v^^ >- ,**\-^'.\ Z-^^."- /'\'^:^'.X \» o " " ' " -.,.^ A r-^^ ^^--^ ^" --, %>. .vO %.^ <^' /^Va:^ V.^'^ .-^ <^^^_ ^, 9i^. Editor. Phelps & Kellogg, Publishers, Commercial Bank Building, Room 19, Nos. 38 and 40 State St., Albany, N. Y. RosvvELL Pettibone Flower, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK STATE The Governor. The governor of the state of New York holds office for three years. Salary $10,000 annually, and the use of the executive man- sion. He has the power to veto all bills passed by the senate or assembly, but must do so, return- ing any such bill to the house in which it originated within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it is pre- sented to him with his objections; otherv^nseit becomes a law whether he signs it or not. After final adjournment no bill becomes a law unless approved by the governor within thirty days. Governor Roswell P. Flower who took his seat January i, 1892, and will serve till January i, 1895, was elected by 582,893 votes; his prin- cipal opponent, the republican candidate, Hon. J. Sloat Fassett, receiving 534,956, Mr. Flower's plurality being 47,937; majority over all, 2,933. Roswell Pettibone Flower was born in Theresa, Jtfferson count}', August 7. 1835. His father and mother were both natives of this state. His father's ancestors settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1696. Mr. Flower's early hfe was like that of other poor boys who have to work for a living. At sixteen he taught school ; from eighteen to twenty-four he was clerk in the Watertown post-office ; then he bought an interest in a jewelry store which he carried on success- fully. In 1862 Henry Keep, his brother-in-law, died, leaving his large estate to the management of Mr. Flower, who thus became interested in real estate, stocks, etc., and has amassed a large fortune. Mr. Flower's first vote was cast for James Buchanan, and he has always been a democrat. His only former political office has been that of member of con- gress. During his first year as governor he was brought face to face with emergencies created by riot and cholera, and in both instances quitted himself in a m.anner that won the approval and respect of all good citizens irrespective of party. He has spent much time in a personal inspection of the various state institutions, and his last annual message was in the words of one who knew for himself the needs of the great commonwealth of which he is the official head. 'J'he executive mansion under his administration has been the scene of liberal hospitality, and the un- bounded popularity of Roswell P. Flower as a man, has suffered no diminution at the hands of Roswell P. Flower, governor. THE LEGISLATURE. The legislature of the state of New York makes laws for six mil- lions of people. It meets annually at the capitol in Albany on the first Tuesday in January. It consists of a senate and an assembly, num- bering on joint-ballot 160. In 1893 it is divided as follows: Democrats, 91 ; republicans, 69. The senate is composed of thir- ty-two members, chosen by the people every odd year, for a term of two years. Senators receive an annual salary of $1,500. The sen- ate districts, from which the pres- ent senators were elected, were constituted in 1879. The present senate consists of 17 democrats and 15 republicans. The assembly consists of 128 members, chosen yearly by the people. They each receive a sal- ary of $1,500 a year. The present assembly consists of 74 democrats and 54 republicans, with one republican's seat con- tested. The assembl}' was elected under the operation of the new appor- tionment act which was passed last winter and went into effect last fall. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. Senator Edward Murphy, Jr. The principal political event of the legislative session of 1S93 was the election of Edward Murphy, Jr. , to the United States senate to suc- ceed Senator Hiscock. Edward Murphy, Jr., was born in Tro}^ December 15, 1837; was educated in that city and at St. John's college, Fordhani. For manv vears he has been a member Cleveland for the presidency, at Chicago, and Mr. Cleveland sub- sequently opposed Mr. Murphy's candidacy for the senatorship ; but in the legislative caucus only five votes were cast for any other nominee ; while the very electors who cast the vote of the Empire state for president passed a resolution warmly endorsing Mr. U. S. SE.N.VruK EDWARD MURPHY, JR of the brewing firm of Kennedy & Murphy. He began pulitical liie as an alderman from the first ward of Troy; was chosen fire commis- sioner, and three times mayor of his native city. He became a member of the democratic state committee while mayor, and has been active in that organization ever since, becoming its treasuier, and since 1888, its chairman. He opposed the nomination of Mr. Murphy for senator, making alto- geilier a personal triumph of which any man under the circum- stances might be justly proud. Mr. Murphy is not an orator, but as a business man of sound judgment and ripe experience, his qualifications are beyond ques- tion, and there is no doubt that he will guard well the great com- mercial interests of this great commercial state. NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. The Lieutenant-Governor. The lieutenant-governor is the presiding officer of the senate. Salary, $5,000 a year. He holds office for three years. He cannot debate, but can vote in cases of a tie, except upon bills. Hon. William F. Sheehan. dem., took his seat Jan. i, 1892, and his term will expire Jan. i, Tabor. Mr. Sheehan was elected to the assembly of 1885, and re- elected till he had served seven terms, five years being the leader of his party on the floor of the house, and the sixth year, speaker. Ambitious, able, energetic, quick to think and quick to act, Lieuten- ant-Governor Sheehan j possesses LIEUT. -GOV. WILLIAM F. SHEEHAN. 1895. He was elected by 575,012 votes, his principal opponent, the republican candidate, John W. Vrooman, receiving 540,593. Mr. Sheehan was born in Buffalo, Nov. 6, 1859. He sold newspapers, was a ferry boy, etc. , etc. ; was edu- cated at the public schools and St. Joseph's college. At the age of twenty-one was admitted to the bar, and since then has practiced law, since 1883 in partnership with ex-Attorney-Genera] Charles F. in a high degree the elements of a successful politician. Mr. Sheehan is popular in his part}^; the rank and file of which especially admire their young, aggressive leader. He is in warm sympathy with Senators Hill and Murphy. No one supposes that in the lieutenant-governorship he has reached the highest round of his political fortune. He is married and lives in Buffalo. NEW YORK STATE The Senate of 1892-3 Ahearn, John Francis, 6th dis- trict (wards 7, 11, 13 and part of ward 4, New York), dem., was born in New York, Apr. 18, 1853. Has been a clerk in various busi- ness houses. Married. Was in assembly of 1882 and in the sen- ate of i8qo-i. Is chairman of r farm till he went away to school — teaching a part of the tinie. He prepared for college at the Stam- ford (Delaware county) seminary, and graduated from Yale, class of '75. In January, 18S5, he was admitted to the bar, and has since practiced law in Catskill. He has alwajrs been actively interested in politics, but has heretofore held no office except that of school com- missioner for the first district of Greene county for three consecu- tive terms, January i, 1876, to Jan- uary 1, 1S85, having been elected on the democratic ticket. His service as school commissioner naturallv identified him with the educational projects of his county and state, in which he retains a deep and intelligent interest. His plurality over Jacob I. Werner, rep., in the senatorial contest was 2, 788. Chair- JOHN F. AHEARN. committees on banks and public printing, and is on commerce and navigation, and public health. Aspinall, Joseph, 3d district (wards 3, 4, 7, 11, 13, ig, 20, 21, 23, Brookl^m), rep., is a native of Brookljm, born in 1854, and un- married. Is a graduate of Colum- bia College law school ('75), and practices law. Was in the assem- bly in 1888-9 aiid. '91. Was elected to the senate by 24,976, a plurality of 2,157 over Charles W. Suther- land, dem. Is on committees on commerce and navigation, insur- ance, joint library. Bloodgood, Clarence Edelbert, 14th district (Ulster, Schoharie and Greene), dem., is a resident of Cats- kill. Married. He was born in Jewett, Greene county, February 3, 1849. Worked on his father's JOSEPH ASPINALL. man of the committees on poor laws, and roads and bridges; and on finance, judiciary, militia and canals. Brown, William L., 5th district (Richmond county, wards i, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 14, and portions of 4 and 9, New York), dem., was born in LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. Vermont on Christmas, iSjo. He New York and the University law passed his boyhood in Mahoning school, from which he graduated county, Ohio, where his father died, in 1875. For five years he was a and he was left to support his reporter on the New York World. mother. He taught school, and He has practiced law for some was so doing in Mississippi when the war broke out. He came north and served in the 88th and 125th Ohio regiments, but owes his title to being aid-de-camp to Governor William Allen of Ohio. After the war. Colonel Brown became a res- ident of Montana, and was made chief clerk of the territorial legisla- ture, and engaged in successful mining operations. Coming back to Youngstown, Ohio, he took charge of the Vindicator, a democratic and labor paper, and was active in democralic politics. He next WILLIAM L. 1;K(i\\X. time, and has been active in poli- tics, being a prominent member of Tammany Hall. He served in the assemblies of 1SS5, '86 and '87, and in the senates of i88S-g and 'go-i, having been made the dem- ocratic leader in his first term — an CL.4.KEXCE E. BI.(ioIjU< n il i. removed to New York, where he is the business manager of the New York News and partner in the publication of the paper. He was elected to the senate of 1S90-1 by the Tammany organization by 9,466 plurality, and again to the senate of 1892-3 by 8,946. Is mar- ried. Chairman of committees on cities, and grievances ; and on education, printing, roads and bridges. Cantor, Jacob A., loth disti-ict (parts of wards 20. 21, 19, 12, 22, Ward's island and Randall's island. New York), clem. , the president/rt' ( on. of the senate, was born in New York, December 6, 1 8 54, his parents being natives of London. He was educated in the public schools of JACOI! .v. rANTO*. unusual compliment. At his last election he received 26,310 votes, a plurality over Leroy B Crane, rep., of 4,627. Mr. Cantor is alert, vig- orous and aggressive, and his cour- NEW YORK STATE age and success in debate long ago Was assistant district attorney won for him the much abused, but from 1869 to 1872 ; clerk of Oneida in this case, very pertinent title county, 1880 to 1883; Member of of the "Little Giant." Chairman of assembly in 1873. Since 1884 he has been a member of the senate, and is now serving his fifth term. Is married. Mr. Coggeshall is one of the well-known debaters of the senate. He delights in giving sharp and poignant thrusts, and, naturally, receives them in return, although quick to parry. He is apt in quotation, and frequently indulges in humor at the expense of his opponents. He is now the Nestor of the senate — no other senator having served more than two terms. His last election was by 1,567 plurality over '1 homas E. HENRY J. COGGESHALL. the committee on finance; on judi- ciary, general laws, education, rules. Coggeshall, Henry J., 22d dis- trict (Oneida), rep., was born in Waterville, his present home, April 28, 1845; was educated in the com- mon schools, studied law and was JOHN H. DERBY. » admitted to practice in 1866. He has been a village trustee, presi- dent of the fire department and a member of the board of education. HARVEY J. DUXALDSON. Kenney, dem. Committees: gen- eral laws, cities, claims. "^ Derby, John Hamilton, "^'i 6th district (Rensselaer and Washing- ton), rep., was born in Sandy Hill, June 20, 1845; was educated there and lives there. He is married, and a member of the firm of How- land & Company, paper manufac- turers. He has been three years supervisor of Kingsbury, and last year was chairman of the board. He is president of the Sandy Hill Power Company, and interested in various local enterprises. His plurality over Michael F. Collins of Troy, was 661. Committees: canals, internal affairs, villages. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. Donaldson, Harvey J., i8th dis- trict (Saratoga, Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schenectady), rep., was born in Argyle, Washington county, September 15, 1848. He JAMES T. EDWARDS. was educated in the schools of Montgomery and Albany counties. Is married, and lives in Ballston Spa. Until 1880 his business was that of a contractor ; for the next six years he was a paper manufac- turer, and he is now retired, but IS a director of the First National Bank of Ballston, and of the Citi- zen's National Bank of Saratoga Springs. He was in the assem- bly in 1888-9, ^"^d in the senate in i8go-i. He was elected this time by a majority of 300 over E. H. Hoyt, dem. Committees: canals, engrossed bills, game laws, printing. Edwards, James T., 32d district (Cattaraugus and Chautauqua), ind. rep., was born at Barnegat, Ocean county. New Jersey, Janu- ary 6, 1838; was educated at Pen- nington seminary and Wesleyan university, where he graduated in i860. He served as private and lieutenant in the nth Rhode Is- land volunteers, and adjutant of Parole camp, Virginia. From 1864 to 1870 he was principal of East Greenwich seminary, during which time he served three terms in the Rhode Island senate. For twenty- two years he has been pres- ident of Chamberlain institute at Randolph, where he has educated about six thousand students; has been from the first connected with the Chautauqua movement, and for ten years at the head of its scientific department. He is well known as a Methodist preacher, and also as a speaker upon agri- cultural, scientific, patriotic and educational topics. Has received the honorary degrees D. D. and LL. D. Is the author of numerous published addresses and two books entitled, respectively, " The Grass Family," and the " Sylva of Chati- tauqua Lake." He first received the nomination by "certificate," which nomination was subsequently endorsed by a people's convention and afterwards by the regular democratic committee. By this course he was elected over Com- modore P. Vedder, rep., b}^ a plurality of 1,061, receiving in all 14,415. Chairman of committees on railroads, education ; and on health, Indian affairs, public ex- penditures, agriculture. Emerson, Louis W., 19th dis- trict (Clinton, Essex and Warren), rep., is a resident of Warrensburg, Essex county, where he was born (July 25, 1857,) and educated. Single. The only office he has ever held was that of senator in LOUIS W. EMERSON. 1 890-1. His opponent in the last senatorial election was Hiram Wal- worth, who was defeated bjr 2,227 plurality. Mr. Emerson isabanker, manufacturer of wood pulp, shirts NEW YORK STATE and lumber, and is largely inter- ested in real estate. Committees: banks, public expenditures. Endres, Matthias, 31st district (Erie), dem., was born in Buffalo of German parents, July 6, 1852; was educated in that city ; was first a compositor, then a gas-fitter, and now a lawyer. He has been elected four times to the assembly, always running ahead of his ticket a habit which he kept up in the senatorial contest, in which the former incumbent, John Laughlin, rep., received 27,844 and Endres 28,623, making Endres' majorit}- 779, which was nearl)?- 400 ahead of his ticket. In 1887 Laughlin's majority was 4,301, and in 1889, 2,67 [. Chairman of committees on canals, and Indian affairs; also on general laws, cities. . Erwin, George Z., 2otli district (St. Lawrence, Lewis nnd Frank- lin), rep., was born in Madrid, Jan- uary 15, 1840; was educated at St. Lawrence academy and Potsdam (his present home) and Middlebury (Vermont) college. Was admitted to the bar and has practiced law since 1869. He was in the assem- bly in 1882, '83, '84, '85,' 86, '87 and '88 — in the latter year being speaker — and in the senate since 1888. At the last election no one was nominal etl against him on any ticket. The democrats neither noininated nor indorsed. He re- ceived in St. Lawrence county, 11,283; Lewis, 3,709, and Franklin, 4,533; a total of 19,525. Senator Erwin is active, both in committee and in debate, and enjoys the hon- or of being the republican leader in the senate. Committees: finance, taxation and retrenchment, general laws, rules. Floyd-Jones, Edward, ist dis- trict (Queens and Suffolk), dem., makes now his first appearance in state politics. He was born in South Oyster Bay, Queens county, in 1823; was educated at Union academy, Jamaica, Long Island, and the only official position he has heretofore held has been that of supervisor. He is at present a farmer, but was formerly a mer- chant at Stockton, California. Widower. Received 16,801 votes, a plurality of 2,277 over Lucien Knajsp, rep. Chairman of commit- tee on game laws; on commerce and navigation, insurance, agricul- ture, engrossed bills. Hagan, Edward P., gth district (parts of wards ib, 19 and 21, New York), dem., was born in New York, Februarj- i, 1846. He was educated at the public schools and the college of the City of New York. He has been in the real estate business. He was in the GEORGE Z. ERWIN. assembly in 1879, '80, '85, '86, '87, '88 and 'Sg. He was elected to the senate by 12,797 plurality over Frank Pisek, rep. Chairman of committee on claims ; on railroads, cities, commerce and navigation, poor laws, salt. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 13 Hunter, Thomas, 26th district make barrels for a living, if neces- (Cayuga, Seneca, Tompkins and sary, as he is a cooper by trade Tioga),rep., was born in Baltimore, He was in the assembly in 1882 Maryland, September 11, 1834; was educated in the common schools of Cayuga county, whither his parents moved when he was but three years old. He began work on a farm ; was afterwards a laborer on a railroad; then a foreman; then a miller. Went to war as a private in Company F, iiothNew York; served under Banks and in Florida ; was promoted to captain ; served through the war; came north and went into business as a contractor, building part of the Southern Cen- tral, ninety miles of the Rome, Wateitown & Odgensburgh, and 83 and '8g, and in the senate of 1 890-1. He received at the last EDWARD p. HAGAN. senatorial election 28,246 votes, a plurality over Edward H. Schleu- ter of 2,893. Mr. McCarren is active m debate, particularly when- ever the interests of Brooklyn or EDWARD FLOYD-JONES. four - tracking the Central from Syracuse to Clyde ; he also assisted in building the Welland canal. His home is at Sterling, Cayuga county, where he is a successful farmer. He was in the assem- blies of 1881 and '82, and the senate of 1890-1. His plurality over William H. Shaw, dem., was 2,836. Committees: prisons, library, militia. McCarren, Patrick Henry, 4th district (wards 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, Brooklyn, New Lots and Flat- lands), dem., was born in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 8, the democratic party are in ques- 1849; '^^'^s educated in Brooklyn tion. Chairman of committees on public and private schools. Single, commerce and navigation and pub- Is engaged in the insurance,, and lie expenditures; on finance, canals, real estate business but could banks, prisons, grievances. THOMAS HL'NTER. 14 NEW YORK STATE 2d district McClelland, Charles P., 12th 9, 10, 12, 22, district (Westchester and Rock- McCarty, John, (wards i, 2, 5, 6, 8, y, j.^, .-, --, v-- .--- Brooklyn.Flatbush, Gravesendand land), dem., was born m Scotland, New Utrecht), dem., was born in December 19, 1854; came to this country when a child ; was educated at the public schools in New York, and graduated from the New York Universit)^ law school in 1880. His home is at Dobb's Ferry, where he has held several village offices, and he has been deputy collector of the port of New York. Was in the assembly in 1885, '86 and'91 — in the latter year being chairman of the ways and means committee, and leader of his party on the floor. He was elected to the senate by 16,288 votes, a plurality over Brad- ford Rhodes, rep., of 2,323. The PATRICK H. MCCARREN. Westchester county, but has lived in Brooklyn since he was eighteen years old. He is in the real estate business. Has been alderman and president of the board. His plu- ClIARLtS i'. MCCLELLAND. district had long been represented before this by Judge Robertson, a republican. Chairman of commit- tees on insurance, joint library; on judiciarv, railroads, prisons. f-'®McMahon, Martin T., 8th dis- trict (ward 16, parts of 9, 15, 18, 21 and 20, New York), dem. , was born in La Prairie, Canada, in 1838; was graduated at St. John's col- lege, Fordham, and subsequently received from that institution the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. Is a widower. He was chief of staff of the famous 6th army corps, and rality over Archibald C. Weeks was participated in all the great battles 16,315. Chairman of committees in which the Army of the Potomac on prisons, public buildings and was engaged. He was brevetted library; on railroads, cities, insur- maj^-general and received a medal ance, manufactures. of honor from congress for " dis- "jOHN MCCARTY. