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dist., 136

Stewart, Alexander T., elector, 355;
War Dem., Cooper Union, 1868, 383
Stewart, Robert, elector, 355
Stewart, Thomas E., 107
Stewart, William R., 307; reports
electors-at-large, 355

Stone, Ruby H.. elector, 367
Strong, John M., nominated for in-
spector of State prisons, name with-
drawn, 368

idea of his accepting Dem. nomina- | Stewart, Congressman. (Conser.) 6th
tion, 51; of Onondaga, 53; Unionist
journals make capital out of his
change of faith, 71; Carroll Smith
gives list of his supporters. 71; at-
tacked freely by Syracuse Daily
Standard and Chicago Republican,
71; endorsed by Sherman, Dix,
Sickles, Cochrane and others, 75;
candidate for Governor, 100; retires
in favor of Hoffman. 101; 364-5;
365; elector-at-large, 367
Smith. Charles E. (of Albany), nom-
inates Ira Harris, 151
Smith (of Fulton) proposes amend-
ment to judiciary article, 216
Smith, Carroll E., editor of Syracuse
Daily Journal, defends Slocum, 52;
confines comments to State. 140; 349
Smith, E. Delafield, Thomas Murphy

and A. G. Plumb approve list of
contestants. 304

Smith, Henry, temporary chairman,
352

Smith, Lewis E., com. State conven-
tion, 1868, 353, note
Smith, Orrin W., 361

Smith, Washington J., withdraws in
favor of Frank B. Gallagher, 107-8
Smythe, Henry A., proposed impeach-
ment of, 158

Soldiers, treatment of Union, in South-
ern prisons, 127, note
Spencer, Charles S., 59; 95; 96; 159;
distributes copies of Tribune; as-
sails Twenty-third street organiza-
tion, 164; nominates Hudson Law-
rence, 166; present at Cooper Union
rally, 190; convention speech, 304;
307-8; forces admittance of South-
ern votes, 311; at Syracuse, 351;
objects to committee, 352; moves
for informal ballot, 354; elector, 355
Spriggs, J. T., 53

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, runs for
Congress, 136; 337, note
Stebbins, Charles W., 323; 324
Stebbins, Henry G., candidate for
speaker. 374; War Dem., Cooper
Union, 1868, 383

Steedwell, E. A., elector, 355
Stevens, Thaddeus, controls Pennsyl-
vania Union convention, 48; leader
of Pennsylvania Radicals, 81; Even-
ing Journal predicts overthrow, 203;
disgust with, 410

Stuart, Robert L., War Dem., Cooper
Union, 1868, 383

Sturtevant, Alvin, 167
Suffrage, Pres. Johnson, favors quali-
fied negro suffrage, 46; north takes
attitude of Mississippi convention as
indicative of Southern sentiment. 48;
public sentiment at first against
negro, note, 62; woman's ticket,
1866. 136; majority report by
Greeley, 233; qualifications, 234;
minority report by Cassidy and Shu-
maker, 234; registration compulsory,
235; women endeavor to advance
cause, 236; Wales proposes woman
suffrage. 236, note; Curtis champions
woman's cause, 237; prejudices
against negroes continues, 237; negro
suffrage stumbling block, 262
Sumner. Charles, controls Massachu-
setts Union convention, 48; with
Chase visits President, 62; leader of
Massachusetts Radicals, 81; disgust
with, 410

Sun considers Grant tower of strength,
317; favors Chase. 326; character-
izes Blair and Seymour, 346; edi-
torial on Dem. State con., 369;
makes only true prediction. 372;
admits Grant's election, 381; de-
nounces election frauds, 401; Grant
will pacify country, 402; editorial
on charter election, 405
Sutherland, Citizens Assoc. takes up
charges against, 198

Sweeney, James M., elector, 367
Sweeny. Peter B, becomes prominent
factor in Democracy. 26; 53; 108;
179; gives city $200,000, 201; ap-
pointed to Erie receivership, 279;
made Erie director, 297; 360; 368;
furnished brains for Tweed Ring,
377, note

Sweet, Sylvanus H., of Oneida, 53

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Taber, Congressman (Dem.), 1st dist.,
1866, 136

