Modern battles of Trenton .. . for its bilLIt was in this crisis, and thenight before the vote was to betaken, that Augustus W. Cutler,Francis S. Lathrop and John L»N. Stratton, who were amongthe prime movers in the freeschool fund idea, sprang theproposition that seemed to give aAugustus w. cutler. j^g^j ^^^ tangible value to the States claim. They made a pub-lic offer to buy for $1,000,000 the lands which the AmericanDock and Improvement Company were trying to take withoutprice. Their formal offer appeared in three Trenton papers—theState Gazette, True American and Emporium —themorning the v
Modern battles of Trenton .. . for its bilLIt was in this crisis, and thenight before the vote was to betaken, that Augustus W. Cutler,Francis S. Lathrop and John L»N. Stratton, who were amongthe prime movers in the freeschool fund idea, sprang theproposition that seemed to give aAugustus w. cutler. j^g^j ^^^ tangible value to the States claim. They made a pub-lic offer to buy for $1,000,000 the lands which the AmericanDock and Improvement Company were trying to take withoutprice. Their formal offer appeared in three Trenton papers—theState Gazette, True American and Emporium —themorning the vote was to be taken in the Senate. It was a stunnerfor the fourteen avowed advocates of the railroad bill. For,,where was the man who would dare vote to a party of foreignersfor nothing a title for which native Jerseymen were willing topay a round million ? And they halted for the consideration ofa counter bill providing that the Legislature should make nagrants of wa<^er front property until a commission consisting of. Cortlandt Parker. 72 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. J. R. Wortendyke, John Linn, Joseph T. CrowelJ, John L. and James B. Dayton had first determined the rightsof the State in regard to the lands under water out to low tide. The opinions of lawyers were sought upon the question. Theagitators of the States rights were not satisfied that Attorney-General Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, who was himself counselfor the Dock and Improvement Company, would favor theircontention, and on their behalf Mr. Cutler even solicited Gov-ernor Parker to name a special lawyer to investigate the sub-ject from their standpoint. Governor Parker was naturallydelicate about acceding to this request. He regarded Mr. Fre-linghuysens high character as a sufficient guarantee against abiased opinion; and Mr. Cutler and his associates themselvessought the written opinions of outside lawyers. One of thesefrom ex-Attorney-General Browning, of Camden, and anotherfrom Cortlandt Parker
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