The sun., 1916-08-19
HEARST SUPPORTS
WHITMAN IN RACE
independence League Leaders
Turn Aside Scabury for
Governor.

Wv. whitman 10 W HANe tHe euppO'N
Of william r. Hearst and the ~rndepsnd-
ence League In the coming election. The
organization leaders. at the instisation.
II Is said. Of Mr.. Heart. have decided to
turn down Justice seabury. even though
in the early days the latter was one Of
the biseest mon In the party.
News thai whitman had captured the
Hearst organization caused surprise In
political circles yesterday. The whitman
people we're jubilant. The decision Of
the party leaders, Of course, must be
ratified by the votsrs at the primary. but
as the Independence League ORGANISATION
Is well controlled there wss not much
doubt that the ticket selected yesterday
would 70 through all riaht.
A. usual. the Independence League
leaders have bestowed their favors upon
both parties. kivinR q few Of their own
members the empty honor Of nomination.
In addition to the Governor. the ticket
recommended to the voters In the primary
will contain the names Of Edward
Schoensck for observation-disclosures and
James L. Wells for State Treasurer. two
OL tU0 oOvcbuOI y 0NOCs1AGU VII INV Nv
publican ticket. william 4. De Ford. q
Hearst standby. was named for Attorney
General and f. Platt Stratton. a Pro-
gressivs. Tor State Engineer.
Switching over to h Wilson end Of
the rrogressivss, the independence
Ieaguers have picked BainbridEe Colby
for United States Senator. He 10 al
ready the candidate Of the O'Connsll
faction In the Prog primaries
Rumor had II recently that Hearst him
self might take this nomination. II HI
did not take the Governorship. this being
based on his reported dislike for all Of
the candidates Of the other parties. But
Mr.. Hearst s!dsstsppsd.
The entire State judicial ticket Of tht
Democrats IL to no Endorsed by the
League. In this county Judge Vernon
NJ. Davis and Robert n. Luce. Demo
Gratis. are to BE- Endorsed. while James A
Donegan Of the Independence League
will get the nomination for the third
Justicsship. and Sigismund wechsler
also Of the League. will he nominated fol
Judge OF General Sessions
Hearst never has forgiven Seabury FOR
what happened In 1908. when Seabury
an ardent Bryan . quit the Hears,
party In disgust. declaring Hearst's nom
nation Of 4 third ticket headed by His.
zen was lone out Of personal plque
Hears. being angered at Bryan for sup
1904. However, the league did put Sea.
bury on its tickSt ~ years ago for Jus
tice OF the Court Of AppsalaL
Though Stabury n whitman arr
pitted against each other In the Pro.
gressivs primary. It 10 rot thought likely
that Seabury will enter the leagues pri,
maries. The Whitman people pointed yes.
terday to h $4,000 votes cast In l9l1
for Martin Glynn under the leagues EN-
blem as reaso for their satisfaction q
:he action Of the leaders Of that party II
extending them the Cad hand.
In political circles. however. there Il
keen interest A. to what kind OF a cam
paign Hearst can mak on behalf o
Whitman and against Seabury. In view
OF all the nice things hat were sai,
about the latter when he was one Of tn,
leaders OF the league.
Chairman Wilcox of the Republican
I National Committee left last evening TO
FairhAven. Conn. Before he went n
talked with George h. C0rtelyou. a for
mev campaign manager. n John Hay
Hammond.
A statement sent from Washington b,
United States Senator Wadsworth va
given out at Republican headquartsr
yesterday. In this Senator WadswortI
described the trend OF events In Con
Eress ~ nothing short OF startling u
that the Administration was attempting
to transform the character Of the Gov
eminent by measures under which tn
Government would 60 into business enter
prisss in competition with its own clti
Gems. "In other words" said Senate
wadsworth. one Of th2 chief teneta O
Socialism 10 being put In force. and
tlOn."