Bridgeton pioneer., 1904-11-24
MEMBERS OF THE
NEW JERSEY SENATE.

| oiiO Soiisttc. LIIoo ueW S6uaGOrS were
| chosen, and four of the old members
were reelected.
| The three Senators who have retired
will be sadly missed by those who fire.
quent the Senate chamber.
Elijah G. Hutchinson, the Mercer
Senator who retires, has served his
county in the Senate six years, and
| was member Of the Assembly before
that, having served three years ap-
premiership before going up higher.
| Senator Hutchinson is business man
in Trenton, and while not much of
| public speaker. was always ready to
| give reason for his faith, and he was
an indefatigable worker. He served
as President Of the Senate, and made
friends of all whose business required
| his attention
Jacob w. Welsh, the retiring Sena-
| tor from Morris. served three terms as
Assemblyman from his county before
going to the Senate. He is wagon
and harness dealer at German Valley,
and found that his work in Trenton
interfered with his business, therefore
he retired, after being amiliar fig
ure at the State House for the last six
/ years. He was good working member
and a bluff, honest man who had a
hearty way of expressing his opinion
and genial manners for his friends.
/ Robert S. Hudspeth, the retiring
/ Hudson Senator, was much more
conspicuous nember than either of the
others, because he was a talking men,
ber of the minority, who had to oppose
everything on principle Democratic
| principle. He served three years in
the House, and was Speaker in 1889.
| He served five years as County Judge
in Hudson, and was three times elected
to the Senate, twice for unexpired
terms OF one year each and once for
| full term OF three years. He was
| capable Senator, and though minor.
ity member, will be missed as much
as the two Republican Senators who
retired.
/ The new Senators are we'll known
men, and two of them have served in
the, Assembly.
B. B. Hutchinson, the new Senator
from Mercer, is a Trenton lawyer,
about A years OF age, former presi-
dent OF the Board OF Trade, and a
member of Assembly in 1891 and 1898,
those memorable Democratic years. J.
J. Bergen was Speaker in '92, and
Tom Flynn was Speaker in 93 Mr..
Hutchinson was one of the minority
in the coal combine and race track
episodes. He was quite a favorite
then with the habitues of the State
House, and will make good working
member of the Senate.
Thomas J. Hillery, the new Senator
from Norris, has represented the
county in the Assembly during the
last two sessions of the Legislature,
and became prominent enough to have
been elected Speaker if he had been
returned. His constituents chose to
promote him to the Senate, and he
will be quite an acquisition there, for
he is an able worker. "a ~
James Minturn, the new Senator
from Hudson, is a lawyer, and for
nearly score of years has been Cor.
poration counsel in Hoboken.. He is
the only Senator who will be new to
his surroundings.
The political complexion of the SEN
ate will not be changed. There will
be fourteen Republican Senators and
seven Democrats.
i The Democrats are Ferrell, the ex-
Congressman, 'of Gloucester; DIR. Bar
ber of Warren, who is serving his
second term; Minturn, of Hudson !;
Martens, of Hunterdon, who was for
merly an Assemblyman Strimple Of
Salem, Childs of Somerset, and Price
of Sussex.
The old members include a number
of strong men, and good speakers.
The old members include number
OF strong men, and good speakers.
Judge Cross, the veteran Union county
/ Senator, who may be President next
year, is an ex-Speaker of the House.
President Wakelee of Bergen, whose
reelection is great tribute to his
clean, efficient recordvboth in the AS
sembly and Senate; Horner, who was
Speaker of the House before reaching
the Senate; Bacheller, the Essex
leader, who served in the Assembly
as acceptedly as he has done in the
Senate; Bradley, the Camden Senator,
who was twice Speaker of the House
and always an efficient legislator; Nc
Kee of Passaic, who served in the
House and was the party leader on the
| floor; Minch of Cumberland, the or
ator who surprised the delegates to
the State Convention by really good
/ speech that was not expected; Lee of
Atlantic and Shinn OF Ocean, who