The Press., 1892-09-01
FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY

The Westfield, Union County Leader
 Independent, has come out with an able and complimentary editorial, nominating for governor of the state of New Jersey, Chauncey B. Ripley, Lit. D., L. l.. D., commenting him for the suffrages of the voters of his adopted state. The Leader says among other things: Dr. Ripley is | not professed politician, but man of
 practical political character, and by that definition one whom the party organiza-
 tion is surety for support. He represents
 that which the state demands. He is | neither the protege nor the bete noir of | faction. He is not victim of the miser- | able delusion that candidate is strong
 in proportion as he caters to class or
 clique. He is not man with prejudiced
 adversaries, but one holding the esteem
 of the democrats and the respect of the
 republicans.
 The state knows the man. From her
 seaboard to the Pennsylvania meadows,
 and on beyond, east and west,-the "good roads of Union county'' are cele-
 brated, and with them the name of their pioneer, to whom is due the system of county roads so familiar to all. To this
 superior championship his name as schol-
 ar and lawyer stands as secondary as did
 that of Appius Claudius, the patrician
 and author, to that of "the builder of the Appian Way" pr. Ripley, born fifty
 seven years ago of good Connecticut pa-
 rentage, and by the elms that shade the
 tomb of the martyr who regretted that he
 had "but one life to lose for his country" brings to this newer century the spirit of Nathan Hale. A student with his pastor
 and at Suffield Literary Institute, he was
 two years at the University of Rochester, ) and then, after a year in the chair of
 mathematics at Flushing Institute, he
 graduated in 1864 from Bucknell Unive1-
 sity as "honor man," with the degree of l A. B. Going thence to the senior class . of the law department of the University i, of the City of New York, he graduated in
 1865 with the degree of l.. l.. D., and as , valedictorian. The general term admit r ted him to practice on his diploma, and l
 commenced the pursuit of the profession l in which he has won signal success. t l* He has enlisted the state to the enactment of the road act and promoted t interest in improved highways. This has f led to national interest, finding expression l in the national highway bill, now before 7 congress, and naturally and properly to 1 the suggestion of his name as one of the
 five national road commissioners under this law. As wide as the union is his
 reputation as champion of improved l. highways. Equally as pronounced is his 8 honor as advocate of higher education, of f labor rights, and of earnest manhood. @ Full in like gauge is his reputation for : distinguished legal attainments, fruited e by the scholastic degrees of l.. l.. D. and @ Lit.D.
 As one exhibiting those qualities we'll t adapted to inspire confidence, as man L- of transparent character and blameless 'l life; as one whom to approach is to trust; @ as man, citizen, aild scholar; and t as one standing above all partyism,- l. where is there another who can command more sincere respect from men of every
 class of society and every grade of politi- d cal opinion, than Chauncey B. Ripley {? IS Speaking for the people of the town, the l. county, and the state, and speaking with a- out solicitation or suggestion on his part, D. the Leader commends to the democracy a of New Jersey for governor, Chauncey al B. Ripley.