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 15 tinguished bravery. " He resigned from the army in 1866 and resumed the practice of law in New York ; was shortly afterward appointed corporation attorney, and later, on MARTIN T. MCmaHON. account of failing health, resigned and accepted the position of United States minister to Paraguay. Was appointed receiver of taxes of the city of New York in 1872, and served for twelve years in that re- sponsible office, which he resigned to accept the position of United States marshal from President Cleveland. He is commander of George Washington Post, G. A. R. ; a member of the military order of the Loyal Legion, and was elected senior vice-commander of that organization when Admiral Far- ragut was the commander. He succeeded General Grant as presi- dent of the society of the Army of the Potomac, and is vice-president of the United Service club, and a member of the Manhattan club. For twelve years he has been a member of the board of managers of the national homes for disabled volunteers, which has the care of all the national homes established by congress. He was member of assembly in 1891, and was elected to the senate by 13,601 votes, a plurality of 1,367 over Lispenard Stewart, rep. Chairman of com- mittees on militia, general laws ; on judiciary, canals, game laws. Mullin, Joseph, 21st district (Oswego and Jefferson), rep., was born May 29, 1848, in Watertown, his present place of residence. Is married and practices law. Has never before held office. Is a di- rector in the Watertown National Bank, Farmers' National Bank of Adams, Ontario Paper Company and the Watertown street railway. He was elected to the senate by 3,568 plurality over Charles W. Clare, dem. Committees: griev- ances, judiciary, railroads. Nichols, John Adams, 25th dis- trict (Onondaga and Cortland), dem., was born in Derby, New Hampshire, September 13, 1848. Was educated at Cambridge, Mass- achusetts, and Geneva, New York. Is married. Has been a contractor and manufacturer, but is now a farmer of 800 acres at De Witt, although his address is Syracuse. For three years he has been super- visor, but has held no other politi- cal office till elected senator. The election was spirited, and it was at first declared that his opponent had been elected, but judicial pro- ceedings demonstrated that the illegal action of the county clerk had invalidated certain ballots. JOSEPH MULLIN. The case was taken to the court of appeals, which so decided that Mr. Nichols was given a plurality of 864 over his opponent, Rufus T. Peck. Chairman of committees on salt, agriculture ; on cities, miscel- i6 NEW YORK STATE laneous corporations, engrossed bills, villages. O'Connor, Edmund, 24th district (Delaware, Chenango and Broome), rep., is serving his second term in JOHN A. NICHOLS. the senate. He was born in Ire- land in 184S; came to this country when a child; was educated at Little Falls and Delhi. Is married, and now practices law in Bingham- ton. Senator O'Connor is one of the most impressive debaters in the present senate — impressive because he never speaks unless he had something to say. Although loyally republican, he frequently displays independence of ideas, and has gained much solid respect therefor. He rarely arises to echo tlie speech of some one else ; what he says is original, and he often throws new light upon a sub- ject after it has supposably been worn threadbare. The Irish blood in his veins makes him a hard fighter, but always an honorable one, and he is respected accord- ingly. Committees: judiciary, tax- ation and retrenchment, erection and division of towns and counties. Received 16,978 votes, a plurality of 2,466 over Charles W. Brown, dem, Osborne, Edward B., 15th dis- trict (Dutchess, Columbia and Put- nam), dem., was born of New England parents, at Northampton» Massachusetts, August 3, 1814, and was educated at the printer's case. ^hen thirteen years of age he entered the office of the North- ampton Gazette as an apprentice ; from 1834-5, he was foreman of the Salem Landmark, then organ of the Rev. Dr. Cheever in his famous " Deacon Giles Distillery" controversy; in 1836 he was pub- lisher and' editor of the Quincy Patriot, then home organ of John Quincy Adams, in his struggle in congress for the right of petition ; from 1837 to 1853 he was editor and publisher of the Danbury (Connecticut) Times. In 1853 he moved to Poughkeepsie and pur- chased the American of that city, cha,nging its name to the Dutchess Democrat, which in 1856 was com- bined with the Telegrapli. Mr. Osborne continued as editor and proprietor of the paper until 1883, when he disposed of his interests and retired. He lives in Pough- keepsie. He has always been a democrat, and served in the assem- bly in 1884, '85 and '91, and as county clerk of Dutchess from 1886 to 1889. His election to the senate was by fourteen plurality over Gil- bert A. Deane, who died soon after EDMUND O CONNOR. the election. Chairman of com- mittees on villages, erection and division of towns and counties ; on finance, taxation and retrenchment, commerce and navigation. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 17 Parker, Amasa J., i7tli district plurality was 5,121 over Jacob H. (Albany), dem., was born in Delhi, Myers, dem. Committees: corn- Delaware county, May 6, 1843, and merce and navigation, canals, mis- is the only surviving son of the cellaneous corporations. late Judge Amasa J. Parker. He is a graduate of Union college, class of '63, and of the Albany law school, '64. He has practiced law in this city ever since graduation, Has been prominent in the Na- tional Guard since 1S64. Is now receiver for Weed, Parsons & Co. Was assembl^'man in 1882, and senator in 1886-7. Is a widower with six sons and daughters. He received at the senatorial election f9>559 votes, a majority over V. H. Youngman, rep., of 4,630. Chairman of committees on public Plunkitt, George W., nth dis- m 1 Hk -^^ i ^HHa^ 2jt J i i AJIASA J. PARKER. trict (wards 23 and 24, and parts of 12, 20 ana 22, New York), dem., was born in the 22d ward, Novem- ber 17, 1842, of Irish parents. Is a general contractor. He was in the assemblies of iS6g and '70, and the senates of 18S4-5 and 'S6--7. EDWARD 1!. OSBOKNE. health, taxation and retrenchment ; on finance, general laws, judiciary, rules. Parsons, Cornelius R., 29th dis- trict (Monroe and Orleans), rep., was born in York, Livingston county. May 22, 1842, but was early in life removed to Rochester, where he was educated, and has since resided. His father, the late Thomas Parsons, was in the assem- bly of 1858, and in the senate of 1866-7. The present senator has been alderman of Rochester for seven years, and was president of the common council in 1871; and for fourteen years, beginning with 1876, mayor of the city. He was in the assembly of 1891. Is mar- ried, and a lumber merchant. His CORNELIUS R. I'.VRSOxXS. He received at his last election 27,240 votes, being elected b}^ a plurality over Michael J. Fentonof 7,161. Chairman of committees on engrossed bills, miscellaneous corporations; on taxation and re- i8 NEW YORK STATE trenchment, railroads, jointlibrary- (wards lo and 17, and parts of 15 Richardson, William P., 13th t8 and 21, New York), dem., was district (Orange and Sullivan), rep., born in New York, June 19, 1855. was born in Lawrence, Massachu- Is a graduate of Columbia law setts, May 10, 1848. Is now a school, and was admitted to the bar October 30, 1876. Wasamem- ber of assembly in 1883, '85, '87 and 89, and senator in 1890-1. Is unmarried. He was re-elected to the present senate by 5,532 plurality over John A. Dinkel, republican, county democracy. New York democracy and fusion. Chairman of committee on judi- ciary; on insurance, erection and division of towns and counties, joint library. Saxton, Charles T., 2Sth district GEORGE W. PLUNKITT. farmer in Goshen. He is presi- dent of the Orange county farmers' association, and director of the state agricultural society. He is married. Was senator in 1890 and WILLIAM p. RICHARDSON. 'gi. Re-elected by 607 plurality over C. Fred Lamont. Commit- tees: cities, manufactures, roads and bridges. Roesch, George F., 7th district GEORGE F. ROESCM. (Wayne, Ontario, Schuyler and Yates), rep., was born July 2, 1846, in Clyde, where he was educated, and where he now resides. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in the 90th regiment, participating in the Red river campaign and that of the Shenandoah valley, fighting and serving until his discharge in 1866 with the rank of sergeant-major, and at less than twentj^ j-ears of age. In 1867 he was admitted to the bar. He served in the assem- bly in 1887, '88 and '8g — two years being chairman of the judiciarj- committee. In i8go-i he was in the senate, where he distinguished himself as the father and advocate of the ballot reform bill, which popularly bears his name. He is LEGISLATIVE SOUA^ENIR. 19 also author of the law known as the " Corrupt Practices Act," and his name is associated with other important legislation. It is one of his characteristics to be on the rieht CHARLES T. SAXTON. side of every important measure and usually its vigorous supporter. He is prominent in the G. A. R.,and has received the degree of LL. D. from Union college. No demo- crat nominated against him at the last election. Married. Commit- tees: miscellaneous corporations, judiciary, insurance. Smith, John E., 23d district (Madison, Otsego and Herkimer), rep., was born in Nelson, Madison county, Aug. 4, 1843, and now lives in Morrisville. Educated at the district schools and at Cazenovia seminary. Is also a graduate of the Albany law school (class of '67). He was district attorne}' of Madison county in 1878, '79 and '80, and in 1882 was appointed such by Gov. Cornell, ince Henry Bar- clay, resigned. Was senator for the district which he now repre- sents, in 1886-7. Was also assist- ant United States attorney for the northern district of New York from July i, 1S89, to July 15, 1891. Married. Plurality over John D. Henderson, dem., and Prof. Green, pro., about 2,100. While in the senate Mr. Smith has taken an active part m general legislation ; has introduced many general laws which are in the interest of the people ; has been active m debate. and acquired a wide reputation for hard and faithful work. Com- mittees: finance, general laws, poor laws. Van Gorder, Greenleaf S., 30th district (Wyoming, Genesee, Liv- ingston and Niagara), rep., was born in York, Livingston county, June 2, 1855; was educated in tlie common schools, Angelica academy and the academic department of Alfred University. Admitted to the bar at Buffalo, June, 1877. Married. Was in the assemblies of 1888 and '89 and the senate of 1890-1. Is a trustee of Pike semi- nary and prominent in the Masonic order. Was re-elected by 441 plu- rality over Harvey Arnold, dem., and farmers' alliance. Commit- tees: state prisons, engrossed bills, salt. Walker, Charles Edward, 27th district (Chemung, Steuben and Allegany), dem., was born in Cor- ning, March 11, i860. He was edu- cated at the Corning free academy and spent one year at Hamilton college. He is the son of the late Charles C. B. Walker, and receives a welcome everywhere for his father's sake, but soon makes JOHX E. SMITir. friends on his own account. He is single. With the exception of aid- de-camp on Gov. Hill's staff, this office is the first he has ever held. He has one of the finest farms in the state at Palmvra, and takes great NEW VORK STATE pride in his horses and cattle; is largely interested in the lumber business, and is a member of the firm of M. D. Walker & Co., Corn- ing. His opponent, Franklin D. GREENLEAF S. VAN GORDER. Sherwood received a plurality of the votes cast, but was declared ineligible by the court of appeals on the ground that he was a city officer. His seat was declared CHARLES E. WALKER. vacant, and awarded to Mr. Wal- ker. Chairman of committees on internal affairs, manufactures ; on claims, miscellaneous corporations, railroads. SENATE COMMITTEES. Finance.— C&wVov, McCarren, Parker, Osborne, Bloodgood, Erwin, Smith. /«fl'/«V?;-3'.— Roesch, Parker, McMahon, Cantor, McCleUand, Bloodgood, Saxton, O'Connor, MuUin. Taxation and Retrencliment.—V&xVur, Plunkitt, Osborne, Erwin, O'Connor. General ZrtEt'.f.— McMahon,' Parker, Cantor, Endres, Erwin, Coggeshall, Smith. 7?iz//;0(?(3'i-.— Edwards, Plunkitt, ilc- Cartv, Hagan, McClelland, Walker, Mullin. Oy/f.j-._Brown, Hagan, McCarty, En- dres, Nichols, Coggeshall, Richairdson. Commerce and lYavi^^af ion.— ^\cCs.r- ren, Ahearn, Hagan, Osborne, Floyd- Jones, Aspinall, Parsons. Canals.— Andrea, McMahon, McCar- ren, Bloodgood, Donaldson, Parsons, Derby. J}isiirance.—'h\cC\e\\&-n6.. Ahearn, ]\Ic- Cartv, Roesch, Floyd-Jones, Saxton, As- pinall. Miscellaneous Corporations. — Plunkitt, Nichols, Walker, Saxton, Parsons. A'«.s-.^Hagan, Walker, Coggeshall. Roads and Bridges. — Bloodgood, Brown, Richardson. Erection and Division of Tmims and Counties. — Osborne, Roesch, O'Connor. Indian ^4^(ZzV-i-.— Endres, Edwards, Hunter. Poor Laivs. — Bloodgood, Hagan, Smith. Manufacture of Salt. — Nichols, Hagan,' Van Gorder. Game laws. — Floyd-Jones, McMahon, Donaldson. Griei'ances.— 'Brown, McCarren, Mul- lin. Public Buildings.— McCarty, Plunkitt, Hunter. Public Expenditures. — McCarren, Ed- wards, Emerson. Agriculture. — Nichols, Floyd-Jones, Edwards. Rules. — Cantor, Parker, Erwin. Joint Library. — McClelland, Roesch, Aspinall. Privileges and Elections. — Roesch, Endres, Emerson. Military Affairs.— WCM.a.'Tiori, Blood- good, Hunter. Public Pri?iting. — Ahearn, Brown, Donaldson. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. NEW YORK STATE The Assembly of 1893. William Sulzer, Speaker. The speaker, William Sulzer, of active interest in politics, and is a the loth New York assembly dis- democrat of pronounced views, ■trict, was born in that city March and firm in his loyalty to party 18, 1863, and is the youngest man organization. He was iirst elect- that ever occupied this responsible ed to the assembly in i88g, and position. He was educated in the each year since by increasing \\lLl,lAiM sn./.EK, SPEAKER public schools and Columbia col- lege. He early began the study of law, and was admitted to prac- tice on reaching his majorit}^ As a lawyer he has won considerable fame and reputation. He is per- severing, tenacious, and has the faculty of accomplishing a good deal of work. During the past few years he has been identified with some very important cases tried in the city of New York. He is not married. Mr. Sulzer has always taken an majorities. For this, his fourth term, he received 7,106 votes, a plurality over Joseph J. O'Donnell of 4,357. Mr. vSulzer has made a brilliant reputation as a legislator, and has previously served on most of the important committees of the house. Last year he was the chair- man of the judiciar^r committee, and one of the leaders on the floor in all important debates. He has introduced and passed some of the most commendable and important legislation in recent 3'ears. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 23 Last 5reai- his name was promi- nently mentioned for tlie speal-:er- ship, but he gracefully withdrew in favor of Dr. Bush. This year the "»CHARLES R. DE FREEST, CLERK. honor was conferred tipon Mr. Sulzer almost- without serious thought of any other name. Charles R. De Freest, Clerk. Charles Rutger De Freest was born July 24, 1852, in the city of Troy. His father, David De Freest, a native of North Greenbusli, Rens- selaer county, was a farmer, and shortly after the birth of his son, removed to a farm in North Green- bush, a few miles south of Troy, where the early life of the subject of this sketch was spent. His education was received at the dis- trict school, in North Greenbush, at the sixth ward public school in the city of Troy, and afterwards at the high school in that city, .of which he is a graduate. His first employment was that of a reporter on the Troy Daily Pi-ess, where he remained two years, resigning to accept a similar position on the Troy Daily Times, of which paper he was subsequently city editor for a number of years, and was afterwards managing editor of the Troy Northern Budget. In 1875, when the Hon. Edward Murphy, Jr. , was elected mayor of the city, Mr. De Freest was appointed city clerk. He was afterwards made deputy comptroller, and remained connected with the city govern- ment as long as Mr. Murphy held the position of mayor. He was connected with the state insurance department for several years, and in 1 89 1, 1892 and 1893, was the unanimous choice of the demo- cratic party for clerk of the assem- bly. Mr. De Freest has always been a democrat, and has always been an active worker in behalf of his party, in the city of Troy, as well as in connection with the state committee, having been a member of the democratic central commit- tee from the third ward, for sixteen i^ears. In 1887, when Mr. Murphy was made chairman of the demo- cratic state committee, Mr. De Freest was selected by him to iill the position of clerk of that organi- zation, which he still holds. He has had almost exclusive charge of the correspondence and work of organization, and is probably more familiar with the details of party management than any other man in the state, except Senator Hill and Chairman Murph}-. He is per- sonally acquainted with the demo- cratic leaders in every election district in the state, and has on inanjr occasions been entrusted C. CLINTON .VDAMS. with delicate missions in behalf of the organization, by Senator Hill, of whom he is an ardent admirer, and in the success of whose political ambitions he is a sincere believer. 24 NEW YORK STATE [The number immediately following the name is the number of the seat in the assembly chamber.] Adams, C. Clinton (Si), Cayuga, rep., who has the first opportunity to answer to roll-call, has been a DANFORTH E. AINSWORTH. republican ever since the forma- tion of the part}?. He was born in Sennett, Cayuga county, October II, 1S33, apd received a good com- mon school education. He lives at Weedsport, where he deals in grain, coal and hay. Married. He has been supervisor for four years, and in 1890 was chairman of the board. Served in the assembly of 1S92, and was re-elected by 2,307 plurality, being fifteen more votes than were cast for the republican presidential electors. Committees : federal relations, trade and manu- factures. Albany residence, 48 Chapel street. Ainsworth, Danforth E. (7), Oswego, rep. , is a resident of Sandy Creek, where he is an attornej^- at-law. Was born in Clayton, Jefferson county, November 29, 1848, and was educated at the Pulaski academy and Falley semi- nary, Fulton. Is married. Was member of assem.bly in 1886, '87, '88, '89. Was elected last fall by 10,002 votes, a plurality over Hamilton E. Root of 3,247. Mr. Ainsworth is able both to think and talk upon his feet, and is one of the leading debaters on the minority side of the house. Com- mittees: judiciary, public printing. Albany residence, Delavan. Avery, Benjamin H. (104), Schoharie, dem., is a resident of Jefferson, where he was born De- cember 29, 1 852. He was educate~d at Stamford seminary ; is a mer- chant and married. Is a director of the Davenport, Middleburg & Durham Railroad Company. Was elected supervisor in 1891 by sev- enty-three majority against a republican majoi'ity of ninety. Plurality over Alexander Kenedy of Sharon Springs, 1,318. Com- mittees: internal affairs, villages, fisheries and game, agriculture. Albany residence, No. 2 Pine street. Bahan, Walter W. (11), gth New- York, dem., was born in that city November 6, i860, and was edu- cated at grammar school No. 3. Is married. Home addreiss, 246 West 14th street. Is a lawyer, and also a real estate and in- surance broker at 81 Eighth ave- nue. Has seen a good deal of the world but never before held public office. Received 5,876 votes, and was elected over John P. Rockefeller, rep., by 1,187 plural- J!E.\JAilJ.\ II. A\ ERV. ity. Committees: banks, public health, soldiers' home. Albany residence, Delavan. Barnard, Henry E. (36), Clinton, dem., is a practicing law3rer of Plattsburgh, where he was born March 29, 1837. He was educated LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 25 at the University of Vermont, service of their countr}-, enlisting and beginning- the study of law from Columbia county in the 128th with the firm of Palmer & Arm- N.Y. in 1862 ; was sergeantand first strong, in twenty-seven years has sergeant in G company, and first built up the I'eputation of a safe and lieutenant commanding company able counselor. Was elected jus- tice of the peace in 1867, resigning in 1869. Was president of the village of Plattsburgh in 1867, '68, '71, '72, '73, '76, 'So and '88. Was elected district attorney of Clinton county in 1871, and served three years. Has been a member of the board of education of Plattsburgh for more than ten years, a third term of five years beginning in August last. Received 4,973 votes for member of assembl}-. HENRY E. BARNARD. in 91st U. S. colored infantr^r till near the close of the war, when the regiment was disbanded. After the war studied law in Hillsdale; admitted to the bar in 1867, and was district attorney of Columbia WALTER W. BAHAN. and was elected by thirty-eight plurality over John Houghson, rep. Committees : ways and means, codes, prisons. Albany residence, Stanwix. Bell, Charles M. (89), Columbia, rep., is a resident of Hillsdale, where he is a practicing lawyer. Born in York, Livingston county, July 14, 1840, of Scotch parents. At the age of ten began work in a hand-rake factory and remained there three years ; thereafter, till the war, was a farm hand summers, attending public schools in York, Pavilion and LeRoy, with one term each at Genesee Wesleyan semi- nary, at Alexander, and Amenia seminary. Taught a district school for three winters. Was the oldest of four brothers who entered the CHARLES M. BELL. county in 1872, '73 and '74. Married. Received last fall 5,627 votes and was declared elected by fifty-one plurality over Chai-les Rosboro, dem., who contests the seat. Cleveland's plurality was 482. 26 NEW YORK STATE Committees: general laws, fed- table and religious societies, trade eral relations. Albany residence, and manufactures. Albany resi- Keeler's. dence, Delavan. Bender, Joseph (63), 14th Kings, Brown, Walter L. (88), Otsego, dem., was born in Brooklyn, July rep., is a hardware merchant, doing business at Oneonta; is a director of the Wilber National Bank, presi- dent of the Oneonta Union Agri- cultural Society, and manager of the normal school, at that place. For six 3'ears he has been first lieu- tenant of the 3d separate company, N. G. Was born at Carlisle, Sep- tember 5, 1S45. Is married. Was in the assembly in 1S87, '88. '90, '91 'and '92. Committees: labor and industries, excise. Albany residence, Kenmore. Buck, Herman Emerson (49), JOSEPH BENDER. 16, 1866. Was educated in the public and private schools. Is a clothing cutter. Married. Home address, 1250 DeKalb avenue. Is a member of the democratic f ■ ' -r ■. H^B ^ ■ r~- y '"^lllllll -^•.