Taggart, Judge, dissatisfaction over
overthrow, 202
Talmie, Collin, 323

Tammany Hall, utilizes foreign ele-
ment to help Democracy, 26; gains
over Regency and Mozart Hall, 26;
source of power in vile conditions,
35; rewards Mozart Hall, 175; pub-
lic awakening to machinations of,
200; John Kelly calls for loan, 200;
Judge Morris attacks, 363; press
comments on frauds of, 394; nat-
uralization committees under Gale
and Rosenberg, 398

Tappan and Messrs. Schoonmaker and
Champlain present minority report,
243-4

Tarbox, assemblyman, caucus teller,
151
Temperance, State convention meets
in Albany, 171
Ten Broeck, Cornelius, candidate for
clerk of Court of Appeals, 361
Ten Eyck, enlarges State com., 362
Tennessee, accepts amendments and is
restored to Union, 82
Terwilliger, James, 167; 356
Thayer, C. S., speaker Dem. rally,

205

Thayer, Francis S., senate committee

to investigate legislative corruption,
298

Thompson, Henry, director Erie,
fined, 297; pays Payne, story rela-
tive to Caldwell, 300; 301
Thompson, R. W., chairman com-
mittee on platform, 312
Tilden Henry A., 323

Tilden, Samuel J., discredited, 48-9;
90; 108; 179; delegate to constitu-
tional convention, 213; casts doubt
on legality of submission, 247;
prominent at Dem. convention;

calls to order, 172; calls Dem. Con-
vention to order, 322; delegate at
large, 323; accused of conspiracy,
342; 360; calls 1868 convention to
order, 361; 368; keynote for Demo-
crats, 372; stands by ticket, 1868,
382; secret circular attributed to;
denies knowledge of circular, 393;
aspires to Seymour's place in party,

412

Tilton, Theodore, Chase's energetic
friend, 326; see also Independent,
The

Times, The, unable to appreciate
Democratic change of heart, 49;
comment on Horace Greeley, 92;
prediction of, 133. note; loyal ser-
vant. 315; devotes strength to finan-
cial rebuttal. 376; final arguments
on Griswold and Hoffman, 391; de-
nounces election frauds, 401
Times (Chicago), questions life of
Democracy, 144

Times (Troy) defends Griswold, 375
Titus, Charles M., elector, 355
Topliff, E. C., 188

Torrance, C. C., proposes A. P. Lan-
ning, 363

Toucey, Sinclair, 353
Townsend, John D., relations between
the Erie and Tweed, 292
Townsend, Martin I., discusses consti-
tution, 257; speech of 1868, 379
Townsend, Solomon, 245, note
Travis, nominates Greeley, 151
Tremaine, Lyman, permanent presi-
dent Syracuse (Rep.) convention,
92; life, 146-7; comment on Conk-
ling's election, 152-3; speaks at
Rep. convention, 306; delegate at
large, 306; reports resolutions, 308;
candidate for Gov., 351

Tribune, The. hurls charges at Gen.
Slocum, 67; opinion of Conkling,
155; engages in war with all conser-
vative journals, 195; blames N. Y..
Rep. papers, 209; harms work of
convention, 259; attacks Hoffman
for connection with Tweed, 377;
denounces election frauds, 401; see
also Greeley, Horace
Tucker, Gideon T., surrogate, 103;
elected surrogate, 135
Tweed, William Marcy, becomes

prominent factor in Dem. party, 26;

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Unionists, factions among, 24; origin
of, 25; gain control of State in 1863,
26; evidence of dissensions among,
26; Greeley-Weed feud flourishing
in 1865, 27; N. Y. State ticket for
1864, 44; N. Y. State ticket for
1865, 53; convention opens in Syra-
cuse, Sept. 20, 1865, 56; convention
of 1865, Radical journals comment,
56; delegates led by Ellis H. Rob-
erts, 57; Radicals claim majority
by 70 to 50, 58; Conservatives as-
sert control, 59; controlled by
Henry J. Raymond and Thurlow
Weed, 59; Preston King and Wil-
liam H. Seward represent factions
contending for Johnson's favor, 59;
Radicals affirm right of loyal South-
erners to vote in reorganization of
State governments, 61; platform.
63-4; editorial comments, 64; strong
majority, 77; national convention
of 1866 opens at Philadelphia, Aug.
14, 82; preliminary convention held
at Saratoga, 90; Homer Nelson,
temporary chairman, 90; elect eight
delegates-at-large to Philadelphia
convention, 90; State convention
of 1867 meets at Syracuse, Sept. 25,
159; editorial comments, 162; na-
tional convention of 1866, see also
Philadelphia convention; Repub-
lican

