New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-03
WHITMAN MAKES
FINAL APPEALS
Asks Rockland County to
Help Rid State OF
GrafterS.
CHAUFFEUR SAVES
HIM FROM CRASH
". d. Cunningham Tells OF
Tribune's Sing Sing Expose
Speeches in Bronx at Night.

District Attorney Whitman made ms
last hid for votes outside Of this city
Yesterday in Rockland County. winding
Up his campaign with five speeches IN
The Bronx last night. AT the close he
EXPRESSED himself as confident OF elec-
tion. Some OF his managers topped the
figures given out by the kepuohcah
state Committee. declaring that ms
plurality over Glynn would be loV'V'V'
Rocklaud County is normally ABOUT
200 Democratic. and the kepuoHC"n
candidate made strong plea lot lh-
dependent Democratic votes IN the 'N1
speeches he made az haverstiaW anu
.Nvack. The Republican leaders III 'h"'
comfy have worked hard TO turn the
tide in favor OF Whitman, and were
bopcful Yesterday OF splitting the vote
about even with the Democrats. some
of them predicted that Whitman wouIa
carry the county by q small margin
Accompanied by William ID. Cum
nipobau,. District Attorney of Ulster
County. who was with the canGlGale
on most Of his upstate tour. Mr.. Mhit-
man left here on the l;lo tram on me
west shore for HaverStraw. A band
and q large committee Of citizens met
tbe candidate az the train and escorted
hin, 10 the local "opera house where
shout one thousand people heard hlm
sneak. 1t was an enthusiastic crowd 1oi
A Democratic stronghold
Il realize that all over the state, "a
.,ro1l a. in this county, there are vast
,,,,r,bcrs Of Democrats who do not APP
nrove Of the things done ana the
+hincs left undone by the recent ad-
authorizations AT Albany said Mr..
Whitman. 81 am fully aware thaJ
those men 90 not represent the real
democratic party; they are merely
working behind the mask OF Democ-
Tacy.
Praises Tribune for Expose.
The District Attorney stuck close TO
ne Haverstraw speech at Nyack ana
az tho meetings In The Bronx. MI.
cunningham preceded the candidate IN
.neakinr al the two Rochland county
meetings. He spent some time I'D as
cussing the recent scandal at sing
SING. which resulted In the dlsmlssal
Of Warden Mccormick for allowing
unheard-of privileges 10 David A. Hulcc
Ivan. the convicted bank wrecNer OF
Brooklyn. 49,, A.
Cunningham. recently exposed scan
dalous conditions at Sing sing when
the cheek of every decent citizen IN the
state II was a fitting climax 70 the
many scandals which have been las
tened on the Democratic admlnlstIa-
lions Al Albany in the last four years.
narrow escape from serious col
lision between the automobile IN
which District Attorney Whitman
wound M his campaign last night and
touring car that tried TO cut across
his path came near keeping Mr.. WHIT
man from getting 70 his last meeting
Chauffeur Saves Candidate.
His car was racing from the Palace
Theatre. al l35th 81. and Firth aV, 10
20 10 Commonwealth Hall. at 2OOo Am
sterdam av.. when at 15Oth ST. and -.
Nicholas av. his chauffeur suddenly saw
the touring car rushing down upon ms
from the left. He threw on the brakes
and damned the wheel over, so that
the Whitman car whirled around IN
complete circle before it came TO stop
The other car did not have SO level
headed d chauffeur Il dashed up ONO
the curb. and half careened over, whlle
one Of its front tires was torn OIL ana
went whirNng down the street.
As soon as his car stopped. Mr..
Whitman Jumped out and FASTENED
over to the other car TO see II any one
was hurt. Satisfying himself that no
more serious damage was done IMAM
the loss Of a tire, he climbed back ana
was rushed 20 the final meeting OF ms
campaign, that I'M Commonwealth Hail
The flush Of victory was on his face
here, for his nights speaking had Deen
10 the biggest and most enthusiastic
crowds he had yet faced. In some
places overflow meetings were neces'
sary TO accommodate the throngs. ii
was estimated that more than twenty
thousand people saw and heard Mr.
Whitman last night. I'm some places no
was kept waiting by the cheering man!
minutes before he could speak.
He began his evening tour az Brom
Casino, going TO Maurer's, at Van Mes
and Union Fort Road Mckinley Squau
Casino, l69th So and Boston Road
London Casino. Third av. and l12d So.
Hunts Point Palace, Southern Boule
ward and l63d ST.; hall at Seventh
av and 10th ST.; Liberty Theatre, IRIS
av. and 10th 81. and the Palace Thea
tire.
Here. where large part OF his audi
ence was composed Of negroes, Corne
Illus McDougald. a negro member o
his staff, called Whitman moder
Lincoln. lie said ne had been show
the same consideration as was show
10 the other assistant district al
tcrneys. and that all negroes who wen
20 the Criminal Courts Building wer
accorded the samet treatment as whit
people.