^^^^ ^ jmnn W \LTER L. BROW-\. general committee. Has organized several political clubs, among them the Robert E. Connelly battery, which has a membership of over 600. Committees: labor and in- dustries, public education, chari- HERMAN EMERSON BUCK. 2d Steuben, rep., was born in Farmington, Wis., May 14, 1847, and is now a resident of Canisteo. At the age of fifteen he entered the army as a private in Company K, 75th New York volunteers, from Wayne count3^ and served under Butler and Banks in the depart- ment of the gulf. He was dis- charged under a surgeon's certifi- cate of disability. Went to Canisteo in 1870, and for a time was the proprietor of the Canisteo Bending" Works, which were successful so long" as suitable timber was to be had. For the last seven years he has been in the retail boot and shoe business. Is married. He is an active Mason, being a past master of Morning Star Lodge No. 65 ; has LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. been connected with the Canisteo returned to New York to practice iii-e department since its organiza- law. Has been active in public tion and is now serving his second affairs in the twenty-third ward. term as assistant chief. He has been clerk and trustee of the vil- lage, and for two years supervisor. He was commander of Post Abram Allen, G. A. R. , for five years; has always been active in the soldiers' interest; Camp No. 1S7, Sons of Veterans, bears his honored name. Was in the assembly of 1892, where he did good local work for the cities of Corning and Hornellsville and framed the church parsonage exemption bill. Was re-elected by 6,308 votes, a plurality of 1,645, a-" increase of over 600. Committees: electricity, gas and water supply, Is a 1004 widower. Trinitv Home address, Received THOMAS F. BYRNES. 5,518 votes, a majority of 2,146 over William G. Davis, rep. Com- mittees- revision, codes, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Delavan. Byrnes, Thomas F. (33), 7th ARTHUR C. BUTTS. public institutions. Albany resi- dence. Globe hotel. Butts, Arthur C. (6), 29th New York, dem., was born in New York city, August 23, 1S48; was edu- cated at the public schools and at the Delaware Literary institute, Franklin, N. Y. His father was Rev. Joshua Butts, a Presbyterian clei-gyman. While at Franklin young Butts attracted the favor- able attention of Senator Henry R. Low, who gave him an opportunity to study in his office, and he was admitted to the bar in 1 869, begin- Kings, dem., was born in Brooklyn, ning practice in Monticello. He May 2, 1S59. He is a horse-shoer, was elected special county judge and president of the journe3mien and surrogate of Sullivan county horse-shoers' national union. He in 1872, and held the office three is married and lives at 928 Frank- years. About ten years ago he lin avenue. This is his third term 2S NEW YORK STATE in the assembly. Chairman of committee on federal relations ; on cities, commerce and navigation. Albany residence, Kenmore. Cahill, Joseph J. (13), 4th Kings, JOHN J. CASSIN. dem., was born in Brooklyn, in 1S59; was educated at the public schools. Is married, and a provi- sion dealer, at 10 Warren place. He was in the assembly of 1891 and 1892. Chairman of committee on unfinished business ; on com- merce and navigation, electricity, gas and water supply, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Stanwix, Cassin, John J. (61), 3d Rensse- laer, dem., is a merchant, doing business in Greenbush. Was born in East Greenbush in 1842. Was educated in the public schools in Albany and vicinity. Married. Has been supervisor for two terms and acting superintendent of poor for nine years. Was an assembly- man in 1892, and re-elected by 1,587 plurality over James Wendell, rep. This year is chairman of committee on public printing ; on cities, public education, privileges and elections ; and is also a mem- ber of the special coinmittee ap- pointed last year on taxation. Chambers, John M. (52), Rensselaer, rep., was born Ireland, July 21, 1845; came America when six years old; cated in Lansingburgh in 1851 and has lived there since. Received a common school education, and at fourteen entered the law office of Charles J. Lansing, and remained two years ; in the ensuing six years was employed in various capaci- ties, and in 1867 engaged in the grocery business in the village, conducting the same alone until 1875, when a partnership was formed with Ira E. Davenport, which still exists. Is married. Has always been a republican. Has been village clerk and receiver of taxes, each two years ; and supervisor and school trustee, each five years. Has been an active member of the Masonic fraternitjr twenty-five years, occupying the position of jjresiding officer in Jerusalem Lodge, and Phoenix Chapter, five years in each body. Was elected to the assembly by 6,480 votes, there being no demo- cratic nomination ; plurality over A. Z. Myers, pro., 5,968. Com- mittees: excise, public education. Clahan, John J. (20), ist Erie, dem., was born in Buffalo, March 31, 1857. He was educated at St. Joseph's college. Is a mechanic and single. Home address, 129 Front avenue, Buffalo. Was member of assembly in 1892, where he made an excellent record, and this year was given 2d in to lo- the important chairmanship of the committee on canals ; is also on cities, internal affairs, chari- table and religious societies. He was re-elected by a majority of LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 1,276 over John Martin, notwith- vice-president of the Warren Agri- standing in changing the district, cultural Societ)-, president of 'the two democratic wards were taken Luzerne club and a member of the out and two strongly republican Troy club and the Union club of wards substituted. Albany ad- New York. Was in the assembly dress, Stanwix. Congdon, Marcus M. (27), Alle- gany, rep. , was born in Clarksville, May 20, 1844. Was educated at Friendship academy ; is married ; a manufacturer and oil producer, and lives at West Clarksville ; has been four times supeiwisor, and has held other town offices. Mem- ber of assembly in 1892 and re- elected by 2,530 plurality over James Moland, dem. Committees : railroads, electricity gas and water supplj^ privileges and elec- tions. Albany residence, Vendome. MARCUS M. CONGDON. of 1892. Committees: public lands and forestry, fisheries and game. Albany residence, Kenmore. Cooney, John (6g), 2d Kings, dera., an Albanian by birth and a graduate of the Albany academy. This brilliant lawyer has made JOHN J. CLAHAN. Conkling, Howard (78), Warren, rep., son of the late Col. Conkling, was born in this state December 7, 1855, and educated at Mount Washington institute. New York, was an insurance clerk for five years ; then inheriting some money from a distant relative, went abroad and traveled extensively. In 1SS3 he journeyed through Mexico in the old Spanish diligences and wrote a book descriptive of the country. He is now a resident of Luzerne, where he cnvns a sawmill and is en- gaged in the lumber business. In 1888 he organized a Harrison and Morton campaign club in Luzerne ; also the Luzerne Driving Park As- sociat ion, of which he is president ; is H(JWARl) CONKLING. such a success in the Brooklyn courts that he stands at the head of his profession there as counsel in criminal cases. He is tlioi"oughly versed and experienced in every branch of his, profession and has NEW YORK STATE achieved many notable successes the pubhc schools and in the Col- in it. During his three former lege of the Cit}- of New York. He terms in the assembly he evmced is smgle; home address, 1702 Lex keen understanding of all the intricacies of legislation, and this JOHN COONEY. year he has been placed in the responsible position of chairman of the committee on judiciary. He is also on the committee of privi- leges and elections, of which he LEWIS DAVIDSON. ington avenue; is a lawyer; has never before held public office, but has always been a Tammany dem- ocrat, and frequently taken the stump for the organization. Is a member of the board of managers of the Stuyvesant democratic club, one of the most influential political bodies in the Empire state. He received 6,866 votes, a plurality of 2,844 over Lero}^ B. Crane. Com- inittees ; general laws, canals, fisheries and game. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. Deitsch, George H. (68), 15th Kings, dem., was born in New was chairman last year, and on codes. Davidson, Lewis (37), 26th New York, dem., is a native of the city Poughkeepsie business college GEORGE H. DEITSCH. York city, March 17, 1S61 ; was educated at Babylon, L. I., and Easton, Pa. ; home address, 677 President street ; is a grocer; mar- ried. Has been supervisor for the 22d ward, Brooklyn, in 1891 and 1892. Received for the assembly 4,996 votes, a plurality of 917 over Martin Van Buren Plumb. Com- mittees: public printing, public health, public lands and forestry, military. Albany residence, Dela- van. Denniston, William H. (no). 3d Monroe, rep., was born in Roches- ter, March 10, 18,50. Was educated at the public schools and at the for which he represents, and was born May 2, 1S42. He was educated in twenty years has been a merchant and farmer at Parma Centre. Mar- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 31 ried. Has been eight years town was 1,446; this year it was 2,403, clerk and overseer of the poor ; four over John Reidy. Committees: 3^ears supervisor ; seven years post- claims, prisons. Albany residence, master, and for five years one of Globe, the inspectors of the iVIonroe counter Deyo, Israel T. {47), Broome, penitentiar3^ This is his third term in the assembly. Was elected the last time by a plurality over William L. Church, dem., of 917. The district now includes five wards of the city of Rochester. Committees: railroads, excise, priv- ileges and elections. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. Dexter, Clarence W. (90), Madi- son, rep., was born in Stockbridge, April 23, 1S4S, and .since that time has been an honored resident of that i:)lace. He was educated in CLARENCE W. DEXTER. rep. , was born in Union, Broome county, January 28, 1854; was edu- cated at schools in Binghamton and at Amherst college, graduat- ing with A. B. , class of '79. Taught the Whitney's Point acad- emy and in the Cortland Normal school, and was admitted to the WILLIAM H. DEXNISTO.N'. the public schools and at the age of sixteen began business for him- self buying eggs of the farmers. The next year he became clerk in a store and in 1870 started a store of his own at Munnsville, with a capital of $400. In 1S89 he pur- chased an interest in the plow works, associating himself with Stringer & Co. Last fall he pur- chased Mr. Stringer's interest, and the company is now Icnown as the ]\Iunnsville Plow Company. Mr. Dexter is also one of Madison county's leading hop-growers, and is vice-president ot the Farmers bar in Albany in January, 1883. and Mechanics' Bank at Oneida. Is married. Practices law in Bing- He is married; has been post- hamton. Was member of assem- master, and was member of assem- bly in 1890, '91 and '92. At the bly in 1892. His plurality last year last election he received 8, 122 votes. ISRAEL J. DEVI NEW YORK STATE a pkirality of 2,011 over John W. 1S55. Is a bachelor, living at 250 Booth, dem. ; L. B. Weeks, pro.. East Seventh street. Has been a also receiving 1,101. Is this year salesman and commission mer- on the committees on judiciary chant; was employed in the county and claims. Mr. Devo has gained clerk's office. New York, and as a United States paymaster. He served in the assembly in 1886, '89, '90, '91 and '92. Chairman of committee on public institutions ; on cities, insurance, trade and manufactures. Albanj^ residence, Delavan. Diven, John M. (ii3),Chemung, rep. , had the honor of defeating the speaker of last year. Dr. Rob- ert P. Bush, by 530 votes, receiv- ing in all 5,318. He was born in Elmira, April 24, 1852, and was educated there and in New York MOSES DINKIiLSPIEL. the reputation of being one of the most careful scrutinizers of legis- lation at the capitol, and no one knows more thoroughly the nature of bills acted upon. He is a clean- cut, hard - headed debater, full always of facts and figures, with JOHN M. Dn'EN. no use for mere rhetoric. Albany residence, 1 7 South Hawk street. Dinkelspiel, Moses (94), 6th New York, dem., is a native of the city he represents. Born June 3, LOUIS DRYPOLCHER. city. Is married. Is superintend- ent and treastu-er of the Elmira Water Works Company ; is a mem- ber and has been president of the American AVater Works Associa- tion ; is a member of the New England Water Works Association, and associate member of the Ameri- can Society of Civil Engineers. Committees: public institutions, soldiers' home. Albany residence, Kenmore. Drypolclier, Louis (38), 15th New York, dem., was born in New York, July 22, 1851. Was educated at the public schools, and in early life was an interior decorator ; now deals in pictures and other works of art, at 224 West 37th street. Is married. Was in the assembly in LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 33 1891 and 1892. Chairman of com- of that place, admitted to the bar mittee on labor and industries ; on in New York city in Februarj^ 1882, Albany and has been 'in active practice since. Is married. Home address, canals, insurance, excise, residence, Stanwix. Duffy, Patrick H. (34), ist New- York, dem., was born in Ireland, March 16, 1847; was educated in the New York public schools ; is a liquor dealer. Was in the assem- bly in 1884, 'Sg, '90, 'gi and 'g2. Chairman of the committee on pub- lic health; on commerce and navi- gation, military. Albany residence, Delavan. Durack, Walter Lysag-M (65), i6th Kings, dem. , was born in New York cit3% July 8, 1857. Was edu- cated in the New York and Brook! 3m public schools and the University 141 West 103d street. Received PATRICK H. DUFFY. of the City of New York ; is mar- ried ; home address, 966 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn, Has for some years been interested in co-opera- tive building and loan associations, is counsel for several, and his firm of Judge & Durack assisted in organizing the state league of building associations ; also the Met- ropolitan league of the same asso- ciations. Committees : judiciary, charitable and religious societies, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Delavan. Ellison, William Bruce (97), 23d N. Y., dem., was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, July WALTER LYSAGHT DURACK. 5,957 votes, a plurality of 1,115 over A. Willis Lightbouim, leading the national, mayoralty and alder- manic tickets by from 130 to 275 votes. Committees: ways and means, revision, soldiers' home. Albany residence, Delavan. WILLIAM BRUCE ELLISON. Farquhar, Percival (72), nth New York, dem. , was born in York, Pa., in 1863 ; was educated at Yale 17, 1857', of American parentage'; college; is a lawyer, with office in was educated in the public schools the Cotton exchange. Single. Was 34 NEW YORK STATE formerly member of Company K, Montague street, Brooklyn. He 7th reo-iment, but is now first lieu- was educated at the public schools tenanr2d battery of artillery. Was, and St. Vincent de Paul's academy, in 1887-88, director in the Columbia Is married. For the last twenty- and Hocking Vallev Coal Company, six years has been a searcher in theregister's office of Kings county. Has never held public office till now, but has represented the town of Flatbush in the democratic general committee for twenty years consecutively, five of which he was secretary of the executive committee. Was one of the origi- nal Tilden men in Kings county, and a delegate to the convention which nominated him for governor. Has long been identified with public schools and education. He ran seventy-five ahead of his elec- 1 PERCIVAL FARQUHAR. Is a member of the firm of C. B. Farquhar & Co., Cotton Exchange building, manufacturers and ex- porters of agricultural implements. Was in the assembly of 1891 and '92. Chairman of the militarj^ com- MICHAEL E. FINNIGAN. mittee; on ways and means, judi- ciary. Albany residence, Delavan. Finnigan, Michael E. (2), 17th Kings, dem. , is a native of the city of New York, and lives at 166 THOMAS FINNEGAN. toral ticket in his district, and was elected by 1,733 majority over William Patton Griifith, rep. Com- mittees: insurance, banks and internal affairs. Albany residence, Delavan. Finnegan, Tbomas (loi), Rock- land, dem., was born in Haver- straw, May 8, 1852. Is 'a bottler, brick manufacturer and largel}^ interested in real estate. Is mar- ried. Is town assessor. Was in the assembly of 1892. Re-elected by 627 plurality. Committees: commerce and navigation, electric- ity gas and water supply, prisons, privileges and elections. Albany residence, Keeler's. Fish, Hamilton, Jr. (75), Put- nam, rep., was born in Albany, LEGISLATIVE SOUVEiNIR. 35 April 17, 1849. His father was was chairman last year), public secretary of state under President institutions. Albany residence, Grant, and filled many important 104 State street. offices in the Federal and state Foster, Howard P. (87), 2d Al- service. Hamilton Fish, Jr., was bany, rep., was born in Esperance, educated in private schools and at Columbia college. He is a lawyer, practicing in New York city; is married and resides at Garrisons. From iS6g to 1871 Mr. Fish acted as private secretary to his father, the secretary of state under Presi- dent Grant. He was aid-de-camp on the staff of Governor Dix in 1873 and 1874, and represented Putnam county in the assembly in 1874, '76, '77, '78, '79, '89, '90 and '91. In 1 8go he was the republican leader on the floor. From 1884 to SAMUEL J. FOLEY. Schoiiarie county, March 7, 1851; educated at the common schools ; lives in Guilderland, is a carpenter and builder. Married. Was jus- tice of the peace from 1886 to 1890, and supervisor 1890, '91, '92. Plu- HAMILTON FISH, JR. ^86 he was a trustee of the state Homeopathic asylum at Middle- town, and from 1886 to '88 one of the New York aqueduct commis- sioners. His majority last fall over his democratic opponent, Wright E. Perry, was 284. Com- mittees: ways and means, cities, rules. Albany residence, Kenmore. Foley, Samuel J. (43), 6th New York, dem., was born in Quebec, July 10, 1862; was educated in the public and evening high schools of New York ; since 1876 has been a buyer of dry-goods for export with the house of E. D. Cordes & Co. Is married. Was in the assembly of rality over Lewis W. Pratt, dem., i89iand'92. Chairman of the com- 247. Committees: internal affairs, mittee on taxation and retrench- prisons. Albany residence, Stan- ment; on excise (of which he wix. HOWARD P. FOSTER. 36 NEW YORK STATE Eraser Thomas Kevan (60), ist villages, federal relations. Albany Westchester, dem , is a resident of residence, 91 Columbia street. Hastings on the Hudson, of which Fuller, Harrison (31), Jefferson, villag-e he has been president for rep., was born m Adams, m 1845. four terms. He was born in New Is a farmer; is a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Adams ; vice-president of the Adams Furni- ture Company (limited). Married. Was in the assembly of 1892. Com- mittees: taxation and retrench- ment, banks. Albany residence, Delavan. Gallagher, Edward (23), 4th Erie, rep., was born in Albany of Irish parents, December 20, 1829; was educated in the Albany public schools and at a business college in Buffalo. Is engaged in the com- THOMAS K. FKASER. York, February 23, 1843 ; was edu- cated in the collegiate schools of that city. Is a merchant. He has served on the board of education for nine years. Is single. Is a HARRISON FULLER. director in several "clubs. Was in the assembly of 1892, and re-elected by a plurality of 1,271 over James W. Birch. Chairman of committee on internal affairs ; on insurance, EDWARD GALLAGHER. mission and forwarding business. Up to 1856 he was a democrat and then became a republican. He served in the assembly in 1875, '76, '77 and 1886, '87, '88, '91 and '92. Committees: canals, cities, electric- ity gas and water supply. Albany residence, Stanwix. Goldberg, Jacob, M.'D. (106), 2d Erie, dem., is serving his second term in the assembly. He was born November 8, 1863, in Buffalo, and educated in his native city. He began work as office boy for the Sunday and Daily Times of Buffalo, and eventually had charge of the circulation of that paper, during which time he studied medi- cine and graduated from the medi- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 37 cal department of the Buffalo and retrenchment, canals, internal university in 1885. He is unmar- affairs. Albany residence, Uelavan. ried ; home address, 145 Cedar Griffin, DeWitt (53), Delaware, street, Buffalo. He was re-elected rep., was born March 27, 1836, in by4,884 votes, a plurality of 493 over Middletown, and was educated in the common schools and in the Albany Normal school ; graduated from the Albany Law school ; was admitted to the bar in 1857; prac- ticed till 1 871, then engaged in railroading till 1876; resumed prac- ticing law in 1877 and continued it up to the present time. Is serving third term as justice of the peace in Middletown; though the town previous to this year has been democratic, was elected justice of the peace by majorities ranging from thirty to 125. The town this JACOB GOLDBERG, M. D. Louis p. Kirchmeyer. Chairman of the excise committee ; on revis- ion, commerce and navigation, public health. Albany residence, Vendome. Graham, James (35), i8th Kings, dem. , was born in New York citv ;. •s-.. i •■ «««^ ">^ 'H 1' JAMES GRAHAM. in 1847; was educated at the public schools. Is married. Home ad- dress, 24 Cooper street, Brooklyn. Is a hatter. Received 10,538 votes, a plurality of 3,499 over H. C. Atwood. Committees: taxation DE WITT GRIFFIN. year gave Harrison thirty-seven majority, Griffin's majority being 100. He received in all 6,424 votes, his majority of 1,738 in this county over A. L. Mace, dem., being the largest ever received in the county. Home address. Griffin's Corners. Man-ied. Was assistant sergeant- at-arms of the assembly in 1874; superintendent of documents in assembly 1877. Committees: ju- diciary, fisheries and game. Albany residence. Globe. Guenther, Henry H. (44), 5th Erie, dem., was born in Buffalo, January 29, 1862; was educated in Buffalo, Youngstown, O., and Ann Arbor, Mich., at the last named place graduating from the law school, class of '81. Single. 38 NEW YORK STATE Was attached to the city attorney's the assembly. Albany residence, office for three years ; was admit- Delavan. ted to the bar in 1887, and is en- Hahlo, Louis Herbert (109), 21st ga^ed in the practice of his pro- New York, dem., was born in that f ession in Bufealo. He has already city January 17, 1865. Was edu- cated in the public schools, and was graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1884, and from Columbia college law school, in 1886. Single. He is a practicing lawyer in New York. This is his second term in the assembly. He received 4,672 votes, and was elected by a majority of 385, his principal opponent being Simon Hess. Mr. Hahlo is the first demo- crat to represent this district in the assembly. Chairman of the com- mittee on charitable and religious HENRY H. GUENTHER. served six consecutive terms in the assembly, where his uniform court- esy and good nature have made him a favorite. He is chairman of the committee on general laws, LOUIS HERBERT HAHLO. as he was last year ; and is also on judiciary, railroads and unfinished business. He is very popular at home, as is demonstrated by the large majorities he each time received when a candidate for CORNELIUS HALEY. societies ; on judiciary, codes. Albany residence, Delavan. Haley, Cornelius (30), ist Onei- da, labor dem., of Utica, was born in Little Falls, December 20, i860, and was educated in the public schools of that place. Married. Is an iron moulder by trade, and had never held public office, previous to 1891, when he was elected to the assembly, being nominated by labor organizations, and endorsed by democrats, the same course being pursued the following year, this is consequently his third term. Committees: railroads, electricity gas and water supply, public print- ing, privileges and elections. Albany residence, Stanwix. