47. Necessary to a choice,
249. First ballot: Folger, 223; Cornell, 180; Wadsworth, 69; Starin,
19; Robinson, 6. Second ballot: Folger, 257; Cornell, 222; Wadsworth,
18.

The ticket was as follows: Governor, Charles J. Folger, Ontario;
Lieutenant-Governor, B. Platt Carpenter, Dutchess; Chief Judge of
Appeals, Charles Andrews, Onondaga; Congressman-at-large, A. Barton
Hepburn, St. Lawrence. Subsequently, Howard Carroll of New York, was
substituted for Hepburn.]

The belated platform, fulsomely eulogistic of Cornell, added to the
indignation of the Independents, since it seemed a mockery to present
what the Stalwarts did not offer until after a nomination. It gave
still greater offence when the State Committee selected John F. Smyth
as its chairman to conduct the campaign.[1790]

[Footnote 1790: "Look at John F. Smyth and B. Platt Carpenter. Instead
of being at the head of the whole business, they should be at the tail
or out of sight."--From speech of Theodore F. Pomeroy, the _Nation_,
October 5.]

"It is hardly worth while analysing the influences which have
contributed to this result," said the New York _Times_. "The fact is
plain that the Gould-Conkling combination, backed by the power of the
Federal Administration, has accomplished what it set out to do."[1791]
Henry Ward Beecher in a Sunday evening sermon, said that "When Cornell
went out, Avarice and Revenge kissed each other." Theodore L. Cuyler,
then pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn,
declared that he "stood by the cradle of the Republican party, but
when it shunted off on the wrong track I will not go over the
precipice with it."[1792] In hastening to deny that _Harper's Weekly_
would support Folger, George William Curtis wrote: "Judge Folger's
ability and character are not in question, but his nomination is. That
nomination was procured by the combined power of fraud and patronage,
and to support it would be to acquiesce in them as legitimate forces
in a convention."[1793] The Buffalo _Express_, a vigorous and
independent Republican journal, also bolted the ticket,[1794] an
example followed by several other papers of similar character
throughout the State. After the lapse of a fortnight, Hepburn,
candidate for congressman-at-large, declined to accept because "it is
quite apparent that a very large portion of the Republicans, owing to
the unfortunate circumstances which have come to light since the
adjournment of the convention