Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-03

greater responsibilities, preferring to
work hard for success rather than to
glide along in the easy path letting
well enough alone.
His ability was early recognized at
the bar, when but twenty-four years
of age he was assigned by the late
Chief Justice Beasley to defend Ar
agia and Spina, Italians charged with
the murder of Frisco, a trial still fa-
miliar in Middlesex county. He
worked in that case as if his own
life depended upon the verdict in
stead of the lives of two friendless
foreigners. His grasp of the law and
his skill as a practitioner won him
high praise from the bench and from
his associate, the late Governor Lud-
low. 1t was that case which brought
Mr.. Silzer into prominence as a law
yer.
Today he is recognized as one of
the leading lawyers of the state. He
has been honored with all of the APP
pointments in the gift of the supreme
court and has been commended from
the bench by Justices Collins and
Fort. He has served as a member
of the Board of Examiners, appoint
ed by the supreme court to examine
young men who are applying for adj
mission to the bar, a high compli-
ment. He is the secretary of the local
Bar Association and it's moving spirit.
He has made a success of his call
ing and all through hard work, grit
and a natural brilliancy. There has
been no pull to give him prefer
ment. He can thank no one but him
self and an appreciative public. Tru-
ly, he is a type of the self-made man.
| And it is a recognition of these
same characteristics that has inn
PEELED the democratic party to look
to him for leadership. They looked
to him some years ago in New Bruins
wick and made him their represen-
tative in common council, where he
served his ward intelligently and
faithfully. They looked to him some
years ago when they wanted a coun-
ty leader and they made him county
chairman.
And when he came into such power
the young leader preached a new doc
trine, at least new in Middlesex coun-
ty. He tried to show the utter folly
of putting up the Offices to the high
est bidder; to auctioning off mems
birthrights. 1t was a hard fight;
money having been used freely at
elections for years and it's use being
looked upon as a part of practical
politics. Three years ago he and
Charles e. Kelly, of Raritan, took a
decided stand upon the question and
last year he had the satisfaction of
having his own way and conducting
an election without the use of n
dollar for vote-buying. The result
surprised those men who had been
against him as being impracticable.
There were 2,100 votes cast in New
Brunswick for the democratic ticket.
This year he has united his party
under that standard; he has stirred
the young men of the party to a re-
markable enthusiasm and when brih-
cry is entirely wiped out in this coun-
~
ty, as it must be within a very short
time, George S. Silzer will be the man
responsible for that result.
His party believes that he is EN-.
inently fitted to lead it in its fight
for the purity of the ballot and that
he is especially qualified to represent
1t in the senate.
Most of Mr.. Silzer's practice has
been Oh behalf of humanity. Time
and time again he has been arrayed
against the corporations.
He has fought the Public Service
Corporation in most of the courts Of
the state. He has fought the Penn
sylvania railroad, notably in the
famous Metuchen street case and the
South Amboy Hole in the Wall"
case. He has been close to the peo-
pie and is in touch and accord with
them, in fact one of them on their
level.
He has a mind broadened by study
and experience capable of wrestling
with the perplexing questions raised
in h senate; he has an a1ertness,
born Of legal training, to ferret out
the jokers introduced in bills for the
benefit of the corporations; he pos
sesses that are gift of being able to
think quickly while in the heat of
debate; he has the power and the
independence to fight wrong no mat
ter in what cloak it is disguised.
AS a business proposition, should
not Middlesex county avoil itself of
such a mans services in the senate.
In private life Mr.. Silzer is a most
agreeable gentleman. He resides
with his wife and child in his own
cosy home at Metuchen, where he en-
joys the social life of that pleasant
borough. He is "A member Of Union