. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ne whomight be of public service; andin 1879 he was named on thedemocratic ticket for the Houseof Assembly. The district was arepublican one, but his defeatwas only by a narrow 1899 and 1902 he was againcalled by his party to serve as its candidate for the state Senate; but thecounty being republican at the time he could do nothuig more for the partythan reduce the majority against it. In 1911 Associate Just


. Scannell's New Jersey first citizens : biographies and portraits of the notable living men and women of New Jersey with informing glimpses into the state's history and affairs. ne whomight be of public service; andin 1879 he was named on thedemocratic ticket for the Houseof Assembly. The district was arepublican one, but his defeatwas only by a narrow 1899 and 1902 he was againcalled by his party to serve as its candidate for the state Senate; but thecounty being republican at the time he could do nothuig more for the partythan reduce the majority against it. In 1911 Associate Justice Alfred Reeds term on the Supreme CourtBench expired, and Governor Woodrow Wilson nominated Mr. Kalisch tothe Senate as Reeds successor. The conference of the Justices as to the as-signments the new appointment made advisable, resulted in Justice Kalischsgoing to the Judicial Circuit embracing the counties of Atlantic, Cape May,Cumberland and Salem. For years the state had been rife with stories of corruption iu Atlanticcoimty. It was reported, and widely believed, that a coterie of local republi-can politicians had leagued themselves to strip the people there of their. %? Katzeubacli 299 substance, and that the grand juries, selected by the Sheriffs whom thecoterie was said to have named, refused to indict the malefactors. WhenJustice Kalisch appeared upon the Bench of the Atlantic courts to open theJune term, he was faced by a Grand Jury selected by the then Sheriff,An examination of the grand jury list convinced him that the jurors hadbeen hand picked; and it was generally understood that charges ofoflScial corrvxption in the county w^ould get slight attention at the hands ofthe inquest. Examining the returns, Justice Kalisch discovered indica-tions that the fmiction of drawing the panel had not been in accordancewith the law. He peremptorily disqualified the Sheriff, and named twoElisors to draw another panel. The state had never heard of an Elisor be-fore. Justice Kalis


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