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 39 Hand, Edward J, (73), Mont- gomery, dem., was born in Glen, October 25, 1866; educated in the public schools at Amsterdam ; was five years book-keeper in the Mer- chants' National Bank of Amster- dam, and was three years with Tunis Peck in the broom business, under the firm name of T. Peck & Co. ; retired August 15, 1892, and is at present settling up his father's estate. Is adjutant to Col. C. A. Sutton, 2d regiment Uniformed Rank K, of P., extending from Poughkeepsie to Utica. Has never before held public ofiice. Received 5,590 votes, and was elected by three pluralit}^ over Charles W. Scudder of St. Johnsville. Com- married. Has previously held no ofiice, except that of supervisor for four years. Was elected by 7,038 votes, a plurality of 793 over Wifiiam H. Lewis. Committees : RICHARD HIGBIE. insurance, fisheries and game. Albany residence, Delavan. Hilton, James (99), ist Albany, the only democratic representative from Albany county. Is a farmer ; post-office address, New Scot- land. Was born there in 1862, of EDWAKD J. HAND. mittees: taxation and retrench- ment, canals, soldiers' home. Al- bany residence, Kenmore. Hennessey, John A. ( 84 ), 8th Kings, dem. Home address, 473 St. Marks' place, Brooklyn. Was born in Ireland in 1859. Married. Is put down as a newspaper writer. Committees: banks, public print- ing, public education, charitable and religious societies. The only man in the legislature who posi- tively refused to sit for his photo- graph. Albany residence. The Hygeia. Higbie, Richard (48), Suffolk, rep., was born in West Islip, near Babylon, his present residence, July II, 1857. Was educated at Babylon, where he is now a merchant. Is JAMES HILTON. English ancestry. Is a graduate of the Albany academy. Has been active in the National Guard. Is engaged in stock-raising, as was his father, the late Capt. Hilton. Was re-elected by 218 plurality 40 NEW YORK STATE over Joseph Allen, rep. Chairman of committee on agriculture; on internal affairs, villages, prisons. Albany residence, Keeler's. Hobbie, 'Williani Roscoe (121), Hotaling, Williani S. (127), 3d Onondaga, rep., is a furniture dealer at Summit Station. Was born in Hillsdale, Columbia county, in 1847. Is a widower. Has been a supervisor two terms. Was elected by 839 plurality over Peter Snyder, dem. Committees: labor and industries, excise. Albany residence, Stanwix. Hough, John E. (56), Wayne, rep. , is engaged in trade, farming and manufacturing at South Butler, Was born in Palentine, January 10, 1826. Was educated in Kingsboro and Fairfield academy. Married. Has been engaged in the mercantile business since 1850; was postmas- ter twelve years ; supervisor eight WILLIAM ROSCOE HOBBIE. Washington, rep., was born in Unity, Maine, December 22, 1848; was educated at Cleveland, Ohio, and Amherst college, class of '69. Is a paper manufacturer at Batten- ville. Has been supervisor, town of Greenwich, 18S9-90. Received JOHN E. HOUGH. years, and chairman of the board three years. Is interested in the Hough Cash Recorder Co., manu- facturers of cash registers. Re- ceived 6,849 votes, a plurality of 2,231 over William S. Phelps, dem. Is on the committee on public edu- cation. Albany residence, Delavan. Hughes, Hugh (57), Lewis, rep., was born in Wales, June 6, 1845, and received a common school education. Enlisted in 1864 in Co. K, fifth regiment N. Y. heavy artillery, and served till the end of the war. Is married ; home ad- 6,773 votes, and was elected by a dress, Turin; is a contractor and plurality of 3,020 over Ellis Wil- builder. Has been supervisor five liams, dem. Committees: canals, times, and was in the assembly of trade and manufactures. Albany 1888 and '89. Received last fall residence, Delavan. 3,851 votes, a plurality of 360 over WILLIAM S. HOTALING. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 41 Herbert E. Cook, dem. Commit- ness with his brother until 1884, tees: labor and industries, public when the latter became county- education. Albany residence, Ven- judge. Two years ago he became dome. Hummel, Fred P. (40), 24th New York, dem. , is a member of Tam- many hall. Was born in New York, March 12, 1856. Was edu- cated in the public schools of that city, and in 1879 graduated from the law department of the LTni- versity of the Cit}^ of New York. Is married : home address, 432 East 84th street. Is a lawyer. Received 5,449 votes, a majority over John P. Thornton of 2,429. Commit- tees: revision, codes, trade and manufactures. Albany residence, No. 6 Park street. a partner Smith, of with ex-Judge C. W. Hamilton countv. Is FREDERICK P. HUMMEL. married. Has never h^ld public office before, except that of United States deputy internal revenue collector from I SS3 till 1885. Has been twice chairman of republican county committee. Received 5,926 votes, a plurality of 1,293 over James H. \ an Gorden, dem. Com- HUGII HUGIIEb. Jacoby, Morris (70), 22d New York, dem. , is a native of Germany. Married. Home address, No. 423 East 79th street ; was educated in the public schools of New York; is in the real estate business. Was clerk to the assembly committee of cities in 1S91. Committees; revis- ion, taxation and retrenchment, trade and manufactures. Albany residence, Kenmore. Keck, Philip (8), Fulton and Hamilton, rep., lawyer of Johns- town ; was born in that town, October 26, 1848; is of Scotch (his mother named Burns), German MORRIS JACOBY. and English descent ; was educated mittees; public lands and forestry, at Whitestown seminary, Hamil- federal relations. Albany resi- ton college and the Albany Law dence, Kenmore. school, graduating in 1875, and Keenan, William M. (iS), ist was associated in the law busi- Rensselaer, dem., was born in 42 NEW YORK STATE Troy, November 13, 1858; and is chief clerk of the Consolidated Gas a widower, living at 127 Second Company. This is his first official street in that city; was educated at St. Mary's academy, Troy, and is a graduate, 1877, of the Troy service. Number of votes received, 5,122; majority, 2,720 over George H. Parker. Committees: canals, public printing, public lands and forestry. Albany residence, Delavan. Kelly, John (17), gth Kings, dem., was born in New York, in 1856. Married. Is a builder. Is serving his fifth consecutive term in the assembly. Chairman of committee on electricity gas and water supply ; on federal relations, Indian affairs, printed and en- grossed bills. Albany residence, Stanwix. Kempner, Otto (67), 7th New PHILIP KECK. high school. Has been under sheriff under his father, Sheriff James Keenan, 1886-89. Received 5,750 votes, a plurality of 2,228 over Esek Bussey, Jr. , rep. Com- mittees: generallaws, public print- ing, public lands and forestry. Keleher, John (39) 25th New WILLIAM M. KEENAN. York, dem., was born in New York city, July 4, 1832; was educated at the public schools and the College of New York. Is single. Home address, 173 East 90th street. Is JOHN KELEHER. York, dem., was born in Austria, July 5, 1858. At the age of seven he was brought to America by his parents. When twelve years of age he was apprenticed to learn the jeweler's trade. He attended the evening high school and the Cooper institute, and by unremit- ting private study prepared him- self for the profession of teaching. Was appointed teacher of the Ger- man free school in New York city in 1883, and two years later was made its principal. Mr. Kempner is an industrious student of Ameri- can political history and has achieved some distinction as a writer of political essays. Deliv- ered a course of lectures in the public schools of New York on LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 43 "American Political Institutions." He is known among the Germans of New Yoi-k city as a thoughtlul and impressive speaker, and was selected by them last j^ear to ap- pear before the excise committee of the assembly to plead for a lib- eral excise law. His effort on that occasion proved highl}^ suc- cessful and made him popular with the German element throughout the metropolis. He received 7,371 votes, being a plurality over Charles Schwick of 3,297. Committees: labor and industries, excise, public education. Albany residence, 132 State street. Kerrigan, Jolm (i), 17th New York, dem., is a native of Ireland, neer when twenty-five, and has been employed in that cajiacity for twenty-nine years; never having been discharged or suspended. Was the engineer who was so se- OTTO KEMPNER. verely injured in the Shohola dis- aster in 1888, going with loco- motive over an embankment 100 feet high. Is married ; has served one term as village trustee and one term as village collector. Was elected by 5,826 votes, a plural- JOHN KELLY. where he was born March 17, 185 1, coming to this country in 1852. He is married, and a carpenter by trade. He has always been a demo- crat and served in the assembly of 1889 and '90. Home address, 532 West 46th street. Chairman of committee on trade and manufac- tures ; also on railroads, public lands and forestry. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. Kinsila, John (41), 2d Orange, dem., was born in Ireland in 1839; came to America at the age of ten ; was educated in the public schools ity of 745 over Charles J. Boyd, rep. , of Port Jervis. Began working for of the Middletown Pj-ess. Com- the Erie railroad when fifteen mittees: railroads, soldiers' home, years old; was advanced to fire- agriculture. Albany residence, man when nineteen, and to engi- Delavan. JOHN KERRIGAN. 44 NEA¥ YORK STATE Lenhard, Joseph (74), 3d Erie, was born in Buffalo, September 2, 1855; was educated at the pub- lic schools and St. Joseph's college. Married. Home address. No. 14 honkson, born there in 1856- Was educated at Poughkeepsie ; he is a merchant. Married. His opponent was George H. Bush, the assemblyman last year, who contests the election. Committees: public health, public institutions. Albany residence, Stanwix. Malby, George R. (46), St. Law- rence, is the republican leader on the floor of the house ; is a lawyer ; married and lives at Ogdensburg. He was born at Canton, September 16, 1857, and was educated at St. Lawrence university. He has been a justice of the peace three years, and was in the assembly of 1891 and '92. Committees: ways and JOHN KINSILA. Broadway, Buffalo. Owns a coach, livery and sales stable. Was mem- ber of the Erie county board of supervisors in 1885, '86, '87 and '88, from the old 4th, now 6th ward. Was elected by 4,926 votes, a plu- rality of 384 over Charles Brown. JAMES I.OUNSBURY. means, insurance, rules. Albany residence, Delavan. Marrin, Charles C. (93), 30th New York, is a Tammany hall democrat, residing at Fordham. Was born in New York, October 9, 1868; was educated at St. John's college, graduating with degree of A. B. in 1889; is a student-at-law. Received 4,131 votes, a plurality of 1,467 over Henry L. Stoddard. Committees: claims, printed and engrossed bills. Albany residence, IJelavan. Martin, Daniel F. (42), 14th New York, dem. , was born in New York, Committees: insurance, labor and February i, 1865; was graduated industries, public institutions, at the College of the City of New Albany residence, Stanwix. York and at the Columbia law liounsbury, James (117), 2d Ul- school, and practices law at 51 ster, rep., is a resident of Ker- Chambers street. Single. He JOSEPH LENHARD. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 45 served in the United States dis- trict attorney's office under Presi- dent Cleveland. Was member of assembly in 1891 and '92. At the last election received 4,044 plural- ity over George W. Thurman, rep. Is chairman of the committee on codes; is on judiciary, general laws, railroads, rules. Albany residence, 104 State street. Matthews, Allen S. (i 24), Frank- lin, rep., was born in Eden, Ver- mont, October 19, 1845; was edu- cated at Fort Covington academy and Eastman business college, Poughkeepsie, graduating there- from in 1864. His home is at Fort Covington, where he has been in the hardware business since 1874. street, Brooklyn, was born in Ire- land in 1842 ; came to this country when a child; was educated m the Brooklyn public and private schools ; then entered a wholesale CHARLES C. MARRIN. dry goods house in New York ; in 1867 began retail dry goods busi- ness in Brooklyn, from which he retired two years ago. Received 3,621 votes, aplurality over William GEORGE R. MALBY. Married. His only former official service has been that of supervisor, and assemblyman in 1892. Re- elected by 2,459 plurality over Ernest G. Reynolds, dem. He is a member of the committees on soldiers' home, and claims. Albany residence, Delavan. McCormick, Adalbert J. (123), Orleans, rep., is a quarryman, re- siding at Medina. He was born in Ridgeway, December 15, 1845 ; was educated at the Medina academy and Rochester university. In the as.sembly of 1892; re-elected by 958 plurality. Committees: taxation J, Morgan of 1,617. Committees: and retrenchment, public health, taxation and retrenchment, banks, Albany residence, Delavan. federal relations. Albany resi- McGowan, Patrick (15), 6th dence, Delavan, Kings, dem., living at 217 iSth McKeon, William H. (95), 20th DANIEL F. MARTIN. 46 NEW YORK STATE New York, always a Tammany hall democrat, was born Septem- ber 20, 1855, in New York; was educated at St. Francis Xavier's college and Columbia law school; ADELBERT J. MCCORMICK. 2,145 over John lUingsworth. Com- mittees: general laws, banks, pub- lic institutions, unfinished business. Albany residence, Kenmore. McManus, Thomas J. (4), 8th New York, dem., was born in New York, March 4, 1864. Is one of ten brothers, all single and all voters ; was born in New York and edu- cated at grammar school No. 51. Is a contractor. Was in the assem- bly of 1892, where he made quite an impression, although one of the youngest men in the house. Com- mittees: banks, labor and indus- tries, claims. Albany residence, Delavan. Melody, William Edward (64), loth Kings, dem., was born in New York city, January 13, 1850; was educated in Brookljm public schools, and was clerk and book- keeper there till 1880, when he moved to New York city ; was in business there till 1887; went back to Brooklyn and was employed as clerk till 1890. Is now in real estate ; single ; home address, 104 ALLEN S. MATTHEWS. single; home address, 179 East 71st street; is a lawyer, and secretary, treasurer and director of the Long Island Water Supply Company. Received 4, 307 votes, a majority of PATRICK MCGOWAN. South 5th street, Brooklyn, E. D. Has been United States supervisor of election. Was elected by 1,643 plurality over Edward I. Clark. Committees: revision, public lands and forestry, claims, trade and inanufactures. Albany residence, Delavan. Messiter, Uriah S. (76), Sullivan, rep., was born in Liberty, July 5, 1847, and educated at the Liberty Normal institute ; has been en- gaged in business in his native place all his life, chiefly as a mer- chant, although he has kept an hotel. He was supervisor in 1873 LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 47 and '74; has been village trustee, defeating Galen R. Hitt, dem., by and member of the board of edu- 568. The district was carried by cation. Is married. Received Gov. Flower last year by nearly 3,748 votes, a plurality of 231 over 2,500. Committees: codes, cities. Davids. Aver3^ Committees: vil- Mr. Nussbaum is one of the most lages, unfinished business. Albany residence, Stanwix. Mittnacht, Jacob Alois (58), 3d New York, is a Tammany hall democrat. Was born in New York city. May 18, 1852; was educated in the public schools and at St. John's college, Fordham. Is a manufacturer of safes. Married; home address, 23 Spring street. Received 5,450 votes, a majority of 3,001 over Ralph Nathan. Com- mittees: excise, public health, claims. Albany residence, Delavan. ■-*m^ T/' ^i?5fefe ■ T THOMAS J. M^MANUS. popular young men in Albany, as his vote conclusively shows. O'Connor, John J. (12), 3d Kings, dem., was born in Ireland, June 14, 1855; was educated at St. James' school, Brooklyn ; has been WILLIAM H. McKEON. Morris, Alfred Hennen (98), 2d Westchester, dem., was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1864; was educated at Harvard univer- sity. Is married; home address, Westchester; in the real estate business. Has been supervisor of Westchester. Defeated Bradford Rhodes by 765 majority. Com- mittees: ways and means, villages, public education. Albany resi- dence, the Barnes villa on Western avenue. Nussbaum, Myer (86), 3d Al- bany, rep., was born in Albany, March 10, 1855. He was educated in the public schools ; is a^lawyer and has been a police '^justice. Single; home address, 182 Hamil- ton street. He received 4, 777 votes, WILLIAM E. MELODY. a bookkeeper and is now a wine merchant. Was in the assembly in 1890, '91 and '92. At the last election received 5,322 votes, de-, feating his republican opponent by 2,378 plurality. Committees: chair- NEW YORK STATE manof fisheries and game; on rail- ter, March 31, 1863; educated at roads, excise, claims. Albany the Rochester free academy, class residence, Delavan. O'Donnel, Frank A. (71), 12th New York, Tammany hall demo- i ^^ * ' , * .>--",. ^.^^ ■ -?y URIAH S. JIESSITER. crat, was born in that city, April 29, 1852, and educated in the public schools and at the College of New York. Married; home address, 312 East i8th street; is an account- ant. Received 5,810 votes, a plu- JACOB ALOIS MITTNACHT. rality over Frank Daly, rep., of 3,441. Committees : cities, public health, public institutions. Albany residence, Delavan. O'Grady, James M. E. (112), 2d Monroe, rep. , was born in Roches- of 1879, and University of Roches- ter, class of 1885 ; studied law while attending college and was admitted to the bar in October, 1885; has practiced law since then; office, 211 and 212 Elwanger & Barry building. Single. Member of board of education from 1S87 to 1892, and president of the board the last two years ; manager of state industrial school in 1892. Received 6,823 votes, a plurality of 754 over Edward M. Redmond. Commit- tees: codes, public printing. Al- bany residence, 1 5 Lancaster street. Olin, Mile H. {9),Wyoming,rep., was born December 3, 1842, in ALFRED H. MORRIS. Perry, where (and in Lima) he was educated, and where he still resides, being both farmer and banker. Is director of the Silver Lake railroad, manager of the Perry Knitting Company and presi- dent of the Citizen's Bank. Is married. Was in the assembly of 1892, and re-elected by 1,266 plu- rality over Elbert D. Parker. Com- mittees: charitable and religious societies, agriculture. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. O'SuUivan, Thomas C. (100), 19th New York, dem,, resides at 357 West 57th street. Is a lawyer ; was born in i860 in this state; was edu- cated in Vermont ; has been a pro- fessor of elocution, and is a fluent and forcible speaker, much in de- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 49 mand as a campaign orator. Is married. Was elected by 2,oig plurality over Rainey, rep. Chair- man of committee on privileges and elections ; on codes, public lands and forestry. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. Ott, Louis C. (91), 12th Kings, dem., was born in Brooklyn of German parents ; was educated in the public schools ; is married and carries on a prosperous business in manufacturing cigars. Although never till last year holding an elective office, he was deputy in- ternal revenue collector, being the first of such officers appointed by President Cleveland. He was also deputy sheriff under John Court- MYER NUSSBAUM. ney. Enlisted as a private m the 28th regiment, and was discharged by disbandment, as lieutenant under Col. Berger. Is a trustee in several local, social and political organizations, and is one of the most popular young democrats in his district. Was in the assembly of 1892. Re-elected by 545 plu- rality. Chairman of committee on printed and engrossed bills ; on taxation and retrenchment, labor and industries, excise. Albany residence, Delavan. Parkhurst, William L. (85), Ontario, rep., was born in Hope- well, Ontario county, in 1839. His education was in the schools of his native town, at the Macedon acad- emy and the Buffalo business col- lege, from which institution he graduated in i860. After farming for some time he removed to Canan- daiguaand entered into commercial pursuits. Mr. Parkhurst' s political JOHN J. O'CONNOR. sentiments have always been vigor- ously republican, and he has been influential in party movements. He was elected treasurer of the village of Canandaigua in 1877, and was re-elected the following year. In FRANK A. O DONNEL. 1879, '80 and '81 he represented that town in the board of super- visors. It was as chairman of the republican county committee dur- ing the animated presidential so NEW YORK STATE campaign of 1880 that Mr. Park- He has since devoted himself to hurst most brilliantly and effect- business affairs. His popularity ually served his party , after having at home was emphasized by his been several years chairman of flattering election to the assembly, the republican committee of the He received 6, 1 74 votes, a plurality of 678 over John M. Norton. Com- mittees: railroads, charitable and religious societies. Patchin, Gordon M. (118), ist Steuben, rep., is a farmer living at Wayland. He was born in Wayland, N. Y., in 1850; was edu- cated at the Dansville academy and Naples academy and Roches- ter business college. Single. Was in assembly of 1892. Re-elected by ninety plurality over Matthew- son, clem., and peoples'. Commit- ^^mk JAMES M. E. O GRADY. second assembly district. He also served several years as member of the republican state committee. During the sessions of the legis- lature of 1885 and 1886 Mr. Park- hurst acted as deputy clerk of the MILD H. CLIN. assembly. He removed to Clif- ton Springs and in 1890 was ap- pointed special deput}^ collector of ^internal revenues, which posi- tion he resigned soon afterwards. THOMAS C. O SULLIVAN. tees: soldiers' home, agriculture. Albany residence, Stanwix. Peck, Duncan W. (96), ist Onon- daga, dem., was born in Syracuse, May 3, 1853 (the son of Major-Gen- eral John J. Peck), and educated in the public schools, the Vermont Episcopal institute, with two years at Cornell. Married. Home ad- dress, 204 Greene street, Syracuse. Is a salt manufacturer. Has been overseer of the poor two years. Received . 