The sun., 1914-09-25
WHITMAN MANAGER :
PREDICTS LANDSLIDE
Believes lie VIII Get as MANY
Votes as lIinman and Hedges
Combined.
STILL ARGUE OVER BARNES

Tho whitman campaign manager and
i.t.r. Fr'd Tanner. surpassed all pre-
vous Efforts yesterday by predicting that
Lis .tpddatc will poll more votes In
MONDAYS primary than Hedges and Hin
n,n combined As Mr.. Hedges and MIR.
Hrwtu are NJ the state no rctort was
o'Hluthlc. but I'm ;heir offices the type
arlt,r girls are waiting with fingers
poised
For moment J. Calvin Mcknight,
,Ioun chief at the Murray nm Hotel,
dd succeed iu finding Mr.. Humin on the
.,l,rhouc. But In his dash through the
middle counties Mr.. Hinman had time
only 90 complain that Mr. Whitman. IN
DIS goo word answer to four Uinman quos-
on ON Wednesday, had really not
answered them at all
- repeat said Mr r.nm,n to Nv
Mcltu-Ht over the wire. MI. Barncss
.,.,N.d Activities can mean only one
la. tHJt he intends. II possible. to
retain hi. control of the state committee.
aHd either 20 succeed himself or to name
us -u,'"s>nr.
II uuw ask MIR Whitman Should you
'e 'ur uuuin'c OF the party. will you.
..t,r accepting Mi Barncs's supper. at
-. priWtr'"s, uppOs" such an attempt on
rs yar'' You must realize that this
simple question can he answered b. u
t.Iu-h't,~Vtrd "yes' or no
When MIR. Tanner heard about this M.
proud. exhibited a letter from Joseph II
IhDl'c. Chairman of the Whitman cam
IifEn committee, in which Mr.. Choate
-lJs he hopes THAT every Republican
voter t the primaries Will lay aside al,
personal preferences and vote for Wait
man
"F.rtuuatcly an the Republican cand.-
dates are excellent men. and re!.. Mr
Wl.,nau nor any of his friends have
anything Ia say against either of his com
ietltu's,' NJ. Chuat" wrote" But tho
sIc,,.s uf the party is At stake. and the
only question worth considering 's, which
.. the three, II nominated a. tn" pr.ma-
.es would he most likely 20 beat tho
Democrats aui redeem the S.atc from is
..rl.ti1u Ms 'Vnhitcd In our Lat Legis-
latLr," Iu this question ! think there can
Ne 100 possible doubt Mr.. Whitman :
great public services ts District Attorney
have really saved the city. | cannot but
think tnat Republican voters N the city
md State will realize this. and would
Otst a very much larger vote for Mr..
WI man II he Is nominated than either
Of Dol. rivals could possibly command"
Otherwise Mr. Tanner was ch'ered
ly a message from Morro" county saying
iuat W Oiimdu ana heustS were even III
7he betting.
Job Hedges before leaving this city,
rot out statement saying that the Re
publican party. uuchastcuod by defeat
two years ago. seems to b. just as badly
hoss,d a. ever
"Mr. Barnes IS playing candidates"
he said, "as II they were manihns or men
OF straw, and my friend Herbert Parsons.
through his autpmaton, Mr.. Koeng, 10
using the New York organization as a
brutal instrument to prevent free speech
81 Republican district cluhhouseS 10 a
Republican who led his party two years
lGo and saved the organic ttiOn from cap
ture by the PrOgrcssiVcs
"A, Saratoga George Aldridge insisted
gpon nominating the old t.cke' He said
Il was the only thing to do. Hut Barnes.
l'arsOus and koeuig declared such a
curse meant violation of the direct
primary law. what respect have they
Shown for the primary law since with
o." valuable aid Of Lcmucl T. Qugs they
'|t"tdy had surrapt'iously started the
uinptign for Whitmln--the same old
hnme to fool In" people