The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-17
WHO THE NOMINEES ARE
Sketches Of the Men APP
pointed to Offices by
Governor Voorhees,.
[specIal q ..rhe JERSEY city News."1

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TRENTON, Feb. II, 1S99.-The gentle
for various offices on Wednesday are
prominent in the State.
General Donnelly is well known in mill
tary and political life. He served in the
Civil War and made a brilliant record as
a soldier. In 1879 he jointed the National
Guard as Paymaster of the Seventh Regi-
ment. He was promoted Major in 1881
Lieutenant Colonel In May, 1882, and in
September of the same year, Colonel. On
January 10, 1890, he was appointed
Quartermaster General of the State, a po-
sition he now holds. His nomination as
Major General by brevet is in recognition
OF valuable services rendered in preparing
troops for the late war with Spain. He
Is in the 5Sth year of his age. His pro-
motion also gives universal satisfaction.
MI. Riker, who will be the new Pros
ecutor of the Pleas for Essex county,
succeeds Elvin w. Crane, the late Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor. He will
not take possession of the office until
May IL. Mr.. Riker was born in Clinton,
now a part of the city of Newark, forty
two years ago. He is a graduate of
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bia Law School, New York. He also
studied law in the office of Judge John
Franklin Fort, in Newark. He was adj
mitted to the bar as an attorney in 1879
and as a counsellor three years later.
He then formed a partnership with his
brother. Adrian, under the firm name of
Riker & Riker, which exists at the pres
ent time. Mr.. Riker served as counse to
the Board of Freeholders of Essex county
for four years, and as City Counsel for
Newark three years. A few years ago
he was nominated by Governor Werts for
Circuit Court Judge, but the nomination
had not been reported by the committee
before the Legislature adjourned. h
office of Prosecutor is for five years and
pays $1,000 a year. There is no doubt of
a~cOnfirmation by the Senate.
Mr.. Baxter is the present Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction and he is given
a second term. Three years ago he was
appointed by Governor Griggs as a sue
cessor to Addison B. Poland, who had re-
signed. His new term begins on March
"a. His salary is $1,000 a year. Mr.. Bax-
ter is a native of Sussex county and is
fifty-seven years of age.
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the township laws, have concluded their
work and submitted their report to tine
Legislature. They are Judge William M.
tanning, of Trenton; former Assembly
man Alfred F. Skinner, of Newark, and
former Speaker James ]. Bergen, of Som
erset. They were appointed in 1897. The
report states that 600 sections of the town
ship laws have been codifed and reduced
to 9S sections, including repealers. Alto
gether, $50 acts have been repealed. The
codification takes the place of a vast mass
of existing legislation, but on the whole
no radical changes have been made. The
various townships are given the powers
they now possess with regard to public
improvements, police regulations, etc.
The codification has been a work of great
magnitude. A hearing will be given on
the report On Wednesday, March /, at 8
o'clock in the afternoon, by the Senat
Committee on Boroughs and Townships.
In the meantime copies of the report can
be had from Custodian of the State House
Bonnell, or from any Senator or Assem-
hlyman.