The Washington herald., 1915-12-13
||AfS'..Y GIVES
c. 0. T. l9l6HOPf
Rep. Smell Believes Party IN
The Empire State Firmly
| Re established.
CREDIT 0C0v. WHITMAN
10 His Mastery Control Of Affairs Is
Due Party Rehabilitation Be
Titles Criticism.
CREDIT TOC0V. WHITMAN

! Aue oTiBht0st PROSPECT IN all tn
Union for the return of the Repub
nished by the Empire State Of New
York" said Representative Bertrans
H. Smell. OF the Thirty-hrst New Yori
District. yesterday. "In the face o,
facts-significant facts Of election
| figures officially verifed-it Is quit
| evident that Democrats. especially ad.
| ministrAtion Democrats-induige IL
vain irpaginations when they assume
that victory for them will follow the
foreordained denomination Of Presi-
dent Wilson by a perfunctory conven.
tion at st. Louis. sF-
Take q look at those figures and
see what they inevitably mean. The,
| show. in the FIRST place. that the Re.
publicans in New York. under the
leadership OF Gov Whitman. have re.
| established the party in both the ex.
ecutive and Legislative branches, moi
through chance a. q minority party
profting by division in enemy ranks
nor a plurality party leading to sue
cess by a narrow margin, but q mill
tant majority party. growing In
strength. as the subsequent elections
show. since the State ticket headed
by Whitman swept the State against
all opposition in 1914.
Gov. whitman's Big share.
Gov. whitman's share in the res
toration to power of the Republicans
in New York Is too palpable to be
questioned for a moment A fair test
of a governors force of character and
popularity is always afforded in his
relations with the legislative branch
Of the government. The New York
Legislature elected with Whitman was
afr ,rlx
harmoniously with him. Witness of
the success OF his administration and
his influence with the legislature was
furnished by the last election. Their
generous Endorsement at the polls can
not be mistaken. 1t consisted of a
Republican lead In ffty-seven coun-
ties outside of Greater New York of
100000 votes. a figure never equalled
by any candidate but whitman him
self. and but twice equalled by a can
didste for President.
Gov. Black, the year Mckinley was
elected in 1896. won by 1900: Roosevelt s
lead i'm 1885 was 101 900: Odelrs in 1910 was
l52. 600: Higgins In 1894 was 1sO. 900: Hughes
In 1896. l52.o0J. and in 1905 II was 1l.. coz.
Then interviewed four years of dark days
and defeat for the Republicans. Whit
man. nominated for governor. responsive
to popular demand. carried the upstate
region by 2Ooo0o. and ran J0.coo ahead Of
the party legislative ticket in Greater
New York. Then came his responsibility
and record as governor
Pay-ss-You-Go Plank Wins.
paign. II was the direct tai 3hpci ~
to defray the unpaid obligations OF his
predecessors In office. besides the expense
of his own administration. Standing firm
on the governors pay-as-y ou-go plank.
Republican assemblymen
were renominated, and OF that number
sixty-siN were reelected. the six who
failed losing In Greater New York by
very slender margins. At the same time
elections were held to ill vacancies
in three Congressional districts. In the
twenty-third New York district. in the
City Of New York. Democratic plurality
of 5000 was overturned for Republican
plurality of loo. a gain of 1900. In the
thirty-first a Republican gain of 1000 WAS
made, and in the thirty-sixth, represent
ed " the late Serene f. Payne the Re
publican vote for his successor was in
creased 5000.
Republican gains for the year extend
sd to local tickets throughout the State.
giving the party more mayors. aldermen
and supervisors than at any time for
ten years. some Of the cities reaching
record Republican majorities.
Pr0gressives Back in Fold.
''Majorities. mind you, not pluralitics.
These majorities show beyond a doubt
that the Progressives have returned to
their first love. Where they formerly
made nominations their support all went
10 the Republicans. In the entire State
an o~
hing. Their most noted leaders in the
campaigns preceding the last worked
for Republican success,
giving the heartiest kind OF Endorsement
% the Whitman administration. Interest
n the SUCCESS of the party was shown
by the fact that the combined Repub-
ican vote for the legislative tickets was
5000 greater than that for governor
n 1914
"InseparsbIe from the success or
allure Of his administration. the gov
rnor had many important appointments
o make. His conduct In that respect Is
likewise reflected in the increased Re-
publican vote.
Look at the official returns of the last
lection. They show n plurality for the
,eneral assembly tickets of Iis,OOo. which
vas S2.oO0 greater than In 1914 in a tots,.
'ote of 7cI.ooo as against a total vote
n 1911 of sS5.eo0.
Petty Criticism without Effect.
Criticisms OF Gov. whitman's ad.
that have mainly come from
he Democratic and independent press OF |
Sew York were based almost invariably |
lpon small matters of local complaint !
The results of the election show how
title they affected the mass Of Republi- |
ans In the State. The combined vote |
n assembly tickets in ten of the big |
Upstate representative counties showi
low solidly the Republicans rallied to the |
GOVERNOR. and emphasized the assurance |
4 the return of the party to power. |
'hese ten counties are Albany. Chau-
aqua, Erie, Jefferson, Monroe. Niagara,
)nandaga. Oneida. Rennselaer. and st. |
lawrence. All Of them went Republican |
v substantial majorities In 1914. but this |
ear they Increased these majorities In |
campaign pitched to indorse the gov
rnor and the general assembly work
rs with him by over $500 votes; In
ther words. the majority for the Re-
ublican tickets in these ten counties
lone aggregated $3.50 as against 6s,9cs
, 1914 These figures are officiaI and
heir Significance can in no wise be
ainsaid.
SHELL WAS IN CIVIL WAR.