The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25

| publcans and only twelve Democrats.
| The vision has been dissipated. Impair
| tial estimates based on county canvasses
and confidential talks with the political
| shepherds Indicate that the Republicans
are reasonably sure OF gaining only six
seats, which would bring their representa-
ton up TO seventeen. against twenty-six
Democrats. They have good chance,
though, to make their gain as much ~
ten.
These same estimates give Ambassador
Gerard lead OF 49.40O over James w.
Wordsworth. Jr., for the United States
Senate. In the actual voting, however. ii
is believed that Mr.. Gerard will do well II
ne runs even with Gov. Glyrn. because the
Massachusetts form OF ballot Is being
used for the first time. The voter must
make a mark for each candidate for every
office he desires to vote for In Massa-
chusetts II Is admitted that the position
At the top OF the ballot is worth thou
sands Of votes The names Of the candi-
.htes for the Trited States Senate will
appear In the ninth square of the official
ballot In the New N>ck election The
success OF MIR. Gerard. however, seem
certain at this time
Outside OF New York city 4 is lndi-
clted that the Republicans will gain at
ielst four Representatives in Congress.
The four are James W. Hustled In the
N'.itAs III Il 'llSAA W. " illtS
H. Ward In the TWenty-seventh. Column
bia. Greene, Ulster sullivan and Scho-
harie. Walter r. Magce in the Thirty
NTH. Onondaga and Cortland. and n. II.
Pratt IN the Thirty seventh. Stcuben.
Schuyler. Tompkins. Chemung and Tioga.
They also have chance in the Niagara,
Albany. Oneida and Forty-frst Erie dis
tricts.
In New York city whose Congressman
al mo-
Calder. Republican. and Waiter VI. Chand-
Ter, Progressive. the Republicans are con-
iident Of capturing the Tenth BroolIlyn
district and the Twentieth in Manhat-
tan. IN addition 70 electirg la the sixth
in Brooklyn a Republican successor 20
Mr.. Calder, whose candidacy for the
United States Senate In the primaries
put him out OF the running for reelec-
ton to the House of Representatives.
They are also fighting hard FOR the Eigh-
tcenth. Nineteenth and Twenty dis
tF'cts IN Manhattan, and may win in any
or ali OF these though the districts must
be ciasscd as doubtful"
Their brightest prospects lie I'm the
Twentieth district, whcra Isaac Sicgel. a
well known lawyer is running with Re-
publican. Progressive and Independence
League Endorsements against Jacob A.
Cantor. the Tammauv uomluc, Cantor
was elected Ia Congress Last year TO COM
plete the uneNpirel term Of Francis
Burton Harrison. lie got 5.337 votes
while the Republicans and progr,v Sd yes,
now combined. polled G.l91. II the Re-
publicans and progr'ssives had also ac.
complishcd fusion In the Nineteenth dis
trict, now represented by Mr. Chand- L.
they would b. pretty sure Of victory
there too. But Chandler is running again
and, although he will no; poll the Pro-
gressive vote OF two years ago. the de
lection from his party To- the Republicans
Is not sufficient, in the opinion Of Demo.
cratic managers TO elect tho Rcpuhl!-
can candidate Albert OttiuCer The
Democratic candidate Is Joseph l.. Bu,
tenwieser
In the Sixth Brooklyn district tw.
years ago Calder's vote almost euua!l"d
the combined votes Of the Democrat.
and Progresslves, Democratic managers
concede the election Of Frederick W.
Rowe In this district this year. but not
by the sweep OF two years ago. The only
other Brooklyn districts where the Re-
publicans seem TO have a chance are the
Ninth and Tenth In tho Ninth Com
gresham James ~. ORren, Democrat :
oscar w. Swift, Republican. and Thomas
+. Iarkin, Progressive, are the candI-
dates. Two years ago the combined
Progressive Republican vote was cousid-
erably larger than O'Rriers and, as IN
otntr dlStIIclS' the lt"UunIl'hn managers
are counting on getting most of the Pro
gressive votes this year Nevertheless
the Democratic managers while admit
ting the fight il sharp, seem tu have no
doubt that O'Br'on viii win
In the Tenth, Herman \. Metz declined
denomination and Philip y Riley was
put In his place Reuben J.. Haskell. the
Borough secretary, has four nominations
Republican, Progressive. Indeperdence
League and American. II Haskell Get4
the fun Progressive vote he ought 10 win
easily but unfair tactics IN getting the
Endorsement were charged against him
by Col. Roosevelt Impartial observers
give Haskell victory by a narrow margin.
In the entire state the Progresslves
lndorsed fourteen Republican Congress
candidates and four Democrats