Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-21
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ance Presidents' Association, and
they contributed literally.
Essex Connty's Contributions.

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! they contributed literally.
Essex County's Contributions.
On March Is, 1911 President Cleye-
lands seventy-fourth birthday, SEN
ator Dryden announced that the fund
had been over-subseribed by several
thousand dollars, and it was found
that Essex county. New Jersey, in
which Mr.. Cleveland was born, had
contributed over one-sixth of the en-
I tire fund. It has been said that there
was probably no personal acmeNe-
ment in the career of Senator Dryden
which afforded him the pleasure he
felt in making the announcement OF
the closing of the subscriptions:
| Commodore e. c. Benedict, one or
President Cleveland's closest frlends'
made this statement at the time IN
this monument somewhere In lts
archives should be recorded the fact
that Senator Dryden, so we'll known
in this State and very prominent
Republican, was Instrumental IN
bringing about this success" Dean
Andrew F. West, of Princeton Uni
versity, also said at the time:
believe it is a fact, and Senator Dry
den is entitled to special congratuia-
ton over it, that no subscription TO
a monument to any public man IN
the United States has ever been car
ried through so certainly, so swiftly
and so completely as this one. None
Think of all of the memorials, LIN
coin. Grant. Garfield, Mckinley. one
after the other. 1t is wonderful
success"
Senator Dryden did not live to wit
ness the erection of this memorial,
but the following minute from the
trustees of the Cleveland Monument
Association indicates their apprecla-
ton of the unstinted service that he
gave to this work.
Tribute to Dryden.
ITO Mr.. Dryden more than to any
other man the public are under obll-
cations for the successful frultion OF
the project of raising a fund Tor the
erection of a suitable monument TO
commemorate the life and deeds of
Grover Cleveland. Although dis
tinguished and active member of the
political party opposed to that of
which Mr. Cleveland belonged, Mr..
Dryden recognized that Mr. Cleve-
lands public services were OF great
and lasting benefit to his country
and that his simple and rugged char
acter was q fit eX9mple to coming
generations. Inspired by this view,
with patriotic fervor Mr.. Dryden ac-
cepted the leadership of the move
ment looking to the erection OF the
Cleveland memorial. and through ms
wise generalship and characteristic
business acumen the work of raising
the necessary funds was consum-
mated in n remarkably short time, |
and reached results beyond what was
originally contemplated or expected.
In memory of this, one of the last of
the many distinguished and success |
full undertakings of Mr. Dryden, and |
in testimony of our high esteem for
him as a man, our affection for him
as an associate and friend and our |
sorrow at his departure. we record |
this minute in our permanent records
and direct that an engrossed, copy
thereof be deposited in the archives
of the Cleveland memorial tower and
that another copy be sent to the
of his family
some Essex Contributors.
The following Were among the Es
sex county contributors to the fund:
Aaron Adams, Lathrop Anderson,
Charles Bradley, George Brown, Mi
chael T. Barrett e. Balbach, jr.,
Louis Bamberger Mrs. R. F. Ballan- I
tine, DIR. r. L. BurTage. Joseph NJ.
Byrne. J. II. Bachelor, James Crow
ell. Jerome Congleton,a Franklin
Conklin, s. NJ. Colgate r, D. Doug (
las. John F. Dryden, Forrest F. Dry
den, William T. Day, Henry NJ. Do
remus, Charles NJ. Decker, Thomas
A. Davis, Sherrerd Depue, E. D. Duff |
field, former Governor ]. Franklin |
Fort, Frederick Frelinghuysen, c. w. /
Feigenspan, Wilson Farrand, George |
w. Fortmeyer. w. Fl. F. Fielder, e.
f. Gnichtel. r. j. Goerke, Theodore !
j. Gerth W. c. Garrison, John K. !
Gore. Herbert P. Gleason, Z. A. Gil
lespie, Edward Gray, George R. Gray,
George R. Howe, Peter Haucl1, James
L. Hays, John L. Hardin, DR.. E. Fl.
Hamill, A. B. Hedden, L. o, Hedden,
S. s. Hedden, r. Arthur Heller, E.
W. Hine, Stewart Hartshorn, Louis
Hood. DIR. Edward j. Ill, James n.
Jarvie, r. c. JenlSinson, DR. Walter
A. Jaquith. Wilbur S. Johnson, George
Jagle, Edward Kanouse, Nathaniel
King, Colonel Anthony R.Kuser, Gott-
fried Kruger, c. H. Kelsey, George
Krementz, Hon. Samuel Kalisch,
Richard V. Lindabury. S. LeschZiner,
John J. Leidy. J. A. Lebkuecher,
Halsey NJ. Larter. former Governor
Franklin Murphy, FRANKLIN Murphy
ir., r. J. Mix, Oscar Michael, Thomas
\. McCarter, Uzal II. McCarter, New
ark Daily Advertiser Publishing Com
pany, r. A. Osborne, Henry A Pot
ter, Louis Plaut, ]. o. II. Pitney
Moses Plaut, r. Wayne Parker, Jo-
seph NJ Riker. Isaac r. Roe, P. San
ford Ross. George F. Reeve, J. S.
Rippel, Louis Schlesinger. Joseph w.
Slower William Scheerer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles W. Skinner. George B.
Speer. George Spottiswoode, former
United States Senator James Smith,
ir., F. ]. Swayze. w. r. Seidler, B.
NJ. Stanley, jr., Alfred r Skinner, M.
r. Sherrerd, Jerome Taylor, Warren
N Trusdell. William G. Trautwein,
Harrison Van Duyne, William r.
Virtue, George Virtue, Jacob e.
Ward, Leslie D. Ward, B. S, White
head, c. VOTERS, w P. Watson, Ed
ward Weston. T. NJ. Woodland, B. F,
wilkinson, DR.. ]. T. Wrightson, C.