New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-06
CAMPAIGN CHIEFS
TRY LOG ROLLING
Aid Lesser Candidates in
Return for Support of
WouId-Be Governors.
SHIFT OF AMBITIONS
CAUSES OBLIGATIONS
Hedges Deplores Long Petitions
Would Not Bind Signers
to Vote for Him.

There is considerable advantage TO
be gained by the managers Of the can
didates for the nomination for Gov
ernor from the ambitions Of leaders
and sections of the state to have rep
resentation on the remainder OF Inc
state ticket.
William u. Cunningham, OF Ellen
vile, Ulster County, started to circu-
late petitions Tor the Republican nomi-
nation for Controller. He was the can
didate two Yeas ago; bat Kings Coun-
" wants that place on the ticket, and
has a candidate In Eugene NJ. Travis.
Philip Eltinge, leader in Ulster Coun-
Is, is a Whitman man. He has induced
Mr.. Cunningham to shift his ambitions
from Controller to Secretary of State.
On the other hand, Kings is worried
over the circulation of petitions for
Controller by Samuel Strasbourger. of
New York. He is a close friend OF
former Governor B. B. 0dell, one Ct
the Human managers. If Governor
Odell should get him to retire from the
field, surely Kings County might be
considered under obligations to Hin
man, some of his managers believe.
The Human men are circulating the
petitions of G.. Adelbert Becker, Of The
Bronx for Treasurer. In return for
this, of course, they hope to get sup
port in The Bronx for their candidate
for Governor.
Seth G. Heacock, one of the candi-
dates for Lieutenant Governor, is
frankly Human man. The position
of Frank s. Subway, of Erie, and Ed
ward Schoeneck, of Onondaga, is not
yet so clear.
Egburt L. Woodbury., of Chautauqua,
has the support of the Human men
and some Of the Whitman leaders, as
we'll, for Attorney General. Edward
r. 0Mallcy, Of Erie, is still a candi-
date, however.
There seems to be no opposition to
Frank NJ. Williams, of Orange, for
State Engineer and Surveyor.
Friends of James W. Wadsworth are
highly indignant over the circulation
Of petitions for David Jayne Hill for
United States Senator. They say he is
in Switzerland and it may be impos-
sibe for him to get declination here
before September II, the last day to
file them. His candidacy will injure
Mr.. Wadsworth upstate. George W.
Aldrdge, who has put Mr.. Hill in the
field, has long mad a feud with the
Wadsworths, who have been his pOlit-
ical neighbors.
Former Senator Human returned to
Bnghamton yesterday afternoon, after
a long conference with former Gov
ernor OdelI in the Murray Hill Hotel
headquarters. Mr.. Odell will give much
Of his time and political experience to
the Human movement. The managers
intimate tina; when the campaign COM
mittee is announced it will contain the
lanes OF leaders who were supposed
10 be for Whitman or Hedges. The
opening of Mr.. Humans speaking cam
paign has been postponed from Tues
day TO Thursday in Brooklyn.
Job f.. Hedges made the following
statement last night:
"The endeavor is apparently being
made by various candidates to carry
the primaries on the 28th by compel
ing in the acquiring of signers for
nominating petitions, the publication
Of numbers necessary for the pur-
pose Of publicity, and signatures in
many cases have been for the purpose
merely OF committing primary voters
for this or that candidate because of
early soliciting of the names. This Is
being done in several instances by
candidates peculiarly sensitive lest
others should violate the spirit of the
direct primary law.
81 have been asked what was the
moral obligation of a man as to his
vote on Primary Day If he had signed
a petition. can only answer for
myself. The signer of a petition says
that it is his intention to vote for the
man for whom he signs. So far as
am concerned. any man who signs my
petition is free 20 vote for any one on
Primary Day for Governor whom he
desires"
Joseph W. Spencer, leader of the
9th Assembly District, has invited the
three candidates for the Republican
nomination for Governor to a joint de-
bate at his clubhouse, 81 Sixth av., on
Friday, September Is. Job +. Hedges,
who lives in the district, has already
accepted.
Petitions bearing about $4,000 sigma
lures, designating Representative Will
lam NJ. Calder for the nomination for
United States Senator. were filed in Al
bany yesterday. They represented
ffty-nine counties. According TO Mr..
Calder's press agent, the petitions
would reach from Congressman Cal
dcr's seat in the House Of Representa-
tives over to the desk he expects to NIL
in the Senate Chamber, and still have
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