tees in 1896: Affairs of Cities, Commerce and Navigation, Internal Affairs of Towns and Counties.

wart Republican, believing in and Frank Dankhoff, Socialist Labor, working for such Republicanism 166. Mr. Tibbits was appointed a as was represented by Ulysses S. member of the following commitGrant and Roscoe Conkling. Mr. Tibbits has been influential in the political affairs of his own town, Hoosick, for many years, and his Senator Tibbits, in 1896, introduced townsmen thrice honored him with the following bills of interest: Acthe highest office in their gift, a cepting for the State the gift of the seat in the Legislature of Rens- John Brown Reservation in the selaer county, where as Supervisor Adirondacks; relative to the incorMr. Tibbits won distinction as aporation of humane and religious fearless and well-equipped cham-societies; concerning plankroad and pion of reform and righteousness turnpike companies; amending the in the transaction of county busi- Transportation Law, relative to highways; regarding the commissioner of jurors in certain counties; amending the charters of Troy and Lansingburgh.

ness.

Mr. Tibbits is a member by hereditary right of the Order of the Loyal Legion. He is one of the original members of the City Club of New York, and is a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association.

Mr. Tibbits has a pleasant home in Hoosick, presided over by his wife, who was Miss Folger, of San Francisco, Cal., before her marriage in October, 1890. He is popular among his townsmen, as is shown by their enthusiastic support whenever he has been a candidate for public office.

Horace White.

Horace White, Republican, Senator from the Thirty-sixth Senate district, Onondaga county, was born October 7, 1865, in the city of Buffalo. He is the son of Horace K. White, a well-known and highly respected citizen of Syracuse, and a nephew of the Hon. Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell University and ex-Ambassador to Germany and Russia.

Mr. White came to Syracuse with his parents in 1869, and has resided there ever since. There he attended

the public schools and the high school, and thence entered Cornell University, graduating with high honors in 1887.

It is interesting to note, as showing the character and public service of Mr. Tibbits' ancestry, that his great grandfather, George Tibbits, was a member of the Eighth United States Congress, from 1803 to 1805; a member of the Assembly from Rensselaer county in 1800 and again in 1820; a member of the In 1886, at Cornell, Mr. White State Senate from 1814 to 1819, and took the memorial prize for the Mayor of the city of Troy from 1830 junior year for oratory, and in the senior year won the Woodford prize, Mr. Tibbits, as candidate a gold medal of $100 value, for the Senator in 1895, received 14,525 best English oration, matter and votes, defeating Barent W. Stryker, manner being considered. In the the Democratic candidate, by first instance the entire class com1,286 votes; John H. Reynolds, Pro- peted for this prize, and from these hibitionist, received 439 votes; and the six best were chosen to speak in

to 1836.

for

a public contest. Mr. White's elo- ployes of the Onondaga Salt Works; quent words have been frequently heard in Onondaga county since that time, both in the courts and from the political rostrum.

relative to the water receipts of villages; a general act for the incorporation of cities of the third class; providing for the publication of the Game and Fish Laws of the State; regarding costs in public proceedatings; regarding the revocation of the probate of wills; concerning Surrogates' Courts; concerning witnesses and houses of detention; relating to the summoning of grand juries; amending the charter of Syracuse in several respects.

After studying law two years in ex-Senator Hiscock's office, Mr. White took the law course, Columbia Law School. He was admitted to the bar in May, 1890, and then put in another year's study in Mr. Hiscock's office.

Mr. White then formed a partnership with Harry F. King, for some years managing clerk in Mr. Hiscock's office. On Mr. King's death in February, 1893, Mr. White formed a partnership with Jerome L. Cheney, which still continues.

Mr. White has been an active Re

publican since attaining his majority, but has never before held public office. He enjoys popularity in a marked degree, especially with the younger elements of the Republican party.

Benjamin F. Wilcox.

Benjamin F. Wilcox, Republican, who represents the Thirty-ninth Senate district, Cayuga and Seneca counties, was born in Fleming, Cayuga county, June 21, 1854, and was educated in the public schools of Auburn. In 1870 he entered the County Clerk's office as messenger and clerk; was so employed for seven years, and then appointed Mr. White was elected Senator in Deputy County Clerk, which posi1895 by nearly 5,000 more votes than tion he held till January, 1883, when his Democratic opponent received. he was chosen Clerk, and remained The votes of the candidates in the such till 1891. He has been active Thirty-sixth district were: Horace in the politics of Cayuga county. White, Republican, 17,512; Philip S. For several years he was Chairman Ryder, Democrat, 12,877; Amos Naylor, Prohibition, 651; and Thos. Crimmins, Socialist Labor, 471. Mr. White is Chairman of the Committee on Printed and Engrossed Bills, and also a member of the Committees on Affairs of Cities, Codes, Public Education, and In

dian Affairs.

