The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-10
New York County Chairman Says Majority of State Del egates Will Vote for
 Governor.
WOODRUFF STANDS OUT
State Chairman Says He Can't Be Blind to Opposition Revealed at Primarics--Analysis
 of Vote.

New York, Sept. 9-When the roll call on the first ballot for governor is called in the republican state conven- ton at Saratoga next Monday or Tuesday, a large majority of the dele gates from New York county will re- cord their votes for the renomination of Charles F. Hughes
 That, according 10 Herbert Parsons, president of the republican county committee, Is the meaning of the vote boiled in the so-called test at the re- publican primaries yesterday, In which the candidacy of the governor was ap- proved in six out of nine districts where 1t was tried, Republican lead CTS for the most part regard the city decision as clinching the renomina- ton, although T. l.. Woodruff. state chairman, continues to talk against 1t.
 Other results of the city's primary election were the complete triumph of the McCarren democratic element in Brooklyn, the reelection of every Tammany district leader, and few minor changes inside the republican machine.
 Mir Parsons said to-day:
 The result of the test votes taken in this county shows that a consider able majority of the enrolled repub- licans prefer that Governor Hughes should be renominated We took the test to put the question up to them, and, If their desires were explicit, to act accordingly The test shows that there is some bitter opposition, But, in view of the governors renomination winch the test has made clear, 1t is my opinion that large majority of the delegates from New York county to the state convention will favor Cover nor Hughes renomination."
 The vote In the nine Manhattan and Bronx districts where the enrolled voters had an opportunity to express their opinion of Governor Hughes, was as follows;
 District 2. for Hughes 64, against 390 district 6, for Hughes S15, against 2s7. district 9. for 19s against 690 district IS. for 16s. against 316; district l9 for s21, against 21S dis trlct 25, for 755, against 5s3; district 26, for 494, against 40, district 30, for sss, against 3s2; district S5. for 52S, against 354 Total, for 3,s29; against 3,620.
 There are several significant deduc- tons to be made from the test vote in New York county, First and mos, important, 1t Is evident that in those districts where Tammany was strongest the Hughes sentiment was weakest while In the districts which had been carried by the republicans, or where they were accustomed to poll com paratively large vote. tho supporters of Hughes were in the majority. Talk ing the result merely as an expression of the machine vote, then, it is eviden. that In those districts where large republican vote may be expected, the sentiment distinctly favors the govern or's renomlnation. while in the strong Tammany districts. where the organlz alton republican worker reflects the at titudc toward public office ot his Tam many neghbors, and where little sup port for any republican candidate is Q yer expected, the result Is clearly ad- verse to the governor
 "A further analysis of the vote cast fir the Manhattan and Bronx districts shows that the governor Is weak also in those districts where the foreign element. either Jewish or Italian, |. strongest Here the appeal to the vot. CTS on the plea that the renominatlor of the governor means curtailment Of their personal liberty has appar. ently borne fruit.
 Mir Woodruff, chairman of the re, publican state committee. as heretofore pointed out. differs from Mir. Parsons I as 10 the significance of the primary vote Easing his belief largely on tn, result against Hughes in the four dem ocratlc districts in Brooklyn, he sat | this afternoon
 "The magnitude of the opposition thus manifested to Governor Hughes 1T New York, and particularly in King county, certainly justihes the position | Wnlcn | udNe ldheh' thdt WE WILL HeN' 10 await the gathering of the dele gates at Saratoga to enlghten us a 10 the exact situation in all the as sembly districts which are the unit o representation 1 have, of course rec ognized the very large and earnes sentiment in hs favor among man classes, and the very best classes of re publlcans, but could not be blind t the opposition which, for the first time was made evident yesterday to the pub