New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-26
JERSEY NAMES MARITIME
Farmer Orator" to Succeed
Kean in United States Senate.
GETS AN OFFICE AT LAST
For Forty Years Plainfield Man
Has Been Running as an
Accommodation.
fBy Telegraph 10 The Tribune


Trenton y. j.. Jan. 25-The legislature
in joint session here to-day, selected James
r. MARITIME, Of Plainfeld, as United states
Senator to succeed John Kean. whose term
expires on March {. Forty-seven OF the
ffty-one Democratic legislators voted for
| Mr. MARITIME and three for Smith. Nc
Crath, Of Hudson, refused to vote. Mr.
! Layden. Of Passaic, Republican. was the
only legislator absent when Senator Ack-
erman called the joint session together at
noon.
Mr.. MCGOWAN Of Esex. nominated Mr..
Smith and Assembyman Phillips seconded
IT, These two. with Assemblyman Shalroy'
we're the three men who voted for Smith.
II had been their intention to vote for
James Nugent, but the latter would have
no part Of IL. Mr. Brodhead. OF Union'
nominated Mr.. MARITIME, and 1t was second
| Ell by Assemblymen Donnely. Egan and
| Simpson. of Hudson.
Ex-Governor Stokes received the votes or
twenty-one Of the twenty-nine Republicans
present He was nominated by Senator
Leayitt, Of Mercer Ex-Governor Griggs
got five votes. Ex-Governor Fort one. Sem
ator Kean one and Chancellor Pitney one.
How the Lawmakers Vote1'
The legislators voted as follows
For NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Agnew, AL
yea Backus. Balentine. Boettner. Booraem,
Bracken, Brodhead, Brown, Bum, Burke
Christie. Cole, Davidson. Donnelly. Egan,
Ford. Geran. Griffin. Hendrickson, Hinners,
James, Kenny, Lafferty, LaMonte. Leveen'
Nacksey. Martin, Matthews. Mclaughlin
Never. Mylod, Newman. Ramsay. Simpson,
Streitwolf. Taylor and Walsh, and Senators
Cornish. Fielder Fitzherbcrt. Gebhardt
Johnson, Low, Osborne. Price and Sill
Zer-47
For Smith-Assemblymen MCGOWAN. Phil
lips and Shalvoy-3.
For Stokes-Assemblymen Adams, Bacha'
rach. Hand, Jackson, Mather. McCran
Pikaart. Pine. Radcliffe. Richmond. Thomp'
son and B. II. White, and Senator's Acker
man. Brown, Edge FrelinEhuysen, Gaunt
Ieavitt Lewis Plummer and Prince-2l.
For observation-disclosures Coles, d.
Ureer. Turner, Whiticar and q. w
Whyte--5.
For Fort-Senator Nichols.
For Kean-Senator Hand.
For Ptney-Senator Bradley.
James T.. MARITIME was horn in New Yorl
CITY sixtv-one years ago. When nine year.
old his parents removed TO Cedar Broof
Farm. at Plainfield. where Mr.. MARITIME ha:
lived ever since.
For the last forty years Mr. MARITIME ha'
taken keen interest in politics. He en-
JOYS tho distinction OF having run FOR more
cffces without being elected than any othe
man in the state Four times he was {
candidate for the Assembly, four times To-
the state Senate, three times for Congress
once for Mayor Of Plainfield. and four years
ago was the choice Of the Democrats fo
the minority nomination for United State!
Senator. II was discovered the other dal
that he was elected 10 Office once. and tina
was tack in the 70's. when he was choser
as a member Of the Plainfeld Common
Council. Two years ago he came within
two hundred votes Of defeating Repre-
sentative Charles N Fowler, who was z
candidate for reelection.