The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-17
GOOD VOTE GETTER
K~ATzENBACH TWICE MAYOR
OF. REPUBLICAN CITY.
Used Veto Power Freely and Made Many
speeehes-Please Pronounce It Katz-
en-baw-Is 80 Years Old.

Frank S. Katzenbach, H., who was
twice elected Mayor of Trenton, though
the city is normally Republican. was sup
ported three years ago for Governor by the
Mercer County delegation. He was then
nominated by Bayard Stockton, of the
famous Jersey family of that name. but
the equal taxation slogan made Charles c.
Black the logical candidate. and the Mer-
GER delegation was the first TO swing to
the Hudson man, and his nomination by ac-
clamation followed.
Katzenbach pronounced Katz-en-baw),
has been a name prominent In Mercer
County history for long years. The foun-
der Of the family, old Peter Katzenbach,
grandfather of the present g~ubernatoriaI
candidate, arrived in Trenton as a poor
German immigrant boy, and got his first
job as a hostler at the Trenton House.
then a small and unpretentious inn. Old
Peter was frugal, ambitious and industri-
GUS, and before he had been in America
twenty years he owned the hotel at which
he had gone to work as hostler. Peter be-
came famous as host OF the Trenton
House, and bad the personal friendship OF
scores of statesmen, politicians and other
notables.
The present gubernatorial candidate is
very proud Of his grandfather's career.
The present asplrant for governorship
honors has had the advantage Of two gen.
eratlons of training at Princeton. His
father. whose name is the same as his
own, was n graduate of Princeton. His
father married and established a successful
plumbing house in Trenton, which is still
in existence and doing a large business.
Frank s., jr., was the class baby, the first
born OF any of the graduates of 81.
The date Of this birth was November 5,
1853 making Mr. Kafzanhqch 20 vcars NJ
age. and If he is elected he will have a
birthday present that no Jerseyman there
tofore enjoyed, for election this year will
come on November 5, the anniversary of
the birth of the Democratic candidate.
The candidate was graduated from the
State Model School in 1886, and Jour years
later was graduated from Princeton Uni
versity. Then he studied law at the Co
Law School. and later in the office
of James Buchanan. noted as one of the
leading lawyers In Mercer County. Since
having been admitted to the bar. ne has
built up a large law practise. and is re-
garded as one of the most successful of
the younger lawyers in the central section
of the State.
The political game is not at all new to
Mr.. Katzenbach, for he has been active
in that line since 1898. In that year he
was elected aldermen-at-large of Trenton
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few months later the law was declared
unconstitutional. Common Council was
Republican, but Katzenbach had made a
fair presiding officer and he was retained
in the Office two years, his full term.
The first time Mr.. Katzenbach ran for
Mayor was in 1901. Franklin Murphy ran
for Governor the same year. Frank O..
Briggs. now United States Senator, had
been Mayor of Trenton and was a candi-
date Co. .I-A4- hE--I ---t
Trenton by something over 1000 for Gov
ernor, but Katzenbach defeated Briggs By
2S8 votes. In 1908 Katzenbach was re-
elected for Mayor. In that year his Re-
publican opponent was James Buchanan,
his former preceptor In law. His plu-
rality this time was 452.
As Mayor K~atzenbach made a record for
two t-hings-vetoes and s~peechmaking. His
speeches were of the popular brand and
were mostly made before the many con-
ventions that meet in Trenton annually
He is n good story-teller, and is ever
ready with an apt anecdote with which to
cllnch an argument. All the time Katzen-
bach was Mayor the Trenton Common
Council was controlled by the Republicans,
and here Is where the vetoes came in.
Numbers of these vetoes related to bond
Issues authorized to meet deficiencies in
the city budget. Katzenbach promptly
vetoed them on the ground that the budget
should control expenditures. OF course the
ordinances were passed by the Republicans
over his veto, but all that time h was
making a Democratic record that now will
stand him In very good stead. He also
vetoed ordinances for perpetual trolley
franchises in Trenton on the ground that
only limited franchises should be granted.
These were also passed over his veto by
the Republicans. Good appointments were
also a feature Of the Katzenbach regimes
as Mayor.
Friends of Mr.. Katzenbach predict that
he will make a fine campaign. AS a law
yer he Is known as a fighter. and these
friends look to him to carry this charac-
%teristic into the contest for Governor.
Socially he Is a good fellow, and he is a
good speaker. He is noted for his splendid
memory He will make good on the plat
form or the stump. He is a member-at-
large Of the Democratic State Committee
and has been actively identified with State
politics for several years. He is married
and has two children