Evening star., 1914-10-30
WHITMAN MONEY
FINDS NO TAKERS
New York Politicians See Dis
tinct Drift Toward G. O. P.
GubernatoriaI Nominee.
DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS
THOROUGHLY ALARMED
Candidates Now Forced to Face Race,
as Well as Religious and
Rum Problems.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, October 30.-There was
100000 of Whitman money at an up
town hotel last night to be wagered on
his election at even money and there
were no takers. Three weeks ago the
odds were on Glynn. Last night the
Glynn men wanted odds and it was pre-
dicted that the Whitman men would be
Offering odds before Friday night.
Within the past four days the poll
ticians have discovered a distinct drift
to Whitman. Some of them attribute
it in part to the belief that Suffers
vote will amaze every one and that it
will draw largely from Glynn. others
are banking on the effect of the re-
ligious issue in the upstate counties to
hurt Glynn.
Democrats Alarmed.
That the democratic managers are
pretty thoroughly alarmed over the
outlook today cannot be denied. al
though of course they claim victory.
Gov. Glynn was given rousing recep
tions last night in this town at several
meetings So was Col. Roosevelt and
SO was Sulzer. Crowds over here do
not mean much. as Secretary Bryan
will tell you. The crowds that went
wild over him in his presidential cam
paigns would have indicated almost an
unanimous vote.
The latest development in political
organization is by the negroes-to To-
cate the attitude of candidates for
Congress toward their especial inter-
eStS
Candidates Questioned.
They have sent to each candidate for
the House the following questions:
ID Will you. if elected, vote against
any measure abrogating the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments?
(2l Will you, if elected, vote against
(a) Segregation in the federal service?
Cb) Residential segregation in the Dis
trict of Columbia? fc) Segregation in
Jim Crow cars in, the District of Co
lumbia?
(3) Regardless of whether you advo-
cate racial intermarriage, will you op-
pose the passage of law making such
marriage in the District Of Columbia
invalid. since the enactment by states
of such laws has led to the degrada-
ton Of negro women and children?
a. Do you, under any circumstances,
Justify lynching?
90 Do You favor the enforcement of
clause 9 of the fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution?
Only Nineteen Answer.
Those who answer satisfactorily will
be commended to the negro voters for
support, and those who do not will be
put on the black list. Thus far only
nineteen candidates have answered.
The replies, vary in character, some
candidates answering every question to
the satisfaction of the propounders,
and others expressing independence.
So, now, the New York candidates for
public offices have not only to face
the religious question. the rum prob
lem, but also the race question.
Col. Roosevelt Active.
Col. Roosevelt is whooping it up
for his bull moose candidate for gov
ernor, Mr.. Davenport His principal
theme is the Barnes Murphy Big Par
tisan Combination Here is sample
Of his remarks:
Make no mistake about it, Barnes
knows Glynn and Murphy knows Whit
man. Barnes is nobody's fool. lie has
not lived in Albany with Glynn all
these years and neglected his oppor-
tunties for seeing what went on. And
Murphy has ample and entirely salts
factory experience with Whitman.
Barnes poses an Abraham Lin
coin and Murphy goes him one better
by maSdueradinS as Thomas Jefferson.
one feature OF the Giynn meetings
last uiSht. when he addressed 15,0OU
people, was the reading at each meet
ing of an Endorsement OF him by Dir
Lyman j. Abbott, in an editorial from
mis- magazine. Gov. Glynn does not re
fer to the eiigious question further
and during ms talks III this town he
has not been hecklcd ON the subject.