New-York tribune., 1894-10-31
BCURKE COCKRANS DISTRICT.
REPUBLICANS HOPE TO CARRY 1T THIS
YEAR.
THEIR CANDIDATE r.. A CHEsEBRoUGH IS A
WELI~KNOwN CITIZEN AND is MAkiNO
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN-TwO DEMO
Gratis ~ THE FIELD.


Gratis ~ THE FIELD.
All the Republican candidates for Congress IN this
city are working with ardor that secms likely 10
make successful the canvasses OF good nuinoer Oh
them At any rate all are helping the State ana
city tickets of the party and are educating the peo-
pie into a proper understanding OF the poHcy o'
protection. In the Xlth Congress District the ne
publican standard bearer is Robert A. Cheese
brough. a weIl-known business man who has long
been active I'm the affairs OF his party. He IL hght-
Ing the harder because he has big plurality 20
overcome. In 1892 W. Bourke Cochran in this Dis
trict had $500 more than his Republican oppo-
nent. General Daniel Butterield.
There are various factors In the present cam
paign however which make that big majority lose
MANY OF its terrors Chief among these. Of course.
IS the tide in favor OF Republicanism which has
plainly set in There are many workinemen IN 'he
district who have been made to realize JUST what
step" toward free trade means and VINO are not
anxious for any steps In thar direction Inc
people who attend Mr. Chesebrough's meetings give
every evidence Of being disgusted with the Demo-
cratic party There have been hundreds OF conver-
sons to the Republican party on the issues OF pro-
lection and good government
Then too. the turning down" Of Mr.. Cochran
has left n feeling OF soreness among many lam-
many men. and Colonel George y. Mcclellan cannot
command anything Ike the enthusiastic support
which would have been given to the present 'oh-
gressman As president Of the Board OF Aderneh
Colonel Mcclellan has not given any particular h''-
cations OF fitness for seat In the Ndtohai ifS'H-
!ature or course. his nomination was due 10 the
choice not OF the Democrats OF the district but OF
the bosses George Walton Green. the State Democ-
racy candidate is pushing his campaign vigorously
and Is certain 10 capture n considerable share oil
the regular Democratic vote. Mr. Chesebroueh con-
seouentlv feels that the district may fairly be
classed debatabe ground
SKETCH OF THE CANDIDATE.
Mr. Chcsebrough was born in London. England In
1897. but his parents were Americans HIS mother
was daughter OF Richard VI. woodruff ana
granddaughter Of James Homer Maxwell a pronl-
nent New-Yorker in Colonial times and an Intimate
friend of Washington. His father Henry A Cheese
brough was a leading dry-goods merchant. living
at No : Bridgc-st.. then a fashionable neghDor-
hood His paternal grandfather, Robert 'heSe-
brough was founder and president OF the fultoh
Bank His maternal great-grandiather, Nl'iA"i
Maxwell was founder and president W the BANK
OF New-Y York. and his son james Homer Max
well. married Catherine. daughter Of Jacobus Van
Zandt the Revolutionary patriot. She had the
honor of opening the first Inauguration ban as 'he
partner Of General Washington.
The Maxwell family are Of Scotch descent. rom
the earldoms OF NIthsdae and harons OF herrl"s'
James Homer Maxwers son. William II. Maxwell.
was the tltular earl Of Nthslae az the time OF MS
death I'm 1876 Roberts mother a grandniece OF
General Woodhull. Of the Contincntli army VINO
IN
MIR Chcsehrough began the manufa cturc 81 petro-
leurn and coal oil products In lNs, being among r
fir,t 10 embark that industry. Ia" business
steadily developed. and IN 1870 he diScoN"i'i anu
pa,cu,rd H.. product universally known as vase
inc In 1876 be- organized the thes"brough Manu-
,, s Wing branches in London Paris berlin
and Montreal In ISL he erected the oihce-hulIl-
ing facing Battery Park which bears his nam" u
constructed under ms personal sgpri
with special applications FOR heating ana Neh,l'At-
ing his own Invention. Mr. ChesebrOugh IL a larg"
holder OF real estate In and about New. ofk 'ity.
lie. Wa originator or
ta,e Exchange and second vce-presldent ani one
Of the Building Committee OF the 'ohso'uA'e'
Exchange
ACTIVITY IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS
He vigorously opposed the use OF Castle Garden
as an Immigrant landing station BY III" state. and
10 his continued efforts directly traced the action
OF n. general Government la taxing charge oi
the Department anl removing Il - Ellis Island.
At the time of the Paris Exposition of 1875 10"
STATE Department took action looking toward IL
general exhibit FOR the lultri States Government.
but Mr.. Ch"sthrough ORGANIZER a in'"ths 9t *
nil,tors IN Nrw- York. and they. through =. X.
Coudert obtained from the Duke bc>rAzra. % ~"
Frcuch Cabinet. PERMISSION - 'AHhit AZ an,
cans without 90. action u n" Cove rrm'nt THIS
movement induced the STATE department TO take
ac;On, and the American exhibit was made under
its guidance.
MI Cheaehrough married Margaret McCrc' ".
sister OF the wife Of Frederic r. 'ouI"rt, on Api1l
and daughter. II" TX also tne author 81 "A
Iscytrc. and othsr Poems when has been fhHor-
abb criticised lie was presden, OF th" l)owniown
Republican club. In New at. In lSf. Among thr
Rev v1lutlonary archives Of the Senate Hous" AT
Kingston. y. y. two large oil paintings oi the
father and mother Of the wifi" Of william Max
Of th. British soldiers In the Maxwell residence In
Wall-st These portraits were presented To the Sen
ate House by Mr.. 'hes"hroush.