Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-09-30

Against the lammallS NdiiaI"''S'
For MAYOR. General Benjamin J; IraSi
For comptroller. .......:..,,. AShpe4 t,Ttom
Eor president of council. X. Ross App'elon'
New York, Sept. 29.-The ABOVE llch-
ct was nominated last night by the re-
publican convention of Greater New
York.
County Chairman Quigg called the
convention to order at noon ana lnlro-
duced Lieut.. GOV. Woodruff who MADE
a short address. After the usual COM
nittees were appointed an ADJOURN
ment until s p. m. was taken.
When the convention roassemDleu IN
the evening Senator Platt occupied
Col spiCuous position IN one OF the DON
es. He received an ovation. Inc
@. committee on contested seats reported
in favor of dividing the vote III the
first and second BROOKLYN dist lcts. Inc
Worth men objected strenuodsly, out
the report was adopted. Inc Tempo
rarv organization was then MADE per
manent Next the platform was read
and adopted. 1t endorses the st. Louis
declaration of principles and makes
strong plea for united action against
the Tammany candidate. Seth Low
lxtme was placed in nomination for
n,avor by Jacob Worth, and the dis
t.ttt attorney presented that OF Gen.
tracy The vote was as tolio"S'
Tracy, 297; Low, 40; Schroeder, :. The
nomination was made unanimous ana
the ticket was then quickly completed
MI. / Itch is a gold democrat and his
nomIu. lon is conceded as recoSnl-
ton lol the part The national uemOc-
racy took III the last presidential cleo
ton.
BENJAMIN f. Tracy was born IN
Owego, n. Y, on April 26, 1881. his
education was OBTAINED at the common
school and at the Owego academy.
t1aylng decided 70 become lawyer he
was placed in the office OF Nathaniel w.
Davis of OwegO, and was admitted TO
Inc bar in May, 1851. He was only 70
when elected district attorney Tor
lloga county. He was reelected When
his nrst term expired, but declined q
thlrd term. In 1861 Mr.. Tracy was
elected to the assembly by the repub-
licans and war democrats. At the close
OF the legislative session Gov. Morgan
appointed him member of committee
to take charge of the general recruiting
work for the army. He organized the
18th and 1CSth new York regiments,
and was made colonel OF the latter
regiment, serving till the close of the
war with distinction, and retiring With
the rank of brevet brigadier-g general OF
volunteers. He became member d
the law fr!n of Benedict, Eulr n Den-
edict in Brooklyn alter tie war, but
Withdrew to become United States dis
trict attorney for the eastern district of
New York to succeed Benjamin L
Sillman. His fight on the Whiskay
ring in 1866 gave him national repu-
tatloL. He was reappointed jan %,
1871, by President Grant, serving until
1873, when lie resumed the practice of
1851, he was appointed by Gov.
Cornell to be associate judge of the
court of appeals TO succeed
Charles S. Andrews, but retired
from The bench in November, 1882.
In September, 1882, he was nomina. ed
for supreme court judge by the re-
publicans of the second judicial dis
trict, but was defeated by Charles f.
Brown (dem.) In 1886 he was u can
didate Tor district attorney of Kings
county, but failed of election Gen.
Tracy was secretary of the navy in
President Harrison's cabinet. He re-
sumed the practice of law after his
term was over. In the winter of 1884
Gen. Tracy was associated with Ed
ward NJ. Shepard in prosecuting John
Y. Mckane, who was sent to Sing
Sing, and later he defended Erastus
Wiman, who got into financial difficult
ties in connection with the firm OF
Dun a Co. In March, 1895, Gen.
Tracy defended the Metropolitan Tel
ephone aud Telegraph company be-
fore the legislative committee, argu-
ing in favor OF the high telephone
charges against the Gerst telephone
bill. In June, 1896, he was appointed
by Gov. Morton to be one OF the com
missions to draft the charter ter
the greater New York. and was chosen
chairman of the commission. In Jan
uary this year he was elected presl-
dent of the New York State Agricuitu-
raj society. Gen. Tracy endeared HIM
self to Sheriff Tamsen by getting him
out OF his troubles.