The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-10-09
John B. Vreeland will Receive
the Appointment. Several
AspirantS for the Place.
DECIDED ON TUESDAY LAST
The President will Present his Name
to the U. s. Senate for Confirmation.
Cortland Parker, Jr., was Appointed
ad interim. John l.. Swayze and
Former Judge Armstrong Wanted 1t
Mr.. yreeland's Busy Life.

1t became known last Tuesday that
former Judge John B. Vreeland of this
city was to receive the appointment of
United States District Attorney for
New Jersey to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of David o. Wat
kins. A month ago when Cortland
Parker, Jr., was appointed United
States District Attorney ad interim
by the court, it led many friends and
supporters of Mr.. Vreeland to believe
Mr.. Parker would be permanently ap-
pointed. In South Jersey former Judge
Armstrong, of Camden, was exerting
his influence to get the appointment,
and private secretary to the Governor,
John l.. Swayze, was using what power
he could command to force his own ap-
pointment. 1t did look as if some one
who was not candidate would be
named as compromise. But Judge
Vreeland had an honest claim for the
office, and it was insisted that he should
be recognized. United States Senator
Kean saw the justice of Mr.. Vree-
lands claim and at once offered his
support.
Several days ago a delegation of
prominent men of this county went to
see United States Senator Dryden to
present to him Mr.. Vreeland s posi-
tion, and Senator Dryden, who had not
previously pledged himself to any can
didate, promised Mr.. Vreeland his sup
port. 1t is now matter of the Presi-
dent sending Mr.. Vreelands name to
the United States Senate for confirma-
tion.
Morris county has reason to feel
proud Of Judge Vreeland's promotion
to the high office. He has always been
self-sacriticing man and has hosts of
friends. Judge Vreeland was born
in Newark, December 30th, 1852,
and was educated in the common
schools in that city. He attended the
Newark High School for one year
when his parents moved to Norris
town. Like all other boys, Mr.. Vree-
land wanted to be doctor, lawyer,
merchant and chief all in short time,
but as he grew older, he found that
the law demanded his attention in
preference to everything else, and in
1870 he began the study of law in the
office of Frederick G. Burnham, ESQ.
Later Mr.. Vreeland went in the office
of Colonel Frederick A. DeMott, an
able barrister, and who was then prose-
cutor of the pleas for this county. 1t
was with Colonel DeMott that Judge
Vreeland learned the art of pleading.
At the November term of the Supreme
Court in 1875 he was admitted as
an attorney and solicitor in
chancery and as a counsellor at the
June term, 1878. Chancellor McGill
appointed him a special master in
chancery in 1892, and he was also ap-
pointed aSupreme court commissioner.
When the Republican convention as
sembled in Morristown in 1895 to select
a man who could carry the party to
victory as senator, it settled upon
the name of John b. Vreeland At
that convention, when Mr.. Vreeland
was brought upon the platform and
notified of his nomination amid the
cheers of his admiring friends, he said:
Gentlemen since yon have nominated
me for your senator, ! want TO say
that when elected / shall represent
the people Of this county and do what
! believe to be for their best interest. y
And he did. Upon the expiration OF
his term in the Senate Governor
VoorheesappointedMr. Vreeland Judge
of the court of common pleas, which
position he filled with honor