New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-16
''Viv" Lewis He
Is Called In
New jersey
FAME IS STATEWIDE
Popularity and Record for Eff
Gent Work Should Make
Him Governor.

/ Ask anv one in the city Of Paterson. or
! in the whole county Of Passaic. for that
matter who the Republican candidate for
Governor OF New Jersey is. and he will at
once answer WV Lewis Vivian NJ Lewis
is his name. but no one in his native Pas
sale County ~ anv one interested in the
politics Of the state. in fact. knows him
by it: IFS lust plain WV" and therein lies
partly the secret OF why he now is the can
didate with whom the Republicans of New
Jersey hone TO defeat DR.. Woodrow VIII
son, the Democratic nominee
A studious officer OF the state and a strict
disciplinarian. Vivian NJ Lewis is one Of
those vbo)e-so1led. genial fellows who have
the happy faculty of making friends out of
every man whom they meet, and of hold
ing that friendship, too. And It IS by the
happy use of these faculties that he has be
come known personally to every one active
Iy interested in the Republican politics OF
the state. from the wilds Of Sussex County
10 the sand dunes Of Cape May
But Mr. I.ewis's popularity is not solely
with the politicians Of the state. There are
other channels through which it runs, the
kind of channels which. it is expected. are
going 10 make him Governor Forts sue
cessor in the executive Office For he is in
high favor with the members of the legal
fraternity by reason Of his excellent and
efficient work as Clerk in Chancery: he is
known 10 every banker in the state by rea-
son Of his splendid supervision Of their
institutions as Commissioner Of Banking
ard Insurance, and in the same office he
has endeared himself 10 the thousands Of
workingnlen in the state who have invested
their money in building and loan associa-
tons. by reason Of his scrutiny Of their az
fairs and his immOvable determination that
the laws affecting them be carried out TO
the smallest detail. And there are hosts
Of others. too. who know WV Lewis. for,
sympathetic 10 4 large degree, he has never
failed 10 respond 10 an appeal for aid.
LIKED IN MANY CIRCLES.
In a nutshell Nj Lewis is about the most
popular man in the Republican party Of
New Jersey. and It was only natural that
when the delegates got together at the con-
vention at Trenton the other day he was
selected By them to make the fight against
Dr. Wilson. They knew Wv" and felt
that he was their friend and even if the
Republican leaders had tried TO nominate
another they would have found the task
impossible. IN fact, a week or SO before
the convention. some Of them did try to
make the lineup for another candidate, but
when they went against the ranlifcations
Of M Lewis's friends they quickly re-
treated and got on the band wagon. And
there is full knowledge throughout the
state that Nj Lewis was not nominated
for Governor by the so-called bosses Of
his party, but was named because the dele
gates wanted him and would hear OF no
one else
WV" Lewis is one Of those self-made
men who have helped to make name for
the State Of New Jersey. Unlike his oppo-
nent. he was born and bred in the city
where he has his home. 1t is only forty
one years since Lewis came into the world
and he is not only the youngest banking
and insurance commissioner the state has
ever had. but is also the youngest member
of Governor Forts present cabinet
When Mr.. Lewis finished his schooling ne
became q newspaper reporter. and the reg
ularity with which he put over scoops,
so dear to the heart of a newspaper man,
AT once made him one Of the best known
members Of that profession in Paterson.
For a time he was the correspondent Of
The Associated Press and for several of
the big New York dailies. It was only nat
ural that in this work he should form some
close friendships with lawyers and politi-
clans with whom he was constantly IN
contact, and il was not long before he was
devoting his spare time 10 d study Of the
law