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[354]New YorkTimes, January 3, 1867.

[355]A.R. Conkling,Life of Conkling, pp. 286-7.

[356]New YorkTribune, November 9, 1866.

[357]Edward Cary,Life of Curtis, p. 193.

[358]Conkling and Roberts quarrelled in the early seventies—the former, perhaps, unwilling to have two great men in Oneida County—and Roberts was defeated for Congress in 1874. After that the UticaHeraldbecame Conkling's bitterest enemy. See interviews, New YorkHerald, November 9, 1877, and New YorkTribune, November 10, 1877.

[359]A.R. Conkling,Life of Roscoe Conkling, pp. 286-287.

[360]New YorkTimes, January 4, 1867.

[361]New YorkTimes, January 10.

[362]The vote by ballots stood as follows:FirstSecondThirdFourthFifthConkling3339455359Davis3041445049Harris3224186—Balcom742——Greeley6————Folger11——1The Democratic caucus, held the same evening, nominated Henry C. Murphy of Brooklyn, who received 25 votes to 21 for A. Oakey Hall of New York.

[362]The vote by ballots stood as follows:

The Democratic caucus, held the same evening, nominated Henry C. Murphy of Brooklyn, who received 25 votes to 21 for A. Oakey Hall of New York.

[363]WashingtonChronicle, March 28, 1867.

[364]The following were nominated: Secretary of State, James B. McKean, Saratoga; Comptroller, Calvin T. Hulburd, St. Lawrence; Treasurer, Theodore B. Gates, Ulster; Attorney-General, Joshua M. Van Cott, Kings; State Engineer, Archibald C. Powell, Onondaga; Canal Commissioner, John M. Hammond, Allegany; Prison Inspector, Gilbert De Lamatyr, Wyoming; Court of Appeals, Charles Mason, Madison. Of those selected, McKean and Hulburd had served two terms each in Congress.

[365]New YorkWorld, October 4, 1867.

[366]BuffaloCommercial Advertiser, September 25, 1867.

[367]New YorkTimes, September 27, 1867.

[368]James G. Blaine,Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 2, p. 140.

[369]Gustavus Myers,History of Tammany Hall, p. 250.

[370]New YorkTribune, March 5, 1868.

[371]Tweed's testimony, Document No. 8, p. 105.

[372]Gustavus Myers,History of Tammany Hall, p. 257.

[373]New YorkWorld, October 4, 1867.

[374]The following persons were nominated: Secretary of State, Homer A. Nelson, Dutchess; Comptroller, William F. Allen, Oswego; Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bristol, Tioga; Attorney-General, Marshal B. Champlain, Allegany; State Engineer, Van R. Richmond, Wayne; Canal Commissioner, John F. Fay, Monroe; Prison Inspector, Nicholas B. Scheu, Erie; Court of Appeals, Martin Grover, Allegany.

[375]New YorkWorld, October 4, 1867.

[376]New YorkWorld, October 4, 1867.

[377]New YorkWorld, September 27, 1867.The story of these frauds is found in two volumes of testimony submitted by the Canal Investigation Committee to the Constitutional Convention of 1867.

[377]New YorkWorld, September 27, 1867.

The story of these frauds is found in two volumes of testimony submitted by the Canal Investigation Committee to the Constitutional Convention of 1867.

[378]New YorkWorld, September 27, 1867.

[379]Ibid., October 16, 22.

[380]Ibid., October 22.

[381]New York World, October 25.

[382]Ibid., October 4.

[383]New YorkTribune, September 26, 1867.

[384]New YorkWorld, September 27, 1867.

[385]New YorkWorld, October 25, 1867.

[386]Gustavus Myers,History of Tammany Hall, p. 250.

[387]BuffaloCommercial Advertiser, November 6, 1867.

[388]AlbanyEvening Journal, November 6.

[389]New YorkTribune, November 6.

[390]Sherman's Letters, p. 299.

[391]Impeachment Trial, Vol. 1, p. 223.

[392]New YorkWorld, July 25, 1867.

[393]New YorkTribune, October 15, 1867.

[394]New YorkTribune, November 7, 1867.

[395]T.W. Barnes,Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 458.

[396]New YorkTimes, February 4, 1868.

[397]T.W. Barnes,Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 459.

[398]Official Proceedings of the Convention, p. 96.

[399]BALLOTS123456Wade14717017820620738Colfax115145165186226541Fenton12614413914413969Wilson1191141018756Hamlin2830252520Curtin514540Outside of New York Fenton's vote was as follows:Northern States23333232312Southern States44454248611

[399]

BALLOTS

Outside of New York Fenton's vote was as follows:

[400]New YorkTribune, July 9, 1868.

[401]New YorkTribune, July 9, 1868.

[402]Ibid.

[403]Ibid.

[404]New YorkTimes, July 9.

[405]TheNation, July 16.

[406]New YorkTimes, July 9, 1868.

