BE EMBLEM
Conference on Independent
Judiciary Ticket to Be
Held Next Week.

Backed by the weight of six former
Justices of the Supreme Court. all DEM
ocrats, the Independent movement for
the reelection of Justice Joseph e. New
burger to the Supreme Court and JUS
tice Richard II. Smith to the City Court
was formally launched yesterday.
They are George l.. Ingraham. former
presiding Justice of the Appellate Divi-
sion: Francis NJ. Scott and Clarence L.
Shearn, who sat on the Appellate Divi-
sion; Samuel Seabury. former Judge OF
the Court CT Appeals; David Leventritt
and John w. Goff. These men nave
consented to the use OF their names as
n committee on vacancies for the petit
tons that will place Justice Newourger
and Justice Smith in Independent nofnl-
nation for the general election as
mark OF their approval of an under
taking which has for it's purpose the
retention OF good judges on the bencn
in spite OF the efforts of party posses
to sunDlant them. 49,
In recognition of and compliance with
the precedent that judges VINO nave
served at least one term with record
that has been above criticism should De
renominated, the Republican organiza-
tons in Manhattan and The Bronx de-
signated both Justices Newburger and
Smith for denomination, although they
were Democrats. In spite of this Charles
+. Murphy and the inner circle OF Tam
many Hall turned Justice Newburger
down for the thirty-three-year-old son
OF Samuel Untermyer. Justice Smith
was shelved by that organization IN
favor of a Major returned from France.
The Committee of the Bar. which re-
1tatt hn
LAWYERS Association, the Bronx Bar
Association and the Women Lawyers
Association, which had been preparing
petitions for both Justices to enter both
the Republican and Democratic pri-
maries decided at once to start move
ment to crystalline the resentment among
the Democrats and independent voters
against the action of Tammany Hall.
In this movement they have enlisted
the support of the. Citizens Union and
the Cleveland Democracy, an independ-
ent Democratic organization, OF which
William F. Schneider Is the head. The
name under which the Independent
campaign will be carried on Is the In
dependent Non-Partisan judiciary Com
mittee. The emblem selected, which
under the Massachusetts form OF ballot
will be placed beside that of the Re
publican organization next to the names
Roman emblem of Justice, including the
rods and axe.
Some day next week. probably on
Wedne sday, a conference will be held
in the Hotel Aston in the interest OF the
Independent judiciary ticket 1t Is be-
ing arranged by William d. Guthrie.
chairman of the executive committee OF
the Committee of the Bar and Mr..
Schneider. Representative Independents
from every assembly district IN Man
haitian and the Bronx will be present
Mr.. Schneider had planned to hold
conference OF anti-Tammany Democrats
from the Ave boroughs In the Hotel
Savoy last night. but 1t was called on
because of the absence from town OF
many of those interested In the move
ynent He is not at all sure that he
will mix the two movements by having
representatives of the boroughs outside
the First judicial District present In
the Hotel Aston 1t Is probable that the
five borough antiITammany conference,
which is looking to the next Mayoralty
as we'll as to the election this fall, will
come later.
II was said last night that never be-
fore had SO distinguished a list OF former
turlsts been Interested In the candidacy
of any man. They have consented to
take d part II the movement. II was
declared. because of their conviction that
Il is vital to uphold the non-partlsan
principle in the judiciary, particularly
this year because of the fact that the
terms OF a large number Of Justices OF
the Supreme Court expire next year.
The precedent. once broken. would leave
them at the mercy of the Tammany
leaders.
Immediately after the primaries the
spdnnandant committed will start the
circulation of nominating petitions for
Justices Smith and Newburger. 1t is
expected that the required number of
signatures will be largely exceeded. Any
qualified voter in The Bronx or Man
haitian, except an enrolled Republican,
may sign the petitions. AS these JUS
tices will be on the regular Republican
ticket. enrolled Republicans may not
sign an Independent petition for them.