New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-16
ANDRUS OR WAINWRIGHT.
EITHER NAY BE CHOSEN.
Former Seems More Likely Vest
chester Congress Candidate.

Although the convention has not been called
to nominate a Republican candidate to succeed
Congressman Norton p. otis. OF the Westchester
district il was said yesterday on good authority
that the nomination is almost sure TO go to
John f. Andrus. Mayor of Yonkers. Most OF
the Republican leaders OF the county are now
at Saratoga and the convention will he called
soon after their return Mayor Andrus and As
semtIyman j. Mayhem Wainwright of Rye are
now looked upou as the favorites i'm the race,
while John j. Brown. of White Plains, F. \.
Stratton and William Archer, OF Mount Yer
non and Colonel Franklin @ Brown of Dobos
Ferry. are mentioned as outside chances. The
leaders Of the party seem TO favor the Nonkers
Mayor FOR the nomination, but Assembiyman
Wainwright has many supporters. among them
Senator Carpenter. Surrogate Theodore silk
man. John G. Ten Eyck. and others.
The demand for the domination OF Mr. Andrus
comes principally from Yonkers. leading
Republican of that city said yesterday:
Yonkers is entitled TO IN, nomination and is go
ins TO demand it, We feel that ID belongs 10 rs
The delegates elected Inst spring weTG prariie4Iy
Withdrawn. the nomination rghuHlIy belongs io
more worthy Republican than Mayor Andrus can
be found. Although hr Was beaten lnl'' - ~ -
jorty. h. dill not Civ up- ne proved his worth
Te' Zine W. l"cted in spije 81 the desperate o.
forts OF the Democratic organization ana me am
liz i,5' ~ has redeemed the civ from Democratic
ir,,, re nd nae civ.n Yonkers am exceptionally
nl.S , ~ t. an The delegates from
YonkerS will BE- unanimous lot M Aui I'm I'm
those Of the other parts OF !h% county 20 D''"s
a99nt ms noHiVau9i I s' Havor viii expire ON
December !. 1870. II he is elected 70 tener - ms
| date so il viii not become compulsory FOR him 10
| resign Mayor We have pTectdsnl on liiS
serving Mayor few ears aso 60, wnen "A, n.
| elected 10 Congress. ana ne continued rs chieI
executive OF the city until his term expired
The TAX Of nominating Assemblymau Vain
wright for Congress. began soon after il be
came known that Congressman Otis would not
! he "a candidate TO succeed himself Mr. VAN
wright was AT that time in Europe, and since
| his return he has been with his regiment, the
| 18th New York OF which he is lieutenant
/ colonel. at the Bull Run manpuvres, which has
| left him little time to consider the Congress
| situation His attitude is said To be that he
would accept the nomination but that he does
/ not want IT, unless it is given to him as The
| combined wisdom of the party leaders Ar.
| Waiuwrghts friends say that he deserves the
| nomination for Congress, because on TWO occa-
! sons when the Republican party was in des-
| perate need of "A candidate for Assembly in the
| Id Westminster District. NE sacrificed his
| business interests and stepped in and carried
| the district by majorities ranging from six hun
| dred to eight hundred.
! Last year he declined to run, as he found
| that he had much pressing business which
| required his attention. The Assembly couven-
| tion was forced to meet and adjourn without a
| candidate. Realizing that MI. W;uinWrights
| splendid record in the Legislature made him the
| strongest candidate that could be named. the
| party leaders appealed 10 him TO withdraw his
| decliuation. This Assemblymau Wainwright
| consented TO do and rather than see the party
| face the danger of defeat he made the race at
| a considerable personal sacrifice In the cleo
| ton which followed Mr. Wainwright carried
the district by nearly seven hundred majority,
and the canvass lie made lent strength 10 the
| entire ticket Mr. Wainwrights friends feel
that, in View Of the work that he mas done for
his party and his district, if he wants the Con
gress nomination he should have it,
Mr.. Wainwright represents the wing Of the
Republican party which came over from the
Democracy III 1896 when il could not swallow
Bryan and his silver platform Since his entry
into politics he has made rapid strides, having
been elected 10 the Assembly from distrct
| which was regarded as Democratic, three times
IN succession, by majorlties ranging from seven
hundred To thirteen hundred Mr.. WainWright's
district, the Id is regarded the largest. and
ia many respects the most important in West
| chester County. Ii contains 4he city of New
100 hene. the large villages Of White Plains
| Port Chester and Ta.rytoWn. and also 4 uart al
the Annexed District in The Bronx
| As a legislator Mr. wainwright has made .
! clean record. In his three terms IN. mas 80 b
! credit the passage OF more bills than any othr
member Of he legislature. Ills most fmportan
effort Is regarded the bill calling for the sub
! sIltuton OF electricity ia The Park-avr tunne
| IN the pace o. steam AR Wainwright intro
duced this bill Immediately after the disaster i,
| the NeW-iork Central tunnel on January y 1907
ana the work OF making change is nov poin,
on, and when completed will result in 4 arra
| benefit 10 all the residents of his county am,
| others who travel on the NeW-Yorll Central am,
| NeN-fOrk, New Haven and Hartford rail
| roads Mr.. Wainwright was also one of IN
| most cordial advocates OF the New-York nm,
/ sad
transit system FOR Westchester County ana m
| Bronx. Last session he WAS chairman of tn
| Committee On Public instruction. and as sur,
| handled the Lewis Wainwright Educational biII
| which cOnSolidates all the educational instftu
| lions of the state and makes other inDortsn
| changes He also introduced the Jerome bili
which enabled District Attorney jerome to pros
ecute keepers of big gambling houses particu
| iarly Of those operated by Richard Canfeld Il
4 New York and Saratoga
| So far w. L. Ward. who is the Republican