Modern battles of Trenton .. . ection, they gave their supportto Brinkerhoff, and Mr. Cator was thus barred from a seat inthe Legislature that was destined to deal decisively at last with the railroad taxa-tion problem thatso absorbed him. It is not to beunderstood that theLegislature was un-fitted for the task,even if Mr. Catorwas not then to beits moving the Senate deskswere Gardner, ofWebsterian mould;,rugged old Heze-kiah Smith, of Bur-lington ; Stainsby,.the veteran of Essexcounty Republican-ism ; Youngblood,of Morris, lookingfor all the world William Harrigan. ,., . ,. i ii lik
Modern battles of Trenton .. . ection, they gave their supportto Brinkerhoff, and Mr. Cator was thus barred from a seat inthe Legislature that was destined to deal decisively at last with the railroad taxa-tion problem thatso absorbed him. It is not to beunderstood that theLegislature was un-fitted for the task,even if Mr. Catorwas not then to beits moving the Senate deskswere Gardner, ofWebsterian mould;,rugged old Heze-kiah Smith, of Bur-lington ; Stainsby,.the veteran of Essexcounty Republican-ism ; Youngblood,of Morris, lookingfor all the world William Harrigan. ,., . ,. i ii like a jaundiced oldwoman behind his spectacles; the caustic-tongued Griggs, ofPassaic; Brinkerhoff, scrupulous about the cut of his clothesand the snowy whiteness of his linen ; and Vail, whose mildblue eyes and boyish face gave no sign of the mental power thatlay behind them. Hudson sent to the Assembly chamber anadvocate of equal taxation of equal zeal with Cator, in thesmooth-tongued Frank O. Cole; the erudite Edwin O. Chap-^. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 229 man, and handsome Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson, tall of figurewith rosy face and long, flowing blonde mustache, were amonghis colleagues. The old war-horse, William Harrigan, full ofwit and jest, white-bearded as he was; John L. Armitage, witha somewhat shrewish face; Rush Burgess, suggesting in hismanner and air an old-time Virginian statesman, and Lehlbach,were conspicuous figures in the Essex gallery. William Prall,now a distinguished divine in the West, but then a very youngman with a very loud voice, took his first flight in pulpit oratoryfrom the Passaic seats. Dr. Chattle was one of the three fromMonmouth—one could read in his face the signs that he was aProhibitionist and a Democrat. Edward S. Savage, a polishedlawyer of sedate manner, was among the Middlesex both chambers held enough men of individuality,compass and culture to present the problem in all its variedphases. The session was a week old b
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