The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-31
CLARENCE LEXOW IS DEAD
LED TOMNITTEE THtT NtDE
NEW IORk POLTE HTSTOR1.
ssa af q German Journalist. he Turned to
the Law anal In Politics served two
Terms In tho state senate ami Mas
R-.pos.sibi~ Tor Important Measure.

Terms In the state senate ami " M
Responsible Tor Important Measure.
Ex-S,at. senator Clarence Lsxow. who
MAS chairman of the famous L-Sow com
mites, died yesterday At his HON. AZ
Nyack. y. Y. He had hs''-n Ill with
pneumonia since Monday.
Mr. lexow was ~ years old. having
been horn in Bruoklyn on September ID
ls5, His father. Rudolph I.xow. was
: th.. proprietor and editor OF the New.
York BsilstristischSs journal "A German,
Illustrated weekly which was then one
Of the must influential German papers
IN the country The elder Iexow in
tended that his son should follow him
A. the manager Of the paper and directed
his education to that end
clarence l,-Now studied al the German
American collsaiAt. Institute in Brook
lyn until he was is. when he was sent
To Germany To- complete his studies lie
entered the University Of Bonn. where
he had a. "A fellow student Herbert Bis
niarck, son OF the ex Chancellor. h was
while studying At Bonn that Clarence
f.sxow discovered that his preference
was for law rather than journalism and
changed his course of study with that IN
mind He came back To this country in
1877, and ut once entered the Columbia
law school being graduated two years
later.
He ent.red the Office of vose 4 Mcdaniel.
then one Of the largest law firms in New
York and was later managing clerk IN
the offict. of charles Wehle. IL wasn't
long. however. before he began To prac-
tis~ for himself and formed the firm
Of Lexow Il HaldAne. Meanwhile his
father had removed To Clarksfown. ia
Rnckiand COUNTY. Later the elder I.exow
Old his paper and retired from business.
clarence lexow made his home m
New York until 1881. when impaired health
n,ad.. il necessary for HIM To move to
the country. He went to Sysck. which
has been his home SINCE then.
He got actively into politics after
going to Nyack. and In lSsI waS nominated
for County Judge of Rockland county
on the Republican ticket He was de-
feated by the then County Judge. In
1880 he WAS nominated for Congress and
again defeated. although his county WAS
the only Democratic county IN the state
that showed Republican gam. In isss
A8d ieDl he was ask ed To run for state
senator. but declined. In lso5 he accepted
tn. nomination for state senator in the,
district comprising Orange. Dutchesr.
and Rockiand counties and carried 10
10y majority of SEQ. He became chair
man of the COMMITTEES on Internal Affairs
and of the COMMITTEES on Literature
AZ head Of the latter committee lie was
Instrumental an passing the compulsory
educational bill ana n bill for the general
revision Of the school laws % the state
The bills with which his name IN most
Intimately connected, however. arr, the
bi- partisan police bill and one calling
for the investigation of the city govern
msnt Of New YORK. which resulted in the
which conducted the -isxow nvs~ti-
CATION"
The Senate investigating committee
which bore Mr. Lexows name came into
existence on January -. 1894. senator
Lexow was the chairman The other
members were Senators OConnor
Robertson. Pound. Saxton. Cantor land
Bradley Preceding the passing of the
resolution establishing the committee
the Society for the Prevention Of Crime
under the leadership Of the Kew. DR.
Charles h, Parkhurrt. had Investigated
criminal conditions IN the city and had
revealed . condition which aroused a
public demand for a more complete
investi Cation. particularly with refcr- nee
to the connection befween this Polic..
DEPARTMENT and thor. engaged la gam
bling and vice
Inc COMMITTEES met in New York IN
February and continued It's sessions
until December u. Sixty-seven men con
n--NttI WIN the fOIlce department were
Q 'cursd OF crime. including two Commits
sIon-r-. two ext omn lssioners three
inspectors. one eN-Insp-ctDr twenty CAP
taAns and two sx-Captains When IL
came TO III. legal prosecution OF the
men accused IL was a different matter:
but as a result OF the charges the Police.
Department received u thorough shaking
mp The disclosures werv a contribuiorv
eils.. Of the -l-ctiJ III of William L. Strong
as Mayor, while John ". Gof. one of the
OF the Court OF General SessIons. William
Traver- Jerome, another Of the counsel
was a Judge Of Special S-.-~ions and la;.r
District Attorney
Mr. L.1ow was reelected at the expira-
ton Of hIs term and remained IN the
Senat. until ls9s He va- chairman Of
IN. JOINT lesIsiativ. COMMITTEES and IN
PRODUCER Of the till CREATING Greater New
York and he VA also III. h.sad Of the JOINT
committee which invest gated trtI-ir and
unlawful combinations and introduced
statutes regulating corporations. and
chairman 81 the COMMITTEES. on primary
election reforms and introduc-r Of bill
regulating party primaries IL. was
chairman OF the State convention IN 1886
and introducer IF the first gold plank IN
tn. campaign 81 1893 when he was char
man 81 tbs. COMMITTEE. On resolutions AZ th..
New York Stat. Republican convention
He wa. Presidential "isctDr IN 1861
Mr. leNo~ was m..rnl'-'r 81 the law
Cedar street n. wa- an officer IN MANY
companies among them three II the con
Germs III which Joseph & ROBIN was in
t.r~-ted. IN. Titl-. and Guarantee. Com
pany Of Rochester. IN. lftna Indemnify
Company and the South shore Traction
Company n. was president Of the
Antrim Park Realty Company. tn. Star
Publishing Company. IN. rappan I..-.
Real Estate Company and the Cities De-
v.lOpm.nt Company He was a lao "A dir.c.
TOR Of the Bank of Discount IN. Cross
Island Traction Company and the North
River Steamboat Company
Mr. Iexow ~ survived by ms WIFI who
wa- Katherine " Ferris II New York; "A
son. Morton IsxOw. and two daughters
Caroline and kai h-rin. I-Now Ui-
brother. Charles X le1ow - coun-
sci for the Washington savings
Bank which recen,lv was closed nv
the Banking Depar mont
ssThs funeral sill b. a. Nvnck on Mon.
dav N will h. prta'e The lnt-rm.n,
will be at Oak Hill Cemetery \yack