6,155 votes, defeating David Allen Munroe, rep., by 129 plurality. The district is normally 1,300 republican; three years ago was 1,900 republican. Chairman of committee on Indian affairs ; on canals, cities. Albany residence, Stanwix. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 51 Pierson, Albert Henry (83), Plant, "William J. (92),! st Kings, Tompkins, rep., was born in Read- dem., is serving his second term ing (then Steuben, now Schuyler in the assemblj^. He was born in county), November 17, 1839; was Brooklyn in 1849 and lives there at educated in the common schools, 105 Adams street. Married. For Watkins high school and Starkey seminary ; was a teacher for four- teen years ; principal of high school at Trumansburg eleven years ; enlisted as a private, was commis- sioned bjr Governor Seymour to raise a company of infantry, and was mustered as captain of Co. D, 179th New York; was severely wounded April 2, 1865, before Petersburg; was brevetted major for gallant and meritorious con- duct in this battle ; was mustered out July, 1865. Is now a farmer WILLIAM L. PARKHURST. twenty-one years has been man- ager of the packing and shipping department of Stafford's ink manu- factory. Committees: cities, in- surance, soldiers' home. Albany residence, Stanwix. Porter, Chester Winfield (116), LOUIS C. OTT. at Trumansburg. Has served two years as president of the Union Agricultural Society of Ulysses, Covert and Hector, and is now vice-president of Tompkins County Agricultural Society; school com- missioner, first district Tompkins county, for six 3^ears (1867-73); supervisor of his town for seven years (1885-92); chairman of board in 1888. Was in the assembly of 1892, serving on the committees of waj'S and means and soldiers' home, and was re-elected to the assembly of 1893 bj' a plurality of 1,150, over William L. Pike, dem., 2d Oneida, rep., was born at his and William J. Smith, pro. Com- present place of residence. North mittees: taxation and retrench- Western, Oneida county, Septem- ment, internal affairs. Albany ber3,i86i; waseducatedatthecom- residence, 48 Chapel street. mon schools, at Syracuse classical GORDON M. PATCHIN. 52 NEW YORK STATE school and Syracuse university, 1867 and entering Tuft's college, class of 'S4. He is an agriculturist from which he also graduated with and cheese manufacturer. Single. Is a member of the Utica board of trade. Was in the assembly of honor. Studied law with Earl, Smith & Brown ; was admitted to the bar in 1875 ; was a partner with Hon. Robert Earl, afterwards of the court of appeals; then with Samuel Earl, and is now of the firm of Steele & Prescott. He is a prominent Mason, and in 1890 was appointed grand marshal of the Grand Lodge. Married. His father and grandfather were members of the legislature before him, the former in 1863 and the latter the year the present member was born. Mr. Prescott received 6,140 votes, a plurality of 511 over P. W. Casler of Little Falls, dem. Committees: DUNCAN W. PECK. 1892 and re-elected by a vote of 7,238, a plurality of 130 over Harry S. Patten, dem. Committees: pub- lic printing, revision. Albany resi- dence, Delavan. Prescott, William Cowan (77), ALBERT H. PIERSON. Herkimer, rep., was born m New Hartford, Oneida county, Decem- ber II, 1848. Went to the district schools ; spent four years in Utica academy, graduating therefrom in WILLIAM J. PLANT. revision, charitable and religious societies. Albany residence. Ken- more. duackenbush, Alvin J. (59), Schenectady, dem_., was born in Guilderland, Albany county, June 20, 1852, educated at Schenec- tady ; was connected with firm of Quackenbush & Wetsell, 65 Quay street, Albany, wholesale commis- sion merchants, from 1869 to 1874; since then has been in the whole- sale hay and straw trade at Fuller's station and Schenectady. His home is in Schenectady. Married. Served three years as alderman in Schenectady and in the assembly of 1891 and '92. Re-elected by 506 plurality over Yates, rep. Chair- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 53 man of committee on banks; on votes, a plurality of 86i over railroads, insurance, military. Eugene M. Ashley, and running Albany residence, Delavan duigley, James F. (45), 13th Kings county, dem. , was born in Brooklyn, December 22, 1859. Educated in the public schools of that city, at Brown's business col- lege, and at the Columbia law school. New York. Admitted to the bar in May, 1885, and has since practiced in Brooklyn and New York. He was in the assembly of i8gi and 1892, and was appointed by Speaker Bush chairman of the special committee to investigate the question of taxation and inter- est. This year Mr. Quigley is chairman of ways and means, and CHESTER WINFIELD PORTER. a member of general laws and rules. Albany residence, Delavan. Ransom, Elton E. (21), Niagara, dem., was born in Ransomville, February 20, 1846; was educated at the district school, Hudson River institute and the Rochester uni- versity. Is married, and lives in Ransomville, where he is a mer- chant, dealer in grain and produce, farmer, and interested in real estate. Was supervisor 1871 to 1877; was delegate to democratic national convention in 1872; candi- date for county treasurer in 1875, and assembly in 1876. President over 600 ahead of his ticket. Com- mittees: ways and means, canals, WILLIAM COWAN PRESCOTT. agriculture, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Delavan. Reed, diaries Newton (50), Genesee, rep., was born in Claren- don, Orleans county, May 9, 1837. Educated at Cary academy, and Monroe institute. Is a farmer, and ALVIN J. QUACKENBUSH. married, living at North Bergen. His father, Horatio Reed, was of Improvement Association and member of assembly in 1838, '39. director of Western Life Insurance Mr. C. N. Reed was supervisor in Association. Was elected by 7,087 1873 and '74, and has held several 54 NEW YORK STATE minor town ofifices. Was in assem- lie health, publie institutions, fish- bly of 1892 and re-eleeted by eries and game. Albany residence, 4,221 votes, a plurality over George Delavan F. Lowe, of 881. Committee ELTON E. RANSOil. ber, Whyland & Co. Is married, and lives at 141 2 Amsterdam ave- nue. Was elected by 1,308 plural- ity over the republican candidate. Committees: public printing, pub- Rice, Jacob (102), ist Ulster, dem., was born in Treves, Ger- many, March 7, 1847, and came to this country when only two years of age. He received a common school education; has been boat- man, pilot and captain, on the Hudson, and knows the beautiful river inch by inch. Is now a pros- perous furniture dealer at Rondout. He served his country as private, in Co. H., i92d N. Y. Has been coroner three years in Ulster county, and this is his fifth con- sec ative term in the assembly. He is an active advocate of labor JAMES F. QUIGLEY. public health. Albany residence, 48 Chapel street. Reilly, James T. (105), 28th New York, dem., was born in New York, May 5, 1 861 ; educated in the public schools and at Manhattan college. Is connected with the firm of Thur- CHARLES N. REED. measures, and the workingmen of the state look upon him as one of their leaders. Was re-elected by 418 plurality over George M. Brink, rep. He is chairman of the im- portant committee on state pris- ons, and is also on commerce and navigation, electricity gas and water supply, federal relations. Albany residence, Keeler's. Rivenburgh, George F. (55), 4th Albany, rep. , was born in Albany county in 1862. Is a grocer at 1 1 75 Broadway, North Albany. Owing to the fact that two demo- cratic candidates were in the field, he defeated John J. Gorman, the democratic assemblyman of last year, by 1,695 plurality. The dis- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 55 trict includes Cohoes, Green Island, West Troy, Menands, as well as the ninth ward of Albany. Com- mittees: canals, insurance. Roberts, Jesse (9), Livingston, rep., was born in Sparta, June 23, 1834. Was educated there. Is a farmer, living at Scottsburg. Is treasurer of the Livingston County Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Has been supervisor and assessor, and was in the assembly of 1892. Was re-elected by 1,125 plurality. The year before his plurality was only 65. Committees: labor and industries, agriculture. Albany residence, American. Robinson, James ( 100 ), 2d Queens, dem., was born in 1839. JAMES T. REILLY. He lives at Long Island Cit}^ ; has been three times coroner. Is a prominent Mason. Was elected by 240 pluralty over John P. Mad- den. Committees: electricity gas and water supply, prisons, fisheries and game. Albany residence, Delavan. Roche, Patrick H. (16), 4th New York, dem., was born in Ii-eland, August 28, 1B52; was educated in New York public schools and De- La Salle college ; was formerly a ship chandler, but is now a wine merchant. Unmarried. This is his sixth term in the assembly. His last election was b}? 2,569 plurality over William Grossman, rep. Mr. Roche is one of the most affable and best liked members of the house. Chairman of committee on insurance; on public institutions, federal relations. Albany resi- dence, Kenmore. Ryder, Edgar L. (5), 3d West- JACOB RICE. Chester, dem., of Sing Sing, suc- cessor to the late Gen. James W. Husted, was born in that vil- lage Februarj^ 1, i860; was edu- cated in the public schools and at Columb'a college. Single. Is a GEORGE F. RIVENBURGH. lawyer; never before held public office. Overcame a republican majority of nearly 600, defeating John V. Cockcroft. Committees: taxation and retrenchment, mill- 56 NEW YORK STATE tary, state prisons. Albany resi- dence, 140 Hudson avenue. Searing, Samuel V. (66), 2d Queens, dem., is a resident of Mineola, and was born near there. internal affairs, villages. Albany residence, Delavan. Slieppard, Morris F. (i 1 1), Yates, rep., of Penn Yan, is forty-nine years old. Enjoyed the usual edu- cational advantages, such as are afforded by boarding schools, and graduation at Hamilton college. Married. Present occupation is that of a banker. In earlier days followed mercantile pursuits, and for many years was connected with the management and control of a line of steamboats on Lake Keuka, as well as the Bath & Hammonds- port railroad. Enlisted in the army, and became captain in the 1 6th New York artillery, mustered out of service in August, 1865. JESSE ROBERTS. January 20, 1836; was educated at Union Hall academy, Jamaica, L. I. Is married, and in the real estate and insurance business. Was town clerk of North Hempstead in 1867 and '68 ; in 1870 was elected justice PATRICK H. ROCHE. Has always been a republican. His democratic opponent was Earnest R. Bordwell; prohibition, Martin C. Stark; farmers' alliance or peoples' party, Robert Bishop. Has never before been a candidate for an office, although has been a national delegate, and has always evinced considerable interest in the party, locally. Committees: ways and means, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Kenmore. Shields, William E. (3), nth Kings, dem. , was born in Brooklyn, of the peace; served four years June 6, 1861. Was educated at and was elected again in 1890. public school No. 18. Is a lawyer Received last fall 4,976 votes, a and married. This is his fourth plurality of 1,238 over Richard M. term in the assembly. Chairman Collins, rep. Committees: banks, of the committee on revision; on JAMES ROBINSUN. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 57 judiciary, general laws, military. Albany residence, Stanwix. Smith, Frank D. (loS), 6th Erie, dem., is a resident of Springville; was born in Farmersville, February 22, 1855, was educated at Ten Broeck free acadenl3^ Franklin- ville; is now a dry-goods merchant. Married. Wassupervisor of Frank- linville in 1883 and '84, and super- visor of the town where he now lives in 1889, '90 and '91. Was elected to the assembly of i8gi, defeating William B. Courier by 278 votes in a strong republican district; ran again and was de- feated by Myron H. Clark, by about 100; last fall received 6,229 votes, defeating Clark by 117. defeating Fred. S. Gibbs, first by eighty-seven plurality, and again by 1,533- Committees; chairman of committee on public education; SAMUEL V. SEARING. Al- on judiciary, general laws, ban)^ residence, Stanwix. Stanton, Charles H. (125), Che- nango, rep., is a farmer of Ply- mouth ; was born in Otselic, New York, June 29, 1840; was educated at common and select schools. Is EDGAR L. RYDER. Was on the ways and means com- mittee his first year in the assem- bly. Although his town is one of the strongest republican towns in Erie county, he never failed of carrying it but once. Is president of the board of trade, and secretary of the Driving Park Association, and has always been active in poli- tics. Chairman of committee on public lands and forestry ; on waj^s and means, fisheries and game. Albany residence, Kenmore. Southworth, James H. (14), 13th New York, dem., was born in New Berlin in 1850, and was edu- cated at Union college. Studied law and is in practice at 291 Broad- way. Married. Was in the assem- bly of 1890 and '92, in both years MORRIS F. SHEPl'ARD. married. Served in the war in Co. G, 6ist New York volunteers as corporal. Has had seven years' experience in school teaching. Was supervisor town of Smyrna in 1883, '84. Is secretary of the Chenango 58 NEW YORK STATE County Patrons' Fire Relief Asso- ciation. Was in tlie assembly of 1892 and re-elected by 1,093 plurality. Committees: military, printed and kill Savings Bank, and president of the Catskill Ferrj' Company ; is interested in various local enter- prises, including the Otis elevating railway and the Catskill & Tan- nersville Railroad Company; was for four years president of the Greene County Agricultural So- ciety, and sheriff of Greene county in 1889, '90, and '91. Mr. Stead was born in Cairo, May 23, 1832; was educated in the public schools, and is married. He received 3,917 votes, defeating Edward M. Cole, the member for 1892, by 154 votes. Committees: commerce and navi- gation, prisons. Albany residence, Keeler's. Stevens, George A. (24), Essex, WILLIAM E. SHIELDS. engrossed bills. Albany residence, 85 Clinton avenue. Stead, James (51), Greene, rep., is a resident of, Catskill, where for forty years he has been identi- fied with the transportation busi- ness between Catskill and New FRANK n. SMril[. York, and has long been a director of the company for which he is superintendent; is a member of the board of trustees of the village of Catskill ; a trustee of the Cats- JAMES H. SOUTHWORTH. rep. , was born at Ausable Forks in 1856, and his life has been given ta lumbering, hotel-keeping and other Adirondack industries About fif- teen years ago, he and his brother, John A., settled at Lake Placid and opened a summer resort, which has since developed to its present extensive proportions, the Stevens house being among the best known in the Adirondacks. Five years ago their house was burned to the ground. On the 14th of May, 1887, a new building was erected, roofed, enclosed and partly plas- tered, when an Adirondack cyclone leveled it to the ground, involving a loss of $7,000. On the 15th of July, just two months later, an LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 59 entii'ely new building, capable of accommodating 350 guests, was opened to the public, the most re- mai-kable feat in hotel building on record. Mr. Stevens represented his town in the board of super- visors in 1S75 and 1876. This is his first appearance in the legis- lature. Committees,: public insti- tutions, soldiers' home. Albany residence, Kenmore. Stone, Samuel H. (80), ist Mon- roe, rep., lives in Pittsford, where he is a coal and produce dealer. He was born in Henrietta, in 1843 ; was educated at the Genesee Wes- lyan seminary ; is unmarried ; has been supervisor for Pittsford for three years. His plurality over A. CHARLES H. STANTON. M. Childs was about 2,200. Com- mittees: military, printed and engrossed bills. Albany residence, Delavan. Sullivan, Timothy D, (10), 2d New York dem., was born m New York, July 23, 1863. Mr. Sullivan is a practical politician, and has attested his popularity among the constituency he represents by hav- ing been elected seven times con- secutively to the assembly, the first time when only twenty-four years old. Hislast election was by 7,335 plurality, nearly double that of the year before. He is chairman of the committee on commerce and navigation, as he was la.st year; is also on electricity gas and water supply, and public education. Mr. Sullivan has the reputation in Albany of getting almost anything he wants, consequently many im- JAMES STEAD. portant bills are placed in his hands. Albany residence, Delavan. Taylor, Hubert G. (119), 5th Kings, rep., was born in Brooklyn, July g, 1847, and was educated in the public schools and the Poly- technic institute of that city. When sixteen years old he ran GEORGE A. STEVENS, away to go to sea and reached San Francisco (after being chased by a Southern privateer, and ship- wrecked) with seventy-five cents in his pocket. Later he went to 6o NEW YORK STATE China, Singapore, and Ireland and and a member of several clubs thence home. He entered the First and societies. Is married. Has National Bank of Brooklyn and always been an active republican, rose to the position of teller, and at the present time enjoys the From i86q to 1874 he was in the distinction of being the only re- publican elected to the legislature in New York, Kings, Queens or Richmond counties, or south of Poughkeepsie. He received 9,946 votes, defeating Alfred J. Wolf by 526. Committees: general laws, commerce and navigation. Albany residence, Delavan. Terry, James Frank (122), Sara- toga, rep., was born in Mechanic- ville, July 24, 1840, and was edu- cated in that town, where he has always lived. Was admitted to the bar, and has practiced law SAMUEL H. STONE. cotton-seed oil and freighting busi- ness in Vicksburg; then he was in the oil business in West Virginia. In 1878 he became chief clerk in District Attorney Catlin's office in Brooklyn; afterwards was receiv- TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN. ing teller of the Manufacturers' National Bank, and then went into the real estate business with Charles Fox. Is a trustee of the Kings County Savings Institution, HUBERT G. TAYLOR. ever since; has been president of the village, and village trustee one term; village clerk six years; village attorney ten years ; town clerk five years; clerk of the board of supervisors three years ; justice of the peace and police justice one term; assistant district attorney fourteen years; a director of the First National Bank of Mechanic- ville since its formation, in 1883; one of the Mechanicville Bridge Company since 1888, and a trustee of the X. Y. club since its incor- poration, in 1878. Is married. Received 6,958 votes, defeating William S. Donnelly by 843. Com- mittees: codes, villages. Albany residence, Stanwix. Thompson, Edward H. (79), ist LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 6i Dutchess, rep., was born in Pine He was born in New York, May 31, Plains, September 25, 1856; was educated at the Hudson academy. Is married, and lives at Millerton, where he is president of the Miller- ton National Bank. He has been president of the village of Miller- ton, and supervisor. He received 4,487 votes, defeating James H. Russell by 419. Committees: banks, military. Albany residence, Kenmore. Thornton, Howard (32), ist Orange, rep., is the son of Gen. William A. Thornton, and was born on Governor's island, Feb- ruary 25, 1849. He was educated in the New York public schools, graduating- therefrom in 1865 and JAMES FRANK TERRY. from Union college, class of '72, and Albany law school, class of '74. He has built up a large law prac- tice in Newburgh, where he holds office in a number of civic and social organizations. Was in the assembly of 1892 and re-elected by receiving 5,483 votes; Grant B. Taylor, dem. , received 4, 740 ; Geo. I. Varney, pro., 502. Mr. Thorn- ton's plurality over Taylor in 1891 was 876; and at the last election 1,143. Committees; revision, inter- nal affairs. Albany residence, Delavan. Townsend, Solomon S. (62), 3d Queens, dem., is serving his fifth r85o; was educated at the Oyster Bay parish school and the New York university. Is a coal mer- chant doing business at Oyster EDWARD H. THOMPSON. Bay. Single. Committees: chair- man of railroads ; also on internal affairs, charitable and religious societies. Albany residence, Ken- more. Tracy, Edward G. (126), Tioga, rep., was born in East Smithfield, HOWARD THdKN ION. Pa., May 18, 1841, of New Eng- land parentage. He was the consecutive term, having at the youngest of eight children. His last election been re-elected by 309 father and mother dying when he plurality over George L. Weeks, was young, and the farm which 62 NEW YORK STATE they had redeemed from the wilderness being sold to satisfy creditors, he was obliged to care for himself, which he did, working in summer and attending school EDWARD G. JRACY. bought an interest and finally the entire stock and block in which the business was carried on, and is now doing business in the same store he first entered twenty- five years ago. He also owns and manages the large farm on which his grandfather first erected a log cabin in 1805. Is married. Was elected member of the board of education . in Waverly four successive terms, serving five years as secretary and four years as president, resigning the latter office to accept that of supervisor of Barton in 1889, and was re- elected in 1890, '91 by increased majorities. This is his second term in the assembly. Was re-elected by 1,272 plurality over J. F. Coun- cilman, dem. Committees: com- merce and navigation, villages, Albany residence, 21 Jay street. Tripp, James H. (54), Cortland, SOLOMON S. TOWNSEND. in winter, a love for study, with diligent application, enabling him to 'L acquire a good education. Then he entered a drug store in Waverly, Tioga county, as clerk ; JAMES H. TRIPP. rep., was born in Columbia county in 1832; removed with his. parents to Cortland county in 1839. The early years of his life were spent in working on his father's farm in the summer and attending school and teaching school during the winter. From 1856 to 1862 was engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Marathon ; from 1862 to 1866 in