Louis F. Post, the Greenback candidate for Attorney General in 1883, was elected Temporary Chairman by the Henry George faction with 91 votes over Frank J. Ferrall, a "colored delegate from New York City", who was nominated by William Penn Rogers and received 69 votes.
[4] The Republican state convention met on September 14 at the Skating Rink in Saratoga Springs, New York.
The Progressive Labor state convention met on September 28 at Webster Hall in New York City.
William Penn Rogers, called the meeting to order, and made a speech repudiating Henry George and his United Labor Party.
Henry Emrich, General Secretary of the Furniture Workers Union, was nominated for Treasurer.