[407]Conversation with the author.The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, John A. Griswold, Rensselaer; Lieutenant-Governor, Alonzo B. Cornell, Wyoming; Canal Commissioner, Alexander Barkley, Washington; Prison Inspector, Henry A. Barnum, Onondaga.

[407]Conversation with the author.

The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, John A. Griswold, Rensselaer; Lieutenant-Governor, Alonzo B. Cornell, Wyoming; Canal Commissioner, Alexander Barkley, Washington; Prison Inspector, Henry A. Barnum, Onondaga.

[408]The Nation, November 11, 1869.

[409]New YorkTribune, July 9, 1868.

[410]New YorkTribune, March 5, 1868.

[411]New YorkTimes, September 4, 1868.

[412]New YorkWorld, July 10, 1868.

[413]New YorkWorld, July 10, 1868.

[414]New YorkTimes, Sept. 4.

[415]New YorkWorld, July 10.

[416]New YorkTimes, Sept. 4, 1868.

[417]New YorkWorld, July 10.

[418]New YorkTimes, July 10.

[419]Ibid.

[420]New YorkTimes, July 10, 1868.

[421]Ibid.

[422]New YorkTimes, September 4, 1868.

[423]John Bigelow,Life of Samuel J. Tilden, Vol. 1, p. 211.

[424]New YorkWorld, July 10, 1868.

[425]John Bigelow,Life of Tilden, Vol. 1, p. 212.

[426]Public Record of Horatio Seymour, p. 343.

[427]New YorkTimes, August 10.

[428]New YorkTribune, November 5, 1868.

[429]"Then we have John T. Hoffman, who is kept by Tammany Hall as a kind of respectable attaché. His humble work is to wear good clothes and be always gloved, to be decorous and polite; to be as much a model of deportment as Mr. Turvydrop; to repeat as often as need be, in a loud voice, sentences about 'honesty' and 'public welfare,' but to appoint to rich places such men as Mr. Sweeny. Hoffman is kept for the edification of the country Democrats, but all he has or ever can have comes from Tammany Hall."—Ibid., March 5, 1868.

[430]New YorkTimes,World, andTribune, September 3, 1868.

[431]New YorkWorld, July 10, 1868.

[432]New YorkTribune, March 5.The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, John T. Hoffman, New York; Lieutenant-Governor, Allen C. Beach, Jefferson; Canal Commissioner, Oliver Bascom, Washington; Inspector of Prisons, David B. McNeil, Cayuga; Clerk of Court of Appeals, Edward O. Perrin, Queens.

[432]New YorkTribune, March 5.

The ticket nominated was as follows: Governor, John T. Hoffman, New York; Lieutenant-Governor, Allen C. Beach, Jefferson; Canal Commissioner, Oliver Bascom, Washington; Inspector of Prisons, David B. McNeil, Cayuga; Clerk of Court of Appeals, Edward O. Perrin, Queens.

[433]Report of the Secretary of War, 1868, p. 81.

[434]Albert B. Paine,Life of Thomas Nast, p. 130.

[435]McPherson,History of Reconstruction, p. 381.

[436]Horatio Seymour,Public Record, p. 345.

[437]A.R. Conkling,Life of Roscoe Conkling, p. 313.

[438]Seward's Works, Vol. 5, pp. 550-556.

[439]Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 151.

[440]John Bigelow,Life of Samuel J. Tilden, Vol. 1, p. 217.

[441]New YorkTribune, November 14, 1868.

[442]New YorkEvening Post, November 4, 1868;Harper's Weekly, September 30, 1876.

[443]New YorkTimes, November 2, 1868.

[444]New YorkTribune, November 6, 1868.

[445]Ibid., November 7.

[446]Ibid., November 23.

[447]From speech of Conkling delivered in the U.S. Senate, April 24, 1879.—Thomas V. Cooper,American Politics, Book 3, p. 180.

[448]TheNation, October 29, 1868.

[449]TheNation, October 29, 1868.

[450]Ibid., March 4, 1869.

[451]New YorkTribune, January 13 and 18, 1869.

[452]New YorkTimes, January 12, 1869.

[453]New YorkWorld, January 6, 1869.

[454]New YorkCommercial Advertiser, January 2, 1869.

[455]New YorkSun, January 4.

[456]New YorkTribune, January 9.

[457]New YorkWorld, January 6.

[458]TheNation, March 18.

[459]New YorkTimes, January 9, 1869.

[460]New YorkTribune, January 13, 1881.

[461]T.W. Barnes,Life of Thurlow Weed, Vol. 2, p. 462.

[462]New YorkNation, September 30, 1869.

[463]New YorkWorld, January 12, 1869.

[464]Gustavus Myers,History of Tammany Hall, p. 274.

[465]New YorkTribune, July 24, 1869.

[466]New YorkTribune, July 24, 1869.

[467]Ibid., July 22.

[468]Ibid., July 24, and 29.