the business of banking in Canandaigua ; from 1866 to 1884 in the mercantile busi- ness and private banking in Mara- thon. In 1884 assisted in organiz- ing the First National Bank of Marathon and was elected its first president, which position he still holds. He is also director in the .Homer National Bank of Homer, LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 63 N. Y. This is his second term in the assembly; was re-elected by 1,014 plurality over Arthur E. Nel- son, dem. Committees: banks, public printing. Albany residence, 21 Jay street. Van DeMark, Henry (114), Seneca, dem., was born in West Junius, where he is a farmer. He attended the common schools and the Phelps high school. Is mar- ried. Never before held public office. Received 3,171 votes, de- feating William S. MacDonald by 122. Committees: electricity gas and water supply, villages, agricul- ture. Albany residence, Delavan. Vandewater, John A. (115), 2d Diitchess, dem., was born in Belle- treasurer from 1873 to '1880, and from 1S88 to 1891; was supervisor for several years. Was in the assembly last year. Was re-elected by a majority, over M. H. Gray, JOHN A. VANDEWATER. dem. and farmers' alliance, of 93S. Committees: villages, unfinished business. Albany residence, room II, Stanwix. Walker, William H. (19), 8th HENRY VAN DE MARK. ville, Canada, of American parents, June 20, 1849. Has been a farmer, nurseryman, milk peddler and schoolteacher; also justice of the peace. Lives in Poughkeepsie. Married. This is his second term. Was re-elected by 161 plurality. Committees: ways and means, public education, agriculture. Al- bany residence, Delavan. Wait, William H. (82), Schuy- ler, rep. , was born in Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer county; was educated at Prof. John A. Gillet's graded school at Peach Orchard, and at a commercial college in Rochester. New York, dem., was born in Is now a banker at Watkins, being Ireland, December, 1849, and was president and owner of the Farm- educated in the public schools of ers and Mechanics' Bank in that Dublin. Is married and lives at 6 village. Married. Was county St. Luke's place. Was member WILLIAM H. WAIT. 64 NEW YORK STATE of the board of aldermen in 1887, state. He was one of the Cali- '88, '89 and '90. Was elected to fornia Forty-niners, but after the assembly of 1892, and made three years in the diggings came himself very popular by passing back to Kentucky where he studied the recreation pier bill. He was and practiced law. He was a member of the Kentucky legisla- ture in i860, '61, but resigned, and coming north in May, 1861, was commissioned captain by Presidenu Lincoln, and was mustered out as colonel in 1866, having served throughout the war in Kentucky and Missouri. He is married and practices law at 38 Park row. Served in the assembly in 1890, '91 and '92. Committees: chairman of cities; on revision, soldiers' home, rules. Alban)'- residence, Delavan. Wheeler, William E, (26), Cat- .s^^^. WILLIAM H. WALKER. re-elected by 2 , 930 plurality. Chair- man of committee on claims ; on taxation and retrenchment, mili- tary, privileges and elections. Albany residence, Delavan. f— ■ " — 1 1 \ 1 1 1 1 i A^jigj 1 i^^d^„^f§^ ■ GEORGE P. WEBSTER. Webster, George P. (22), 27th New York, dem., was born in Watertown, Connecticut, June 28, 1828, and was educated in that WILLIAM E. WHEELER. taraugus, rep., was born in Port- ville, N. Y. , November 21, 1843. Educated at Cortland academy. Homer, and at Hamilton and Yale colleges, graduating from the latter with the class of 1866. Is engaged in the manufacture of leather in Portville, where he resides, and also in the manufacture of lumber in Forest county, Pennsylvania, and in northern Michigan, and in the production of oil. Is vice- president of the First National Bank of Olean, N. Y. , and director in the National Bank of Westfield, N. Y. Is quite extensively inter- ested in pine timber lands in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wis- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 65 consin. Has served six terms as supervisor of his town and a num- ber of years on the school board. Married. Served in the assembly of 1892, and re-elected by 2,262 plu- .v^" ifeht r "^%-. \ jJifcr-' \ ^fcpl^^i^P® ^1 .. .^^„^. , JOSEPH C. WOLFF. Tality over Solon S. Laing, demo- crat, prohibition and people's can- didate. Committees: military, Indian affairs. Wolff, Joseph C. (103), 1 6th New York, dem., was born January 19, 1849, at Besancon, France, and came to New York in 1855; attended the grammar schools in that city; in 1864 enlisted in the 2d N. Y. Harris light cavalry as a bugler ; served under Generals Custer and Sheri- dan in the Shenandoah valley and was discharged at the close of the war. Graduated from Columbia law school in June, 1874; entered into co-partnership with Andrew Blake, under firm name of Blake & Wolff, at 80 Nassau street, in 1875, and has been in practice ever since. Has been connected with and done business for the butchers' associations on the east side ; was counsel for the cigar makers in the strike of 1876 and 1877; member of Tammany hall and Tammany societj' for past fifteen years ; mem- ber of Temple AhamethChesedand one of school board of said congre- gation ; past master of Shakespeare Lodge No. 750, F. and A. M. ; past grand of New York Lodge No. 70, I. O. O. F. ; member of Reno Post No. 44, G. A. R., Isaiah Lodge No, 49, 1. O. B. B. , Central Turn Verein. Manhattan Council 209, American Legion of Honor, Excelsior Coun- cil No. 26, American Provident Union, and Home Club. Is mar- ried ; home address, 147 Ea.st 56th street. Received 6,937 votes, de- feating Jacob Hassinger by 3,957. Chairman of committee on soldiers' home; on codes, public lands and forestry. Albany residence, Dela- van. Woodbury, Egburt E. (120), Chautauqua, rep., was born at Cherry Creek, N. Y., March 29, 1 861, and was educated at commoc schools and at the Chamberlain institute at Randolph, N. Y. Stud- ied law and was admitted to prac- tice in 1884. Practices his profes- sion at Jamestown. Is married. AVas justice of the peace of the city of Jamestown from 1886 to 1890, declining re-election to that office. Was member of assembly in 1891 and '92, serving on committees of revision and codes. Was re- elected from the whole county last fall by 5,215 plurality over John Madigan, Jr., dem., running ahead of his ticket. Committees : EGBL"I<.T E. WOODIJURY. general laws, public lands and for- estry. Albany residence, 78 South Swan street. Wyckoff, Jonathan (25), 2d On- ondaga, rep., was born in Nava- 66 NEW YORK STATE rino, March 29, 1846; was educated at the public schools and at Homer academy. Married. Is a practical farmer. Represented his town in the board of supervisors in 1884 and 1885. Was a member of the committee representing the New York State Tobacco Growers' Association, in 1889, before the ways and means committee, at their hearing on the tobacco schedule of the McKinley bill. Is vice-presi- dent of the Onondaga County Farmers 'Club; is a member of the P. of H., holding and having held the following offices: master of county council, overseer of Pomona, master of Excelsior Grange, and twice representing the county organization as a dele- gate at the State Grange. Has been director of the Co-operative Fire Insurance Company of the town of Onondaga since its organ- ization, and twice represented that organization as a delegate at the state central convention. Received 6,196 votes, defeating J. Horatio Earll by 1,495. Committees: trade and manufactures, Indian affairs. Albany residence, Stanwix. Yetman, Hubbard R (28), Rich- fifteen years old, and came home with his regiment in 1865. He taugtit in the public schools of Richinond county about fifteen years. Is married. Served in the assemblies of 1889, '92. Was re- JONATHAN WYCKOFF. mond, dem., is a civil engineer, real estate and insurance agent at Tottenville. Born in Monmouth county. New Jersey, in 1847; was educated at Freehold ; went to war with the 14th New York volunteers as a drummer boy when scarcely HUBBARD R. YETMAN. elected by 1,595 plurality over Cyrus B. White, rep. Committees: chairman of villages ; also on com- merce and navigation, labor and industries, public health. Albany residence, Vendome. THE LEGISLATIVE CORRESPOND- ENTS. Our groups of representative correspondents of the legislature speak for themselves. We regret that we have not room for bio- graphical sketches to accompany them ; but the correspondents are known far and near as the bright- est and ablest men in the pro- fession. They take great pride in their work ; they realize the responsibility of their position,, and the instances have been few and far between in which any one of them has betrayed the trust reposed in them by their em- plo^rers and by the public. There is nothing so much dreaded b)^ the promoter of a bad bill, as the cor- respondents of the press. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. John D. Whish, N. Y. Herald. Frank W. Hoyt, Albany Argus. Hugh PIastings, N. Y. Times W. McM. Speee, N. Y. Sun. Haines I). Cunningham, N. Y. Mail & Express. AVm. R. Nichols, Albany Eve. Journal. E. C. f'rvLER, Frank E. Perley, Myron A. Cooney, Joseph L. McEntee, N. Y. I'cst. Butfalo Express. N. Y. Telegram and N. Y. .R urnal. The United Press. THE CORRESPONDENTS. NEW YORK STATE 1 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES. IVays and Means — Quiglej', Farquhar, Smith, Vandewater, Ellison, Ransom, Barnard, Morris, Malby, Fish,Sheppard. Judiciary — Cooney, Martin, Hahlo, Guenther, Durack, Southworth, Shields, Farquhar, Deyo, Ainsworth, Griffin. Getieral Laivs — Guenther, South- worth, Quigley, Shields, Keenan, Mar- tin, Davidson, McKeon, Woodbury, Taylor, Bell. Revision— %\\\q\A.'s,., Butts, Goldberg, Jacoby, Melody, Ellison, Webster, Hummel, Thornton, Prescott, Porter. Codes — Martin, Cooney, Hahlo, Wolff, Butts, Barnard, Hummel, O'Sullivan, Nussbaum, Terry, O'Grady. Taxation and Reirenc/mienf — Foley, McGowan, Walker, Ott, Graham, Ry- der, Hand, Jacoby, McCormick, Fuller, Pierson. Canals — Clahan, Drypolcher Ran- som, Hand, Davidson, Graham, Peck, Keleher, Gallagher, Rivenburgh, Hob- ble. Affairs of Cities — Webster, Dinkel- spiel, Byrnes, Clahan, Cassin, Plant, Peck, O'Donnel, Fish, Gallagher, Nuss- baum. Railroads — Townsend, O'Connor, Guenther, Martin, Quackenbush, Haley, Kerrigan, Kinsila, Congdon, Denniston, Parkhurst. Commerce and Navigatio7i — Sullivan, Byrnes, Rice, Finnegan, Yetman, Duffv, Cahill, Goldberg, Tracy, Taylor, Stead. Insurance — Roche, Finnigan, Fraser, Quackenbush, Plant, Drypolcher, Din- kelspiel, Lenhard, Malby, Rivenburgh, Higbie. ^aw/^j-— Quackenbush, McManus, Hen- nessey, Finnigan, McGowan, McKeon, Searing, Bahan, Thompson, Fuller, Tripp. Electricity, Gas ai?d Water Supply — Kelly, Robinson, Sullivan, Rice, Finne- gan, Cahill, Haley, Van DeMark, Gal- lagher, Congdon, Buck. Internal Affairs — Fraser, Finnigan, Graham, Townsend, Avery, Hilton, Searing, Clahan, Foster, Pierson, Thorn- ton. Labor and Industries — Drypolcher, Ott, McManus, Yetman, Lenhard, Kempner, Bender, Hughes, Hotaling, Brown, Roberts. Excise — Goldberg, Foley, Kempner, Drypolcher, Ott, Mittnacht, O'Connor, Brown, Hotaling, Denniston, Chambers. Affairs of Villages — Yetman, Fraser, Avery, Van De Mark, Morris, Hilton, Searing, Terry, Tracy, Wait, Messiter. Public Printing — Cassin, Deitsch, Hennessey, Riley, Keleher, Haley, Kee- nan, Ainsworth, O'Grady, Tripp, Por- ter. Public Health— Yiw'S.y, Goldberg, Ba- han, Deitsch, Yetman, O'Donnel, Mitt- nacht, Reilly, Lounsbury, Reed, Mc- Cormick. Public .ff^wca/Zo;?— Southworth, Cas- sin, Morris, Sullivan, Vandewater, Hen- nessey, Kempner, Bender, Chambers, Hughes, Hough. Public Lands and Forestry — Smith, Keenan, Kerrigan, Melody, Wolff, Kele- her, Deitsch, O'Sullivan, Keck, Conk- ling, Woodbury. Public Institutions — Dinkelspiel, Foley, Lenhard, O'Donnel, McKeon, Reilly, Roche, Stevens, Lounsbury, Diven, Buck. Militar\) Affairs — Farquhar, Walker, Shields, Quackenbush, Ryder, Deitsch, Duffy, Stanton, Wheeler, Stone, Thomp- son. Soldiers' Home — Wolff, Hand, Bahan, Plant, Webster, Ellison, Kinsila, Mat- thews, Patchin, Diven, Stevens. C/azVwi-— Walker, McManus, O'Connor, Marrin, Mittnacht, Melody, Deyo, Mat- thews, Dexter. Federal Relations — Byrnes, Rice, Fra- ser, McGowan, Kelly, Roche, Adams, Bell, Keck. Charitable and Religious Societies — Hahlo, Clahan. Townsend, Durack, Bender, Hennessey, Olm, Parkhurst, Prescott. State Priso7ts—Kic&, Finnegan, Hil- ton, Barnard, Ryder, Robinson, Dex- ter, Foster, Stead. Fisheries and Game — O'Connor, Avery, Robinson, Davidson, Reill)', Smith, Conkling, Higbie, Griffin. Privileges and Elections — O'Sullivan, Cooney, Walker, Haley, Cassin, Finne- gan, Buck, Congdon, Denniston. Trades and Manufactures — Kerrigan, Dinkelspiel, Jacoby, Melody, Bender, Hummel, Wyckoff, Adams, Hobbie. Agriculture — Hilton, Van DeMark, Avery, Ransom, Vandewater, Kinsila, Patchin, Olin, Roberts. Indian Affairs — Peck, Ransom, Dti- rack, Cahill, Butts, Kelly, Wheeler, Wyc- koff, Sheppard. Rules — Speaker, Quigley, Webster, Malby, Fish. Martin, Pri?ited and Engrossed Bills - Marrin, Kelly, Stanton, Stone. Ott, Unfinished Biisiness — Cahill, McKeon, Guentjier, Wait, Messiter. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 69 Robert A. V.'onn, N. Y. Advuti.st-r. R. H. FULTER. Albany Journal. EvRON Newton. Eii'ialo Ai-w r-. F. Graha", r.ochester Post-Express. Harry C. Gott, Albany Times-Union. Edgar L. Mi-rlin, N. Y. Tribune. Edward H. ROf:nR, Bi'ooklyn Freie Presse. W. H. Harrington, Troy Times. John F. Nash, Albany Argus. David Taylor, J. H. O'Brien, Buffalo Enquirer. Albany Press & Knickerbocker. THE CORRESPONDENTS. NEW YORK STATE Chas. W. Sutherland, Assistant Clerk John Martin, Joaiiiai, cleric. C'HARLKS A. EARLE. Assistant Jouinal Clerk. David E. Ho watt. Deputy Clerk. James M. Ruso, Stenographer. John J. Hai.lock, 1 eputy Clerk, Ed. J. McGOLDBic'-, Lieut.-Gov.'s Messenger. A. E. Tallmadge, Sergeaut-.xt-Arms. William Shattuck, As.-iistaiit Librarian. JiiHN E. Leach, Fred Peek. Post-ilastei-. Presidents 3'_essenger. OFFICERS OF THE SENATE. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. W1LLIA5I J. ELI.IS, Asst. Clerk, Irving G . Cragtn, Journal Clerk. C. F. R. Cob, J. V. Pearsall, Speaker's Clerk. Asst. .Journal Clerk. William .J. Roy, Deputy Clerk. Thomas Hassett, Charles R. DeFreest. M. B. Redmond," Stenographer. Clerk. Sergeant-at-Arms. John Bradt, Thomas P. Wiialen, Deputy Clerk. Post-Master. Traoey Taylor, Fred W. Lewis, Wm. Reynolds, Deputy t lerk. Finaneial Clerk. .Messenger. OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY. 72 NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 73 The Capitol at Albany. History, Description and Cost of the Building. If, a little less than thirty years ago, when a new capitol for the state of New York was first talked of, it had been proposed to expend twenty million dollars and a quarter of a century in its construction, the idea would have been laughed to scorn; or, if treated at all seriously, would have been pounced upon as the most recklessly extravagant proposition ever offered to a deliberative body. Probably at that time such a thought never entered the head of the most liberal-minded of all the men who believed a new capitol was a necessity. The idea of the present building, as well as the structure itself, has been the growth of years and the product of many minds. No project has ever been fought more vigorously or more persist- ently; no edifice has been more constantly or more repeatedly abused. For twenty years the "fresh" legislator, in particular, found in it an object for attack and material for buncombe. For twenty years, when all other edi- torial topics failed, it was always in order, in two-thirds of the news- paper offices of the state, to ' ' pitch into the new capitol." Slowly, but not steadily ; surely, but not peacefully, stone has been added to stone, till the mighty temple of law and order, the grandest legislative building in the world, is approaching completion. And as the year draws nigh when the capstone will be laid, the voice of opposition is no longer heard, abuse is giving way to praise, and an honest pride is felt in what has so long been the subject of such scathing criticism. All are begin- ning to agree that the capitol at Albany is none too grand, none too beautiful and none too costly for the chief edifice of the grandest, the proudest, the most prosperous and the most progressive state in the American sisterhood of com- monwealths. History. The old capitol (built in 1806-8) at an expense of $110,685.42, had been found wholly inadequate, and there was mnch discussion about a new legislative building and where it should be erected. New York city had long coveted the capital, but the central and western por- tions of the state, while not alto- gether satisfied with having it where it is, were still more averse to seeing it moved down the river. The consequence was, it remained at Albany, which, after all, is the most convenient, and, so far as population is concerned, the most central of any eligible point that can]be named. The legislature has met here continuously since 1797; * The foregoing picture of the architect's design, drawn by Maj. M. F. McGowan, and engraved expressly for Phelps & Kellogg's New York State Legislative Souvenir, is the only correct representation of the Capitol that has ever been published ; all others differing more or less in detail from the completed plans of the architect, Mr. Isaac G. Perry. NEW YORK STATE in the Staclt Huis, corner of Broad- way andHudson avenue first, and afterward in the old capitol, which stood till 1SS3 on a site in front of the present building. The first definite action taken by the legislature on the subject of a new capitol was April 24, 1863, when Senator James A. Bell, from the committee on public buildings, offered a resolution (which was adopted) that the trustees of the capitol and the chairman of the committee on public buildings be authorized to procure suitable plans for a new capitol, and report to the next legislature. They did so, recommending the plans submitted by Fuller & Jones. Early in 1865, a committee was appointed by the senate to ascertain by correspond- ence with various municipalities on what terms the necessary ground and buildings could be obtained. New York showed: her desire for the honor by offering a site on the Battery, or at City Hall park, or in Tompkins square, or in Central park, or in any public place, and also proposed to erect all the neces- sary buildings free of expense to the state, and in addition, build an executive mansion on Fifth avenue, opposite Central park. Yonkers, Saratoga, Athens, Whitestown, Argyle and Sing Sing made liberal offers; Buffalo, Oswego and Ithaca declined to entertain the proposi- tion, as did Sandjr Hill. " If," wrote the worthy president of that virtuous village, "the time has come when our capitol is to go to tlie highest bidder, like imost every- thing that has any connection with our present legislature, then I would frankly say that our people are not the ones to off'er large bribes or inducements for the purpose of building up their place or people to the detriment and inconvenience of all the rest of the people of the state." The first committee (appointed April 24, 1863) had suggested in their propositions for plans that they should r e made with reference to the square about the old build- ing as the site for the new one. The city of Albany now offered to convey to the state the lot adjoining, occupied by the Congress Hall block, or any other lands in the city required for the purpose. On the ist of May, 1865, an act was passed (chapter 648) authoriz- ing the erection of a new capitol, whenever the city of Albany should deed over the land proposed, pro- vidiiTg for the appointment of three commissioners, and apj^ropriating $10,000 for the commencement and prosecution of the work. On the 14th of April, 1S66, the city having made good its offer, at an expense of $190,000, an act was passed rat- ifj'ing and confirming the location of the capitol, and May 3d of the same year, Hamilton Harris, John; V. L. Pruyn, of Albany, and O. B. Latham, of Seneca Falls, were appointed new capitol commission- ers. On the 22d of April, 1867, an act was passed appropriating $250,000 for the new capitol, but providing that no part should be expended until a plan had been agreed upon not to cost, when com- pleted, more than four millions. The plan submitted by Thomas Fuller was adopted, and he was appointed architect, and William J. McAlpine consulting engineer. Work begun. — On the 9th of December, 1S67, the excavating w^as begun on the corner of Hawk and State streets, by John Bridg- ford, who had under him 100 men. On the 19th of May, 1868, an act Avas passed appropriating an addi- tional $250,000, and adding to the commission Messrs. James S. . Thayer, AlonzoB. Cornell, William . A. Rice, James Terwilliger and John T. Hudson. The commission were also authorized to take as additional land one-half the block adjoining Congress Hall block on the west, and to change the plans at their discretion, with this pro- viso: That if they were so changed that the building w'ould cost more than four mihions, the commission- ers were not to proceed to construc- tion till such plans were approved by the legislature. Meantime work had been delayed for a year in- order that the additional lands might be secured. On the 2d of October, 1868, the commissioners having come to the conclusion that preparing the land was not included in ihe term "construction," the LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 75 I n mrTtmminm nicin i iiiiiimnir iii nra mil 1 1 iiii nil iii mil 1 1 iiimninmnimn i m i I "' •-^iiimlf'll liiiiiiimiuiiiiiiiii\iiiiii nil lull Hill I III 111 iiiiiiiiuiii 11 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliJLiillllliyillllllililllllllliliilllllllll!lllilllll|illlliWWlU[illillllllllU^ ASSEMBLY STAIRCASE, demolition of houses on State, Washington, Spring and Hawk streets was begun, and in Decem- ber following, 400 men and 200 teams were employed carrying the earth that had been excavated and depositing it down the bank at the corner of Swan and Canal streets. The enlarged plans, prepared by Fuller & Laver, were duly reported to the legislature, and approved by act of May 10, 1S69. The Foundation. — The first stone in the foundation was laid July 7, 1869, by John V. L. Pruyn. This, foundation, although, of course, out of sight, and scarcely thought of by the ordinary visitor, is a. wonder in itself. In the first place, excavations were made to an aver- age depth of 15 43-100 feet below the surface. Then a bed of con- crete, 4 feet thick, was laid, con- stituting a stone floor which will grow harder and harder as time rolls on. The sub-basement extends 76 NEW YORK STATE down 19 feet 4 inches, and contains 735,000 cubic feet of stone, while the brick walls, from 32 inches to 5 feet thick, contain between ten and eleven million bricks. The foundation of the main tower is no feet square at the base, taper- ing to 70 feet square at the base- ment floor. In this sub-basement are no less than 144 different apart- TQents, occupied in part by the heating, ventilating and electric lighting apparatus. The boilers were formerly here but they have heen removed to a boiler house on Lafa3rette street, one block north and connected with the capitol by an underground conduit six feet high. The corner stone was laid with great ceremony by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons en the 24th of June, 1871. The exercises took place in the midst of a drench- ing rain, but were said to have been witnessed by at least 20,000 persons. Ad- dresses were made by Hon. Hamilton Harris and Gov. John T. Hoffman. Changes in Com- missioners. — In April, 1 8 71, the com- mission was so changed as to be constituted as fol- lows: Hamilton Har- ris, William C. Kings- ley, William A. Rice, ChaunceyM. Depew, Delos De Wclf and Edwin A. Merritt. In February, 1875, Mr. Hamilton Har- ris, who had been chairman of the board for nearly ten years, resigned. Resident here in Albany, and from the first deeply inter- ested in having a capitol worthy of the Empire State, his services during the critical periods in the building's history have been of incalcu- lable value, and after his resigna- tion, as chairman of the finance com- mittee of the senate at a time when a most determined opposition to any further appropriations was made by the New York city press, he again fought the battles of the capitol through to victory. On the 21st of June, 1875, the entire old board was abolished, and the lieutenant- governor (William Dorsheimer), the canal auditor (Francis S. Thayer), and the attorney-general (Daniel Pratt), were constituted a new board. Of this board, Lieut. - Gov. Dorsheimer took an active interest in completing and furnish- ing the interior, and much of its present sumptuousness, especially the assembly chamber, is due to his taste. This board was super- seded by the successors to these several offices as follows: Lieut.