New-York tribune., 1896-01-20
HOW THEY ROSE TO IA Me
NEW.JERSEY ASSEMBLYMEN TELL THE
STORY OF THEIR LIVES
ONE WAS INITIATED INTO TIE INDUSTRY OF
AGRICULTURE"-ANO SAVED 4 DROWN
ING BOY. WHILE \ THIRD SOLD JIM
CRACKS FROM A YANKEE

NOTION WAGON
As a general thing no politician in Ncw-Jcrsey is
supposed to have achieved greatness until he be-
comes a member of the Legislature and gets letters
with the prefix Hon" his name. OF course, whon
that time comes the newspapers give due notice OF
the arrival Of the new star the horizon. But
many Of the culogies then pronounced are overdone
with atory and laudati0n To overcome mat ana
to let the lawmakers tell in their own modest way
how they came to climb the ladder of fame, Thomas
L. Fitzgerald publishes. in Trenton. neat Noiuhie
known as the 'Legslative Manual
Mr. Fitzgeralds s book will be issued in a few days
The reader will observe that most OF the twenty one
Senators tell their story briefly and in a ooorless
way Ii is different with many of the Assemblyiner
IN their autobiographical sketches one may INA occa
sional glimpses of life. Mr Voorhees,. of Bergen for
instance tells he used to teach rural schools and
was engaged as salesman on wholesale
Yankee notion wagon.
Mr.. Austin says that he is a glassworkcr by trade
He taught public night school in 1890 and 1881. the
autobiography continues. in early life he TOOK quite
an interest in labor questions labor and
labor legislation. the same time having studiously
avoided being considered agitator, labor crank
or fanatic He has been complmented by hoth
capital and labor for conservatism.
Mr Stanger the quiet, retiring member from
Gloucester. borr farm sixty years ago HIS
boyhood days" are told were spent with those
surroundings and he received his education at the
old schoolhouse Glassboro. after which he became
initiated nio the industry of agriculture. which he
pursued until lsSi In that year. seeing good open
ING for general store in Glassboro. he quit farming
and engaged in business which has proved TO be- at
the present time the largest and most successful OF
its kind in the county"
Mr Parslow of Hudson. records for the benefit OF
future generations the fact that he is undertaken
After the death of Sheriff McPhillips he hllcd the
office for ten days by virtue of his being the senior
Coroner Of the county. Mr. Parsow is said to have
an ambition increase his experience in the Sheriff
office.
Mr. Bauer. of Hudson. is in the fire insurance busi-
ness, though al time he was an officer of the
steamship Vile d'Alger. The manual gives this in
cident in his life:
When he was eleven years old he fishing ono
day with the e!ght-year-od son of Captain Thinner
man. OF the steamboat City of Alexandria, Oh scow
off the old Eagle Dock in Hobokcn. Young Tim
norman fell overheard and he could not swim Young
Bauer who was an excellent swimmer. plunged into
the river with his clothes or and rescued ms COM
Mir hutchinson of Mercer. is merchant miller
and good word for his business In thps DEITY IN m
and grain elevator. which are situated In Hamilton
Township
Mr. Macpherson tells tersely that he was born in
Trenton on November a. 1876: is a lawyer served
six years in the local Board of Education was
president of that body and is now serving his thrd
term in the Common Council.
Mr. Thorn. Of Mercer. is the son OF well-known
cracker baker. The young man went to work in The
bakery at the age OF sixteen. and ne has been en-
poved there ever since. As to his course while in
the Board of Education. IT is said that he was one
Of the most faithful members OF the Board taking
a broad. progressive view. ana doing much 70 put
the public school system on the high plane 1t now
occupies
Mr. Wallng OF Monmouth. gives some interesting
family history in this paragraph:
He il "A grandson OF Cornelius Waling. who was Il
member of the New-Jersey Assembly In ls2'. ana a
son OF Alfred Wang. member OF ne
same body in 1880 lie was Law Judge of Mon
mouth County from 1879 10 1880
Mr. Hopkins, OF Morris. had his most thrihnG eN-
pcrience as a member of Kearny's Brigade during
the war We told that MIR Hopkins won the
June 27 1862 carrying Sergeant Richard \: Don
nelly (nOW Quartermas ster- General OF NeW-J"rS'N)
from the field under terrible cross-ire at clos"
range, and was badly wounded few minutes after
ward"
MIR Righter of Morris is a general merchant.
"IIe" the book saws. obtained his elementary edu-
cation in a village school, which. together with the
use of midnight oil and contact with the world. has
enabled him to raise himself to his present posi-
ton
OF Mr. Lower. the member from Ocean. ii il said
that from the time OF mis- majority he has taken an
active part political affairs. and at one time was
a figure of small amount in Camden municipal
politics Since his residence In Ocean County he
has been seen at nearly or quite every Republican
convention a representative of his district
Regarding Mr.. Bullock. the Independent member
from Passac, this Is put down for the benefit OF
historians:
unionism and arbitration questions, usually using
the nom de plume of 'Buny Lane 'Totowegian' or
'Anti-Frec Trader.
Alfred I.eida Flummerfelt is the fun name Of one
OF Warren's repre sen,ativee. He lis contractor
and builder, and unIcriaker