New-York tribune., 1922-11-06
Avert Infamy,
Elect CoIlalarl.
DIR. Wise Asks
Rabbi Denounces Rejection
of Surrogate by Bosses,
and Calls ON Citizens to
Return Him to Office
Anothe er Endorsement
Samuel Seabury Urges Pub
lie to Teach Murphy Les
son He's Not Learned Yet

From his pulpit in the Free Syna-
gague yesterday the Rev. DR.. Stephen
y. Wise denounced the turning down
Of Surrogate John P. Cohalan by
Bosses Murphy and Koenig as con-
spiracy, and appealed to all voters
to cast their ballots for Cohalan at
the polls on Tuesday.
"Most earnestly do I appeal to my
people to do what in them lies in
order to avert the infamy which Is back
of conspiracy to deny an honest
and upright Judge reelection to the
Office which he has filed" said Rabbi
Wise.
"Advisedly / use the term 'conspir-
acy,' for the plan to deny Surrogate
Cohalan reelection grows out of the
resolution of one political boss to pun
ish Surrogate Cohalan because Of his
the thought of another political boss
that his brother is entitled to an i'm
portant judicial position.
Another Indorses Cohalan
Whatever else we do or fail to do
on Election Day, let us serve notice
upon the political bosses Of New York
and in this matter, as in most mat
sers at this time, the two parties are
equally hlameworthy-that they shall
not be permitted unrebuked to lay
foul hands upon the Judiciary Of the
state"
Another Endorsement of Surrogate
Cohalan yesterday was from Samuel
Seabury, former Judge Of the Court Of
Appeals and Democratic candidate for
Governor in 1914.
'The record stands that John P.
Cohalan was denied renomi-
nation solely at the dictation of the
present boss Of Tammany Hail." said
ex-Judge Seabury. "The people Of New
York County, when they reelected Mr..
Justice Newburger only short time
ago, congratulated themselves that
they had taught Charles F. Murphy
that he could not with impunity use
his political power to drive just
judge from the bench. 1t now appears
that the public were mistaken and
that Mr. Murphy has not learned the
lesson which they supposed they had
taught, but that the only lesson which
the boss Of Tammany Hall learned
from the reelection of Mr.. Justice
Newburger was that if he wished to
drive judge from the bench he could
do so If he first made deal with the
Republican boss of the county"
His Victory Is Predicted
Henry Wynans Jessup, chairman of
the Cohalan campaign committee, in
statement predicting success for Sur
rogate Cohalan, declared that all that
was now needed was to get out the
vote and watch the polls to prevent
stealing Of the votes for Cohalan.
"We are at the end, save for the
voting and counting, Of campaign
unique in American politics." said
Chairman Jessup. "In defense of
principle and in protest against the
brazen deal made by two bosses. the
manhood and the womanhood of the
town have revolted In manner with
out precedent. Without regard to
party lines or racial or religious an
tecedents, those who look upward and
forward and strive to make this bet
ter world to live in have come to-
gether in the stress of a heated par
tisan campaign over national and state
issues and have made the moral prin-
ciple for which they fought the out
standing feature Of the political con-
test in fhis county.
"This' campaign marks the end of
the openly defiant efforts of the bosses
to control the courts. Murphy and
Koenig have received a lesson that
they and their successors will never
forget.
81 predict that on Tuesday next Sur
rogate Cohalan will be reelected bv a
comfortable majority, and I call upon
all good citizens to take an active ner-
sonal interest in seeing that the vote
as cast by the electors on Election Dav
shall be honestly counted. With an
honest count the success Of our cam
paign is certain,