[469]The Republican State convention, held at Syracuse on September 30, 1869, nominated the following ticket: Secretary of state, George William Curtis, Richmond; Comptroller Thomas Hillhouse, Ontario; Treasurer, Thomas S. Chatfield, Tioga; Attorney-General, Martin I. Townsend, Rensselaer; Engineer and Surveyor, John C. Robinson, Broome; Canal Commissioner, Stephen F. Hoyt, Steuben; Prison Inspector, Daniel D. Conover, New York; Court of Appeals, Lewis B. Woodruff, New York; Charles Mason, Madison.Franz Sigel, Horace Greeley, and William B. Taylor of Oneida were subsequently substituted for Curtis, Hillhouse, and Robinson.

Franz Sigel, Horace Greeley, and William B. Taylor of Oneida were subsequently substituted for Curtis, Hillhouse, and Robinson.

[470]New YorkTribune, October 11, 1869.

[471]Appleton'sCyclopædia, 1869, p. 486.

[472]The Democratic ticket was as follows: Secretary of state, Homer A. Nelson, Dutchess; Comptroller, William F. Allen, Oswego; Treasurer, Wheeler H. Bristol, Tioga; Attorney-General, Marshall B. Champlain, Allegany; State Engineer, Van Rensselaer Richmond, Wayne; Canal Commissioner, William W. Wright; Prison Inspector, Fordyce Laflin, Ulster; Court of Appeals, John A. Lott, Kings; Robert Earl, Herkimer.

[473]New YorkTribune, October 11, 1869.

[474]Nelson for secretary of state over Sigel, 22,524; Allen for comptroller over Greeley, 26,533; Greeley over Sigel in New York City, 1,774; Sigel over Greeley in the State, 4,938; against the constitution, 19,759; majority for the judiciary article, 6,006.—New YorkTribune, November 23, 1869.

[475]New YorkTimes, March 25, 1870.

[476]The Tweed Case, 1876, Vol. 2, p. 1212.

[477]Document No. 8, pp. 84-92; Gustavus Myers,History of Tammany Hall, p. 272; James F. Rhodes,History of the United States, Vol. 6, p. 395; New YorkTribune, September 17, 1877.

[478]Albert B. Paine,Life of Thomas Nast, p. 143.

[479]John Bigelow,Life of Tilden, Vol. 2, p. 185.

[480]TheNation, May 27, 1869.

[481]TheNation, September 29, 1870.

[482]Ibid.

[483]Ibid., October 6.The following officials were nominated by acclamation: Governor, John T. Hoffman; Lieutenant-Governor, Allen C. Beach; Comptroller, Asher P. Nichols; Canal Commissioners, John D. Fay and George W. Chapman; Prison Inspector, Solomon E. Scheu.

[483]Ibid., October 6.

The following officials were nominated by acclamation: Governor, John T. Hoffman; Lieutenant-Governor, Allen C. Beach; Comptroller, Asher P. Nichols; Canal Commissioners, John D. Fay and George W. Chapman; Prison Inspector, Solomon E. Scheu.

[484]TheNation, September 29.

[485]Charles E. Fitch, formerly editor of the RochesterDemocrat-Chronicle.

[486]Harper's Weekly, June 24, 1871.

[487]Conkling's speech, New YorkTimes, July 24, 1872.

[488]William M. Stewart,Reminiscences, p. 255.

[489]June 17, 1870.

[490]September 19, 1871.

[491]New YorkTimes, July 24, 1872.

[492]Stewart,Reminiscences, pp. 255-256.

[493]Under the provisions of the new judiciary article of the Constitution a chief justice and six associate justices of the Court of Appeals were elected on May 17, 1870, each party being allowed to put up only four candidates for associate justices. To complete their ticket the Democrats selected Folger and Andrews, two of the four Republican candidates. The election resulted in the choice of the Democratic ticket.

[494]New YorkTimes, July 12, 1870.

[495]Stewart,Reminiscences, pp. 256-7."In early life Fenton, having undertaken to carry $12,000 to Albany, reported the money lost. He was arrested and discharged after much testimony was taken. Whether accused justly or unjustly (most persons thought unjustly) it blurred his career. Conkling had a copy of the proceedings before the criminal court."—Ibid.See alsoThe Nation, July 14, 1870.

[495]Stewart,Reminiscences, pp. 256-7.

"In early life Fenton, having undertaken to carry $12,000 to Albany, reported the money lost. He was arrested and discharged after much testimony was taken. Whether accused justly or unjustly (most persons thought unjustly) it blurred his career. Conkling had a copy of the proceedings before the criminal court."—Ibid.See alsoThe Nation, July 14, 1870.

[496]A.R. Conkling,Life of Roscoe Conkling, p. 328. New YorkWorld, September 8, 1870.

[497]TheNation, September 15, 1870.

[498]"During the vote the delegates commenced a system of cheering, first for Conkling, then for Fenton. Senator Conkling was very conspicuous throughout the balloting. His friends gathered around him, while the other side surrounded Fenton, and whenever either moved their friends cheered.... Had there been a secret ballot Fenton would have won in spite of the threats and bribes."—New YorkWorld, September 8, 1870.

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