- Gov. George G. Hoskins, from INSIDE VIEW OF WINDOW, ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 77 Jan. I, 1880, to Jan. i, 1883, when he was succeeded by Lieut. -Gov. David B. Hill; Canal Auditor George W. Schuyler from Jan. i, 1876, to May 20, 1880, when he was succeeded by John A. Place, who held the office till it was abolished in 1883 ; Attorney-Generals Charles S. Fairchild, from Nov. 2, 1875, Augustus Schoonmaker, Jr., from Nov. 6, 1877; Hamilton AVard, from Nov. 4, 1879; Leslie W. Russell, from Nov. 8, 1881. In 18S3 a law was passed creat- ing the office of capitol commis- sioner, abolishing the office of superintendent of the capitol, and empowering the single commis- sioner to take full charge of the work, at a yearly salary of $7,000. This bill was signed on the 30th of March, 1883, and the same day Gov. Cleveland sent to the senate the nomination of Isaac G. Perry. He was confirmed April 5. In iSgo the act of appropriation named as commissioners, the lieu- tenant-governor (Jones), the state engineer and surveyor (John Bo- gart), and capitol commissioner (Perry). By act of May 23, 1885, a board of advisory commissioners was created, to consist of the governor (David B. Hill), the attorney-gen- eral (Denis O'Brien), the president of the senate (Dennis McCarthy), and the speaker of the assembly (George Z. Erwin, and in succes- sion, James W. Husted and Fre- mont Cole) under whose instruc- tions the commissioner was to act. This board was superseded by the act of June 9, 18S8, whereby the lieutenant-governor (Edward F. Jones), the president pro ton. of the senate (J. Sloat Fassett), the speaker of the assembly (Fremont Cole), and the commissioner of the capitol (Isaac G. Perry), were ap- pointed supervising commissioners- Changes in Superintendents. — In December, 1872, John Bridgford, the first superintendent, was re- tired, and June 11, 1873, William J. McAlpine, who from the begin- ning of the work had been the consulting engineer, was appointed superintendent, and remained such till May 29, 1874, when James W. Eaton was appointed in his place. and held the position till the office was abolished, as just stated. By an act passed May 2, 1883, the governor, lieutenant-governor and speaker were constituted trustees of all the state buildings in Albany, including the finished portion of the capitol. They ap- pointed as superintendent of public buildings (including the capitol) Mr. C. B. Andrews, who held office till June I, 18S9, when he was suc- ceeded by Edward K. Burnham, who was succeeded by Michael Delehanty, Jan. 15, 1892. Changes in Architects. • — ■ With the abolition of the old commission in 1875 came a change in architects, Mr. Thomas Fuller being super- seded by an advisory board, ap- pointed July 15, 1875, consisting of Frederick Law Olmstead, Leo- pold Eidlitz and Henry H. Rich- ardson. Up to this time the exterior walls had been carried up upon the Fuller plans, a working model of which had been con- structed at a cost of $3,000, and which was on exhibition for several years. Pictures of the capitol as it was to have been had also gone broadcast over the land and world. This plan was that of the Italian Renaissance, which was now mod- ified to the Romanesque, but work had not proceeded far when the legislature passed an act directing a return to the original style, and that the building be carried up to the roof in accordance therewith. This h?s been done so far as possi- ble, the result being what is called the Free Renaissance. The act of May 23, 1885, made the commissioner of the capitol (Isaac G. Perry) the sole architect thereof, with power to employ an architect for temporary service. Occupied by the Legislature. — The capitol was first occupied by the legislature Jan. 7, 1879, the senate meeting on the second floor, in the room originally intended for the court of appeals, the assembly in the assembly chamber. The same evening a grand reception was given by the citizens of Albany, when 8,000 people were present. Gilmore's band, of New York, and Austin's orchestra, of Albany, fur- nished the music. The supper was ■7S NEW YORK STATE served under a canopy in the cen- tral court. The formal occupation took place on the evening of Feb. 12, 1S79, when in presence of both houses of the legislature, the court of ap- peals, the state officers and others, assembled in the assembly cham- ber, prayer was offeied by Rt Rev. Wilham Crosuell Doane, Description. No matter from what side yea approach Albany, the building makes itself strikingly evident, rearing its heavy masses and sharp roofs into the sky from the top of the hill. The impression produced varies with various persons. One accomplished ^\riter finds it "not unlike that made h\ the photo. SS& \Y« -^Ht/',-<., A 'b^3j:i^4:-ji pj-ixstat fidere qiiam liomini. The Schuyler arms are on the north side, middle. The carving is as follows : Vert a cubit arm habited issuing from the sinister base point holding a falcon proper. Crest, a falcon proper gorged with a fillet, strings reflexed. The Livingston arms are on the north side, east. The carving is : Quarterly, first and fourth quarter argent three gilli-flowers ; second quarter quarterly first and last gules a chevron argent, second and third azure three martlets ; third quarter or, a bend argent between six billets. Crest, a demi Hercules with club in dexter band and the sinister strangling a serpent. Motto: Si je puis. The Jay arms are on the south side, west. The carving is : argent a chevron gules, in chief a demi sun in splendor, between two mullets argent below, in base a rock proper surmounted with a large bird close. Crest, a cross calvary. The Clinton arms are on the south side, middle, and are carved as follows : argent six cross crosslets fitchee, three, two, one, on a chief two mullets, pierced. Crest, a plume of six ostrich feathers on a ducal crown. The Tompkins arms are on the south side, east. The carving is : argent on a chevron gules between three birds close, as many cross crosslets. Crest, a uni- corn's head armed and maned and gorged with a chaplet laurel. While no patriotic soul objects to giving due honor to those who have served the state, the idea of carving private arms upon a public building has not in it the exact "elements of popularity." The carving can best be seen from the upper stories. The first or ground story, which is nearly on a level with Washing- ton avenue and State street, is de- voted to committee rooms and offices. Ascent to the other stories may be made by elevators, but visitors will generally prefer to walk up one of the grand staircases. The assembly staircase, on the north side, is of Dorchester free- stone, of soft drab color ; its ascent is easy, its design vigorous and scholarly. When first erected it was considered a master-piece. It was, however, faulty in construc- tion or material, and has been the subject of costly repairs. It has since been surpassed in some re- spects, by the senate staircase. The Golden Corridor, reached on the second floor by the assembly staircase, was intended, by its Oriental splendor, to relieve the massive effect of so much granite ; but the soft sandstone did not sus- tain the weight above it, and after much repairing it took its place among the mistakes, without which no building of this magnitude was ever erected, and has given place to committee rooms. On the right of the corridor is the room originally intended for the court of appeals, but declined by the judges as unsuitable for their purpose. It is 60 feet square and 25 feet high, subdivided into parallelograms, one twice the width of the other, by a line of red gran- ite columns carrying with broad low arches a marble wall. The walls are of sandstone, visible in some places but covered in most with a decoration in deep red, and with the tall wainscoting of oak, which occupies the wall above the dado of sandstone. The ceiling is a superb construction in carved oak carried on a system of beams diminishing in size from the great girders supported I y great braces, and finally closed by oaken panels, profusely carved. The senate oc- cupied this room previous to the completion of the senate chamber, and it has since been used for various purposes. It is now occu- pied by the second division of the court of appeals. The Assembly Chamber. — As- cending another flight of the stair- LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. R' looks through the large end ot the telescope, as it were, down vistas framed in arches narrowing and vaults hang- ing lower as they recede, from the great red pillars on either hand, along the vast and ever-varying surfaces ot the ceilings, their creamy sandstone faces divided by the sweeping lines of the deeper toned ribs and arches that uphold them, and fretted with wide belts of ornament climbing their climbing courses, touched with the gleam of gold and standing out from hollows filled with _ deep ultra marine and burn- W ing Vermillion, to the dark backward and abysm of the remotest vault. Through the lower arches one sees the openings of the windows which flood the transept, not with the dim, religious light of old cathedrals, but with naked and open daylight. Around them, wheel the in- tricate arabesques of their arches defined against a ground of Vermillion and en- !\^ Uis^ I w circled with bands of gold. , t jlm - \ a -^bove and between the f ' \ \\il3 t I > lower three, beneath the broad belt which is some day to carry a sculptured procession, the whole wall is covered with arabesques in a field of dull red. Above the upper arcade are glimp- ses ot the draperies and the attitudes of colossal painted figures. " One feels at once in this great stone room that he is in the presence of a noble monument, and that in what a musician would call the 'dispersed harmony ' of this hierarchy of ordered masses, and this balance and opposi- tion of sweeping curves there has been achieved in the America of the nineteenth century a work not unworthy to be compared with what has been done in more famous buildmg ages. When the shock of such an impression has subsided, and he has time case we come to what is, without to examine the sources of this elTect, he -Innht tViP o-rnnrlpst IPo-iQlnti-vzP hall findsthemin the general conception of aouDt, tne granaest legislative nau the room rather than in any of its parts, in the world, the assembly cham- or in any aggregation of them lessthan ber, 84 by 140 feet, including the the whole. Here is a distinctly Gothic o-nllprip^ fllthnno-h thp rharnber room, which m its plan has so many re- gaJienes, aitnougn tne cnamoer semblances to a medieval church that it proper is but 84 by 55 feet, cannot be described without using the Four great pillars, four feet in terms of ecclesiology, which yet has HinmPtW nf rpd crranitp nrio-inallv probably never reminded a Single visitor aiameter , ot 1 ea granite, origmaiiy ^^ ^ church. Its civic character has been sustained the largest groined stone impressed upon it bv the force of design arch in the world, the key-stone alone, and mainly by the modeling of bpino- eft fppf from the floor Of its masses, after ihe noble arrangement Demg 50 teet irom tne noor. ur ^hich this modeling assists. There is a this room, as it was at first con- vigor in it which reminds one of Roman- Structed, Mr. Schuyler said : esque or early Gothic, but it has none of the rudeness of Romanesque vaulted "The perspective of the room is so architecture, and none of the tentative arranged that from the entrance one imperfection of early Gothic work. Ex- 82 NEW YORK STATE cept in one conspicuous instance, the structure is completely developed, and complete development is the mark of perfected Gothic. This completeness, however, nowhere degenerates into the attenuation that comes of excessive subdi vision — nowhere into a loss of that sense of power which belongs to unhewn as unsubstantial as the visions of a night. For some reason (and upon this point authorities differ) the stone ceiling soon becair.e un- safe; the stones cracked and small pieces fell. It was feared that masses fulfilling structural necessities. There^is nothing here of which one may say: ' 'Twere to consider too curiously, to consider so.' Neither is there any- thing of that ascetic intensity which most of all, has set its stamp upon the ecclesiastical work of the middle ages This work is as day-lit as Grecian Doric! It is frank and manly and it is eminentl v alive — distinctly a product of our time.'" Unhappily this magnificent dream of the architect was almost sooner or later the whole of it would come down with a crash. A commission of experts reported that it was best to take the ceiling down. The architects protested, and offered to repair it at their own expense ; they were allowed to do so, replaced the defective stones, and for a year or two all anxiety subsided ; stones continued to fall. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 83 ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SHOWING OLD VAULTED CEILING. however, and finally, to the regret chamber before the stone ceiling of all admirers of the superb in was removed. They were painted architecture, the stone ceiling was by the late William M. Hunt one removed ini 888, and the present of the greatest of American artists, one of wood substituted. and possessed a me ancholy mter- The Allecrorical Pictures. — No est from the fact that they were one feature of the capitol caused the only work of the kind he ever more comment than the pictures did. He received for his services that occupied the upper portion of the sum of $15,000. One repre the north and south walls of this sented the i-hght ot Night, the 84 NEW YORK STATE other The Discoverer. The space covered by each was 15 by 45 feet. These pictures, costly and beauti. ful as they once were, are now hidden from sight by the wooden ceihng; but before that was sub- stituted they had become seriously damaged and defaced by the fail- ure of the pigments to adhere to the stone. It has been said that while Mr. Hunt was at work he obtained from his assistant a solemn promise that if their effort proved a failure, he would paint out both pictures in a single night. Failure came at last, not an artistic failure, but a mechanical and practical failure. Mr. Hunt did not live to see it. He committed suicide on the Isles of Shoals, Sept. 8, 1879. (See Atlantic Monthly, May, 1879 ; July, 1880.) The executive chambers, or the governor's rooms, are in the southeast corner on the second or entrance floor. On the way to this portion of the capitol one is struck by two very im- portant differences in construc- tion between the southern corri- dors and the corresponding pas- sages on the north side of the building. These differences con- sist in the use of colored marbles here for wainscoting, and in the admission of light by windows rising from the top of the wain- scot above the level of the eye, and surrounding the doors leading into the various committee rooms that receive direct light. The richness and variety of color is truly wonder- ful and it contains in low tones more combinations than the most elaborate palettes of a painter could reach in a lifetime. The most prominent tints are shades and hues of red, and these are re- lieved by numberless colder tones, grays and browns predominating. The Governor's Room is 60 feet long by 40 wide ; the walls are wain- scoted to a height of 15 or 16 feet with mahogany, arranged in square panels surmounted with a band of carving and a carved moulding above. The space between this and the ceiling of mahogany is covered with hangings of Spanish leather, which harmonize, in soft tones of golden brown and red and olive, with the mahogany. On one side of the room is an enormous fireplace having a shelf and several emblem- atic panels of elaborate carving above it. The ceiling is composed of beams, which divide the space into panels, having rails perforated in the form of a quatrefoU sur- rounding the panel. There are convenient arrangements to con- nect with the offices of the execu- tive attendants and the bill room by small doors in the paneling, and altogether the room is well adapted to the reception of persons having business to transact with the governor and his assistants. The Corridor of Columns. — As- cending from this floor by the commodious and easily running elevator, we find ourselves in a corridor similar to that previously described, which leads into a broader one, running east and west along the north side of the senate chamber. This last named cor- ridor, which is after plans furnished by Mr. Eidlitz, is entirely lined and vaulted with sandstone, and has a row of columns in the centre, above which there is a double arched vault extending to either wall. The Senate Chamber, in the richness and variety of its decora- tion, is equalled only by the famous St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. Its treatment was assigned to Mr. Richardson, and of his success there can be no question. The space in which he had to work was 60 feet in breadth, nearly 100 in length, and about 50 in height. He reduced the plan of the room to a nearly square form, cutting off from either end of it the lobbies, above which are placed the galler- ies, opening on the chamber proper. These lobbies, opening from the corridors, are simple in treatment. Yet by a slight similarity in detail they, in a measure, prepare the eye for the senate chamber itself. They are wainscoted with light marble, arranged panel wise in slabs and rails, and are ceiled with quar- tered oak. From the west lobby opens the lieutenant-governor's room, comfortably fitted up with a carved and polished mahogany wainscot and fireplace, and an oak ceiling supported on corbels of marble. By the arrangement of the galleries over the lobbies, the actual floor space of the senate LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. chamber proper is reduced to about 60 feet by 55. Entering on this floor by the main doorway from the vaulted corridor above described we first see the south wall, from which the chamber is lighted by three large openings rising from a level with the floor and six lesser openings near the ceiling. Two of the large windows are filled with disks of stained glass, which shade from browns and rubies near the floor through olives and golden hues to the semi-circular tops, which are filled with varied iridescent and opalescent tint. The central win- dow is obscured by the reredos behind the president's desk, which rises to the spring of the window arches but does not cover the semi- circular window-head, which, like the others, is filled with many hued opalescent glass. The stained glass has been used not only to add brilliancy of color, but to avoid the glare of light that has proved so objectionable in some of the other rooms. The Mexican Onyx Paneling. — Above the three arches of the lower windows for about twelve feet (per- pendicularly) the wall is paneled with Mexican onyx. These panels are cut into slabs three feet square and are separated.or rather framed, by slightly convex rails of Sienna (Italy) marble, the mottled reds, yellows and browns of which con- trast with the tints of the onyx. For additional support the slabs are backed up with slabs of ordi- nary marble. /Phe variety of color displayed in the onj'x is very re- markable, the prevailing tints be- ing mottled and semi-translucent whites, cream colors, sea water, olive and ivory. These tints are broken and waved by lines, striae and splashes of raw Sienna color- ing, rosy brown, and numberless shades of other neutral browns, some inclining toward red and some toward green and even blue, while the surface everywhere varies in play of light and shade of semi- opacity and translucence. The vari- ous slabs, no two of which are alike, are arranged with a certain idea of contrast, but never formally nor with regularity of counterchange. The Golden Frieze.