The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-27
FRANKLIN MURPHY.

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Franklin Murphy, the candidate OF thu
Republican party for Governor, nomi
mated yesterday to take high Office witt
unparalleled unanimity, is a Jerseym al
through and through. BY his paterna
ancestor he traces his genealogy through
three generations. By his materna
side he goes back to Henry Lyon, one o.
the original settlers of Newark, who
signed the Fundamental agreement, anc
who was one of the influential citizens
of the colony. His great grandfather
Robert Murphy, was an Irishman, but
came to America from England anc
settled in Bergen county. He was here
at the breaking out of the Revolution
and espoused the cause of the Colonies
with enthusiasm. He enlisted in the
Continental Army and rendered goot
service to the patriotic cause.
Franklin Murphy was born in jersey
City fifty five years ago and is now il
the prime of a robust and experienced
manhood.
When ten years of age he removed t.
Newark and there obtained his educa
ton in the public schools. When only
sixteen years old he enlisted as pri
vate in Company A. 18th Regiment
New Jersey Volunteers, with which he
remained until the close of the war
While in the army he sought only the
performance of duty and did not pu
himself forward for promotion by any
of the means too often used nc secure
preferment.
When his regiment was mustered on
he returned to Newark, and without
means, except his own natural ability
established the manufacture of varnish
for which he soon secured large trade
and which by the reason of the high
quality of his product, became celebrat
ed both in this and foreign countries
His success in this venture has beer
phenomenal.
The same rule of honesty which
governs him as manufacturer, has
permeated his entire life, and dominated
in d most masterful manner his whole
course of life. Duty and honesty are
his watch words.
He represented his ward in the BOARD
of Aldermen for two terms, during part
Of which time he was its efficient resi-
dent. He was also twice elected to the
Assembly, and in both of these positions
he manifested the same rules which
guided his mercantile transactions
His patriotism led him early into thu
patriotic associations of the Sons of thu
American Revolution and of the Coloni
al Wars. In the former he served will
enthusiasm and generous activity fol
several years as. secretary general, ant
one year as president general.
He was connected with the Parl
Commission for the establishment o.
public parks in Essex county, throwing
into that organization his usual force
when he accepts public trust.
For many years he was the chairman
of the Republican State Committee. The
able manner in which he discharged the
important duties of that position only
served to increase the confidence of Re
publicans generally in his ability and I'M
selfshness. He never once, during the
many years he held this position, used
it to advance his own interests or to i'm
pose on the party he represents any Of
the arbitrary actions which so often,
when opportunities offers, chaIacterizes
those who have been placed in proml-
nent places.
Upon the death of the lamented Ho-
bart, by the unanimous action of the
National Committee of the Republican
party, he was appointed to fill the va
cancy.
President Mckinley, appreciating his
executive ability and strong personal
character, appointed him commissioner
from New Jersey to the Paris Exposi-
ton and he spent several months abroad
in energetic service in this duty.
His nomination for Governor came to
him wholly unsolicited. He deserved
it, He is an independent man, forming
his own opinions. not impulsively, but
from examination ana thought He is
open TO argument, not welded arbitrari-
ly to his own mode of action except
from principle He is easy Of access to
all.
Franklin Murphy will be elected, and
when elected he will be Governor.