As New York was already committed against me, and as I was not willing that there should be any chance of supposing that the New Yorkers had nominated me to get rid of me, the result was that I was nominated and seconded from outside States.

No other candidate was placed in the field.
By this time the Legislature had adjourned, and most of my work as Governor of New York was over.

One unexpected bit of business arose, however.

It was the year of the Presidential campaign.

Tammany, which had been lukewarm about Bryan in 1896, cordially supported him in 1900; and when Tammany heartily supports a candidate it is well for the opposing candidate to keep a sharp lookout for election frauds.