[667] The Nation, December 4, 1873.
[668] Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 1, p. 245.
[669] This letter, dated September 14, 1874, is published in nearly all the State papers of September 18. It is given in full in the New York Herald and Times.
Sanford E. Church, in a published interview, charged that the story of his connection with the ring originated with Barlow.—New York Tribune, April 2, 1875.
[670] The ticket presented was as follows: Secretary of State, Francis S. Thayer, Rensselaer; Comptroller, Nelson K. Hopkins, Erie; Treasurer, Daniel G. Fort, Oswego; Attorney-General, Benj. D. Silliman, Kings; Canal Commissioner, Sidney Mead, Cayuga; State Engineer, William B. Taylor, Oneida; Prison Inspector, Moss K. Platt, Essex.
[671] The following ticket was nominated: Secretary of State, Diedrich Willers, Seneca; Comptroller, Asher P. Nichols, Erie; Treasurer, Thomas Raines, Monroe; Attorney-General, Daniel Pratt, Onondaga; Canal Commissioner, James Jackson, Niagara; State Engineer, Sylvanus H. Sweet, Albany; Prison Inspector, George W. Mellspaugh, Orange.
[672] James Brooks was the only New York congressman implicated. The committee, finding him guilty of corruption as a member of the House and as a government director of the Union Pacific Railroad, recommended his expulsion, but on February 27, 1873, the House, by a vote of 174 to 32 (34 not voting) changed the sentence to one of censure. Brooks died on April 30 following.
[673] Harper's Weekly, September 10, 1874.
[674] July 24.
[675] September 18.