New-York tribune., 1920-07-29
Ticket as Agreed Upon in
All Night Conference
Is Nominated; Only
Walton Is Droppe
ROOsevelt's Man
Takes His Place
Two Deputy Comptrollers
Given Places Despite
Protests Against Office
From s.ar correspondent

SARATOGA SPRINGS, July %.
The unofficial Republican State
Convention to-day designated a COM
plete state ticket. Nathan L. Miller,
of Syracuse, was selected as the can
didate for Governor and James w.
Wadsworth jr. was designated for
denomination for the United States
Senatorship.
The complete ticket follows:
Governor
Nathan L. Miller, of Onondaga
Lieutenant Governor
jeremiah Wood, of Nassau
Secretary of State
John ]. Lyons, of New York
Comptroller
James A. Wendell, of Montgomery
Attorney General
Charles D. Newton, of Livingston
State Treasurer
N. Monroe Marshall, of Franklin
State Engineer and Surveyor
Frank M. Williams, of Orange
Associate Judges, Court of Appeals
Frederiek e. Crane, of Kings
Emory A Chase, of Greene
United States Senator
James w. Wadsworth' jr., of Liv-
ingston
Judge Miller's designation came
on the third ballot, when he received
595H votes. The membership of the
convention being 1,1O3 delegates. a
vote of 552 was necessary to a
choice.
Senator Wadsworth's only rival
for the designation was Elon H.
Hooker, of New York. Wadsworth's
vote was 908 and Hooker's 81.
Hugo to Enter Primaries
Francis NJ. Hugo, Secretary of
State, who was Miller's closest op-
ponent for the designation, and Sen
ator George F. Thompson, another
rival, announced that they would be
candidates in the primaries in oppo-
sition to Miller.
Elon R. Brown, former majority
leader of the Senate, who nominated
Hugo after Miller had swung a ma
Jority of the votes, moved to make the
designation of Miller unanimous and
in so doing gave out the impression
that he was speaking for Hugo.
Hugo declared that not only was
this not so, but he declared that the
action of the convention was nothing
more than a straw vote and that ALI
other straw votes taken gave Miller a
place far in the rear. The voters. he
said, were behind him.
The controlling forces carried on.
their entire program. even designating
two Deputy Comptrollers on the state
tlcket-John j. Lyons, of New York.
for Secretary of State, and James A.
Wendell, Of Montgomery, for Comp
troller. Protests had been made To
the leaders here against designating
any one connected with the State
Comptroller's office because of the
charges made against the administra-
ton of the Office.
THESE charges, which, among other
things: allege that more than Sc 600
600 of the states money vas paid
TO one Droker for bonds in excess of
the highest market quotations, are now
under investigation by District Attor-
ley Swami of New York County.
After the leaders had mapped out
their program IN the state hcadquar-
ters, all sorts Of Inducements were
held out TO Hugo to Withdraw. Hugo
turned them all down
Slate Leaks Out Early
The convention program was decided
at conference early this morning. at
which the following We're the guiding
spirits; George w. Aldridge, of Mon
roe; William Barnes, os Albany: Will
lam /: Ward, of Westchester; James
w. Wadsworth jr., State Chairman
George A. Glynn, Samuel S. Koenig, OF
ew York, and Jacob A. Livingston. of
klngs. Long before the convention met
the slate WAS known, and it was pro
claimed that Senator Char es W Wal
ton, of hingslon, who had been slated
for L.eutenant Governor. had been
shelved in favor CT jeremiah Wood. the
Nassau County leader.
After Colonel Hayward's speech and
the adoption Of the platform. Phillin
Eiting, of Ulster, off rcd resolution
saying that while the convention recoe-
nized the right Of any candidate to
enter the primary it believed that Il
should designate a complete state
ticket, including United States Senator.
=, ms was seconded and adopted, and
then George w. Aldridga the Mnnraa