The
Prohibition state convention met on June 26 at the Alhambra Rink in
Syracuse, New York. Frank E. Baldwin, of
Chemung County, was temporary chairman until the choice of W. Martin Jones as president. The convention re-assembled on June 27. W. Martin Jones was nominated after the second ballot (first ballot: W. Jennings Demorest 398,
Benson J. Lossing 389, Jones 249, Guy C. Humphreys 26; second ballot: Lossing 466, Jones 417, Demorest 178). George Powell for lieutenant governor; and Charles W. Stevens, of
Steuben County, for the Court of Appeals, were nominated by acclamation. The
Republican state convention met on August 28 at the Skating Rink in
Saratoga Springs, New York.
Benjamin F. Tracy was temporary chairman until the choice of
Gen. George S. Batcheller as president. Warner Miller was nominated for governor by acclamation. Stephen V. R. Cruger was nominated for lieutenant governor on the first ballot (vote: Cruger 409,
John B. Weber 180,
Cornelius R. Parsons 72, Norman M. Allen 32). William Rumsey was nominated for the Court of Appeals by acclamation. The
Democratic state convention met on September 12 at
Buffalo, New York. George Raines was temporary chairman until the choice of
D. Cady Herrick as president. The incumbents, Governor David B. Hill, Lieutenant Governor Edward F. Jones and Judge John Clinton Gray, were re-nominated by acclamation. The
United Labor state convention met on September 20. The convention endorsed, with a vote of 124 to 103, the Republican candidate for governor, Warner Miller, because his party was "committed to ballot reform." Then the convention voted 131 to 67 to nominate a separate ticket, and John H. Blakeney was nominated for Lieutenant Governor and Lawrence J. McParlin for the Court of Appeals. The
Socialist Labor state convention met on October 21 at the Labor Lyceum in
New York City.
J. Edward Hall was nominated for governor, Christian Pattberg, of
Brooklyn for lieutenant governor, and Dr. Frank Gereau, of
New York City for Judge of the Court of Appeals. ==Result==