Modern battles of Trenton .. . Railroad Company, andalso of the First National Bank of Newark, in 1880. Thislatter duty was fulfilled with an energy and ability that drewfrom the Comptroller of the Currency the warmest expressionsof approval, the winding up of the complicated business beingcompleted and the depositors paid in full inside of six the remarkable pressure of his affairs, he foundtime to indulge artistic tastes of the finest order, which he cul-tivated by extensive study and travel. His home, CarrollHall, in Paterson, was known as well then as it yet is, as a
Modern battles of Trenton .. . Railroad Company, andalso of the First National Bank of Newark, in 1880. Thislatter duty was fulfilled with an energy and ability that drewfrom the Comptroller of the Currency the warmest expressionsof approval, the winding up of the complicated business beingcompleted and the depositors paid in full inside of six the remarkable pressure of his affairs, he foundtime to indulge artistic tastes of the finest order, which he cul-tivated by extensive study and travel. His home, CarrollHall, in Paterson, was known as well then as it yet is, as amodel of refined elegance, and the hospitality of its popularowner and his amiable and accomplished wife was famed farand wide. A man of such wide and varied experience was not the oneto compromise himself with Democratic malcontents, whosemotives in holding out against their caucus nominee were popu-larly believed to be far from the highest, and his refusal to profitby their defection destroyed the balance of power which they. Garret A. Hobart. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 207 hoped to hold between the two parties. During the night pre-ceding the day on which the joint meeting for the choice of theUnited States Senator was to be held, Senator John W. Taylorand twenty other Republicans of both branches of the Legisla-ture marched in a body into Senator McPhersons room andgave him assurances of their readiness to aid him to an electionif the five bolters still held out in joint meeting. Jernee andhis fellows in the combine saw that further opposition was use-less if the Republicans themselves were going to help elect Mc-Pherson, and the combination lost cohesion. At noon of the following day the two Houses voted separatelyfor the candidates. The Senate gave its vote for Hobart. Inthe House, William Hill, of Essex; Flynn, of Passaic, and Chapman, Martin Steljes and James C. Clark, of Hudson,voted blank. Chairman OConnor ruled that they must namea man, and they all fell in line
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