The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-02-02
Something About Those Who
Are and Those Who
Have Been.
POINTS ABOUT EVERY OFFICE.
Gleanings About Men Who Have
Been Conspicuous in the Direc-
tion of the Affairs Of the
Commonwealth.
Special 70 The Sunday Morning. Ne,c,.


your greatness to your fellow members
and the gentlemen of the lobby. But have
you looked through it to find out what
else there is of interest IN it.? it doesn't
look as though there were much OF any
Thing else than names and figures IT.
haS not the appearance of Il romance
There's nothing of the dime novel air
about it'll you strike the biographies
But even the casual reader will find some
thing in it worth the knowing
We have just inaugurn5ed anew Gov
ernor. He is the thfrty-fOurth Governor
The State has had since the adoption OF
its Constitution in the Revolutionary.l116
One of them, Garret D. Wall is recorded
as having actually the distinction
when IL was thrust upon him in 1929.
The first of the long line, Governor Liv-
ingston, was at the head of the State for
fourteen years; Isaac III. Williamson, a
Federalist, served during the twelve
years between 1877 and 1929. William
between 1887 and 1e43 Newell, Olden
and Ward are the only Republicans in the
list.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
Another page gives some interesting
information about the United States Sena
tors. Altogether there have been forty
two of them. The FreIinghuysen and
Stockton families figure conspicuously in
the list. Frederick Frelfnghusen began
putting men of that name into the United
States Senate as early as 1893. Theodore
Frelinghuysen, his son, got there after
HMM 1929; and the late Secretary FIRE.
Iinghuysen's name appears as having
served two separate terms later on--be-
ginning in 1866 and 1S7t respectively.
The history Of the Stockton
family is good deal of the
same kind. There was Richard Stockton
as starter in 1926; Robert +. Stockton
began a term in 1851; Joha p. Stockton q
term in 1865 that lasted only q year, and
in 1869 second term of six years. Senar
tor Mcpherson is quoted as having said
recently that he is content with Senator
ial honors-tin next time. of course, al
ways understood-bec he had broken
the record with three Senatorial terms
His satisfaction seems to be we'll
founded, historically. Jacob w. Miller
who was Jacob w. Miller, any howl
managed to get in twelve years, from 1871
to 1858. and he served, up TO McPherson's
time, longer than any other Senator the
State has ever had. Samuel L. Southland,
than any man whose panle is on the list,
managed to get in eleven years lone year
short of two terms-in two hcks.
THE STATES JUDICIARY.
The CHARACTERISTIC was created by the
new constitution in 1916. Chancellor Nc
sted. the first Of them, served seventeen
years, and Theodore Runyon, of Newark
fourteen years.
The Chief justices run away back to
1704. Old Roger Mompesson was the first
of them. Mercer Beasiey is the twenty
third. The billet was offered, however,
to Richard Stockton, TO John De Hart TO
Peter ID. Vroom and to Alexander Wurts
in the passing years, but they declined to
serve. Their names are ION the list,
however, as Ko 10 would sing and so,
really, Beasley is the nineteenth Chief
Justice who has rendered active service
on the bench in nearly two centuries
of time. He has been there twenty
five years Robert Morris was the first to
get In after Bunker Hill. The only one
whose service approached anywhere near
to Justice Beasley's in point OF length
was Andrew kirkpatrick probably a re-
lative of the gentleman of the same name
in Newark who is just now hoping that
Governor Albeit will strike him with a
bolt of lightning that will lift him on to
theSupreme Court bench.
The Manual shows that seventy-one
names are enrolled upon the list Of AS
sociate Justices Of the Supreme Court
Judge Depue, of Newark. is beginning
his fourth term on the bench. If he lives
to serve it out he will have been laying
down the law for grand and petty juries
and the rest of the htigi0us community
for thirty years.
HELPS TO THE COURTS.
The Attorney Generalship seems TO
have come into vogue with the rest of the
States law machinery in 1904. John p.
Stockton, the present Attorney General
is the twenty-seventh in the line of sue
cession. He has been preceded by such
distinguished iurists as Samuel L.
Southland, L. O. G. Elmer, William l.
DAYTON. Frederick q. and Theodore Frel-
inghuysen and Robert Gilchrist. His
thirteen years of eloquenee in State cares
make a longer service than that OF any
other man on the list except Aaron ID.
Woodruff, who served nineteen years after
1892.
Tne Court of Chancery found it Eeces-
sary to hire clerk first in 1881. Barker
Gummere neld the berth for ten years;
and Staff Little Tor another ten years.
Allan l.. McDernott, who holus IL now, IL
the eighth clerk the court has mad. The
Supreme Court found u clerk necessary
when the Revolution began, and Ben
Lee, who has been there for the last
twenty years, is the thirteenth IN the
line lie is lucky fellow, to stand up
for so many years against the Iatai snlf-
teen. But then. perhaps that's what has
stood in the way for so many terms of his
being Governor.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Henry G. Kelsey is now serving his
nineteenth year as secretary OF state.
IAl6Fen OLneFS nelu Enc OhiEt duCstA W
him. but none so long as he. Colonel
ToGey is the twenty-third State Treas
urer. He has begun the service OF ms
fifth year. Peter Gordon, who held the
office longest, managed the States moneys
from 1903 to 1921 Rescarrick M. Smith
served nearly as lOug-frp m 1881 TO 1900
The Treasurer got along without Comp
troller till 1865. Major Anderson, VINO has
been serving from 1850. IS the fourth the
State has had in that position. William
S. STRIKER has been Adjutant General
since 1887. He's a thirteenth man, too
General Perrine, who died last summer,
had been serving as Quartermaster GEN
eral since 1S55-thirty-iiye years ia round
numbers, SO to speak--there's round
part to the five, You know.
LEGISLATIVE DATA.
Over the leaf we find some information
concerning the Legislatures, from lS45.
when the new constitution was adopted,
down to date. Last years session was
one of the longest on the record. IL lasted
fifteen weeks. The first session of that
length is struck in 1876; the sessions of
1884 and 1886 were equally protracted.
The shortest session was the eight weeks
sitting in 1847. The Legislatures have
sat since 1916 Ala weeks altogether, and
enacted 397 bills. The biggest grind
IN one year was 723 in 1873 The Legisla-
ture OF 1885, with 337 new laws TO its
credit, or discredit, whichever You please,
leads the dance since the adoption Of the
amendment forbidding special laws.
HudsOQ EnS had one sVback Mt the Qayel