of the Republican County Committee. He is now engaged in the manufacture of ladies' shoes, being a member of the firm of Gorham, Wilcox & Co. He is married and lives in Auburn. He was elected to the Assembly in 1893 by 6,381 votes, having a plurality over Lewis C. Mead, Democrat, of 2,137. He sucSenator White, in 1896, introduced ceeded Clinton C. Adams, Repubthe following bills of interest: Mak- lican. Mr. Wilcox, in 1894, was aping an appropriation for the Syra-pointed a member of the following cuse State Institution for Feeble- committees: Education, Public Minded Children; creating an in- Lands and Forestry, Prisons. dustrial school for juvenile offenders; regarding the salary and compensation of the superintendent and em

Mr. Wilcox, in 1894, introduced bills in the interest of the city of Auburn, where he lives; amending

the General Banking Law; amending the County Law with reference to the duties of county clerks, and a bill providing for umpires in in

surance contests.

His services being eminently satisfactory to his Republican constituents, Mr. Wilcox was renominated for Assemblyman in 1894. He then received 8,796 votes; H. Howland, Democrat, 4,764 votes; and H. C. Hoyt, Prohibitionist, 455 votes.

In 1895 Mr. Wilcox was Chairman of the Committee on Prisons of the Assembly, and also was a member of the Committee on Taxation and Retrenchment, and of the Committee on Public Education.

Julius L. Wieman.

Julius L. Wieman, Republican, who represents the Ninth Senate district, part of Brooklyn, was born in the Twenty-first ward of Brooklyn, on May 30, 1864. He was educated at the German school, Turn Hall, Eastern district, and in Public School 18. He is married and lives at 79 Melrose street, Brooklyn. He was for twelve years connected with china and glass-importing houses, and then engaged in his present business of real estate and insurance. He has been an active Republican. In 1893, as a candidate for Assemblyman, he received 6,160 votes, defeating Joseph Bender, Democrat, the member in 1893 from Mr. Wilcox, in 1895, as the Repub- the Eighteenth Assembly district. lican Senatorial candidate, received His plurality was 3,090; majority 9,801 votes; and his Democratic over all, 2,455. He succeeded James competitor, S. Edwin Day, 8,314; Graham, Democrat, who, in 1893, Samuel Waller, the Prohibition can- ran in the Sixteenth district. Mr. didate, had 507 votes. In the ses- Wieman, in 1894, was appointed a sion of 1896 Mr. Wilcox served as Chairman of the Committee on Penal Institutions, and also as a member of the Railroad, Public Printing and Miscellaneous Corporations Committees.

member of the following committees: Commerce and Navigation, Military, Soldiers' Home.

Mr. Wieman, in 1894, introduced a bill authorizing the Constitutional Convention to fill vacancies in its ranks; a bill permitting the sale of liquor on Sunday from 1 p. m. until midnight, entrance to be by side doors of saloons, and a bill making Federal officeholders ineligible for State offices.

In the fall of 1894 Mr. Wieman was a candidate for re-election as He received 5,790 votes; F. R. Kreimer, Democrat, 2,789; and John Kluge, Reform Democrat, 710.

Senator Wilcox, in 1896, introduced the following bills of interest: Making an appropriation for the State Prison Commission; authorizing the employment of State prison convicts on highway labor; giving authority to Supervisors to provide employment for convicts; regulating the labor of the State prison convicts; Assemblyman. providing for the improvement of Auburn Prison; making an appropriation for the armory at Auburn; amending the charter of Auburn in In 1895 Mr. Wieman was Chairseveral particulars; for the protec- man of the Committee on Military tion of employes on railroads; rela- Affairs of the Assembly, and a memtive to actions by the Attorney-Gen- ber likewise of the Committee on eral; concerning money deposited Insurance, and of the Excise Comwith corporations by employes.

mittee.

In 1895 Mr. Wieman was a can- He then came to New York in 1880 didate for Senator, and received a to study law, knowing only two men Republican vote of 10,910. Erastus in the city. He was admitted to D. Benedict, the Democratic candi- the bar in 1885, and has been actdate, had 10,189 votes. Other can- ively engaged in practice ever since, didates were: P. E. Nostrand, with an office at 63 Wall street, New Democrat Reform, 550; Edward C. York. He has lived in Brooklyn Baltz, Prohibitionist, 271; Henry nine years and been a member of Kuhn, Socialist Labor, 1,777; and the Republican ward organization Edward F. Linton, Independent Re- all that time. For four years he publican, 1,630. Mr. Wieman is a was a member of the Invincible member of the Canals, Miscella- Twenty-third Ward Club, and for neous Corporations, and Insurance six years a member of the Young Committees. Republican Club, of Brooklyn, and Senator Wieman, in 1896, intro- in 1892 and 1893 Chairman of its duced the following bills of interest: Advisory Committee. In 1893 he Providing for the improvement of was a member of the Republican Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn; provid- Provisional Reorganization Coming for the adjustment of claims mittee, which helped bring about against the city of Brooklyn; pro- the reorganization of the Repubviding for an indexing of mortgages lican party in Kings county. He is on property in Brooklyn; lowering the price of electric lighting in Brooklyn; providing for additional factory inspectors; providing for the taxation of street railways; making an appropriation for the armory of the Forty-seventh Regiment; incorporating an inebriates home in Kings county; providing that inebriates shall be treated at the county's expense; providing for a monument to General G. K. Warren.

