History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ney, Kelly was disgruntled.^Finally in March, 1879, Robinson removed CountyClerk Gumbleton for taking illegal fees, though hefailed to remove the anti-Tammany Register, FrederickW. Loew, for the same ofifense, on the ground that hewas ignorant of the illegality of the fee schedule fixedby his subordinates. This was considered a distinctavowal of hostility by Kelly, who on August 11 hadresolutions adopted in Tammany denouncing Robinsonas opposed to the true principles of Democracy. Hecharged that Robinson had attempted to dictate n
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . ney, Kelly was disgruntled.^Finally in March, 1879, Robinson removed CountyClerk Gumbleton for taking illegal fees, though hefailed to remove the anti-Tammany Register, FrederickW. Loew, for the same ofifense, on the ground that hewas ignorant of the illegality of the fee schedule fixedby his subordinates. This was considered a distinctavowal of hostility by Kelly, who on August 11 hadresolutions adopted in Tammany denouncing Robinsonas opposed to the true principles of Democracy. Hecharged that Robinson had attempted to dictate nomi-nations, had been swayed by personal friendship indismissing charges against officials, and had sanctionedthe removal by Mayor Cooper of a Tammany PoliceCommissioner and held up similar charges against ananti-Tammany Commissioner. On September 6 aformal manifesto against Robinson followed. At thesame time a meeting of anti-Tammany Democratsindorsed Robinson and denounced Tammany for a deal ^Hudson, Random Recollections of an Old Political Reporter, p. William Maxuell Evarts William Maxwell Evarts, senator; born in Boston, Mass.,February 6, 1818; was graduated from Vale college in 1837;studied in Harvard Law school and was admitted to the barin New York City in 1S41; was assistant United States districtattorney, 1849-1853; chairman of the New York delegation tothe republican national convention of 1860; member of thestate constitutional convention of 1867-1868; attorney generalof the United States from July 15, 1868 to March 3, 1869;counsel for President Andrew Johnson upon his trial for im-peachment in 1868; counsel for the Inited States upon thetribunal of arbitration upon the Alabama claims at Cieneva,Switzerland, in 1872; counsel for President Hayes in behalf ofthe republican party before the electoral commission in 1876;secretary of state for the United States from March 12, 1877to March 3, 1881 ; elected as a republican to the United Statessenate and served from M
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