The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
UPSTATE NTiTESMEN.
Ira Shnier Was the Last of the Upstate
Country Boys Who "Wrut Dowa TO
York" to Grow Tn with the CITY.

Ira Shnfer Was tn" Last OF the Upstate
S""n'r' hoy" VINO - went Dowa TO
" "r'" Up WI" NV WY
ALbiHf. Dec. .. Ira shafer. who died on
Monday. after Il te'nnes :uous and tumultuous
political had professional life or more than
foity years. was about the last of the upstate
country hoys' who. after achieving distinction
at home. went dowa the Hudson to the big
city al the foot OF it To resume. on a br Jader
field. the hSht for distinction and supremacy.
Mr.. Sha e. was elected District Attorney Of
this county In November. 1859. in the contest
preceding the momcntous Lincoln-D Douglas
Breckinrldce contest of the same year. and he
succeeded in Office Samuel G. Courtney, who
ten years later was appointed United States
New York. succeeding Daniel $. Dickinson.
nho was succee"eu ny EDWARDS flerrepont'
Noah Davis. George Bliss. Stewart L. Wood
NJ co,r.,o, IT, h,s NJ. Chat,
hr' Courtney IKE n's SUCCESSOR MT. Shaier.
was " prominent. If less picturesque, figure in
ag,wnn 49,. -. ~. 20.
peculiar circumstance tha' the District Atfcr-
exceptions. exercised larre influence on the
IT. 49, ~. -, 49,. It, r".
places rs welt. Mr.. Courtney's predecessor
WAS Hamilton Uorr,s. long n R.nnb,ic,n
""S aN"'' h"'' 'ohk " nepuoitan
leader OF prominence a state senator. Capitol
Commissioner. and one Of the regents of the
Aloony Universitv. succeedIno T. Carson Rra-
WORT Other District Attorneys or this coun-
ty were Henry Smith, who presided over the
deliberations Of the Assembly Of 1872. one ~
ue''o'atons u " "S'eno' OK Il Oh
tho most ihportant dellberati'o bodies ever
convened In the State; Rufus w. Peckham,
I, rnu oro -, .h. S,r.no Cow, Jrdraa -,
= ~ "He Va NV 80 uuee,
the United states; Nathaniel e. Moak' and d.
J,ao. L. 1T. ,,5;.t,, at.,I,. NJ. sh,y-
JUICES IN TINS 'uu'cia' district. All. ehaiers
official service however,. was not limited to
his three Years term as District Attorney;
"hich oeEah petore the BEGINNING OF the civil
war, and ended when 1t was raging through
nouinotod a.. candidate Tor staLa sen.tor
hoih'ha'e" "a a cahuiua'e LOT sla'e senator
tn, Ind was as ,iGSG o, id Iar'i S,fS nd 10 the \ de MS,rs
Charles j.. Folger, Ezra, Cornell. Henry @.
Murphy OF brooklyn; and George n, Andrsws
fer,s term as senator he came to New York.
and, became ono OF the most active organizers
r. the msm EIIrrnn0 re- iiEt e. OF ls1S waSed agains.
ncasur" the nomination OF a ticket in that con-
test, begun under conditions which contained
little prospect. OF success. but which culminat-
ed. however, in a sweeping triumph.
Courtney and Shater were two OF those who,
%leaying, TN political b'ttle ground in Albany.
success, though neither. was q candidate for
public office IN New York city. For many
Years the Kepn6lirnn party was recruited from
in which Republicans were most numerous. and
the, claim, was quite frequently made that
able the Now York city Republicans to fiji
some OF their most important offices. AT the
present time lhrrc are I" Few AloaIians In rub
prominent. perhaps. being John a. sleicher.
who holds the Office u Supervisor OF the CitU
iiec",n Wy MppOimtineht or Mayor strong. some
OF the proinlhent Republicans In party