The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-23
.SHINDY IN UPSTATE
CONGRESS BATTLE
Editor stevens Puts n kink in
the Thirty-first Dis
trict Primary.
DARK HORSES LOOM UP

MALONE, July 22.-The fight for the
nomination of a Republican in this the
Thirty-frst Congress district. compris-
ing the counties of st. Lawrence. Frank
lin, Essex and Clinton, is waxing warmer
every day.
Bert Smell thought he had frustrated
che chances of Major William ii.
Daniels when the Republican county
committee ordered an elimination prl-
mary for st. Lawrence county To choose
between Smell and Daniels This pri-
mary was ordered on June 4 to be held
on August 10 upon the idea that Frank
lin county would supper, the man chosen
at the preprimary IN st. Lawrence.
Since then Editor Hal ID. stevens OF
this village. who has been in the state
Assembly and has been prominent In
local politics, announced himself as "A
candidate and insisted that the Franklin
county Republicans should support him
Is against the st. Lawrence county can
didate.
Reciprocity scheme.
Franklin and ST. Lawrence counties
are In the same Senate district and the
former county has usually supported st.
Lawrence's candidate cor Congress while
st. Lawrence has r.ciprocated by stand
Ing for Franklin county's candidate Tor
the State senate.
n, Monroe Marshall, "A banker OF
Malone. Franklin county. Is serving his
Arst term in the State Senate and wants
q rcnomin3t ton next year, but III 81.
Lawrence county should lose It's Con-
gressman IL Is expected that she might
grab the Senatorship. Consequently eX-
Superintendent of Banks Frederick ID.
Kliburn. who was eliminated from bank
ing affairs in Albany and New York for
various reasons and who Is associated
with the Marshall Ban published n let
Tar attacking the Stevens candidacy and
Insisting that the Franklin county Re-
publicans should stand delivered TO the
st. Lawrence county candidate for Con
gress.
This Kilburn letter not only aroused
Editor Stevens bat the Republicans OF
Franklin county in general. and the
ma.edictions hurled at Kilburn from the
Smell camp havc been frequent.
SHELLS friends have been connden,
Tor some time that he would defea'
DANES In the elimination primaries. anC
ex-Secretary of state John OBrien oil
Clinton has been waiting eagerly FOL
the result of the ST. Lawrence pre-
primary. Should Smell win It wa
figured that the Daniels Republicans
might voto for either Stevens or som
other candidate for the nomination OIL
primary day. and it was expected tha
at the last moment John O'Brlen woulI
announce his candidacy for Congress.
stevens Optimistic.
It has ever been limited that O'Briei
was behind the Stevens candidacy. bu
Stevens has resented this and declare
that the sitult!.n has so shaped itsel
that ne can bc nominated II the Frank
LIN county Republicans will stand h.
him. He may he right in his conclusion
because Major Daniels has just al
nounced tina: he will not permit hi
name to go before the unofficial primar
because the reason for holding II doe
not exist now since Franklin county ha
Q candidate OF its own
This announcement threw consterna
tion into the ranks OF the Smell force,
and every one Is waiting now for
move from John O'Brien. With the Re
publican vote divided in 81. Lawrenc
between Smell and Daniels on regula
primary day, with Stevens getting a sul
stantial vote IN Franklin and "A goo
vote in the other counties and OBrie
polling his strength in Clinton and r..
sex counties what the result Will be
problematiCal