Arizona republican., 1904-06-05

at once welcomed by New York society.
 Hamilton was a favorite with the capitalists who formed the Bank of New York and was one of the directors. This also was enough to excite the
 jealousy and it was several years be-
 fore Burr "got even" by adroitly giv- ing the Manhattan Company banking powers and thus creating a powerful rival. Hamilton was also in advance in Journalism. being identified with the founding of the Evening Post, whose
 mission was to make an advance in the profession worthy of the growing na- tion. Burr saw that Hamilton was leading in the above mentioned points and sought political distinction which he won rapidly, until finally over thrown when candidating for the office of state governor. He was a mem Der of the legislature, which enabled
 him to secure the Manhattan banking privilege, also attorney general, and to this was added a seat in the United States senate. In the midst of his sue cess, however, he saw Hamilton a
 member of the convention that formed the National Constitution and subse- quehtly appointed secretary of the treasury, while his own request for the
 mission to France was refused by Washington, who thus made d distinction which attracted wide atten- tion.
 Next came Burr's presidential canvass in which he and Jefferson had a tie
 which was repeated day after day un til on the thirty-sixth ballot a change of two votes made the former presi- dent and Burr vice president. The lat ter saw his chance for the presidency was gone, and he therefore based his political hopes on his own state. He obtained nomination for the office of
 governor, but was defeated in very humiliating manner, and he then real ized that his political life was blasted and determined on revenge.
 Hamilton. of course was the victim of that revenge, for he had opposed Burr in the most determined manner, both in the presidential and gubernatorial canvasses. His denunciations, indeed, had been so bold and tremendous in op- posing what he viewed as a public ca lamity that he stood too prominent to escape. Hence a challenge might be considered a natural result in those dueling days. Within three months after the last defeat the meeting took place. Hamilton, who was then iliving at the Grange, passed the pre- vious night downtown arranging his papers and evidently expecting a fatal result. Burr, whose family was re-
 duced to himself and a colored house.
 keeper, passed the same night at his residence (Richmond HID, also ar ranging papers and writing to his daughter, to whom he says: 'I have
 called out General Hamilton and we meet tomorrow. If I fall, shall live in you and your children" Rather
 strange he survived both Theodosia and her son and died a childless,
 friendless old man, save for kindly at tentions of his cousin, Judge Ogden
 Edwards The duel took place on the
 11th day of July. 1894. and Hamilton died the next day. Burr remained in
 the city short time and then returned
 to Washington, being still vice-presi- dent. but at the close of that office he was as dead politically and socially as
 though he had been buried in the
 grave with Hamilton. The centennial
 of the duel will bring out much re-
 search. Romance has already made
 free use of both of these remarkable
 men. but the main points in their mu-
 tual history are chiefly those thus
 briefly given