The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-04
LAWYERS STILL LEAD
More Than a Quarter Of
the Next Legislature
Are Members Of
the Bar
OCCUPATIONS or THE OTHERS
One is q Chief Of Police, Another
is a Butcher and a Third is
an Undertaken.
spscta, to the Jersey csty rsus.

TRENTON, Jan. A, 1S97.-Of the eignty-
one members of the next Legislature,
twenty-one. or a fraction over a quarter,
belong to the legal profession. Nearly
one-half of the Senators are lawyers, nine
of the twenty-one belonging to that pro-
~fession. Next 10 the lawyers the most
largely represented class Is the merchants,
of whom there are sixteen, or one-fifth OF
the total of both houses. The farmers are
fairly represented in the House of Assem-
bly,. having six of the sixty members, but
none of the Senators. There are two ply
sicIan Senator's, but none of the Assem-
blymen bear the title of NJ. D. In both
houses there are four manufacturers and
three plumbers. The remaining members
represent a variety Of pursuits, including
a schoos superintendent, chief of police,
hotel keeper, statesmen, bookkeeper, ac-
countant, painters, printer, insurance
agent and others.
The lawyers are as follows:-Senators
Hoffman, of Atlantic; Johnson. of Bergen;
Daily, of Hudson; Kuhl, of Hunterdon;
Herbert, of Middlesex; Vreeland, of Nor
ris; Williams, of Passaic; Reed, of Somer-
set, and Voorhees,, of Union. Assembly
men Borton, of Burlington; Lloyd and
GtOfCl, III L l OL A11oNA -
kins, of Gloucester; Demarest, Klink,
G~oldenhorn and Leonard, of Hudson; Mac
pherson. of Mercer; GIedhill, of Passaic,
and C~odington. OF Union.
The merchant members and those VINO
are engaged in mercantile pursuits OF va
rious kinds -are:-Senator Johnson, OF
Camden; Ross, of Cape May; Stanger, OF
Gloucester; Skirm, Of Mercer; Francis, or
Monmouth, and Gould, of Sussex; Assem-
blymen Minch and Hunt, Of Cumberland;
Harrison. of Essex; Urquhart and ARM
bruster, of Hudson; Martens. OF Hunter
don; Brown and a Wickle, OF Mon
mouth, and Fighter, of Morris.
The farmers are-Asseanblyman W1ldes,
of Burlington; Fountain, of Middlesex;
Reid, Of Monmouth; CrIspen, of Salem;
Van Doren, of Somerset, and Rue, OF Sus-
sex.
Those who are engaged in the manufac-
turing business are-Senator Ketcham, OF
Essex. and A~ssemblyman Lawshe. Of
Hunterdon; Interest, of Middlesex, and
Senator William G, Perry, of Burling-
ton, and Senator Isaac Barber, of War
rem, are physicians, the latter also having
the distinction of being one OF the three
Democrats in the Senate
Assenlblymen Simpson. Rau and Bau-
mann are all from Essex, and each OF
them is a plumber by trade.
Senator Edward G. Stokes of Cumber-
land, the popular ex-President of that
body, is the Superintendent of Public
Schools of Milivllle, where he lives.
ty. Is the proprietor Of a large hotel at
Beach Haven. Senate Miller of Salem
is a lumber dealer.
Speaker Derousse of Camden is an ex-
line. ~Assemblyman Holdrum of Bergen
has the distinction of being the only
member from either House who Is re-
tired. His brother Assemblyman, I'LL
mann. from the same county, is a florist.
There is one butcher in the Legisla-
ture, namely. Assemblyman Jackson of
Atlantic.
Assemblyman Hand of Cape May has
a dual occupation, being both IN oyster
dealer and a contractor. Assemblyman
F~lummerfelt of Warren Is a contractor
and builder and an undertaken as well.
Other contractors in the House are As
semblymen Macarthur and bod of Hud-
son.
There are two members who are sales
men, Assemblymen Ebie and Hogan, of
Essex.
Assemblyrnan Powers, of Essex, is Chief
of Police of the city of Bloomfield. One of
gins Thorn, is a baker, and another, AS
semblyman Elijah G. Hutchinson is a
miller. Assemblyman Clauss, Of Union, is
also a baker.
Assemblyman Whitfield, of Middlesex,
and Bowers, Of. Warren, are maehinists
by trade; A-ssemblyman Roderiek A. Clark
of Ocean has q wide reputation as a boat
builder.
Assemblyman Bridge of Passaic deals IN
ice, and Assemblyman King Of the same
ounty Keeps a restaurant.
Assemblyman Roll, of Union, is in the
dairy business. Occupations of other mem
bers are as Observation-Disclosures Sted-
dig. Of Essex, cutlery; Assemblyman Fair
child, Of Essex, builder; Assemblyman
Jones. of Essex. real estate; Assembly
blyman Nelson, Of Hudson, insurance
agent.