Universe, The, comments on Johnson's
Fenian attitude, 122

Vallandigham, Clement L., asked to
withdraw from Philadelphia con-
vention, 83; 343

Van Anden, Isaac, elector, 367
Van Arnam, Cong. Rad. 31st
1866, 137

Van Brunt, George B., elected, 208
Van Buren, John, nominated attorney-
general, 49; of New York, 53; at-
tacks Seymour and Vallandigham,
67; Greeley comments on attack,
67; great efforts in campaign, as-
sisted by Montgomery Blair and
Gen. John Cochrane, 69; dies Oct.
14, 1866; loss to party, 131
Van Buren, Thomas B., and Andrews
reply to Spencer, 305

Van Campen, George, 245, note
Van Cott, Joshua M., nominated for
attorney-general, 166; defeated, 208;
delegate to constitutional conven-
tion, 213; member judiciary com-
mittee, 215; amendment presented
by, 242; origin of convention's
powers, 247; temporary chairman,
303; 307-8

Vanderbilt, Cornelius, career of; com-
parison with Drew. 268; buys
heavily. 274; unsuspectingly pur-
chases Erie bonds. 277; prevents
panic, 278; influence at Albany
waned, 292; withdraws, 293; plans
settlement with Drew, 294; wishes
as to settlement, 295; terms of set-
tlement, 296; War Dem., Cooper
Union, 1868, 383
Vanderbilt. Cornelius, Jr.,
Hale committee, 299
Vanderpoel, Aaron, War
Cooper Union, 1868, 383
Van Horn. Cong. Rad. 29th dist.,

1866, 137

witness

Dem.,

Van Schaack. David. elector, 367
Van Valkenburg D. A., Rep. State
com, 1868, 356

Van Vorst, H. C., elector, 355
Van Wyck. Charles H., 59; tempo-

rary chairman Syracuse (Rep.)
convention. 92; 136; 159; pres.
Rep. convention; censures Johnson,
306; candidate for Gov.; declines to
run, 352

Vance, Z. B.. Blair in class with, 380
Vermont, elects Rep. ticket, 132
Verplanck. on unrestricted suffrage.
258

Voorhees, of Indiana, speaker at
Dem. rally, 205

dist. Voorhies, substituted for Jacobs, 321.

note

Wade, Benjamin, named for vice-
pres., 310; 312; third for vice-
pres., 313; radical, 380
Wadsworth, James S., nominated for
Gov., 1862, as Greeley candidate, 24
Wagstaff, Alfred, Rep. del. 1st dist.,
1868, 307

Wait, A. D., Rep. State con. 15th
dist., 1868, 356

Waite, D. H., severs connection with
Chautauqua Democrat, 203
Wakeman, const. conv., opposed to
increase in judges, 217; motion for
re-election of judges carries, 223
Waldo, A. B., Dem. State con. 4th
dist., 107

Waldo, Christopher A., Dem. State
con. 6th dist., 53

Wales, Gideon, proposes suffrage for
taxpaying women, 236, note
Walker, Charles C. B., Dem. State

con. 7th dist., 1865, 53; 107; Dem.
State con., 1867, 179; 1868, 368
Walrath, C. H., Dem. State con. 6th
dist., 1866, 107

Ward, Cong. 27th dist. Dem., 137
Ward, Eugene, Republican alderman,
143

Ward, Gov., calls Raymond political
apostate, 85

Warren, Joseph, del. 30th Cong. dist.,

1868, 324; Dem. State con., mem-
ber-at-large, 368

Warren. Moses, del. 15th Cong. dist.,
1868, 323

Webb, W. H., War Dem., Cooper
Union, 1868, 383

Weed, Smith M., favor adjournment,
247; aspires to lieut.-governorship,
361

Weed, Thurlow, rise of feud with
Horace Greeley, 24; power broken
by rise of Fenton and Radical fac-
tion, 27; urges Unionists to drop
former Democrats, 58; prevents test
vote, 59; praises resolutions of
Unionist convention, 64; suspected
by Democrats; attitude of Daily
Courier and Union, 130; head of
Twenty-third Street party, 160; as-
sails Greeley in Commercial Adver-
tiser, 163; endorses Grant and Col-
fax, 317; favorite diversion of, 327;
federal patronage, 378; severe on
Blair, 380; finds campaign apathetic,

