on cabinet appointments,678-80.Weir, Hon. George, 123.Welch, D. Clinton, indicted for canal frauds,417.Welles, Gideon, editor ofHartford Times, 77;Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln,ibid.;to Tilden, 78-80.Wells, Alexander, elected to the Assembly, 38.Wells, David A., 306, 391-94,403-04.Wetmore, Prosper M., 102.Wharton, Mr., 179.White, Campbell P., delegate to convention to revise Constitution of the State of New York, 45, 46.White, John R., 148.Whitley, Colonel H. C., testimony of, at trial of O. C. Babcock,499-501.Whitney, General J. S., seeks Tilden's advice for son, 192.Whitney, William C., seeks Tilden's advice, 192;choice for Corporation Counsel, 353, 360, 375;appointment, 386;for cabinet position,666.Whittier, John G., poem on Tilden's death,730-31.Wickham, William H., his choice for Corporation Counsel, 353;desires removal of Green, 358-59.Wilbour, C. E., under suspicion, 293.Winston, F. H.,638.Wood, Bradford R., mentioned as candidate for Vice-Presidency, 51.Wood, Fernando, election of, for Mayor, 127, 128, 134, 328.Woodman, C. H., recommended for appointment,723.Wright, Silas, Jr., United States Senator, 3;first appearance in the Supreme Court, 4, 5;letters to Elam Tilden, 9, 10-11, 12;nominated for Governor, 14, 16;letters to Tilden, 15, 20, 22, 30-33;inauguration as Governor, 14, 17;advice on proposed establishment ofDaily News, 20-22;leader of Democratic party in New York State, 24;on pardon cases, 30-33;renominated for Governor, 47;defeated, 48;death,ibid.Youmans, E. B.,722-723.Young, Colonel Samuel, mentioned as candidate for Vice-Presidency, 51.Young, John, defeats Wright for Governorship, 48.