— The wall space above the windows is filled in with lead, heavily gilt, constitut- ing a sort of frieze. The ornament of this is a carefully studied design of arabesque or floral pattern, beaten out or embossed by means of hammers, stamps and dies of various sizes and shapes, thus afliording a varied play of light and shade on the gilt surface. The Oak Ceiling. — Above the broad frieze of beaten gold and terminating the wall are the mas- sive carved beams of oak, more than four feet in depth, which con- stitute the framework of the ceiling. These great beams are supported on stone corbels sunk into the walls and projecting under the beams. The corbels are carved into bold and vigorous forms de- rived from foliage and flowers. The eye is easily carried to the western wall by the upper portion of wall space, which is deco- rated by the beaten frieze of gold. On this side again is the lower wall space of Knoxville marble. It appears, however, in greater mass than on the south side of the room, being only broken by the two doors of the lobby. Disposed in large blocks and uncarved, this marble presents an appearance of solidity and strength very neces- sary to a room of great size, and affords a powerful understructure for the support of the heavy col- umns and arches above. Although this surface is much hidden by the high-backed settees that line almost the entire wall of the room, enough shows through to give an impression of solidity and strength of construction. Above this lower wall of marble are three great arched spaces, occupying nearly the whole width of the wall and disclosing the galleries. These arches are supported by four mas- sive columns of a dark, red-brown granite, with capitals of whitish marble, elaborately carved. The arches themselves are of the yellow Sienna marble, with both inner and outer mouldings carved. Of these arches Edward A. Freeman re- marks: ' ' There are parts [of the build- ing] which I cannot at all admire. 86 NEW YORK STATE but there are other pa,rt=., those in which the columns and round arches are employed, which cer- tainly pleased me as much as any modern building that I have seen for a long time. AVheii I say that the arches in the senate chamber seemed to me, as far as their gen- eral conception goes, worthy to stand at Ragusa, some will under- stand that I can say no more,'" the portraits of the judges, many of which hung in the court of appeals room of the old capitol. On the west side of the room is a recessed fire-place of large dimen- sions, over which is displayed the arms of the state carved in the oaken panels of the mantel over the recess. The recess of the fire- place is lined with Sienna marble and has a bench on either side of Half way between the east and the fire-place of the same material west walls is the main entrance of the corridor, and on either side of the entrance are two great open fireplaces jutting out into the room. The doorway and fireplaces are con- structed of marble, as is the space between them. The openings of the fireplaces are about six feet in height and something moi-e in breadth. The Court of Appeals. — Nine spacious rooms are assigned for the court of appeals, six in the third or principal story ; three in the fourth or gallery story, the two stories being connected by an ornamented iron staircase. The court-room is in the southeast corner, over the executive chamber, and is 35 by 53 feet, and 25 feet high. It is fimished in quartered red oak, timbered ceiling of the same ma- terial, with carved beams and deep recessed panels. The five window openings are finished with Knox- ville marble, the arches resting upon carved trusses and columns recessed into the angles formed by the jambs and outer belting, termi- nating in ornamental trusses. A deep carved wood string in line with the trusses, and the carved capi- tals of the marble columns, divide the oak paneling on the walls into two parts. The frame-work of the upper section is filled in with large plain panels, and the intention is to decorate, by gilding, the rails. The panels are designed to be painted in varied designs to har- monize with the wood carving. The lower section below the win- dow arches stands upon a moulded base and is filled in with double raised panels and subdivided longi- tudinally by carved string courses, containing between them a section of vertical fluted work in which are fixed at intervals in carved frames The lintel over the fire-place is also Sienna marble richly carved and extending across the whole recess. Resting on the lintel is a large panel composed of several choice specimens of Mexican onyx skill- fully arranged. The judges' bench has been care- fully designed in style and form to suit the requirements and wishes of that honorable body. The front is divided into panels set in frame- work ; the panels are exquisitely carved in varied designs and sep- arated by ornamental balusters, the whole resting on a moulded base. Carved in the centre panel are the arms of the state. There is a medallion convex of carved grotesque heads located along the projecting top. Perhaps no room in the building is better adapted to its purpose than this. Four other rooms adjacent form a con- tinuous suite extending north from the court-room along the eastern front. A room for law^-ers in at- tendance on the court of appeals is opposite the court -room on the west side. The Southeast or»Senate Stair- case occupies a space 52 by 52, and 1 14 feet high from basement bot- tom to the top of the walls. Great care was taken in preparing and putting down the footing courses that support this grand monu- mental work, and which are con- structed of granite blocks in two courses, cut to straight and par- allel thicknesses. The blocks of granite in the lower course are from 3 to 4 feet wide, 8 feet long and 2 feet thick; in the upper course 7 feet long, 20 inches thick, well bonded with the lower coarse,, all of which is laid and bedded in Portland cement. The founda- tions from the footing course up LEGISLATIA^E SOUVENIR. 87 through the basement are con- structed of hand-burned brick, laid and grouted in Portland cement, strengthened by broad skewbacks extending through the maspive walls. The pier binders and caps are all of well wrought granite. The stairs start on the ground floor on the south side and extend stairs are of easy ascent and grand and dignified in appearance. The upper landings 01 the stairs on each story are on platforms resting on the walls at either end and sup- ported at the cross joints by mas- sive granite girders. The west walls on the ground and entrance stories form a continuous line of to the gallery story. The great platforms and steps are of Dor- chester sandstone. Each story is divided into two sections by spacious intermediate platforms midway in each story, extending the whole distance between the north and south walls, a distance of 50 feet by 12 feet wide. The niches, divided by piers and columns, embelUshed with moulded bases and carved caps. The west wall in each of the four stories is pierced by large openings through which Ught is admitted to the stair- case from the court. The eastern wall in the entrance and main stories is provided with nalconies, NEW YORK STATE the platforms placed on a level with" the tiled floors of the corri- dors adjoining. These balconies serve both as useful and orna- mental features, and are ap- proached through the openings made in the east heretofore de- scribed. Each of the elevations on the east and west sides of the wall, the bases of which are on a level with the floors in the various stories and intermediate platforms, is divided into five openings by piers with columns recessed into the angles of the same, embellished with highly ornamental carved foliated caps of varied designs, in which are introduced allegorical figures of various forms, carefully studied and exquisitely executed from drawings. The openings are spanned by pointed arches, the two outer arches extending over the steps. The faces of the piers and arches are decorated by incised ornaments, the underside of arches by lowing lines of tracery termi- nating in grotesque heads and figures. The north and south sides of the well are each divided into two openings, which are spanned by arches springing from the mas- sive piers at the ground floor, up to and against the piers resting upon the caps of the centre column s, from which the upper span of arches spring to and against the piers of the various landings. These arches are constructed at an angle conforming to the angles of the steps and supporting the same. The vertical faces and sofflts are decorated in a similar manner as the arches heretofore described, with the exception of the lower section in which spandrels are formed, filled in with geometrical tracery. Resting on the arches continuing up the steps and forming the coping over the same is a moulded string course, up the face of which is a deeply recessed and richly carved decoration. This coping and deco- ration extends along a level with all the platforms, and is divided by the piers at the angles. The coping, up the steps and along the plat- forms, is surmounted by a beauti- ful balustrade worked in geomet- rical figures and foliage ornaments, on which rests a heavy moulded handrail. Richly carved mouldings extend along the underside of the platforms and up the soffits of the stairs next to the outer walls. The base and wainscoting along the platforms and upon a parallel line with the stairs on the outer walls are also executed in geometrical figures, surmounted by a moulded capping. All the outer walls, from the ground floor to the under- side of the skylight, are faced with sandstone ashlar, surmounted by an enriched stone cornice, on which rests the iron construction support- ing the skylight. This great monumental work is believed to be without parallel on the face of the globe. The Bureau of Military Statistics is on the fourth or gallery floor, west end, south side, and is open to visitors daily from 9 a. m. till 5 p. M. This collection grew out of a desire to perpetuate in some way the patriotic memories of the war of the rebellion. It was at first proposed to erect a suitable building for the purpose, and over $30,000 was subscribed by towns and individuals. This money is now on deposit, and the interest helps to support the bureau, which is under the charge of the adjutant- general. The objects of greatest interest are the battle-flags of the various state regiments, 804 in number, some of them torn in shreds, others still bearing plainly the names of the battles in which the regiments participated. These are in cases in the senate gallery corridor. There are 28 rebel ensigns cap- tured from the enemy, and many other trophies to interest the curious. Over 3,000 photographs have been collected, and many are framed and on exhibition. There is also a large collection of news- papers, in which the history of the war was written in the time of it ; many specimens of ordnance ; some relics of the revolutionary war and of the war of 1812 ; an interesting collection of Lincoln memorials, including a piece of the bloody shirt taken from his person on the night of the assassination . Another interesting group is the clothes LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. STATE LIBRARY. worn by Col. Ellsworth \Yhen he was shot down in Alexandria, and the rebel flag which he took from the Marshall House, an act which led to his untimely death. The State Library. — The great library of the state, with its more than 125,000 volumes, is magni- ficently housed in a continuous series of rooms on the third and fourth stoi'ies of the western section extending the entire length from north to south, except where occu- pied by the Board of Claims in the northwest j^avilion, and bj^ the Regents of the University in the southwest uavilion. There is also store room in the fifth story. The length and depth of each of these stories is about fco by 300 feet — aggrega/ting 42,400 square feet of floor surface, including the mezzanine floors, and with the fifth and attic story making a total of 55,600 square feet. Ihe only en- trance to the library is from the broad corridor in the third story, to the central reading or reception room, 42 by 73 feet, and two stories in height (53 leet). There are two tiers of galleries across the north and south ends of this magnificent apartment, supported by colon- nades, consisting of clusters of Bay go NEAV YORK STATE of Fundy granite columnn. The ceiling is constructed of rolled wrought iron rib work, coverd with iron lath, plastered and painted soft blue in imitation of the sky, delicately tinted and shaded, form- ing a pleasing contrast with the soft red freestone of the colon- nades below. The horizon is lighted up, and fleecy gatherings of light clouds and Cupids have been introduced. The room is of highly impressive character both on account of its size and archi- tectural treatment. North of the main room is the law library in five rooms on the third floor. They contain 12,500 lineal feet of quartered oak shelv- ing. In the stack room on the fourth floor, also, a part of the law library, is 7,600 lineal feet of galvanized iron shelving, making 20, I03 feet in the law department. All the apartments in the library south of the central reading room are devoted to general literature and include six reading rooms on the third floor. On the fourth floor is a stack room alone which has shelving for 125,000 books. Great inge;:uity has been displayed in obtaining the greatest amount of book room, and at the same time provide for light and air. For artificial light about 700 incandes- cent lamps will be used. Speaking tubes and electric call bells afl^ord means of rapid communication between the emploj-ees. The Western Staircase. — Adjoin- ing the entrance lobby on the west is located the western staircase, one of the most important of the many beautiful works of the capitol. The stairs are erected to the gallery floor. The plan of the monumental work is on a liberal scale. The east and west facades, as viewed from the lobby on the west and corridor on the east, are eighty-one feet in length, with seven openings on each fac^^ade. The central open- ings, which are the entrances to the stairway on each floor, are four- teen feet wide. All the openings will be spanned by semicircular arches. The stairs starting from the corridors and lobby on the east and west, respectively, meet at a central landing, ten by ten feet, which is located about one- third of the height of each story. From this landing the stairs lead to the north and south, and after rising another third of the height of the story, each run reaches a broad landing. From each of these landings the stairs rise again, both east and M^est and accomplish the remainder of the distance. This plan is repeated from the first to the fourth story. The stairs are surrounded by corridors and lob- bies, which open on the stairs through arcades, from which varied and almost unlimited views of the structure will be had. The various runs and landings will be sup- ported on arches and groined vaulted ceilings. The arches carry- ing the stairs are ramped ellipses of such a form as to accommodate themselves to the slopes of the stairs in a very graceful ma.nner. Cost Thus Far. — The following figures, taken from the books of the comptroller, show the amounts actually paid each year by the state toward the building of the capitol, the fi-scal year ending September 30: 1863 $51,593-66 1864 9,453-55 1865 10,860.08 1866 65,250.00 1867 10,000.00 1868 50,000.00 i86g 451,215.63 1870 1,223,597.73 1871 482,942.37 1872 856,106.98 1873 1,175,600.00 1874 610,275.16 1875 1,392,712.08 1876 908,487.92 1877 728,220.20 1878 1,075,700.00 1879 982,836.44 1880 1,008,363.56 1881 1,350,600.00 1882 1,210,600.00 1883 1,289,291.57 1884 1,306,425.30 1885 866,723.16 1886 552,681.62 1887 51,473-28 1888 167,957.60 1889 316,362.67 1890 169,482.53 1891 528,256.53 1892 811,761.61 519,714,830.63 LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 91 '• Twenty years ago ! twent}- years ago ! Its music just the same, dear Tom, 'Twas twenty i^ears ago ! " How true of the Boardman & Gray Piano ! Other instruments which, in 1873, looked as well, sounded as well, and were far more loudly ad- vertised, are to-day in the limbo of worn-out and discarded furniture, while the Boardman & Gray, for all prac- tical purposes, re- mains as eood as new. Boardman & Gray Piano STYLE 20 ESTABL ISHED I N 1837 Equal to any in tone, action and finish, it excels in durability. Built like the Dea-v. con's famous One- Hoss Shay, the weak spot made as strong^ as the rest, the Boardman & Gray Piano does not break down, and is a hundred years wearing out. In many instances three genera- tions of the same family, as they have gone to keeping house, have each made their home happy with a Boardman & Gray Piano. Go thou, and do likewise. Send for Catalogue. BOARDMAN & GRAY, ALBANY, N. Y. Walnut, $525 Ebony, $500 OTHER STYLES, OTHER PRICES. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. 93 ALBANY HATS, FURS, ^ FINE QUALITY AND STYLE. AGENTS ALSO FOR DUNLAP'S HATS, Opposite Stanwix Hotel. Four doors from Keeler's Hotel. Cotrell & Leonard, 472 and 474 Broadway. 0) o c >- z < < H .9 O Q W H EH a " D 1 C« 02 Ph . ^5 bJD .■£ H H M ™ 2 O a S cjuijlef IinjoortG d , Finer uian "70.00 P^^lOOO. GV/VAt^^LVKE^HoRTOr^, Manufacturers ALBA'NY;r^.Y. THE Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company of Springfield, Mass. The new Policy Contract of this old company combines INVEST- MENT and PROTECTION and affords one of the safest mediums of investment. For particulars, address W. F. WINSHIP, Gen'/ Agent. Rooms 10, 11 and 15, National Commercial Bank Bldg., ALBANY, N. Y. "The Handsomest Volume Ever Printed in Albany" bears the imprint of PHELPS & KELLOGG. The Albany Rural Cemetery, ITS beauties: its memories: By HENRY P. PHELF'S. Forty full-page illustrations. PRICE, 33.00. g4 NEW YORK STATE Paul G. Burton, Charles P. Frey, Howard Martin, PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. TREASURER. The ♦ Burton * Electric ♦ Company, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS and Dealers in ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. 462 and 464 Broadway, Albany, N. Y. Long Distance Telephone No. 261-3. While electrical appliances have become part of the " Modern Improve- ments " of every first-class residence and manufactory, there is nothing in the social economy more dependent upon intelligence, both in plans and construction, than this beneficent genius, Electricity; safety, econ- omy and durability are all at stake. In the Burton Electric Company intelligence is a prime factor. They are looking for nothing, and will attempt nothing but first-class work. As a specimen of their out-put in Albany they refer to the electrical plant of the Consolidated Car Heating Company (whose woi^ks have just been erected in the north part of the city), furnished complete by them. Also to the Hinckel Brewery, the equipment of which, so far as electricity is concerned, is almost entirely from the same source. Also to the building of the Albany Safe Deposit and Storage Company, which is without a superior in the United States. Quite a large number of residences and factories in Albany have recently been fitted out by this concern. A recent enlargement of capi- tal and facilities will enable them hereafter to extend their operations to all parts of the state. A distinctive feature of the business henceforth will be the furnishing of supplies to Electric Plants wherever located. They respectfully invite an investigation of their resources and ways of doing business. Correspondence a pleasure. LEGISLATIVE SOUVENIR. One-third Interest In a Fortune. 95 ^ We know of an opportunity to obtain a one-third interest in an article which sells for from $ioo to $500, yielding a net profit of from 75 to 100 per cent. Which is wholly in the hands of the inventor and pat- entee, a mechanic without means to carry on the business ; Which has already been ordered, without solicitation, on behalf of some of the most distinguished and wealthy citi- zens of the United States ; For which a large demand is only waiting proper presenta- tion of the subject; Which is fully covered by letters patent ; Which is without a competitor ; Which does not require a large capital to manufacture ; But DOES require from $3,000 to $5,000 to place before the public, in an effective manner. Space has been reserved for its exhibition at the World's Fair. No one who' does not mean business, or has less than $3,000 to invest need address us upon the subject. PHELPS & KELLOGG. 19, Commercial Bank, Albany, N. Y, L "W 96 NEW YORK STATE New York Central and Hudson River R.R. ROUTE OF THE FAMOUS Empire State Express AND THE IDEAL LINE To all Summer Resorts in New York State, including the Catskill Moun- tains, Berkshire Hills, Saratoga, Lake George, Richfield. Springs, Wat- kins Glen, Sharon Springs, Niagara Falls, the Thousand Islands, and the pleasure grounds of the St. Lawrence River. * Exceptional Opportunities Afforded Tourist Travel. Special solid Vestibule Limited trains composed of Wagner Palace Buffet Drawing Room, Dining and Sleeping Cars, daily, between NEW YORK, At^BANY, OTTAWA, MONTREAL, and all resorts in the Adirondack Mountains, via Herkimer and the new Adirondack and St. Lawrence Line. Call on Ticket Agents of rail or steamboat lines for tickets, rates, time-tables, space in sleeping or drawing-room cars, &c. ^i&EORGE H. DANIELS, F. J. WOLFE, General Passenger Agent, Gen' I Agent, Gr'and Central Station, Albany, N. Y. nmmTmtrmmmmrtmrwnmmtmrrwmmmM No. 476 Jump-Seat Surrey. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS SURREY? Send for Catalogue or come and see it. Standard Wagon Co. of N. Y., 447 and 449 Broadway, ALBANY, N. Y. G. H, BURROWS, President. CHARLES E. MERRIAM, Vice-President. No. 476 Jump-Seat Surrey. MUiiUiMUiUUMiiMiUMUiUUiaaUMiM Press of liraiidow Printine- Company, Albany. U.'tU. ^. & Kellogg tors Henry P. Phelps, Edward A. Kellogg. N^ AL'TANY, ^' Y.: /9, Ccmmercial Bank Bldg. concern to Write or Edit, as well as lllu^llJ^T^rint and Publish, is a new idea to many. But it does not take much thought to see where it can be applied. You want to get up a book of some sort—a sou- venir, or a history, or a prospectus, or a catalogue, or a circular--want it done well, and are willing to pay for it, but you have not the time to attend to it yourself, or it is not in your line, or you do not wish to be bothered with the details. Very well; send to Phelps & Kellogg. They are doing this kind of work, not only for the New York Sfjte LegisLifi/re, but for private individuals, clubs, lodges, churches, hotels, watering places, manufacturers, town-builders and railroads, includ- ing some of the largest and most successful enter- prises in America. O^ 'o , * ■, •» l/^^NF * 0' ^°-;^. V '^0^ :>^ " o. * % rO''^ ..'"-. 'O . »* A %. * " " ° A.0 ^ 'T'.^s' -.0?* '<5y •»•» '^0^ '-^o^ ^0 '^^/^-rrr.*^^^' 1^ .^-. ^^^ 'Jt ^ ^ J^ SIB * "^ <;^ * j^ V . e, •«';>. %<^^ ' v^ **:^ ■r O C" * ■Afv /\. ''WW.' ^"-'^ -■' ; -^0 '^0