402; 407; remained true to Phila-
delphia principle in 1866, 409;
power lost, 412; see also Commercial
Advertiser and Albany Evening
Journal

Weidrick, M., elector, 355
Welles, Gideon, Sec. of Navy; throws
side-light on Seymour, 342; state-
ment as to payments on Monitor,

375

Wells, David A., compiles campaign
book, 373

West, Dewitt C., elector, 367
Westervelt, Jacob A., War Dem.,
Cooper Union, 1868, 383
Wheaton, Charles, del. 12th Cong.
dist., 1868, 323

Wheeler, Elisha P., elector, 355
Wheeler, William A., suggested for
lieutenant-governor, 93; delegate
to constitutional convention, 213;
pres. of const. conv.,
214
Whiskey frauds, revenue officials dis-
cover, 194; Herald, Evening Post,
and World give especial attention
to, 194-5; Nation points out loss
and waste, 195

White, Andrew D., member of senate
committee to investigate New York
City conditions, 34; seconds Conk-
ling's nomination, 148; 151, note;
reason for advocating Conkling, 154;
159; comments on Seward's speech,
1868, 390; frauds well known to,
394

White, William B., Republican alder-
man, 143

White House Speech, Johnson dis-
graces himself, 81
Wickham, William, delegate to con-
stitutional convention, 213
Wicks, John J., canal commissioner,

137

Wildee, O. C., Rep. Nat. delegate,
1868, 307

Williams, Dr. Julian T., political
doctor for Gould, 285
Williams, Stephen K. (Senator), of
Cayuga, Times accuses, 188; Citi-
zens' Assoc. takes up charges
against, 198

Williams, William, Dem. Nat. dele-
gate, 1868, 324
Williamson, Amos J., Rep. State
com., 93

Willson, Hugh B., charges W. J. | Worth, Jacob, elector, 355
Humphrey with corruption, 197
Wilson, Benjamin, Rep. State com.,
1868, 356

Wilson, Henry, named for vice-pres.,
310; 317

Wing. Halsey R., Dem. Nat. delegate,
1868, 323

Winslow, John S., Rep. State com.,
1866, 93

Winslow, John F., Griswold's partner,

374

Winslow, Morris, elector, 355
Wise, Henry A., Blair classed with,

380

Woman Suffrage, central committee

presents resolution to N. Y. con.,
337, note; see also suffrage
Wood, Congressman (Dem.), 9th dist.,
1866, 136

Wood, Fernando, 25; influence dimin-
ished, 26; asked to withdraw from
Philadelphia convention, 83; money
spent to elect, 305
Woodford, Stewart L., of Kings, 92:
nomination of, 93; 132; elected
lieut.-gov., 133: speaks at Rep. con-
vention, 306; candidate for Gov.,
352; nominated for Gov., 354
Work, Frank, director on board Erie
R. R., 271; petitions for injunction,
272; director of Erie, 274; interest
in Erie settlement, 295; share in
settlement. 296

Workingmen's convention, delegates
given seats in Dem. Nat. con., 336

World, The comments on change of
Democratic ideas, 49; considers
Dem. ticket not strong, but liberal,
53; resents charge against Slocum,
67; prophesies future victory in face
of defeat, 77; predicts loss of Conser-
vative vote, 97; gives lie to Rep.
organs, 116; consoles Democrats,
137; considers Connolly honest and
economical, 143; assails Conk-
ling, 155; summarizes candidates,
note, 180; reviews canal frauds
under Rep., 206; warns Democrats,
211; on the Chicago convention,
316; attack on Grant, 374; attacks
Griswold, 374; seconds Hoffman,
376; on Grant and Blair, 380; de-
mands change in ticket, 381; fails to
mention election frauds, 401; praises
Seymour, 403

Worth, Samuel, cand. for nomination
to State treasurer, 1867, 179
Wright, William W., nominated for
canal commissioner, 107
Wyckoff, Samuel S., elector, 355

Young, Campbell H., named for clerk
Court of Appeals, 355; vote for
clerk of the Court of Appeals, 1868,
392
Young, John Russell, represents
Greeley at Syracuse, 351

Young, Solomon C., discussion of
district plan, 239

Younglove, Truman G., 307; 352

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