New-York tribune., 1919-08-28
Democrats and Republicans
Unite To Rc-c)cc, HIM
and Smith, Judges Turned
! Down by Organization
Murphy Holly Attacked
Schneider Presides at Lively
Session; Tiger Appointee
JOi ms Nov IN G n t


rublicans organized yesterday at the
Hotel Astor to re-elect Justice Joseph
+. Newburger, OF the Supreme Court
and Judge Richard H. Smith. of the
City Court. who were shelved to make
way for candidates favored by Charles
F. Murphy.
County Clerk William +. Schneider
head of the Cleveland Democracy. uN-
der whose auspices the conference was
held, in q speech, said:
"If Tammany Hall succeeds in throw
ing over Justices Newburger and Smith
next year it will turn down perhaps
half a dozen more judges OF proved
honesty and service and give their
places to instruments that will advance
Tammany's intcres,s-not the pub
hes
Organization May Be Permanent
The meeting, which was attended by
about 100, was held in the yacht room
OF the Astor. John II. Boschcn, Re
publican. called the meeting TO order
and nominated County Clerk Schnede !
for temporary chairman. The secrc-
taries were William B. Selden. Deputy
County Clerk. and Miss Bella /. Cox.
A committee of nine was appointed
to report on 4 form Of permanent or
ganization: Former Congre ssman
Daniel C Oliver. Nathaniel Phillips,
president OF the League OF Foreign
Born Citizens: Nh. Boschen. who is
president Of the Commonwealth Say
ings Bank former Senator John Y.
Sheridan. former Assemblyman Will
lam T. Ellis. Harry A. Chlacht, presi-
dent Of the East Side Savings Bank:
?. J. Collins, Joseph P. Edelson and
Miss Cox.
In his address Mr.. Sneider said:
No ignorant Idealist
My critics viii perhaps agvee with
me when ! confess that | am q prac-
teal politician I boast that | am not
HI idcalist in politics.
This year. made drunk with sue
cess in the CITY and state elections
of l31t and 1913, the chief TammanY
leaders. do not know caution and have
10 sense Of political decencv
with hrazon deGsnce Of the tradl-
ton for the safeguarding Of our
courts, they have roarhed out boldlr
and *hruzt sside able and efficient
iudges. and nut in their nlacc their
own particular fayoritca and upon
whom they can relv ia respect pollti-
cal rover more than tho principle %
Judicial independence aud rropriety,
Once again. | must fight thc men
who. nominsilv. arc of my own no-
litical faith. and do % because my
~
psrtisanlhir.
Questions To &c Repeated
Why we're Judge Nevhureer and
Smith refused renominations? After
long. honorable and faithful services
upon the bench, why were they refused
by the PARTY 10 which they both he
longed 10 answer having hce0 made
to these questions. NC must keep or
repeating them very dsy during tho
coming campalgH,'
In his speech Mr.. Schneider also
referred 20 the chief Tommany lcad
ers' as political proftccrs," scckina
to satisfy party greed
"1t never WAS ordained that ;he prod
uct Of an East Side gin mill should
dictate who the judges of our courts
are to be" said former Renrcsentativc
Oliver. The people have not for got.
ten the Judge pal ) incident. Tina; wa
decent transaction, as compared with
turning down of Justice NoWburgcr b,
Murphy"
Il came here today to throw of the
yoke Of Tsmmanv Hall 30 ii sn." said
Assistant District Attorney jos"oh r
E.delson, personal frieNd of Justice
Ncwburger.
Iammany .tppointec's Aim
I
would he stranclod. hold . lob undcr
inc tammany administration. and
mad the honor OF ervine for six wears
as an assistant attorney geNoral of the
state. couldn't clean out the Demo.
cratic organization IN the Fourth A.
Semhly District from TIC inside. An,
gong at them now from the outside
ana DRIVE them out of thc district'
Charles j. Murphy, and mon of hi.
type are the sort o, men who hrce,
6olshovism. declared Harry 4
Schlarht, "becausc they pics p,ice.
WHO favor ono class rs against fhs
people. We arc in this movement &c
drive from roWcr that terrible vinor
ammany Hall, and substitutes dccon,
government
John +. Cronin. insurgcnt canJida,,
ior alderman. spoke next.
Wsllstein Hcsists Temntinp Heo,o.,
Cd County Clerk Schneider TO 9av tha
me organizers mad no intention Of IN
terfering with local politics.
Leonard NJ. Wallstcln. counsel am,
walter I. Arndt, secretary. of the Cit;
zens Union, were discovered IN tho cor
rldor, and they were asked to SNEAK +,
me meeting. Mr.. Wallstein sand he wa
mere merely as d spectator.
Chairman Schncidcr said the vorl =
circulating the nominating netit;on
would be taken M Immediately aftc
the primaries. Justice Ncwhurrer AN,
Judge Smith are the dcsighees Of th
Republican party
Ihe Hearst newspapers have attacks,
Justice Robert +. Luce, tho nerocyati
deslgnee to succeed himself. but AS W
they have net attacked Irwin Inter
fnyer. the other Democratic desirno
for Supreme Couri. who j. the son o
Samuel tntermyel and counsel at Va
~lous times for Mr.. Hearst. Mr.. Hears
g on his way to New York from tn.
Pacific Coast. In Tammany circles i
rs believed that Mr.. Hearst will not at
tack Untermver