History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . men held a preliminary meeting in Albany at thesame time as the State convention, and after protestingagainst the snap convention adjourned to meet atSyracuse on May 31, where with John D. Kernan inthe chair they adopted a platform declaring thatCleveland was the choice of the overwhelming majorityof the Democrats of New York and that the rest of thecountry could rely on his ability to carry the also chose delegates to the national convention,those at-large being Frederic R. Coudert, Alexander E. Orr, Mayor
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . men held a preliminary meeting in Albany at thesame time as the State convention, and after protestingagainst the snap convention adjourned to meet atSyracuse on May 31, where with John D. Kernan inthe chair they adopted a platform declaring thatCleveland was the choice of the overwhelming majorityof the Democrats of New York and that the rest of thecountry could rely on his ability to carry the also chose delegates to the national convention,those at-large being Frederic R. Coudert, Alexander E. Orr, Mayor Charles F. Bishop of Buffalo, andEdmund Fitzgerald of Troy.^ The regular conventionwas presided over by George M. Beebe and Daniel , both of whom found it desirable to defendHills course in getting control of the Senate. The con-vention declared for sound money and against the Sher- 3New York Tribune, June 1, 1892. See also Everett P. Wheeler, SixtyYears of American Life, p. 203 et seq., and George F. Parker, Recollectionsof Grover Cleveland, ch. Ch \ Andrkws Charles Andrews, jurist; bf)rn, New York Mills, X. Y.,May 27, 1827; educated at Ca/.eiiovia seminary; admitted to thebar, 1849 and practiced in Syracuse; district attorney of Onon-daga county, 1853-1856; mayor of Syracuse, 1861 and 1868;delegate to the constitutional convention, 1867; associate judgecourt of appeals, 1870-1880; in 1881 he was appointed by Gov-ernor Cornell as chief judge of the court of appeals to fill thevacancy caused by the resignation of Charles J. Folger but in1882 was defeated for the office by his democratic friend andneighbor, William C. Kuger; elected judge of the court ofappeals in 1884 and chief judge, 1892, serving until he retiredat the age limit; died at Syracuse, N. \., October 22, 1918.
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