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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE CONSOLIDATION SUPPLEMENT, JANUARY 2. 1898. 23 itician that la 1875 he was nominated for sheriff, beating Jacob Worth in the conven the manner already described as it went into effect on January 1, 18S2. It was during his tion by one vote. The Democrats nominated Thomas P.

Nevins, the chief engineer of the Fire Department, and one of the brightest term that Roscoe Conkling and Thomas C. Piatt quarreled with President Garfield and resigning "their seats in United States Sen men who have ever been around Mr. Mc ate, appealed to the Legislature of New York for vindication by re election. The story Laughlin. Mr.

Nevins' excellent record as a fireman and his good standing in the party of the defeat of their efforts need not be made his election seem quite probable. Dag gett made a personal canvass throwing Into it more than referred to here. Senator Schroeder was among those who opposed their reelection. He refused even to go into the canvass. More than fifteen years afterward, in all of the energy and dash which character ized his work as a politician.

He was elected his majority over Nevins being about 700, Daggett appointed Colonel Stegnian ur.de: the Greater New York campaign, we find Piatt expressing himself in favor of Schroeder for the mayoralty despite Schroeder's op sheriff. Daggett took a very prominent part in state and national politics, being a dele In that year. While yet provost marshal, he was nominated for Congress, but was defeated In 1868 he was appointed by President Johnson as an assessor of internal revenue in this city. He also served as a deputy under Collectors Murphy and Arthur. In 1871 he was again elected to the Assembly.

He was for several years chairman of tho general committee of this county. Mr. Maddox is heSd in tho kindliest remembrance by many of the politicians of to day. He was one of the original Republicans of 1856 and was unswerving in his fidelity to his party. He was a firm friend of Thurlow Weed and other great men in the party during his political life.

Charles B. Morton was a participant of prominence in many of the stormy scenesofthepast thirty or forty years. He still survives, a vigorous specimen of the veteran politician, one of the more intelligent number. He is connected with the City Clerk's office in a capacity which calls for the exercise of that ability for the collection and arrangement of statistics which has made him noted among his fellow politicians. Colonel Morton has lived In Brooklyn since his 21st year, coming here in 1855.

He joined the Republican party at its organization and has never tailed in its support since. He was a sergeant of the metropolitan police in the Eastern District, where gate to all of the conventions for a series of position to him and despite all the bitterness of feeling whidh that opposition had engendered. But Piatt is cunning. He looked favorably upon Schroeder simply because Schroeder inated. Chittenden and the most of his supporters refused to accept the decision.

As a consequence, he was nominated for both terms as aa independent Republican candidate and received the indorsement of the Democrats, proffered to him by General Slo cum and James B. Craig and formally carried out by a convention. Samuel J. Tilden was running for governor that year. The Third District was so heavily Republican that the Democrats could not elect their man.

They thought that, by indorsing Chittenden, they could gain votes for Tilden. and they were undoubtedly right in this opinion. Chittenden was elected. Two years later he was a candidate before the same Republican convention again and was nominated. This time the Democrats named a candidate of their own party, the late Thomas S.

Dakin. General Dakin was a militiaman of high standing and a man of great personal popularity. He had achieved an additional reputation as a member of the American rifle team which had won a notable victory in England. He made such a thorough canvass and was so well liked that he was beaten by only a small majority. In 1878, Chittenden was renominated, running against Richard M.

Huntley, Democrat, whom he defeated. In 1880 he ran for a fourth time and met defeat by the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, who was taken up by the Democrats as the most available man of the time in the district. Mr.

Smith had never been in politics and was unknown to the politicians. Both he and Mr. Chittenden have passed away. A son of the latter lives in Brooklyn and has become a figure of some prominence in the Republican party. VII.

An important event that occurred in the year 1879 was the senatorial election in the inird. District, wbich was man of tho SAMUEL. T. MADDOX, An Active and a Popular Politician of the Past. S.

B. CTirTTENDEN, YTho "Was for Years a Member of Congress. Third, Fourth, Seventh, Eleventh, Thirtreiitb Nineteenth, Twentieth, Twenty first and Twenty third wards. The principal candidates years. He was opposed in his leadership by was an available man.

Piatt does not often John A. Nichols, W. W. Goodrich and other allow his feelings to dominate his judgmen ior tne nomination were Frederic a Sehrceder opposed the renomination of prominent party men. After serving out his term as sheriff Daggett 'held no other office Grant in 18S0 and refused to be bound by th until he was elected to the state Senate in Schroeder and William W.

Goodrich. Mr. Schroeder had performed dlstingu.shed service for the city as controller and as mayor, retiring from the mayor's office at the unit rule. VIII. which he sat for one term only.

