The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-30
WHITMAN LEADS IN
FIRST STRAW VOTE
Gets 1875 to Humans 100 in
763 Replies to 1882 Queries
to Lawyers.

Charles s Whitman leads Harvey n.
Human by five votes In an unusual straw
ballot--a canvass OF the members Of the
state Bar Assoclation-taken by Daniel
s. Remsen of Remsen & Parsons. lawyers.
OF 80 Wall street He sent out 2,s62 re-
turn postcards. asking each member to
state his first and second choice for
Governor and his own party affiliation.
The number OF replies received by ,
o'clock yesterday afternoon. when the vote
was counted, was 7s3. For first choice
Whitman got 1875. Human 1870 Gov
Glynn III, Job Hedges So and Theodore
Roosevelt e. The rest were distributed
among George McAneny, t:lihu Root
Wllim Sulzer. eN-Chief Judge Edgar NJ
Cullen, Thomas Mott Osborne. John A
Hennessy, Attorney General carmody
William - McAdoo. Frederick NJ Daven-
port. Bainbrdge Colby. jams W. Wads-
worth, Jr.. and others
Mr.. Rcmsen, however. is not espec tally
interested In these figures His hobby is
the Improvement OF election machinery
whereby second choice votes could he
counted and the unnecessary waste OF
votes on a third party candidate stopped.
Wanted TO Prove Waste Of Votes.
He undertook the State Bar Associa-
ton canvass of his own initiative to
demonstrate his theory. which has been
legally adopted for primary elections In
Minnesota and Wisconsin and for the re-
call In Arizona.
Charles u. Hilles. chairman OF the Re
publican National Committee. and news
paper reporters saw the votes counted In
Mr.. Remsens Office The result as sum
married. by Mr.. Remsen follows;
"Out of Az Republican votes Whit
man received III, Human las. Hedges
~. Root Q. scattering 81 BY the CLINT
nation Of all the candidates under the
rules except Whitman and ilnman. Whit
man received &c additional votes giving
him a total OF 1917. and Human received
90 additional votes, giving him 10 Thus
IS votes we're saved that would other
wise have been lost.
"Out of l5S votes by persons mark
ing themselves az Democrats Glynn re-
ceivod So. i. u. Roosevelt II. Whit
man II. McAneny IL. Sulzer 6, Cullen &
Human 6. Thomas NJ Osborne =. Hedges
Hennessy. Carmody and McAdoo each {
scattering -. BY the process of clint
nation under the rules Cilynn RECEIVED :
additional votes giving him a total OF 70
and f. u. Roosevelt 10 additional votes
giving him total OF -. Thus Is vote,
werc saved that would otherwise hav.
been lost
One ProEressive for suIsev.
! "Out of ffty-eight votes cast by person,
marking themselves Progressives Hlnmar
received twenty-five. Theodore Roosevelt
twenty-five. Whitman three. Hedges two
| Davenport. McAneny. Colby. Hennessy
| Osborn, Sulzer. each one by the elimina
tion OF candidates under the rules Hinmar
received three additional votes, making
his total twenty weight. and Roosevelt two
additional votes, making his total twenty
four. Thus Ave votes were saved thai
wsuld otherwise have been lost.
"Out of ~ votes cast by persons claim
ing 10 he neither Republican. Democratic
or Progressive IL were for Hinman. II
for Whitman. for Glynn. 2 each 20
! Hedges Wadsworth and McAneny, eacl
for Sulzer, Root. Osborn, Moss CON. Cul
len. Baldwin and Stroebel. BY the elimi
nation of candidates under the rules Hin
man received one additional vote. maxim
his total 10. and Whitman two additions
votes. making his total ~, Thus tire
votes were saved that would otherwls
have been lost.
III the independent votes thus repre-
scented were added to the party candidate
on the total poll. without regard TO party
Whitman received 200 votes, Hinman lSa
Glynn 10 and +. p. Roosevelt "a"