The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-01
FAVORED
BY COUNTY LEADERS
Poll Of District Heads Shows
% for Him, 5 for Hedges
and 1 for Human.
NOT AN ENDORSEMENT"
Hedges Men Seize on Vote as a
Campaign Issue and
Protest.
NOT AN ENDORSEMENT"

Twenty-1hree members Of the Repub-
lican county executive committee, which
Ia made up OF the district leaders. are
for whitman by their own admission.
Five are for Hedges and one r. for Hin
man.
This poll. which shows a great ad-
vantage for Mr.. whitman In his own
county organization and means that he
will carry the county II the organiza-
ton controls the primary vote. as II ex
poets to do. was taken at n meeting OF the
executive committee at Republican county
headquarters. West Forfeit street, yes
terday afternoon. No r@olution was
offered and the whitman men insisted
that there was no Endorsement OF any
body, but the figures speak for them
selves.
The Ave men who said Hedges" when
the members were asked to indicate their
personal preference as 20 the candidates
for Governor were Joseph Levenson or
the Second Assembly district. Alexander
Wolf Fourth district william Henkel.
Twelfth district. Joseph W. Spencer,
Twenty-seventh district. and John r
Lyons. Thirty-first district. The single
vote for Harvey u. Human was cast by
Collin H. Woodward OF the Twenty-third
district
Frank X Bowers of the Thirtieth dis
trict declined to state his choice on the
RrOunu tnHt u was IbT IUf NOttIs, U'N Nlt
executive committee. 10 say who In the
best candidate. James f.. March OF the
! Third district was absent. Both March
and Bowers are said to be for Whitman.
The district leaders met at Mr.. Koenig's
request for the avowed purpose OF con
sidering some necessary preprimary
routine Incidental TO the fling OF desig-
mating petitions" The routine being dis
posed of the question OF candidates
bobbed up as expected.
After the meeting Chairman Koenig
said The vote must be taken az pro-
whitman pledge. II must he apparent
to everybody. however. that New YORK
county IL overwhelmingly for Mr.. Whit
man But the county committee is not
taking any stand and each candidate Will
| have a fair chance"
Earlier in the afternoon there was a
Hinman meeting at the Murray HilI
| Hotel In the group were Congressman
I Charles n. Hamilton OF Chautauqua, ex-
/ Gov r. b. Odell. 'Jr. OF Newburgh. John
| r. Rose OF Newburgh, Ogden l.. Mills. a.
| Perry Osborn, J. Calvin Mcknight the
| H,nman manager In New York Collin II.
woodward and Senator Seth @. Heacock
| OF Herkimer county. The upstate men
| reported that many regular county or
Plantations were for Human. Mr. Hin
| man is expected here on Thursday.
Two hundred Hedges men. who or
ganized campaign committee nj the
Hotel Martinique last night seized the
pro- Whitman vote Of the county executive
committee az a campaign issue. They
passed with IA whoop this preamble or a
resolution which the county executive
committee had turned down, the gist
I of which was that nothing be done ON
cially by the party organization to the
benefit OF one candidate or 20 the dsad-
| vantage OF another"
! Luther r. Little was made chairman Of
the Hedges campaign committee. whose
other members are Martin SAKE, Herman
w Boyer. Emil Fuchs r. w. r. Brown
Joseph Levenson, J. w. Spencer. william
Henkel. Jr., Alexander Wolf. Alderman
Daniel F. Bedell. II. W. Mack, a. 6. GIL
bert, c. O. Mas. Charles ". Aitkcn, A
Parker Nevins John McCullagh, Major r
Poole and John l.. Henry.