New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-01
District Attorney Favored
bv % Out of 81 County
Districts.
REPUBLICANS AVOID
FORMAL ENDORSEMENT
Hinman Gets but One Vote
Hedges S, in Show OF
Strength at Meeting.

district Attorney Charles S. Whit
man is the choice Of all except SIX OF
fhe tbirty-one Republican dlstIicS
iesAers in New York County as the
v,artv's candidate for Governor. ms
s~ss determined when poll was taken
NJ Special meeting of the executive
Committee at county headquarters yes
terday afternoon. an
Samuel S. Koenig, chairman, an
nounced after the meeting that the re re-
anti was as follows: Whitman
Hedges, 5; Human, /; not VotihS' -
sNo formal resolution of indorse-
ment WAS introduced" SAID MI hOeni &,
sbecause it was thought best 10 stieA
10 the consistent policy OF the cOG Iiat
tee in not taking SIDES IN the 80
-,,r;uarv However, in view Oh the lAos
thst some of the leaders had announced
sbet thew were going to attend
HS50es meeting in the evening, u was
tLorSht II would be no more than lar
49, everv member of the commitIee
shonld have a chance to get up ana oe-
sisre where he stood. The result seems
conclusive" -. uh;tusr
..-ar,,.b in the committee was really
Ok because both Frank n bowers, "a
-. Sotb District, who did not vote, ana
x Ny q Hecht, of the goth, VINO was
shsent. were known to be lot "hi'. n no
H. Rowers explained later that ne
aarstood Whitman indorsethe,'
Wv. hs;no voted on. and that, WINE
,os for the District Attorney, ne
5;a not think the County Commlt'ee
should indorse any one, ana LOT ~
rssson asked to be excused from Wv
Ehs Ave leaders for Hedges were:
Io-snb Ievenson, of the I'd DlSII!ct,
AIs~snder Wolf, of the Attn; W iIliuni
HsnIel' of the 18th; Joseph W. Spenss
Ger. of the 9th, and John }. Lyons "a
tne co Slim H. Woodward, Of the 2Sd, was vas
the leader who espoused the cause VI
Mr.. Hinman. - d;s+r;ct
leaders for Whitman represen'sso1 oo S1
snrollad Republican vote OF 4E,YUO'
those for Hedges 73OO ana luz
man $500. n,..o. for Gov
ernor did not come up until lhe 0 ot
If three-hour session, whlen "oe 80
over until nearly s o'clock, me % IN
par a;s.,,ssion of local candidates. Inc
~, was canvassed by AssemoIy,
SnDats and Congress districts ana
800 we've taken to put candidates III
a. 6eId for the nomination IN al cases
',hore no candidates had developer
Tbere were some disputes as 10 WHY
.harld he the organization canoldaIes
Fnr some of the Offices. In some cases
49,, were settled at the meetihs' pI tt
4, I,ost cases the difference Will oe leLt
~ tbe enrolled Republicans on primary
day. .-.or+ conference
~ Hinman headquarters IN the
W,rrav Hin Hotel yesterday afternoon.
penresentatiye Charles Nj. hamiiIon
oa,ps on from Washington. Setn W.
Hoacock made a special trip from d Ile
Inner. and former Governor %. d. Ou NIi
Was there from Newburgh. among III;
ers nresent were John b. Rose, ST ni
II. Woodward, leader Oh the Lou IA
trict; A. Perry Osborn eh ali'n 1;1roan
other members OF the i0Cai -. nd j.,
',.eT,ittee Ogden L. Mills dropped IN
for a few minutes before the Hee'e
of the county committee; aD
Calvin Mcknight, Human MAJ,
80 presided at the conference ana
s,ti;,nad the result of the committee
S,,ork so far. His reports were ssi1 "
he most encouraging. IL was sslu W
- unstate districts where the regular
orosnization was opposed to Hlnnah,
snecial organization was being 1orinsu.
The district leaders VINO are Ga
usdges. at a meeting to map OUT ms
sara5si0n held at the Hotel Martlnique
Sost NIGHT. denounced the polling OF the
n~sc,tive committee in the afternoon
nnfa;r and contrary to the spirit Oh
the direct primary law; ihey LSu
INTO their minutes resolution Wnl ~
Il was said. had been introduced AZ tne
Meeting of the executive comHilIVee
and turned down., ro,. of
+ba a1st District, and it averred tnaI
the party organization SHOULD NOT Ia
vor the fortunes of any one canoi,
date as against another, and mat al
Marty headquarters or meeting places
ppoai1tained by party funds should be
nnen TO all candidates for the presen-
tation of their claims. II added thal
onv action that might be taken by the
committee. whether by caucus or CON
ference. would be mere subteTfuge
subiecting the party to proper ADVERSE
criticism"
of the Hedges campaign committee
The yice-chairmen are Martin SAKE ano
Herman w. Boyer; the secretary Is
Emil Fuchs, and the treasurer, b. W. b
Brown.