New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-29

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The Republican party founded by Jefferson
and Burr was never beaten in this State on
a square issue after the first decisive triumph
of its chiefs in the great Presidential strug-
gle of 1900. The fruits of that triumph we
mainly reaped by jefferson, but the credit Of
winning it justly inures to Burr. The Assem-
bly, ticket which he framed for this City, bear
ing the names of ex-Gov. George Clinton,
Gen. HoratiO Gates, &c, won the day, in spite
of the exertions and the eloquence of Hamil-
ton. We doubt that 80 strong ticket has
been presented to our citizens at any subse-
quent election, and there have been several
desperate contests in which such ticket
would have changed essentially the course of
events. Burr though DESTROYS of election, did
| not choose to put his name on that ticket, but
| ran on the Republican ticket in Orange County,
where his party was largely in the ascendant
| and its success inevitable.
A majority of the Republicans of this State
supported De Witt Clinton for President in
1912, and gave him her Electors he had also
the Federal States; but Madison was never
theless rechosen. After this, the party was not
perfectly homogeneous in this State, and,
when Clinton was made the Republican
nominee for Governor in 1917, some Republic
| cans bolted, and voted for Gen. Peter b. Por-
ter still, as the Federalists presented no can
didate, Clinton had nearly all the votes. At
the next choice of Governor, however, in 1920
Daniel ID. Tompkns, who had already
filed the Office for nine years, having
been elected over Federalists in 1907,
1910 and 1813 and chosen Nice-President i'll
1916, was brought out in opposition to Gin
ton, but beaten by the heavy majOrities given
against him in the Western Counties, where
Clinton was popularity identified with the Erie
Canal, then in process of construction. 1t
was the first defeat Tompkins had ever en-
countered, and he never recovered from the
blow it gave him. In this contest, the bulk
of the Federal vote went for Clinton, and
helped make a Governor for the first time
since John jays last election in 1898.
A new Constitution was formed in 1891, and
| the Governors term thereby shortened from
| three to two years. The Republicans (now
mainly inimical to ClintOn) nominated Robert
Yates for Governor, and neither Clinton nor
any one else venturing to dispute the field
with him, he was chosen without serious OPP
| position. lie was, we believe, the identical
person concerning whom cOlored gentleman
proposed the tOast-"De Gubnor of our State ::
che came in with berry little Opposition he
"goes out with none at ALL"
In 1924, a new President was to be chosen,
and Virginia, for the first time, presented no
candidate Sixty-six Republican Members of
! Congress met in caucus and nominated William
| H. Crawford of Georgia for President and AL
bert Galatin of Pennsylvania for Vice but
the supporters of Adams jackson, Clay and
Calhoun respectively, secuted this nomination
as an imposture. The Republican managers in
this State, led by Martin Van Buren,. late At
torney-General, recently translated to the U. s.
Senate, were for Crawford, and (our Electors
being then chosen by the Legislature) deter
mined to give him the thirty-sx votes of this
State, suppOsing the Legislature Chosen the
November previous) completely III their hands
Silas Wright, then newly III the Senate, and
Azariah C.. Flagg of the Assembly were Van
Buren's trusty lieutenants. The friends OF
Adams and Clay Jackson and Calhoun having
then few partisans here) resisted, and de-
manded a choice of Electors by the People
This was refused by the votes OF II out
of the 80 SenatOrs-the Assembly having voted
to concede it, A strong excitement ensued
Peoples party" was organzedj DE WITT
Clinton was nominated by it for Governor
with James Tallmadge for Lieut.. Governor
and this ticket swept the State like whiIl-
wind, beating Col. Samuel Young for Govern
or and Gen. Erastus Root for Lieut.. Governor
by Unprecedented majorities. The Legislature
met soon afterward, and chose Electors, OF
whom 2G voted for Adams, for Clay, fol-
Crawford, and 1 George p. Barker, who was
on all the tickets for jackson. Many of these
were chosen by barely one majority; the Craw-
ford party, though shaken by recent events
being nearly equal in numbers TO its coalesced
enemies. This result made Adams President
Clinton had favored Adams, though not