Imperial Valley press., 1914-09-28
EMPIRE STATE
HOLDS PRIMARIES

New York, Sept. 28.-The Empire
State is voting in it's first primary
election today. Both parties expect
recori vote. Two factors are counted
on to influence more voters than usual
to go to the polls-first, curiosity to
see the workings of the new state
wide primary, ard, second, the division
in the political parties themselves.
There are seven gubernatorial can
didates whose names appear on to-
days balots-Martin H. Glyn, seek
ing reelection on the Democratic
ticket; John A. Eennessy; Harvey D..
Hinman, Republican; Job E. Hedges,
Republican; Charles D. Whitman, Re-
publican; William Sulzer, candidate on
the Prohibition and Washington Party
tickets; Frederick NJ. Davenport, Pro-
gressive.
The senatorial candidates include
James w. Wadsworth, Jr., William NJ.
Calder and David Jayne Hill, Repub-
licans; James NJ. Gerard, Democrat,
and cambridge Colby, Progressive.
Other candidates to be selected in
the primaries include lieutenant gov
ernor, secretary Of state, attorney gen
eral, state engineer, state comptroller
and associate judge of the court Of
appeals. The candidates whose names
will appear on the ballot for these
places include:
Lieutenant governor-Frank S. Sid
way, Buffalo; Edward Schoeneck,
Syracuse; Seth G. Heacock, New York,
all Republicans, and Thomas B. Lock
wood, Buffalo, Democrat.
Secretary of state-Mitchell Nav,
Democrat, and William B. Cunningham
and Francis M. Hugo, Republicans.
Attorney General-James A. Par
sons, Democrat; E. E. Woodbury. and
Edward R. O'Malley, Republicans.
Comptroller-William Sohmer, Dem
ocrat; Samuel Strasbourger, Repub-
lican; James F. Hooker, Republican.
Treasurer-Albert C. Carp, Demo
crat; Homer D. Call, Progressive; C.
Adelbert Becker, Republican.
Engineer-John A. Bensel, Demo
crat; Frank M. Williams, Republican,
and Arthur O'Brien, Republican.
Associate justice of the court of
appeals-Samuel Seabury, Democrat;
Emory A. Chase, Republican.
With the multiplicity of candidates
for state offices and senatorial and
congressional places, the ballot today
was unusually large.
The Empire State vote under the
primary law will be watched by poll
ticians the country over. The Repub.
licans claim the primary law is eff
fective; the Progressives in their "con-
ference" so far departed from it's sup
posed prohibition in spirit against the
varous parties selecting candidates as
to choose the most of their ticket. The
law provides for conferences of the
parties at which platforms may be
adopted. The Republicans and Demo
Gratis held such conferences at Sara
toga late in August and the Progress
sives met at Utica.
There is strife in all three parties
Republicans, Democrats and Progress
sives. The Republicans are divided in
to the Barnes and anti-Barnes camps,
the Democrats split on Tammanyism
the Progressives are more or less di-
vided on the wisdom of the flat steam
roller methods used at Utica to
squelch the plans of friends of Will
liam Sulzer to have him run as the
Progressive candidate.
In the meanwhile Sulzer, seeking re-
nomination in a party all his own,
is stirring up things all over the tsate.
Political wiseacres feel his race may
change the aspect of the usual New
York electioneering.
From today on, politics will wax
hot here in the Empire State. Colonel
Roosevelt is expected to do some
speechmaking; Franklin d. Roosevelt.
himself a candidate, and oother Off
cials from the administration at Wash
ington, will probably tour the state,
and Sulzer is always on the jump.
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