Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 September 1879 — New York Polities. [ARTICLE]

New York Polities.

The Republican State Convention of New York, convened at Saratoga Sept. 3, was called to order by A. B Cornell, Senator Roscoe .Conkling was made temporary Chairman, and Vice President William A. Wheeler chosen as permanent Chairman. After the adoption of a platform, the convention proceeded to nominate a candidate for Governor. The first and only ballot resulted: A. B. Cornell, New York, 234; W. H. Robertson, Westchester, IC6; Theodore M. Pomeroy, Cayuga, 35; Frank Hiscock, Onondaga, 34; George B. Sloan, Oswego, 1; John H. Starin, Montgomery, 4; whole number of votes cast, 450; necessary to a choice, 227. The Chairman announced that, as A. B. Cornell had received a majority of all the votes, he was the nominee, of the convention. A motion to make the nomination unanimous was adopted, with a single objection. The ticket was completed as follows: For Lieutenant Governor, Georgo G. Hoskins; for Secretary of State, Joseph B. Carr; for Comptroller, James W. Wadsworth; for Treasurer, Nathan D. Wendell; for Attorney General, Hamilton Ward; for State Engineer and Surveyor, Howard Soule. —The New York Prohibition State Convention met at Syracuse on the 3d inst and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, Prof.

John W Mears; for Lieutenant Governor, James H. Bronson; for Secretary of State, Alphonso A. Hopkins; for Comptroller, Caleb W. Alii; for Treasurer, Stephen Merritt; for State Engineer, John J. Hooder; for Attorney General, Walter Farrington.