Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-28
With His Family, He Will Spend
Six Months Touring the
Continent.
GOING ABROAD FOR A
REST, HE DECLARES
Many Friends Bid Him God
speed-Given Loying-Cup
on Eve of Departure.
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| HOBOKEN, Jan. &.-With the best
wishes of fully one hundred of his per
sonaA friends expressed on board the
steamship Cleveland and megaphoned
| to him as the big transatlantic liner
moved from the Hamburg-American
line pier today, former Governor John
| Franklin Fort started on what he
termed. and his host of friends ad-
mitted, was a much-needed rest
/ Governor Fort would not discuss
either his future plans or the political
situation In New Jersey as 1t now
exists. Il am going abroad for a rest"
said the former governor. who looked
as hale and hearty as he did three
years ago, when he resigned as a JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court to accept the
nomination of the Republican party Tor
governor.
Originally I had intended to remain
abroad for q year or more and might
have made circle OF the globe, but
Mrs. Fort and our daughter Margretta
are unwilling to remain away more
than six months from the other mem
bers of our family
Another reason which prompts my
return not later than August is the
fact that Governor Wilson has named
me as chairman Of the citizens COM
mittee which is to arrange for the con-
ference of governors to be held at the
New Monmouth Hotel In Spring Lake
about the second week In September"
Gets Loving Cup.
The governor was given a pleasant
0sIp fua In ut yatp oh at ho txy
Country Club, Hutton Park, West Or
ange, when he was presented with a
handsome loving cup by Gen. Wilbur f.
Sadler for the members of the execu-
tive's stan during the three years of
his office. The presentation was made
at dinner rendered as a farewell to
the former Governor, who, with Mrs.
Fort, their daughter Miss Margretta
Fort, and Miss Florence Osborne, of
East Orange, departed today on the
steamship Cleveland Colonel Austen
Colgate, who was the Governors per-
sonal aide during his entire term of
office, was the host. The diners in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin w. Fort
and Miss Walton, Of East Orange and
the following members of the Gov
ernor's staff: General Wilbur F. Sad
Ter, adjutant general; Lieutenant
Colonel Oscar H. Condit and Mrs. Con-
dit, Colonel w. G. Schauffler, staff sur
geon, and Lieutenant Nelson B. Cas-
kill, aide
The affair was informal and every
one had a pleasant evening and several
toasts were proposed to the departing
guests. The party will go to the Med
iterranean countries, through the Suez
canal and the Indian ocean. They will
visit the Philippines and Japan and
return by way of California
Among shose who sailed on the
same vessel with former Governor John
Franklin Fort, Mrs. Fort and Miss
Fort. were Mr. and Mrs c. p WILL
Jams, of Newark; Miss Osborne. Of
East Orange; Mr.. and Mrs. Lenox S.
Rose, of Madison; Captain william
Shillingsburg and Peter C. Verga. of
Camden; Mrs. G. S. Richardson, of
Crawford, and G. F. Bottomley, of
Merchantville.
do you know" added the former
Governor. and his manner demon
strated the earnestness of his express
sion, "it is really pleasure to be just
plain citizen after having been
public servant on the bench from the
District to the Supreme Court and then
as governor as many years as l have
been.
Won't Talk Politics.
II have nothing to say in a political
way now. 1 do desire to express my
gratitude to my fellow citizens, par
ticularly of my own county and of the |
rest of the State, who have honored |
me In the past and by their preserval |
and tokens of esteem show their af- |
lection is a lasting one"
Some of the more enthusiastic |
friends of Governor Fort had planned |
to accompany the Cleveland to the |
Narrows with a tug and a band on
board, but they abandoned the idea at
the request of the former Governor
In addition to those present in the
party's quarters on the upper deck of
the Cleveland besides General Sadler,
Colonel Colgate, Lieutenant GaslSell
and all the members of the former gov
ernor's personal staff were Senator
Joseph H. Frelinghuysen, former SEN
ators Edmund w. WakeleeT of Bergen,
and Michael T. Barrett, Of Essex: State
Riparian Commissioner Michael r. Nc
and the following members of
the citizens committee to arrange for
the governors conference, who at the
Governor Wilson were named
by Mr. Fort: Charles L. Peck, Samuel
Heilner James N. Schoomaker, Martin
Maloney, Frank A. Duggan, Oliver s.
Brown, william 1. Blackwell, Frank S.
Edwin A. Adams and
Lewis B. Stillwell
The former governors party was
laden with floral remembrances, bon
bons and cigars Among the most
highly priced of the gifts was a won
derful creation of the rarest flowers
to be obtained at this season, which
came from the women and young girls
employed in the State House. 1t was
a token of their appreciation Of Gov
ernor Forts habit of entertaining the
state House employees annually at Sea
3irt.