Albert A. Wray.

Albert A. Wray, Republican, who represents the Eighth Senate district, Kings county, was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., September 6,

born near

a member of the Kings County Republican General Committee. He is trustee of the Greene Avenue Baptist Church, member of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, and of Fort Greene Council, Royal Arcanum. In 1893, as a candidate for Assemblyman, he received 9,312 votes, and had a plurality over Daniel B. Thompson, Democrat, of 6,348; majority, 6,163. Mr. Wray, in 1894, was a member of the following committees: General Laws, Insurance, Electricity, Gas and Water Supply.

Mr. Wray, in 1894, introduced many amendments to the charter 1858. His father was of the city of Brooklyn. One made Philadelphia in 1807, of Scotch de- an appropriation for the Twentyscent; his mother in Alabama, of third Regiment armory; one prothe old American family of Jack-vided for the insulation of elecsons. They were married in Illinois tric wires; one was for the purand moved to Missouri, where Al- pose of encouraging the erection of bert A. Wray was born. Mr. Wray new buildings; one provided for was educated at the public schools. park improvements in Brooklyn, and He taught school in Missouri for one provided for the celebration of two years, beginning when eighteen. the Fourth of July. Mr. Wray also

introduced a bill for the election of Committees:

Police Commissioners in New York, and a bill providing for the erection of monuments on the battlefield of Chattanooga.

Mr. Wray was re-elected Assemblyman in the fall of 1894, receiving 8,385 votes; W. E. Hough, Democrat, 2,239; and W. T. Weekes, Reform Democrat, 1,625. In the Assembly of 1895 Mr. Wray held the post of Chairman of the Committee on General Laws, and also was a member of the Committees on Cities, and of the Soldiers' Home.

Judiciary,

and Indian Affairs.

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Senator Wray, in 1896, introduced the following bills of interest: cluding street railways from New York and Ocean avenues, Brooklyn; as well as from Macon street; regulating the business of public accountants; authorizing Brooklyn to issue repavement bonds; submitting the charter of Greater New York to a vote of the people; in regard to the collection of taxes from nonresidents; a general Mechanics' Lien Law; making an appropriation for the commission to erect monuments on the battlefield of Chattanooga; incorporating the American Title

In 1895 Mr. Wray was elected a Senator from the Eighth Senate district of Kings county by a vote of 14,697; Daniel B. Thompson, Demo- Insurance Company; in regard to crat, received 8,525 votes, and the other candidates, John W. McDermott, Democrat Reform, 1,251; Vincent Aldridge, Prohibition, 175; and Eugene Furgang, Socialist Labor, 255. Mr. Wray is Chairman of the Committee on Public Education, and also a member of the following

boiler inspection in Brooklyn; relative to repayment of money by Banking Department; making an appropriation for a botanical garden in New York; concerning the training of teachers; the County Law relative to county lines; for a certification of the Stock Corporation Law.

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a charter member of Post Root, No. 151, G. A. R. Served as Assistant Clerk of the Senate in 1880-81,

JOHN S. KENYON, Clerk of the Senate. John S. Kenyon, the Clerk of the Senate, also secretary of the Republican State Committee, chairman of the Republican General 1886-87; Reading Clerk of the House Committee of Onondaga county, of Representatives in 1882-83; Clerk and member of the commission ap- of the Senate in 1888-89, 1890-91, pointed by the Governor, 'to recommend changes in legislative 1894-95; secretary of the Repubprocedure," is a native of Schoharie lican County Committee of Ononcounty, New York. He enlisted in daga in 1879, 1880, 1881, 1885, 1886, 1861, as a private in Company D, 1887, 1888; chairman in 1889, 1895, Van Alen Cavalry, afterward 1896; secretary of the Republican the Third New York State Committee in 1890, 1891, 1892, Cavalry; was promoted to corporal, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896; and was sergeant, first sergeant and second Secretary of the Republican State lieutenant; is a member of the Mili- Conventions of 1891, 1892, 1893, tary Order of the Loyal Legion, and 1894, 1895.

known as