nate, 340;
weeps when Seward speaks, 378.

Croker, Richard, attache of Connolly's office, iii. 318;
Kelly makes him marshal, 318.

Croswell, Edwin, editor _Argus_, i. 294;
lieutenant of Van Buren, 345;
opens the way for Jackson, 357;
gifts and career of, 374; ii. 56-7;
met Weed in boyhood, i. 374;
rival editors estranged, 375;
seeks Weed's aid in trouble, 375;
associates of, ii. 1;
reappointed state printer, 56-7;
ability and leadership, 58-9;
after Van Buren's defeat, 74, 83;
slippery-elm editor, 84;
supports Seymour for speaker, 91;
defeats Young, 92;
election of U.S. senators, 93;
shrewd tactics, 94-5;
part in Wright's defeat, 123;
retires from active life, 134.

Crowley, Richard, made U.S. atty., iii. 252, note;
member of Conkling machine, 252;
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881, 465;
Stalwart leaders divide, 465;
fitness for position, 466;
handicapped by his supporters, 466;
defeated in caucus, 468.

Crowley, Rodney R., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. 326;
elected, 331.

Curtis, Edward, elected to Congress, ii. 16.

Curtis, George William, in campaign, 1856, ii. 240;
early career of, 240;
refined rhetoric, 240;
on Kansas struggle, 241;
at Chicago con., 282;
eloquence of, 282.

Reasons for Rep. defeat, 1862, iii. 52;
campaign of 1864, 121;
aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867, 166;
not an active cand., 169;
rejects a combination, 169;
nominated for sec. of state, 1869, 225;
withdraws from ticket, 225;
ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1870, 236;
name presented for gov., 1870, 238;
defeated, 238;
on civil service reform, 306;
praises Tilden, 310;
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1875, 324;
opposes Conkling for President, 1876, 332-3;
also Cornell for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876, 338;
at Rep. state con., 1877, 366;
insists on Hayes' endorsement, 366;
character and early career, 366;
offered choice of foreign missions, 366;
defence of President, 1877, 368;
criticism of Conkling, 368-70;
Curtis and Conkling contrasted, 370;
Conkling's attack upon, 371-4;
his opinion of, 376;
at Rep. state con., 1878, 391;
at peace with Conkling, 391;
votes against Cornell, 1879, 416;
called a "scratcher," 424;
sharp retort, 425;
answers Conkling's speech, 1880, 434;
opposed uniting with Stalwarts, 1881, 467;
stigmatises method of Folger's nomination for gov., 1882, 495;
resigns editorship of _Harper's