" Resolved^ When this meeting adjourn, it be to a date
to be fixed by the said Committee on Judicial Nomina-
tions, and that the Secretary of the Association be directed
to issue notices of the said adjourned meeting when re-
quested by the said Committee."

Pursuant to these instructions the Committee deemed it
advisable to secure a general expression of opinion from
the bar, and it accordingly, in co-operation with other
members of the Association, prepared and caused to be
circulated, a petition to the Judiciary Conventions of the
Republican and Democratic parties in the County of New
York, in the following words :

"Gentlemen. — The undersigned members of the bar of
New York respectfully represent, that in the interest of
the entire community, irrespective of political affiliations,
judges who have proved their fitness and capacity in
actual service upon the bench ought to be retained in
office ; that this principle requires the re-nomination
of Justices Joseph F. Daly and William N. Cohen by
both of the great political parties. Their character and
official conduct make it certain that the public will be
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if they are re-elected. The fact that one of them is a
Republican while the other is a Democrat makes it
the more easy to apply the principle in their case.
" We further beg to represent that for the other vacan-
cies upon the bench, to be filled at the coming election,
candidates should be selected upon the ground of fitness
as proved by honorable service at the bar, and by the
ability and fidelity which they have displayed in main-
taining the interests of their clients.
