New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-25
HIVNfAN CONFIDENT
HE'LL BE VICTOR
Senator Sure Swing Has
Set In for Him and
Can't Be Halted.
LONG DISTANCE TALK
TO MANAGER HERE
Candidate Repeats Question to
Rival, Over Barnes, and
Demands Yes or No!

With three candidates for the nom
ination for Governor out of the city
and William Barnes, jr., chairman Of
the state committee, keeping away
from headquarters most of the day,
the situation in the Republican prim-
airy campaign Gained down to a con-
siderable extent yesterday. Mr.. Hedges
left a statement, which was given out
after he had departed, continuing his
attack upon the local organization for
not giving him more opportunity to
address the enrolled voters.
Harvey D. Human, over the long
distance telephone, insisted upon
pressing his questions to Mr.. Whitman
in regard to the District Attorneys
attitude toward Mr.. Barnes after
primary day.
Mr.. Whitman was busy addressing
meetings III the western part Of the
state. A letter from Joseph II. Choate
urging Republicans to vote for him as
the strongest candidate was made pub
lie.
When Mr.. Hinman read the state.
ment made by Mr.. Whitman in reply
to the questions asked by him on
Wednesday, he asked his campaign
manager to make this public for him:
Mr.. Whitman fails to answer my
questions. l repeat-Mr. Barnes's re-
Eewed activities can mean only one
thing; that he intends, if possible, to
retain his control of the state COM
mi g..
or to name his successor. | now ask
Mr.. Whitman:
Should you be the nominee of the
party, will you, Mr.. Whitman, after
accepting Mr.. Barnes's support at the
primaries, oppose such an attempt on
his part? You must realize that this
simple Question can be answered by a
straightforward Eyes" or "no."'
IN view of Mr.. Barnes's open attempt
tn dictate the entire state ticket. the
statement that he has announced his
retirement. utterly begs the question"
Late in the afternoon Mr.. Human
called up J. Calvin Mcknight from
Liberty and expressed the greatest
confidence in the result ot the cleo
ton.
"All reports / have received" he
said, "show that the swing has set in
for me and it cannot be stopped
have not heard a piece Of bad news
this week"
That's just the situation here" re-
piled Mr.. Mcknight
Mr.. Human speaks in Utica to-day.
Senator John B. Rose went to Orange
County yesterday to spend the closing
days of the campaign there and in Sui
livan, Rockland and Duchess. He has
told his friends that the Human plu-
rality in these counties will about wipe
out the Whitman plurality in this city,
and he intends to make good his dec
laration.
you can bank on it," said Frederick
c. Tanner, the Whitman manager, "that
our candidate will have twice as many
votes as Hinman and Hedges combined.
Although Monroe County has been put
down for Hedges, believe that Whit
man will get an even break with him
there"
I'll the candidates for Governor are
excellent men, Mr.. Choate says in his
letter, but the success of the party is
at stake, and the only question worth
considering is which Of the three, IL
nominated at the primaries, would be
the most likely to beat the Demo Gratis
ton as exhibited in our last Legis-
lature. He expresses the belief tina.
Mr.. Whitman, because of his excellent
record as District Attorney, would
make the strongest candidate at the
polls. $50 | hope" he ends, "that
every Republican voter at the pri-
maries will lay aside all personal pref
erences and vote for Mr.. Whitman"
In his statement Mr.. Hedges said
that, aside from his own candidacy,
the primary fight was a contest be-
tween former Governor Odell and Mr..
Barnes for control of the party. AS to
his being unable 70 get a hearing at
many Of the district clubs in the city,
Mr.. Hedges said, one of the leaders
told him the boys wanted to hear him,
b., he would take his politica! life in
his hands if he invited him.
Friends of Frank S. Subway say their
reports show that his canvass for the
inclination for Lieutenant Governor
i ; made great progress in the last
week. Starting with the backing only
Of Erie County, Mr.. Subway now, it is
said, has many of the leaders in the
state with him.