New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-15

ton 70 Brooklyn Tuesday. and 1t was nopea 'na'
ne would return 20 the city In re" Gays reauS ~
grappe with his duties as member OF the boa'1
~ Election Commissioners. made difficult this year
nv tho redstrcting provided by the Commission ana
the new law relative to the selection OF OFFICIALS ioi
the districts throughout the city
Mayor Scheren was at his summer home az lslip
when the news reached the city II Is oeheVen 'na'
he will at once appoint successor 70 MT "i'a'i''
Tho time fo- the work OF the Commission Is snort
ord tho work is sure tc be hard II Ia believed tina.
~ sheriff Clark D Rhinehar, will be appointed 10
,bs vacancy in tho Board. He was prominently men
toned for the place when the Mayor announced A's
selection last May
The business associates Of Mr.. Williams IN partc-
MAR who were brought into constant contact with
h,,, fool deeply the sudden and unt.mely taking
oo ~ one whom they held in such high esteem
Mr. Wllliarns's varied relations had Drought MIN
into contact with large number OF persons ana
70 all OF them his high personal qualities MS Keen
sense of the obligations of citizenship ana MS gen
al manners were source OF s'ea' personal p
and regard
POPULAR IN BUSINESS CIRCLES
NJ Williams was for some years the president Of
.h Hardware club in this city AMI was well known
among men engaged In the hardware trade AS 'he
iunior member Of the hardware manulac'urhs
d., ~ Van WAGNER & Williams. whose New-fork
Office Is at No. "A Warren-s'. . :.
Ar Williams was born in Schoharie county y
y =, ,s,7 and WAS a lineal descendant Of Roger
vu,,ams Of Rhode Island. lie came to this city
70 take employment an errand boy IN the store
or brooks Brothers when he was only four,eeh
years old Five years later ne OBTAINED place
as clerk in the hardware store Vi D. "' " W.
M No So Beekman-st
- 1s-, Nr Williams went into business in the
har,ware trade with his brother-in-law. c. S. Van
WAGNER. and they succeeded in ouhding up pros
perous business. In 1892 the firm manufacturing
business WAS transferred TO Cleveland. where MI
Van Wagner now lives. The hnahciai depression
~ 1902 affected the firm somewhat but 1t was
o,.,,uau, reorganized on a sound basis. The hign
esteer in which Mr.. Williams was held py the
hardware men Of this city was SHOWN "hen, upon
the organization OF the Hardware Ciuo' III 1871 ne
was elected its president This mark OF regard was
further augmented in the following yedl M"e" Ms
firm was in trouble. he then rendered ms resis-
nation m tho directors OF the club. who declined 10
accent II and who placed their minutes reso.u-
ton expressing sympathy with him in his temporary
arorc,al d,eicultv He was three times reelected
president OF the club
ACTIVE IL BROOKLYN AFFAIRS.
For many years Mr. Williams was director OF
the New-Engand Society. further ne was
director OF the Lone Island SAFE deposit 'o"'-
pany trustee'of the city Savings BANK ana a
trustee Of the berkeley Institute in Brookiyn' ne
uas an associate member OF Grant Post No Szs.
q r was az one vlce-presdent or the
rnion League club OF Brooklyn. and for many
years was member OF the Hamilton Club
Mr. Williams first became prominent In Brooklyn
nolltics in 1851 From the time OF the organization
~ the Young Republican Club OF Brooklyn he was
one OF its leading members ana was chairman ol
the clubs Advisory COMMITTEE When the Mug
v,r,;, revolt took place in 1894. lie was stanch
supporter OF James q. Blaine, though the com
nifieas of the cub made up mostly OF anti
Maine men. His night for Mr. Blaine in the club
was so successful that at the meeting IN Septem-
nor ~ that year. the club Endorsed Mr.. Blaine as
tho Republican candidate by A vote OF about 100
OUT OF 800 Mr.. Williams was subsequently elected
afterward reelected four years In succession He
resigned his high office In the club as soon as
General Harrison elected President. declaring
that he had consented to lead the club only until
his party had triumphed at the polls. Mr.. Will
Jams however, remained member OF the Execu-
tive Committee OF the club until the beginning OF
the Republican County Committee OF Kings
County
STANDING FOR CLEAN POLITICS.
Mr. Williams has always been known Re-
publican. who had always stood for clean politics
Leaders of his party had practically offered 10
him the nomination for Mayor several times but
he always declined to be candidate for public
office. Some OF the Brooklyn Republicans were In
ciined to find fault with Mr. Williams in 1859 when
he told that II ne would stand as the kepuDIl-
candidate for Mayor certain prominent men
would guarantee campaign fund or $o,V" out
he declined to
In May OF this year he appointed by Mayor
Schleren Flee ton Commissioner Throughout
his career Mr.. Williams has been a firm adherent
to the principles OF Republicanism. and his high
and rreproachahle character earned Tor MIN an
influential standing In the councils OF MIS- party
athletic and young looking man. direct OF speech
and energetic In everything he undertook.
Mr. williamss home at No. &s Carrol-st..