The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-02-14
BRIGGS SUCCEEDS DRYDEN
Cots Al Votes. Only Colby and
Alderman Being Against Him.
State Treasurer Was Chosen by the
New Jersey Legislature, ~ TreE-
ton, After Exciting Campaign.

Trenton, n. J--Slate Treasurer
Prank o. Briggs Was elected United
States Senator from New Jersey to
succeed Senator John +. Dryden for
the full term of six years eommcac-
ing March 4 next. The election was
a clean Republican victory, as II
Republican votes were recorded for
Briggs. Fake, OF Bergen, voted for
him, although he stayed out OF the
caucus. Buck, of Cumberland, EaS
absent because Of illness
Senator Colby voted for Mahlon
PitDey after boiling the Briggs au-
Gus, and Ackerman, Of Union, voted
for John W. Griggs- He aiSo re-
NAMED out OF the auc
All day long the fight was Daged
against Briggs, and when the caucus
was held Briggs had but 40 votes,
not a majority of all the Republicans
in the joint meeting, but q majority
of the members present
When the voting commenced In the
joint meeting Senator Alderman, OF
Union, was understood as voting for
Briggs, when he really voted for
Griggs. His vas the first name ON
the alphabetical list, and his mis-
taken vote was appiauded to the echo.
1t was not until the result vas an
nounced that Il was known that Ack-
erman really voted for Griggs-
With Alderman, of Union, and Col
by, of Essex, voting away from
Briggs, the election seemed to turn
on the absence Of the two Democrats,
Aufderheide and Eppinger, of HUd-
son. Fake, OF Bergen, was in CONSUL
tztion with former Assistant Post
master-General William III. Johnson
when the balloting was started Fake
was nervous and asked Johnson,
'+What shall 1 do2" johnson replied,
"1ou- duty is to so in the joint meet
ing and cast your ballot for Frank
o. Briggs"
Fake went TO his seat, and when
his name was called, said, Frank O..
Briggs" This vote was received
with applause as the enormous audi
ence, which crowded every portion of
the Assembly Chamber galleries and
lobby, realized that Mr. Briggs was
to be elected United States Senator by
4 full Republican majority of the
whole membership Of THO Joint meet
ing.
When Secretary Tyler announced
the vote of II for Briggs and So for
James z. MARITIME (Dem.), and one
each for Pitney and Griggs, there was
prolonged applause.
This was the Briggs vote:
Avis, Barber, Bradley, Brown,
! Burk, Buxton, CatteIl. Chaplin,
Crowther. Dawson, Devine, Drake,
Elvins, Fake, Frelinghuysen, Gibbs,
Haines, Hand, Hillery, Hutchinson,
Trick, Jess, Jones, Lee, Lewis, Lila
gore, Manson, Minch, Moxon, Perkins,
Plummer, Potter, Rfdgeway, Robbins,
Shinn, Smalley, Stille, Taylor,
Thompson, Tillman, Wakelee. Total,
Al.
Alderman voted for Griggs and
Colby for Pitney. The absentees
were Buck (Rep-), of Cumberland,
were buck Rep.), of Cumberland,
and Aufderheide and Eppinger
(Dem.), of Hudson.
Frank o. Briggs is ffty-seEen
| years old. He was born in New
Hampshire, went through Phillips
Exeter Academy and was graduated
from West Point in 1872. He served
in the Second United States Cavalry
as second lieutenant until 1877,
when he resigned to enter the John
A. Roebling Sons Company as an
| engineer. He is now assistant treas
urer and a stakeholder. After leav-
ing the army he became active in poll
itics, was elected Mayor of Trenton
IN 1899 and again in 1902, and since
the end OF his Mayoralty term has
| been State Treasurer. For nearly
three years he has been the head Of
the Republican State Committee.