The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-09
WOODRUFF AWAITS CANVASS.
MAYBE COURTS WILL BE ASKED
no EXAMINE VOID BALLOTS.

Republican state Machine Is without "A
Leader and GOV. Hughes win he Led
by Himself Rivalry for Important
Committee Chsirmanships at Albany.
Chairman Woodruff OF the Republican
State Committee accompanied by Lieut.
Gov. M. Linn Bruce and Attorney General
Julius NJ. Mayer, left town last night to
join G~overnor-elect Hughes at Mr.. Wood
ruf's camp in the Adirondacks. Mr.. Wood
run, Mr.. Bruce and Mr.. Mayer may return
on Monday to have a talk with President
Herbert E.. Parsons of the New York Re-
publican county committee as to the adj
visibility after the official canvass OF getting
a court order to have the void and protested
ballots in New York city examined by the
court. Mr.. Parsons left yesterday for
| Lenox. Neither Chairman Woodruff nor
any Of his associates adopted the old Hearst
cry of Fraud Fraud Fraud" but every
step will be taken, it was said, to protect
the ballots cast for the Republican nominees.
Before leaving town Mr.. Woodruff said that
he did not subscribe to the general state
ment that all OF the Republican candidates
on the State ticket below Mr.. Hughes were
defeated. He added:
Il am neither claiming nor conceding
anything. l shall have to await the official
count OF the local canvassers all over the
State. which is to begin on Tuesday. 1t
looks to me as If in the case of Bruce there
were nearly $1,000 void and protested bal
lots. There is al apparent discrepancy
bet we the police returns and some OF
the newspaper reports regarding the ma
jority of C.hsnler in New York city"
While the %sojourn of Mr.. Hughes at Mr..
Woodrud's caInp is for regeneration en-
irely, there were Itepubli cans at head
quarters yesterday who said that at the
proper time Mr.. Hughes would a up
matters of interest to the Republican State
organization. II was stated yesterday at
headquarters that Senator W.. W. Armstrong
of Monroe, who has just been reelected by
OIL plurality, desired to succeed as chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee George
II. Malby OF st. Lawrence. who has lust been
elected TO Congress. The great tumbling
down of the Republican vote in Monroe
county, however, Il WAS said. may have an
effect on Mr.. Armstrong ~ aInnitIon. Two
years ago he was elected by 3,222, and two
years ago Higgins in Monroe county had
y pluraiity OF S,OOI, while on Tuesday last
ISughes's plurality in the county was only
1855. The Republican c~ampaigners at
% Aduuarters SAID that they could not m
der-tdnd this stump in Monroe county,
for the reason that George W. Aldridge,
IbeD'Nnlf'Al flutT Oh Ilt COuIlJyt udu y
sLr"d them all along that Mr.. Hughes's
plurality in the county would be between
s,Wn and 1900. In the other Monroe Senate
district Ihoinas Is. Dunn, Arsmtrong's
colleague, got 1854 plurality.
Senator lothian P. Aids of Chenango is
another candidate for chairman of the
Finance Committee. The Republican Sena-
tors will have the usual caucus at ALI any
Immediately after January 1, and il il stated
will reflect Senator John Raines of Onta rio
President pro TEN. of the Senate, and Senator
Raines will "A short time afterward announce
the chairmen Of the various committees.
Not only are Mr.. Armstrong and Mr.. Aids
candidates for chairman of the Finance
Committee but Senator Benjamin Martin
Wilcox of Auburn would like that important
place, and Senator Horace hIte of Onon-
daga is mentioned" for IL. White and
Wilcox are in term of service the seniors
Of both Mr.. Armstrong and Mr.. Aids.
Governor-elect Hughes has 10 appoint
a State Superintendent of Put lie Works to
succeed Nicholas Wv. Franchot of Olean.
Gov. Higgins e personal friend and political
mentor. The State superintendent of Pub
lie Works il a appointed for the term of the
Governor. Not a word was heard as to who
is TO be Gov. Hughes's secretary or his per-
sonal legal adviser and military secretary.
But this does not mean that scores of appli-
cants for these three places ave not already
appeared in the field.
Ii was said at headquarters that, without
doubt, Assemblyman James W. Wadsworth.
Jr., will be reelected Speaker, and Assem-
blyman Sherman Moreland majority leader
of the Assembly. II there is a contest in
Mr.. Morelandis Chemung district concern
ing his election the friends of Edwin A.
Merritt. Jr.,. of st. Lawrence, may put up
a fight for him. The Assembly has very
few OF its old members of Importance.
These include James X, .Apgar of West
chester, Edward G.. bowling of Kings,
Charles W. Mead Of Albany. Mr.. Merritt,
Ezra Prentice OF New York, ia mes T. Rogers
I - n,waA \ AoAa. uTat@.r.-L 81 NJ.
chester and John X. Yale Of Putnam.
There is no leader of the Republican State
machine. Chairman Woodruff is head of
the State committee, but in no sense is he
although as chairman of The State committee
he will be in frequent consultation with
Gov. Hughes. Gov. Hughes il to be his
own leader. He has the power of veto, and
knows how to exercise IL according to his
friends at headquarters yesterday, and he
also knows What bills to sign. The Republi-
can party for the first time in its history in
the State ia without a boss.
There were Republicans at headquarters
yesterday who recalled hat Francis Hen
dricks's county Of Onondaga and William
Barnes' county Of Albany have the banner
record for Hughes's pluralities, While Mon
roe county, presided over by Mr.. Aldridge
and Senator Armstrong, makes the poorest
showing of any county in the State. Ex-
| Senator Merton f. Lewis. Mr.. Aldridge's
candidate for Comptroller. il not only "out"
his place on the State ticket, but he is also
out az a State Senator.
There were Republicans at headquarters
Yesterday who did not hesitate to say sharp
things OF Gov. Higgins's refusal last winter
and spring to follow up his victories over
Odell by disrlacing Odell as State chair
man. 80 that the new chairman OF the State
committee could have opportunity to get
his organization into fine working trim.
Chairman Woodruff had but little over a
month in which to grasp the reins of an
organization which for nearly three years
had been dominated by Odell.