Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-09-12

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important events of iiis session vaS
the election OF Daniel :. Dickinson
u tie DLitel Staics Senate. IN which
Mr.. Seymour took a leading and ac-
tive part. lie also engaged with fer
vent spirit in tue discussion relative
10 the call for n convention toamend
the Constitution, but voted agains;
the bill providing for that measure.
With this session Mr.. Scymour's
legislative career was brought to 4
close.
For tho succeeding five years Mr..
Seymour was not prominent in pub
lie life, having resumed the practice
of law in tho City Of Utica. BY the
action of the Legislature of 1850,
providing for the enlargement and
improvement of the Erie Canal, and
appropriating the revenue of the
State in contravcntion to the provi-
sions of the Constitution, MFR. Sey-
mour again assumed a leading posi-
ton in State politics, and most car
nestly resisted this effort to override
the provisions of a Constitution so
recently adopted. On account ofhis
strenuous opposition to that meas
ure, he was that year (1S50,) for the
first time, placed in nomination for
Governor ofhis State, in opposition
to Washington Hunt. The result
of the election was, for Seymour,
214,352 votes; for Hunt, 214,614.
Mr.. Seymour having been defeated
by 262 votes.
In 1862, Seymour was again placed
in nomination by tho Democratic
party, in opposition to Washington
Hunt (Whig) and Minthorne Tomp-
kins Gree Soil,) with the following
result:
HGy%0"'' Msnt, 5ss,75d Ss5,75a
Tompkins, l9,260
Mr.. Seymour was triumphantly
elected over two competitors rs tho
the chief executive officer of the
State. Ills administration of State
affairs, as generally conceded, was
characterized by ability, tact, and
good judgment. While occupying
the gubernatorial chair in 1851, he
vetoed the notorious Maine law, and
the correctness of his views as to the
power of the Legislature to pass
sumptury laws was subsequently
fully established by formal deci-
sion of the Court of Appeals.
In 1854 Mr.. Seymour was nomin-
atcd by the Democracy for rc-clcc-
tion ; with Myron II. Clark, repub-
lican, Daniel Ullman, American,
Greene g. Bronson, Hard Shell Dem
ocrat, rs opponents. The following
is the result Of the election:
Seymour, 1876
Clark, . l6sot
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Although this election resulted in
Mr.. Seymours defeat, it dcmons,ra-
ted very satisfactorily his unwaning
popularity with the people, and his
certainly of success with the party
united aud working for one candi-
date. At the close of this contest.
Mr.. Seymour again resumed the
work Of bis profession At UticA In
everything aPpert.inIn< 10 the sue
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