History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . sagainst the State Engineer, the convention proceeded torenominate Taylor.^ The platform was a conventional one, which pointedwith pride to the Republican record in national politicsand claimed credit for the overthrow of Tammany andthe purification of elections. The friends of temper-ance who had been alienated by the local option vetowere reminded that the party was committed to thepolicy of local option and was responsible for thestatute allowing recovery of civil damages for injurysustained by the sale of intoxicants. The adap
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . sagainst the State Engineer, the convention proceeded torenominate Taylor.^ The platform was a conventional one, which pointedwith pride to the Republican record in national politicsand claimed credit for the overthrow of Tammany andthe purification of elections. The friends of temper-ance who had been alienated by the local option vetowere reminded that the party was committed to thepolicy of local option and was responsible for thestatute allowing recovery of civil damages for injurysustained by the sale of intoxicants. The adaptation ofthe canals to steam navigation with the aid of Congresswas advocated, the Senators and Representatives who 3New York Tribune, September 4, 1873. *The ticket was: Secretary of State, Francis S. Thayer, Rensselaer; Comp-troller, Nelson K. Hopkins, Erie; Treasurer, Daniel G. Fort, Oswego;Attorney-General, Benjamin D. Silliman, Kings; State Engineer, William , Oneida; Canal Commissioner, Sidney Mead, Cayuga; PrisonInspector, Moss K. Piatt, Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass; born in 1817 at Tuckahoe near Easton,Md.; his father was white, his mother a negro slave; escapedfrom slavery in 1838 in the disguise of a sailor; in 1841 spokeat an anti-slavery convention and showed such gifts of ora-tory that he was sent out as a lecturer; published an abolition-ist paper at Rochester, N. Y., 1847; appointed secretary to SanDomingo commission, 1871; presidential elector from NewYork state, 1872; United States marshal. District of Columbia,1877-1878; recorder of deeds, District of Columbia, 1889; ap-pointed minister to Haiti, 1891; died at Washington, D. C,February 20, 1895. 1873] CONKLING SUFFERS A REVERSE 153 had opposed the back pay grab were commended, andparticular attention was drawn to the fact that Demo-crats and Liberals had participated in larger proportionthan the Republicans in the back pay movement. Theplatform commended those who had refused to drawth
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