Thereupon Mr.Fenton quietly seized the sceptre which Mr.
Weed had been compelled to relinquish.

Elected Governor over Horatio Seymour in 1864, he was re-elected in 1866 over John T.Hoffman, and his four years in that exalted office not only increased his reputation but added largely to his political power.

The New-York delegation to the National Convention was chosen under his own eye and was admirably fitted to serve its purpose.

It was not only earnest in its loyalty but strong in character and ability.

It embraced an unusual number of representative men, and with the favorable estimate which Republicans everywhere held of Governor Fenton's services and administration, their efforts made a marked impression upon the Convention.
The friends of Schuyler Colfax relied less on thorough organization and systematic work than upon the common judgment that he would be a fit and available candidate.