History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . M. Horace Porter Horace Porter, diplomat and soldier; born at Huntington,Pa., April 15, 1837; educated, Lawrence scientific school, Har-vard; graduated at United States military academy, 1860;2d lieutenant U. S. A., April 22, 1861; 1st lieutenant, June 7,1861; captain, March 3, 1863; colonel and aid-de-camp to Gen-eral Grant, April 4, 1864; colonel of staff and aid-de-camp tothe general in chief, U. S. A., July 25, 1866; assistant secretaryof war, 1866; executive secretary to President Grant, 1869-1873; ambassador to France, 1897-
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . M. Horace Porter Horace Porter, diplomat and soldier; born at Huntington,Pa., April 15, 1837; educated, Lawrence scientific school, Har-vard; graduated at United States military academy, 1860;2d lieutenant U. S. A., April 22, 1861; 1st lieutenant, June 7,1861; captain, March 3, 1863; colonel and aid-de-camp to Gen-eral Grant, April 4, 1864; colonel of staff and aid-de-camp tothe general in chief, U. S. A., July 25, 1866; assistant secretaryof war, 1866; executive secretary to President Grant, 1869-1873; ambassador to France, 1897-1905; orator at the dedicationof Washington arch, New York City, May 4, 1895 and at thededication of Grants tomb, New York, April 27, 1897; re-covered the body of Paul Jones at his personal expense inParis, April 7, 1905; delegate to The Hague peace conference, Edwin Morse Shepard Edwin Morse Shepard; born New York City, 1850; gradu-ated from college of the City of New York, 1869; civil servicecommissioner, Brooklyn, 1883-1885; chairman of commission,1888-1890; democratic candidate for mayor of Greater NewYork, 1901; proposed for gubernatorial and other nominationsby his party; died New York City, October 4th, 1911. 1896] THE FIGHT AGAINST SILVER 17 lost, 621 to 109. Thirty-six delegates from Kings, 13from New York, 13 from Chautauqua, and 7 fromCattaraugus were among those favoring the Piatt carried his opposition to McKinley to greatlengths. On May 11 he published an interview sayingof McKinley: He is not a great man as Mr. Reed is not a trained and educated public man as SenatorAllison is. He is not an astute political leader asSenator Quay is. He is simply a clever gentlemanmuch too amiable and much too impressionable to besafely entrusted with a great executive Hedeclared that he was not safe on the curren
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