He secured a weighing contract from the federal government and afterward a contract for supplying A man who filled a position of prominence close of 1877. He had had his fiVA nn Din postal cards. He had lost much of his infiu in the party before either Schroeder, Daggett or Stegman appeared on the scene is Jacob Worth. Jacob Worth has been in politics ence as a politician and had been crowded out since young manhood, but never reachei of leadership by others. He left Brooklyn and went to Washington where he still lives leadership in its fullest meaning until wlthi and where he holds the contract for cleaning the past few years.

He was always a factor the streets to the city. Daggett is about 52 of influence, a wire puller, a worker, a coun he passed many years. In 1861 he enlisted in the Thirteenth Regiment and afterward served in the Forty seventh. He raised the Fourth Metropolitan Regiment, known as the One Hundred and Seventy third New York Volunteers and acted as its colonel until 1863, when he was appointed as secretary to the provost marshal, remaining in the office until 1865. In 1866 he was appointed deputy auditor by James McLeer, who had been elected auditor over John Shcaron.

From 1868 to 1874 he wa3 in the internal revenue service. In 1872 he was elected to the Assembly from the district comprising the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards, beating William Wainwright, regular and John W. Flaherty, independent Democrat. In 1874 he was appointed to a secretarial position in the New York Police Board and served until 1878, when he was made assistant postmaster of Brooklyn, serving in that office until 1SS4. Colonel Morton was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1894.

He had a part in the apportionment work and with the preparation of the home rule articles of the Constitution. IX. In 1892 a reorganization of the party took place by which the system of representation in the general committee and conventions was changed. With the growth of the party in the country and the enjoyment or state and Federal patronage had arisen a desire for a more equitable 'representation in the sense that the Republican strongholds should be given larger recognition than to sections wbere uue Democrats predominated. Heretofore the representation of all had been equal and tho strongly Republican wards were at a disadvantage in that they were on the same footing with wards having comparatively few Republican voters.

The desire for a change increased. The state convention established a law of representation based on the votes cast for delegates to that body. This aroused opposition, but finally, in about 1S90, a determined effort was made to effect a change of representation in local matters. This movement was headed by Jackson Wallace, Theodore B. Willis, Jacob Worth, Colonel Morton, B.

F. Blair and Jesse Johnson. Against it were arrayed W. W. Goodrich, Ernst Nathan, David S.

Baldwin, Hugo Hirsh years of age. He occasionally visits Brooklyn selor, but has never till lately held a positio close to that of boss. He has received credi to find that great changes in party men and methods have taken place since the years for great political shrewdness but it must be said that he has lost much of his reputation when he exercised such great power. for it since his break with Piatt in the cam Colonel Stegman, while under sheriff, laid his pipes for the nomination for the head of paign of 1897. the office which was to be made in 1S78.

When Up to that time he was Piatt's "most lieutenant" in this county. When he re the convention time came around he found Jacob Worth competing with him for the belled, Piatt extended his hand over to Brook nomination. There were two other candi lyn and shoolc him from his place of leader dates, Captain W. L. B.

Steers and Isaac F. ship. But it matters little to Worth. Bissell. Worth was nominated but lost to has had enough of political honors.

As fo Thomas M. Riley. Stegman went out of the money, he ought to have retired from th sheriff's office but kept up his fences, and in county clerkship with a barrel of it. 1881 was again a candidate for the nomina Jacob Worth has passed a considerable part of his life in public office. His first office tion.

Again he had Jacob Worth as a compet COLONBL, CHARLES B. MORTON. itor. A sharp contest arose in the conven was that of Assemblyman, back in the sixties An Old Time Republican and Expert Statistician. tion.

Stegman won. The Democrats nom He ran in one of the old districts, which ex Senate, for he wished to secure legislation Inated Francis White. Stegman beat him by tended from Newtown Creek to Fort Greene He lived a long time in the Sixteenth Ward for the improvement of the government of Brooklyn. He had had an experience nnder o.uuu majority. He was the fifth Republican sheriff elected in about twenty years.

Colone' His personal popularity has been very great Stegman is still living in this city, where he the then existing charter, the act of 1873 which had convinced him that chances in Especially among the Germans has he been strong. He is of their nationality. Singularly enough he has often demonstrated that he some of the methods of government were ab solutely necessary, particularly with refer has been stronger in Democratic than in Re Is highly esteemed. VI. In the year 1874 was held one of the most memorable conventions in the annals of the party.

It was the convention for the nomination of a candidate for Congress In the publican sections. It has been said that he and their followers. Those who favored a more than once helped Democratic candidates cucc iu mo nea as or departments. He had witnessed and been a party to enough deals with the board of aldermen to be satisfied that with the mayor alcne should be vested against those of his own party. His friends say this is false.

His personal relations with the power of appointment of those heads Mr. McLaughlin are said to have always been friendly since the time they worked together in the Navy Yard. Mr. Worth served nine One of his chief objects In seeking election to the Senate was to procure legislation to give this power to the mayor. Mr.

