io Biographical Sketch 



law, he has framed and carried through legislation 

 in regard to the difficult question of taxation, based 

 on a new prinicple which is perfectly equitable, is 

 particularly suited to modern conditions, and when 

 modified in details to such extent as experience shall 

 demonstrate to be necessary will be accepted by all ; 

 he has honestly and economically administered the 

 canals, and has caused the canal question to be care- 

 fully studied so as to bring out all the essential facts 

 upon which its solution must be based ; he has reso- 

 lutely refused to appoint any unfit man to office, 

 although usually ready to accept a suitable man when 

 recommended by the Republican organization, which 

 includes the greater part of the voters in the party; 

 he has appointed commissions to study the educa- 

 tional system, the tenement-house question, and a 

 revision of the Charter of the great City of New 

 Yorjc. His appointees, from top to bottom, have 

 been of the very highest type; from the foundation 

 of the State there have been no higher. 



Many of his measures are in a half-finished con- 

 dition. The Republicans of New York would, be- 

 yond question, have renominated and re-elected him 

 to carry them to completion. But at this stage the 

 Republicans of the United States with singular una- 

 nimity have called him away from New York, 

 against his personal wishes and judgment, to take 

 part in national affairs and to aid President McKin- 

 ley in carrying out those policies which, during the 

 last four years, have brought such pros^rity at 

 home and such greatness abroad. He has yielded 



