New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-02
With MEMBERS oPthe
z CITY'S q
REPUBLIC CLUBS


nee in Greater New York to escape the
! Democratic landslide of two years ago.
Mr. Calder's rise has been rather re-
markable one. Although active in bust
ness. Masonic and political circles for
years, hiSname did not figure prominent
| ly until about ten years ago. when he
was chosen to be one of the admins
trative staff of Borough President Swan
| strom. MIR. Calder played no small part
In the brilliant work Of an administration
which made so lasting n record. He was
| appointed Superintendent of Buildings,
the place now occupied by p. J. Carlin.
| Mr.. Calder had charge of the reorganiza-
| ton Of the entire Buildings Department,
and he completely reformed the method
Of conducting that branch of the borough
government, which became one Of the
J most efficient departments in the city. At
the close Of his two years term in that
capacity Mr.. Calder took a fancy TO be
a Congressman. BY his own efforts he
secured the nomination and election in a
district which had sent a Democrat TO
| Congress in the previous term He has
now served four terms, the longest con-
secutive time served by any one in the
district for twenty years He is not an
| orator, but experience in business as well
as study of political conditions give 10
| him decided advantage over the man
whose life has been devoted to politics
| alone and who has made a business of Of
| hceholding.
Mr.. Calder is to-day one Of the most
| influential Of New York State Congress
men. He succeeded the late Weep
dent Sherman in the Committee on In
, terstate and Foreign Commerce, the most
important committee IN the House, save
perhaps when the tariff is in considera-
ton. He was chairman OF the sub-com-
mittee which prepared the bill giving New
York City control OF certain navigable
streams, thus making the Jamaica Bay
Improvement possible; a bill to safeguard
the water possibilities OF the land for the
country and a bill for uniformity Of safe
~ appliances on common carriers as well
as others.
Perhaps his most important work, and
certainly that for which he IS best known,
is his continuous and successful efforts to
bring work to the local navy yard. Sc
curing appropriations for over s2OCOO.0DO
to be spent there IN the building Of bat
| tleships and affording employment for
more than five thousand men.
A Characteristic act of Mr. Calder's was
the sending OF a letter 10 every one Of
the enrolled men of his entire Congress
| District. inviting them 10 send TO him
any request they saw fit and promising
! TO give TO il the best possible attention
! His mail leaped into thousands of letters
a week. Some of these letters com
| planned that the delays in obtaining nat
uralization papers were most dishearten-
| Ing and exasperating, owing 10 the need
Of another United States Judge in Brook
| Ign. For more than twenty years an
other judge has been asked for, but in
vain, despite the urgent need. Mr.. CAL
der passed the bill in the last session
creating another judge in the Long ISL
and district.
| Mr. Calder very modestly credits his
success In Washington to his prolonged
| service. There is no doubt in the minds
OF those who know him that his consci-
entious efforts have had great deal to
| do with his influence. for he is one Of
the hardest, most interchangeable working
officials in Brooklyn.
| As a builder Mr.. Calder has trans
| formed the hilly region southwest OF
Prospect Park into q thriving, attractive,
| solidly built up com Aunity Of homes, so
extensive that 1T is known as Calderville.
Mr. Calder has been mentioned for the
Rovernorship nomination and for other
offices, but his ambition is TO continue in
| Congress from Brooklyn and his home
district, where he has lived and worked
all his forty-two years Of life.
A responsive ana enthusiastic audience
filed Colonial Hall on Thursday evening
at a mass meeting held under the aus
pices Of the Riverside Republican Club.
Miss Helen Varick Boswell, head OF the
womans department Of the Republican
| National Committee, gave an interesting
| talk on the work women are doing In
! this campaign. She said she questioned
the sincerity OF the Progressive partys
attitude toward women, and then PAID
high tribute to the work accomplished IN
the campaign by Mrs. John f. Hawger'
wife of the Republican nominee Tor the
State Senate.
O4her speakers were Charles o. Mas
! Abraham S. Gilbert, candidate for the
sup-eme Court bench; Martin BourKe'
candidate for the Assembly, and John f.
yawger, candidate for the Senate.
Three hundred and fifty members OF
the Hellgate Republican Club. Of the Zzd
Assembly District, listened last night 10
addresses by s. Walter Kaufman can
G,5ate for Congress; Max Greenoerser'