New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28
HEDGES HARD WORKER
Nominee for Governor Also Ex-
perienCed Campaigner
HELPED TO ELECT HUGHES
Candidate Managed Strong S
Campaign and Acted as
Mayors Secretary.

Job = Hedges the Republican nominee
for Governor. was born In Elizabeth
y. J.. on May 10. 1862: his father. job c.
Hedges, who was OF English stock was
killed AT the battle OF Petersburg I'm June.
1854. when serving as major OF the l'th
New York Heavy Artillery. HIS mother
was a descendant Of Abraham Clark one
of the slgners OF the Declaration OF lnde-
pendence His boyhood was spent IN
Dansville. y. y.
In 1873 Mr.. Hedges entered the River
view Military Academy, Of Poughk'epsi''
and the following year went 10 princeton
from which he was graduated In the class
Of 81 Two years later he was graduated
from the Columbia College Law School
and was admitted To the bar. He became
q law clerk In the Office OF Hastings
Gleason after graduation.
lie became A member of the Republican
County Committee in 1859. and in 1881 was
elected secretary OF the Republican
League OF the State OF Now York, ana
was a member OF the special committee
on the reconciliation Of the lStn Assem-
! bly, District
He managed Mayor Strong's campaign
| IN 1894 and was appointed private secro-
/ tary and chief clerk Of the Mayors ONCE
| on November y. 1894. In May. 1897. Mr.
| Hedges was appointed city magistrate
/ but resigned on December OF tie same
/ year
| on May 81. 1892 A'torror General
Davies appointed Mr. Hedges Deputy
Attorney General. with general super
vision Of the interests Of stockholders IN
defunct corporations and corporations IN
| tho hands OF receivers. Previously Mr.
! Uedg.s had been assignee Of IA. IL.
warner Of Safe cure fame. and was also
| associated with Daniel y Lockwood.
United States District Attorney In the
| prosecution Of General Lester b. FAUX
ner and his brother James for wreckins
| tho Dansville National Bank.
! Mr. Hedges is member OF the Prince
/ ton. University and Union League CLUBS
| OF New York; Kane Lodge. and A. Nj
| Bar Association OF the state and In the
/ city of New York. Sons Of the American
/ Revolution, New York Chapter; Sons OF
veterans, New York State.
! on February 70. 1907. lac was appointed
a special deputy by Governor Hughes 70
assist the State Railroad Commissioners
| in investigating the New York Central
wreck near Woodlawn, on February il"
1901
During the first Hughes campaign the
Republican leaders were greatly per-
turbed by the independent attitude OF
! that candidate. ana the brunt OF the cam
paign fell upon Mr.. Hedges. lie Drought
! the disairected leaders together ana no
personally conducted the candidate into
every county Of the state. He Is latt
man and has been making speeches Tor
! him. but declares that he does not want
| 10 figure as the nominee or any faction
| OF the party.
| II has been said that Mr.. Hedges aver
ages three invitations n night during the
dining season. Ills success rs an after
| dinner speaker has given him fame as
a humorist. a reputation which ho Is said
not 10 relish. He Is a kindly satirist good
natured and picturesque in his choice Of
metaphor. He spends most Of his leisure
| at the Bar Association
Mr.. Hedges has never married For years
| he lived with his aged mother, to whom
lie WAS greatly devoted. lie is deeply In
| terested In negro education and IL n fire.
ouent visitor At Hampton Institute.
out OF his experience as campaign
speaker and observer he wrote In 1870 a
textbook of political philosophy under tho
title OF Common Sense in Politics One
OF the many aphorisms between the COW
ers is, while charges OF incOnsistence,
Standardization and graft are occupy
ing public attention, II may be pertinent
! TO remark that tho political crimo OF the
present decade is not larceny but hy-
| pocrisy'