The sun., 1916-09-24
WH1TMAN'S DEFEAT
OF SEABURY GROWS
Tabulati0n Of Vote Shows Gov.
ernOr POlled 65 Per Cent.
Of Progressives.
MAJORITY TOTALS $3.50
Democratic Managers Sur.
prised by Judges Poor Show.
ing in New York City.

Gov. Charles e. whitman defeated
Judge Samuel seabury in the Progressive
primary last Tuesday much more de-
cisively than was at frst indicated. A
tabulation Of the vote, completed yester.
day at whitman headquarters, shows
that the whitman majority was $3.50
In a total vote of 1880.
Friends Of the Governor are jubiiant
now at the showing he made among the
Prpgressives. Many Republicans believe
the result Of this primary portends the
death OF the Progressive party as q
State factor In the general election.
According to the latest figures, Gov.
Whitman received 11,433 Of the votes
cast and Seabury s.074. showing that APP
proximately So per cent Of the Progress
sives who went to the polls preferred
the Governor. The Governors majority
In this city wa Ass. while upstate II
was 1871. To the surprise Of the Whit
man supporters. the Seabury vote in the
city was relatively less than upstate.
being 81 per cent. Of the vote cast be-
low The Bronx, as compared with ass
! per cent. above The 0ronx.
seabury Carried Eight Counties.
Judge seabury carried eight-counties. as
follows: Broome. Genesee, Ontario. Os-
weso. Putnam. Schenectady. Ulster and
Yates.
The fight in the Progressive primary
was interesting. not alone for its effect
on the Governors own political fortunes.
but also because of the Importance at
tached to II by the Wilson campaign
managers as an index Of Progressive
sentiment toward Wilson In the ma
tional campaign. The President and his
friends had been led to expect that It
would show a much less one sided senti-
ment than II did.
Although the Democratic manager
are now trying to claim that the result
in last Tuesdays primary shows tina at
least IS per cent Of Progressives are
with Wilson and that this proportion will
hold true OF Other States as well as
New York. the Republicans ridicule any
such pretensions on the ground that II
does not take into account the situation
among the Progressives who failed TO
vote last Tuesday.
{ At Homes Were Many.
A v made Of the Progressives
Just before the election In many districts
In the State brought out the fact. the
Republicans assert. that most Of them
siiSiSscU t.!1t t!ISy WERE through w ~
party and considered themselves Repub-
licans again. so much SO that they abso-
lutely refused to 20 back into their owr
primary even to vote a Republican ticket
on the other hand. they say. virtually
every Progressive h had Democratic
leanings elected to 60 to the polls In or
der to prevent the party from beinG
turned over to the Republicans OF the
SO per cent. OF the ProEressives who
stayed at home the Republicans are con
fden, almost all are for Hughes and
Whitman.
Gov. whitman talked over the Repub'
iican situation in the State with Chair
man william r. Wilcox OF the Ma
tional Committee and State Chairman
Tanner yesterday. All the reports In
dictate that the State Is to do hand
somely for Hughes and will give tn
Governor a good sized plurality. which
present estimates put between $4,000 ant
100. 900.
The state campaign will be started
with a rush tomorrow night at the Re
| publican club. when all the successful
candidates in the primary will be notified
In the presence Of the unsuccessful ones
including Robert Bacon and William N
Bennett. Senator Wadsworth. ex-Sena
tor Depew and Chairman Wilcox vii
also participate.
The state committee will hold n meet
ing preliminary to the State conference
at Saratoga on Thursday.