The Washington herald., 1914-09-28
Today's Primary In New York.

Today, in the States first direct primary, all the
voters in New York-more than 100000 of them
are given the opportunity of selecting the can
didates OF their respective parties for every
State Office and the United States Senate and
House of Representatives, and choosing their
State and county committees. In November
the candidates thus selected will fight it out
among them. No nominating conventions have
been held and theoretically the nomination of none
of the men whose names appear today on the Off
cial ballots has been dictated by any of the excor
ated bosses" theoretically, everything has been left
to the people themselves. petition bearing Ger
tain number of signatures places name on the bal
lot and individuals desiring to vote for some one
of their own choice whose does not appear,
may write it themselves Considering such wide
open proposition, it appears strange that so few
names have been placed the ballots. For the
important offices the Republican ballot contains the
names of three candidates in most instances; the
Democrats offered their choice of two, while
among the Progressves there is practically oppo-
sition except in the of the governorship, the
nomination for which the same old Bill" Sulzer is
contesting with Frederick NJ Davenport, the Hob
sons choice" of Col Roosevelt
The truth would appear to be that the voters
themselves for the amelioration of whose grievances
the primary law was enacted, have not taken pro-
found interest in the choice of candidates. and if this
is the case it will be reflected in light vote today.
Only those voters who enrolled in some party last
fall and who have not moved out of their election
district since then participate in the primary The
Democratic enrolment in the entire State is $4,000
Republican 522,I5o and Progressive, IIIooo. Quite
likely the ballots today will fall very far short
of the total enrolsent 1t is conended, with sound
reason that if the had manifested the interest
in the primary that was expected of them, many
more names would have been placed on the ballots
of the three parties. On the of the contest the
situation appears but little different from what it
would be if the three parties holding nominating
conventions today There is no reason to believe
that Gov Gynn will have any difficulty in capturing
the Democratic nomination from John A Hennessy.
Gov Glynn is the choice of the Democratic organza-
ton which has taken pains impress the fact upon
the voters while Hennessy is merely the dark horse
who has declared himself in the race with less
mony than Glynn entered. Likewise, it is con-
hdently expected that District Attorney Charles S..
Whitman will win easy victory over Job f.
Hedges and Harvey D. Hinman. The Republican
organization has left doubt in the minds of the
electorate that Whitman is the for the governor
ship. Hedges merely has ambitions and Hinman,
after flirting with Col Roosevelt and being reject
ed by the Progressive organization, has bounded
upon the only track with the gates open In the Pro-
gressve for governor Davenport rejoices in the
Colonels open Endorsement and though Sulzer is at
best interloper the Progressive sentiment in the
State whatever is left of it. is so uncertain that he
may not finish very far behind the organization can
didate.
In the case of the United States Senatorship, the
real voice of the people, especially among the Demo-
Gratis, is likely to be heard Franklin D. Roose-
welt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy has linked his
fortune with Hennessy in anti-Murphy effort to
win the Senatorial nomination from James w. Ger
ard, United States Ambassador to Germany, whose
campaign has naturally suffered in his absence lanes
W.Wadsworth, jr., is the Republican organization
choice over Representative Calder, of Brooklyn He
is capable and extremely popular, and very likely to
be the peoples choice. -..... .
Polls will be open until o'clock tonight, and as