"By one of those curious blunders to which editorial offices are liable in the absence of the responsible head, an article by Mr. Curtis was modified to commit the paper to the support of the candidate. Curtis resigned the editorship. It was promptly and in the most manly manner disavowed by the house of Harper & Bros."—Edward Cary, Life of Curtis, p. 275.
[1034] September 22.
[1035] New York daily papers, October 4.
[1036] New York Times, September 29.
[1037] Albany Evening Journal, October 16.
[1038] Folger's letter is found in the daily papers of October 4.
[1039] It was generally known that this influence changed the votes of two acting State committeemen, who had agreed to act with the Cornell men.—See the Nation of October 5; also the New York Tribune, October 4.
[1040] Cleveland's letter appears in the press of October 10.
[1041] Albany Evening Journal, October 19.
[1042] Harper's Weekly, November 4.