The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-04
PERSlSTENTFOE OF TRUSTS
His Battle Against the Vreelana
Corporation Bill--For the
Soldiers.

Corporation Bill--For the
Soldiers.
Senator Daily occupies a high POSITION
in the political and legal life OF ne"
| Jersey and probably no one possesses a
more thorough knowledge Of the status
Of legislation on nearly all suolecls
| touching the welfare of New Jersey As
a citizen. lawyer, legislator and states
man he stands in the front rank, ~
| honorable distinction attained by means
| Of his indomitable energy and enthusiasm
| for his profession.
Born in 1851 in Jersey City, Mr.. Daily
has ALWAYS resided within the limits OF
| Hudson county, while his fame has ex-
tended from one end of the State to the
other. His early education was acquired
in Public School No. in jersey Slty,
and among his schoolmates were some
who have since become prominent as ioi
instance Mayor Wanser, Samuel Y. DICK
| inson. City Treasurer Of Jersey CITY,
and the late City Clerk John r. Scout,
At the age of fourteen ne Went 10 "orA
| in Cory's iron foundry as an apprentice
and later he was employed in the founory
NJ the Erie Railroad Company and
| Blackmore's foundry. Among ms shop-
mates in Blackmore's was Mayor Pagan
of Hoboken. But the legal profession
| had always offered an attractive field
to Mr.. Daily, and in 1870 he entered the
office of S. B. Ransom In Jersey CITY
| Four years later he was admitted TO the
| har as an attorney, and later he was
made counsellor.
with the ambition Of his youth now
partly realized, Mr.. DAILY entered upon
the practice of law with the tact ana
| energy peculiar to self-made men, he
has practiced law in all the courts OF
the State and has represented the de-
fence in more capital cases thar n
LAWYER in the State; today he stands IN
the front rank of criminal lawyers in
the State Of New Jersey.
In the great Erie Railroad strike OF
1878 Mr. DAILY appeared as counsel for the
arrested freight handlers and secured
their acouittal. In 1887 he conducted the
defence of the Cigarmakers Union IN
Jersey City. whose leaders were charged
| with conspiracy. In this case also ne
| succeeded in obtaining a verdict OF ac-
~ouittal. His early associations have made
| Mr.. Daily entertain a very kindly feeing
toward laboring men and labor organiza-
| tons. His sympathies have beeen with
them in their efforts for just legislation
and he has always been the ardent
| champion of their cause. For this he has
earned the respect and gratitude of the
great mass of toilers in Hudson county.
In appreciation of his legal ability
President Cleveland, during his first
term. appointed him Assistant United
| States District Attorney, and this office
he held for three years. handing in his
/ resignation to an incoming administers
| ton. In 1888 he was made alternate
delegate to the National Democratic Con-
vention at st. Louis, and again in 1892
IN the Chicago Convention. In 1891 he
was urged to accept the nomination for
Member of the House of Assembly from
the Eighth district of Hudson county
Elected by a rousing majority he took
| his place on the floor of the House as
the practical leader of his party. The
same courtesy which had characterized
his work as a practitioner won for
him hosts of friends, as a legislator,
even from the opposition. and at the
close OF the session the same Legislature
appointed him Judge of the Hoboken
District Court. This office he resigned
upon his election to the Senate in 1892.
The election which resulted in the
choice of Judge DAILY to the Senate was
won after a most exciting campaign. j.
Herbert Potts. a man Of great strength
ana popularity, was nominated on the
Republican ticket, but Mr.. DAILY had such
a hold on the popular heart that he was
t~riumphantly elected by 5,645 plurality
the largest vote ever given a Senatorial
candidate in this county.
In the Senate Mr.. DAILY had gained a
reputation as a legislator that many of
the old leaders might look upon with
envy. During the first year of his term
his efforts were directed towards the
organization of the Hoboken Fire and
Police Departments, which were then
in a most unsatisfactory condition: edu-
cational facilities also were increased by
the erection of new school edifices. For
these improvements Hoboken is indebt-
ed to Senator DAILY. Entering upon his
Senatorial career when all branches of
State Government were Democratic,
Senator DAILY adopted a course toward
the minority Of such consideration and
conservatism as to win their respect,
and which later enabled him to exert
such a great influence upon legislation
when he led the handfu Of Democratic
Senators against an overwhelming MAJ
jority.
All the powers OF the silver tongued
Senator from Hudson were needed to
oppose the Republican majority whose
over-zealous enthusiasm conceived the
most pernicious partisan measures last
year. He was always III the foreground
Of the tight from the time that theT Re-