New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-25
Each of the Open ASpirants
Saws He Will Be Named.

From n s,ar Correspondent o., The rr!bune.l
Saratoga, Sept. 2l.-Job L. Hedges. the
last of the three men actively seeking
the Republican nomination for Governor
arrived in Saratoga this afternoon. Rep
rcscntative William s. Bennett and James
w Wadsworth. ir. beat him here. Mr..
Hedges is confident that he will be nom
mated.
II do not care TO state Just now many
votes / shall have on the first ballot"
said Mr. Hedges, but I believe before the
ballotins is over ] shall have majority
In New York County the 9th District
his home-is pledged to Mr.. Hedges. lie
has been told by William llenkcl and
Michael J. Blake, leaders Of the 18th and
9Th Districts. respectively, that he can
have their votes. and that tho New York
County vote will 80 split up that he will
have majority OF it, He expects some
voters from Kings County. and said he
would have all Of Tioga County and parts
Of the delegations from Chemung, Cat
taraugus. Cayuga. Clinton, Putnam and
| eight or ten other counties
Mr. Hedges brought with him the smile
!
/ IS not serious minded enough 10 be Gov
ernor. He does not believe. however, that
I he will be turned down for that reason.
| Asked what would be his attItldc I'm tho
campaign II he had reason 20 suspect that
, his defeat was dccrced because Of such a
SILLY reason" Mr. Hedges replied:
IF I am not serious enough 20 make
speeches for myself, certainly would not
want to imperil the chances OF any other
! man by speaking for him"
No Cause for Dsoouraoemsnt.
When asked how he had sized up tho
situation since his arrival Nj. Hedges
said:
/ 81 have not talked 70 many Of the dele
gates and leaders but as you walk along
the porch YOU can sec that they want TO
nominate some one who can say some
thing for the Republican party. can't
understand why there should be any dis
couIasemcnt this year. All We have got
10 do is to convince the people Of the
state that We honestly intend 10 give
them good government. Nobody can win
a campaign by apologizing. We must try
10 win By heart beat ~lther than by a
syllogism.
"All this talk Of evolving candidate
from some secret place somewhere before
whom the people can fail down and wor-
| ship is foolish. We want human man
Soon after Mr.. fIedges's arrival crimson
badges appeared around the hotel bearing
the inscription I'm for Hedges He's
a Human Being"
| The plan now is TO have ex-senator
Martin SAKE Of New York, place Mr..
Hedges in nomination. The platform Of
the candidate. as printed In the papers a
week ago, has been sent TO each delegate.
The Hedges managers claim 3l5 votes on
the first ballot
Mr.. Bennett declares he will have at least
500 votes on the first ballot. scattered
throughout the state. In New York Coun-
~ he has the 10Th and ESD districts
pledged and has been told he will get
votes from the 9Th and 3Ist districts. lie
also expects five votes from the 18th.
John j. Lyons, my manager, says will
have 103 of the 80 votes from New York
County on the first ballot" said Mr.. Ben
net However, I am more modest and
claim not more than eighty"
my chances look much better now than
they did two years ago. At that time /
got 242 votes in all on the first ballot
Some tell me ! shall have 80 Of the li3
votes from Kings County"
Mr.. Wadsworth was not willing 20 pre-
dict what mis- strength would be on the
first ballot.
you see, the delegates arc not here
yet" he said. 81 don't believe that four
out OF FIVE know Just what they want yet,
anyway"
| When Mr.. Wadsworth came out OF
conference with State Chairman Barnes
this afternoon he said that It had had
nothing TO do with his candidacy, but
was IN relation TO the platform.
Henry A Wise, whose name has been
mentioned as a possible candidate. said
tonight, with much emphasis:
! 81 am not a candidate. Some OF my
| friends have been kind enough 20 mention
my name. but they have done 1t without
authority and ] am seeking no nomina-
| ton"
Frederick {. stevens OF Attica. also re-
iterated to-day that lie was not candi-
date and could not be induced 10 accept
! the nomination.
There are no visible evidences yet that
| Egbert T.. Woodbury., of Chautauqua. Is a
candidate for the Governorship nominal
| ton.