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n OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PUB. co
aenstie. June 10 1888.
.-~11C9 Bone G0vE1SO8 NEWELL.
- following il . letter written by
ravin Eslter, a prominent citizen of
- Jersey, now in one Of the Depart
,.,e.ss st Washington, to the Camden
n~.ytr. and printed in the Issue Of
- papsr Of Dec. l7th:
-. anna unexplained reasOn there
z. heen within the last fow years
-s.sieoiv systematic effsrt put forth
:. lsuriye Gov. william A. Newell Of
- sonor Of being the means Of first
~. SiiahipQ the iife-saving stations ON
-, nnast. The first notable attempt
- - article in ScribHer's HaQazime,
5s~sary. 1880, which purp0rtsd TO give
Z 6ir1ory Of the service, bat entirely
iesoesl Newell. II was noticeable BE-
ez ss~ns written by Il man employed IN
~ lifo-savinQ service, and hence he
erved his employment TO . s0rtiee es-
esklished by q man he endeavOfod to
1870. A recent Washington Sunday
rs.er savs that this service was 6stab-
SSed by the Hon. 3. b. Cox. Hut the
ssss3 questionable Of all articles il one
Soaed in the Washington Evening Star
a December 4th, which speaks Of the
iaim in behalf of Governor Newell and
\ soaor1s that he Was not the founder but
~fv1a the credit 20 the Massachusetts
Enmaue Sooisty. The Old-fashiOnsd
i kamane societies did good work in res
s;6ninQ psrsons from burning buildings,
~ resuscitating dr0wping PERSONS,
-. bat they have no more claim 70
& fSunding the life-aaving service with it.
: Me- boats. mortars aud other apparatus,
oEan has Noah because hs built an ark
- ava himself and Mrs. Noah from
1sowning.
a. there have been such seemingly
& reomeditxted efforts 10 pervert the facts
q + m 0pp0rtuno time TO give the true
hle1ory Of tho origin Of this service,
uhtoh has saved tens Of thousands of
4 HSeo and An almost incredible amount
- propsrty, and has become An honor
% the nation and Of worldwide fame.
When DR.. William A. Newell first CON-
menOed praCticing his profession he was
lndhted &C Manahawken, ON the seash0re
- Ooean County, and his duties coan
rolled him TO continually travel up and
5cVn the shore. Here he had An op-
1crtunity to $50 and hear Of the fearful
cn OF life by shipwrecks on our coast,
H ~ it oaused him to reflect il ~ ne
nesns could not be devised TO rescue
I enenous from shipwrecked vessels. In
4 ~ years, while he was still y young
naan. he was elected to Congress.
AnonQ his associates in the House were
:. snek men a. John Quincy Adams, John
llnog Bolts, George r. Aarsh, John
wentworth, Robert q. Hchenck, Howell
Ookh, Robert G. winthrop, jacob
Tkmpsou, Andrew johnson, Abraham
linoojn, and others we'll known In our
notlou's history. and though he was
nnoh younger than any named, yet he
c1 60 aniped an cnviable reputation
Fl his ability, perseverance, and oour-
~; and the last two named, then
h1nhle, obecurs members, formed such
: favorable opinion Of him that he re-
hansd their friendship and confidence
N1on they subsequently, reached the
hite House, and TO No Jerseym1n did
~ lend snch willing ear as to him.
h nIst move towards establishing a
~ nvinQ service was on January 3,
~, whsn DR.. Newell introduced the
lolloWiue resolution
beolsed, That the Committee OF Com
m0ooo b Instructed to inquire whether
~ IAN can be devised whereby the
6o1eous navigation alOng the coast Of
~ Jessey between Sandy Hook and
lll11o EQR Harbor may be furnished
- additional safeguards to life and
10y, and that they report BY bill or
lASevss.
I N resolution WAS adopted. The
Qnmittss Of Commerce consisted OF
oGAlnQt0n Hunt, Of New York, Chair
-; Dudley 8. Gregory. OF New Jer-
~; Joseph Grinnell. Of MassaChu-
Y ~ Moss Hampton, Il. +. simpson.
q Thib0deAux. John Wentworth,
1cAihald Atkinson and Kingsley 3.
leoAAm.
~ Chairman and members Of the
niftee assured DR.. Newell that they
yosod his proposition and would re-
1 Z bill, but month after month
s6, and they failed to do it. The
ohllity 10 that they feared tho
~ eoostructionists would kill
q noAsufe on the ground that II
u - = innovation and not warranted
- eonstitution. Il will be remeM-
~ ~ there used TO be strong
= Congress who even opposed
o0De appropriations on the ground
yrAthonsss should be built and
sz eeed ~ tAx on the veasols they
= beasiit.
10TH, after seven months Of
waiting, Newell took the door on
q Angurt. 1853, Pnd made most
- and effective speech in behalf
ls 1pgoposition, which may be found
~ Cewgrsssioaai Glohe, volume IS
ISL. page 1857. Bot there was
- eAAnoe for him 10 get vote on
z1nase, - the army appropriation
81 = undee confederation. For some
- nsmbers took this oppoFtun-
9ake apeechea, relevant and irrel-
~ eeneral consent, and Newell
himself Of this latitude ~ make
49,, but - his resolution Vas mot
l - - assry matters he could not
i j = an amendment. The follow
gS sok. ON the 9sh Of August, the
- appropriation bill was before
5s:&5 Voe ooo9lO0 Wno near III 0Iooo
ne0u that this vaa his last chance,
1aroducsd the following amend
81 " = he appropriation:
- providing surf boats, rockets,
ees and other necessary ~appar-
III ~ oottef protection Of NE and
On the ooast Of New jersey,
6andy Hook and Little E0H
tlQ0OO; tho sum 10 bs expsnd
8 - toe supervision Of the Secrs.
d ~ Trsasury.r
Ao1e the session he had. 10 ef
& v presented the subject 70 indi
1emhsss that his arguments and
~ popularity susose.sed in pre-
- eeriut conssructiouists from
& any objection. and his effort
e9arasd By the adoption Of hi.
e4t without dissenting voica
q Opmusroe were such abb
IL Washington, Hunt, 0rinuslI
- 70 report bin Sos fear .
e1ilod, it Vas indeed : signs
~ oar young Jersev membe
- measure through, 9 sDlisar
without help from IN