Goodrich terms in the Assembly and two terms in the Senate, once defeating Patrick Henry McCar waa equany amDitious to be a senator. He had long nursed this ambition. Years before ne had sought an election to the unoer house ren and then Thomas F. Farrell. He was the party candidate for street commissioner in 18C6.

but was defeated, counted out, many of He was nominated, but was beaten bv his Democratic opponent, James F. Pierce. The his friends insisted. He was also a member of nght for the nomination in 1879 was a Ion the Board of Assessors. He was nominated for sheriff against Thomas M.

Riley; Demo and bitter one. Sehrceder carried off the prize. Goodrich and his friends refused to crat in 1878. Riley claimed to have won by less than a hundred votes. Worth disputed abide by the result.

Goodrich was nominated as an independent Republican candidate and the claim, but did not continue the contest the Democrats indorsed him, for they had it It was reported that be made some arrange ment with Riley by which he withdrew all opposition. Riley received the certificate and in for Schroeder for his work against them while mayor and were determined to spare no served out his term, retiring from the office enort to dereat his election to the Senite. Daggett worked as never before in the sup a wealthy man. Worth was one of the famous 306 who stood by Grant in the convention of port of Sehrceder and had probably mere to do than any other one man with having the 18S0. Tho politics of this county has produced ALBERT DAGGETT, JU1XJE W.

W. GOODRICH. certitlcate of election awarded to Schroeder. some able, loyal, sturdy and sympathetic men icr xtepuoiican uuaatt kow a Contractor In Who Was lfi nted fur the t.it S.T..ite by A. Schroeder in 1S71.

lxxj tumvat cue vjuitM event oi local interest on election day. There were other and in this category must be included Samuel T. Maddox, sr. He was a politician of the change wanted a system based on votes and old school and for a series of years his in advocated the Philadelphia system election district representation. Mr.

Willis, Colonel fluence counted for a great deal. He was a Morten and others had visited Philadelphia very conspicuous factor in party management. He was a friend to be relied upon always and his popularity was widespread, for he was per and become acquainted with the system In opcratiun there and were satisfied that it should be adopted in Brooklyn, with same modifications. The chief modification was sonally much liked by Republicans snd Democrats alike. Ho lived in the ourteenth Ward the best part of his years, hav that there should be no minority representa ing moved there In boyhood.

Every man, woman and child in tho neighborhood know tion. The effort to carry the plan through the general committee was for a time de notable fights, but they paled into insignificance before this battle in the Third Senate District. The count of the votes was awaited with anxiety and interest, for it was known that the fight was very close. The final announcement that Schroeder had been elected by a small majority produced great excitement and charges of fraud from friends cf Mr. Goodrich.

They said that Schroeder had been counted in over in the Nineteenth Ward and the name of a weli known Republican was bandied about in connection with the alleged fraud. No one came forward to make formaJ charge against him and nothing was done to contest Mr. Schroeder's right to a seat in the Senate. To this day, however, there are Republicans who insist that Goodrich was reilly elected. The vote, as canvassed, stood: Sehrceder, Goodrich, 14,032.

Mr. Schroeder served one term in the Senate and had a large influence in it. He Third District, which at "that time took in some of the Eastern District and South Brooklyn wards. Simeon B. Chittenden, a wealthy merchant and a public spirited citizen, who took a deep interest In politics, was ambitious for a seat in the House of Representatives.

He lived in the First Ward, which was not In the district, and there was opposition to his nomination by the friends of other aspirants who did reside within the district. Chittenden had influential party men behind him, chief among whom were Franklin, Woodruff, Samuel McLean and George Nichols, all of them First Warders. Nominations were to be made for a short and a long term, Stewart L. Woodford having resigned his seat in the House. Franklin Woodruff presided over the convention.

Chittenden was presented as a candidate. There was a storm in the convention, with the result liat he was beaten. Peter W. Oatrander and Frederick Cocheu were aom him. When a young man he joined the oCd Volunteer Fire Department and rose to the presidency of the organization.

At the break. feated, but it was eventually successful. A rupture had been caused by tho conduct of Nathan in the campaign of 1S92, incident to the division of the Twenty fifth Ward, and the aid he and his friends gave to the Demo log out of the war he enlisted in the Thirt teeuth Regiment. At the expiration of the term of service he returned to the ward and cratic apportionment of the year and to the became active in politics. He was elected to cheme for the changing the ward bound the Assembly.

In 18C3, he was appointed pro ries by the aldermen. These things divided vost marshal for the Second Congress District and supervised the first conscription in the Nathan Torces and a combination was Tormed, which resulted in the adoption of tha Philadelphia plan by the general committoaw had passed aa act amending the charter la tho district. The great draft riots.