History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . , and for some days his success seemedprobable. But the opposition, which had been dividedamong Hiscock, Leslie W. Russell, and William , concentrated on Evarts before the caucus ofJanuary 19,^ and, in spite of Stalwart attacks upon himas a poor Republican from the politicians point ofview, the anti-machine sentiment and the populardemand for a representative of eminence, voiced bysuch organizations as the Union League Club of NewYork, gave Evarts 61 votes in the caucus to 28 forMorton and 2 for Depew. The Democrats cast t
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . , and for some days his success seemedprobable. But the opposition, which had been dividedamong Hiscock, Leslie W. Russell, and William , concentrated on Evarts before the caucus ofJanuary 19,^ and, in spite of Stalwart attacks upon himas a poor Republican from the politicians point ofview, the anti-machine sentiment and the populardemand for a representative of eminence, voiced bysuch organizations as the Union League Club of NewYork, gave Evarts 61 votes in the caucus to 28 forMorton and 2 for Depew. The Democrats cast theirvote for Edward Cooper. Governor Cleveland resigned at the opening of theLegislature on January 6, and David B. Hill took theExecutive chair. His methods were in sharp contrastto those of Cleveland. He was a readier and more acuteman than his predecessor, but his political conduct wascontrolled by no such ethical principle as markedClevelands course and accounted for his fame. He was ^New York Tribune, January 6, ^New York Tribune, January 17, John M. Francis John M. Francis, journalist; born in Prattsbiirg. Steubencounty, N. Y., March 6, 1823; apprenticed to a printer at theage of 14; became editor of the Wayne Sentinel at Palmyra,1843; editorial writer on Rochester Advertiser, 1845; TroyBudget, 1846; established the Troy Timrs in 1851; city clerkof Troy, 1851-1855; delegate to constitutional convention, 1867-1868; appointed by President (irant minister to Greece, 1871;resigned, 1873; minister to Portugal, 1882-1884 and to Austria-Hungarv, 1884-1885; member of state constitutional conventionof 1895- died in Troy, N. V., June 18, 1S97.
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