[546] New York Tribune, September 4, 1871.
[547] New York Times, April 7, 1871.
[548] Ibid.
[549] New York Tribune, May 6, September 15, 1871.
[550] New York Tribune (editorials), May 19, 20, 25, 1871.
[551] White, Autobiography, Vol. 1, p. 164.
[552] New York Tribune, September 28, 1871.
[553] "In particular they [the Fenton men] felt sure of one vote not received from Allegany County, two from Broome, three from Columbia, two from Cortlandt, three from Dutchess, three from Jefferson, one from Ontario, three from Washington, and three from Wayne."—Ibid.
"Mr. Murphy's office-holders were numerous and active, and turned the whole organisation into an instrument for the service of his [Conkling's] personal ambition. When the State convention was to meet, Mr. Conkling and Mr. Murphy were among the first at Syracuse. It was remarked that while they worked hard, they took no thought of the reform movement. Their sole object was to control the convention. The confidence which the delegates placed in them was astonishing, but more astonishing still was the manner in which Andrew D. White lent himself to this faction and did its work."—New York Evening Post, September 29, 1871.
[554] "Mr. White personally sought the votes of Fenton members for the temporary chairmanship on the pledge that he would so act as to promote harmony."—New York Tribune, October 21, 1871.