Evening star., 1916-09-29
|G. 0.P. VICTORY SEEN
I'm PRIMARY RESULTS
Republican National Commit
tee Makes Claims Based on
Party Enrolment.
new YORK AND INDIANA
APPEAR SAFE IN LINE
New Jersey Vote Indicates Falling
Off in Democratic Ascendency.
Situation in New England.

With the results Of political primaries
in a large number of the states a
matter Of record, it Is possible to throw
some light on the probable outcome
, of the voting which Is to take place
November Z, 1t was claimed today at
the offices Of the republican national
committee here
While the primaries for the selection
Of democratic and republican candi-
dates for senators. representatives and
governors of states are not calculated
| to bring out the full voting strength
| of any of the parties, still. it is argued. it
is reasonable to suppose that the ratio
for the primaries will be approximately
| the ratio for the elections
Showing Made for Republicans.
The republican state chairmer have
| filed with the national committee here,
| in number of instances, the results
of the primaries or of the enrolment
of voters in their states.
From the chairman of the republican
| state committee of New York, Fred
| erick c. Tanner. has come the informa-
| 7ss,6$1. democratic. 651,s73. and pro-
| gressive, 46,206. The official vote of
the recent New York primaries at
which the nominees for governor, sena-
tor and representatives were selected
has not yet been announced
This enrolment in New York. how
ever. Is very encouraging to the re-
publicans. They figure that even should
the tne entire progressive vote enrolled be
cast for the democratic nominees for
President and Vice President the repubIi-
cans would still have a wide margin over
the democrats.
The New York primaries, however,
indicate conclusively, in the view of re-
publican committeeman, that the progress
sfve vote is not only not going in its
entirety to the democrats, but that
large majority Of the progressives will
side with the republicans when il
comes to a showdown. Gov. Whitman,
choice of the republicans for governor.
made the race on the progressive ticket
as well. He polled much larger pro-
gressive vote than did Samuel Seabury
the democratic candidate for governor.
who also sought the progressive nomi-
nation.
Conditions in Indiana.
committee has come the information
that registration in that state will not
| take place, until October 9. The pri-
maries. however, were held March
last. In those primary elections, 1t is
| shown, the combined vote for the
democratic candidates for governor was
15S, 13!, while the combined vote for the
republican candidates for the same Of
1ce was 209,043. The vote cast for the
| single democratic candidate for SEN
ator was 151.s3I, while. the combined
| vote for republican candidates for that
| democratic candidate for President was
| 169,423. and for the republican seapdi-
date for President was 176,o7S. -
| OF course, the vote on November Z is
1 20 dUf Irr
great many thousands. But the re-
publican leaders contend that the rela-
| tive standing Of the two parties viii
be the same when the final count is
\ taken, except that the republicans viii
have an even greater lead over the
democrats, owing to the fact that many
progressives in Indiana in recent
| months have returned to the fold. In
| diana is one of the states which the DEM
! ocrats are claiming for their, own
Striking Results in New Jersey.
| Perhaps the most striking results so far
obtained, however. were those Of the pri-
maries in New Jersey Tuesday. The final
official figures are not available, but the
| size Of the republican vote as compared to
| that cast by the democrats BODIES Ill for
| the administration, II is said by .republi-
| can observers.
| in New Jersey, his own state. The vote
cast for republican candidates for the
nominations for governor and senator
Tuesday exceeded this figure. while those
| for similar democratic candidates fell far
below, and this notwithstanding that there
was a bitter fight on between Senator
MARITIME and the choice Of the adminis-
| tration for the senatorial nomination. At
| torney General Wescott Of the state.
MARITIME decisively defeated Wescott
which has not tended to relieve the feel
| ings of the Wilson supporters.
| lenders
Jersey, as well as New York, by a large
| majority. The records to date seem 10
favor this claim. The combined rspub!i-
can and progressive vote in 1912 was
| 234,245. Indications are today that the
progressives are now back in line with
the republican party.
Vermont and Connecticut.
Vermont Is not now regarded by the re-
publican leaders as one of the doubtful
states The statement received from the
REPUBLICAN state committee chairman,
Stanley c. Wilson, shows just how likely
that state Is to go republican. The 'prf-
rnaries were held there September IL. The
highest vote cast for any republican can
ddate at the primaries was for governor,
He received 34.244 votes. The highest
vote cast for any democratic candidate
was also for governor. and he received
only 6.562.
| Another New England state, Connec-
4
publican column by the leaders of that
party, in it's report to the national conn
lmittee states that. as there is no sys-
tenn of primaries in the state. there
never has been collected any data cov-
| ering registration. The chairman of the
state committee, however. gives the fig-
ures of the election in 1914 to justify his
claim that his state Is safely republican.
| In 1914 Senator Brandegee, republi-
can, received $3.50 votes; Baldwin, the
democratic nominee for senator, receiv-
ed 76.0Sl, while the progressive candi-
date polled 6,S53. In the same year the
republican candidate for governor poll
ed 31,2S3 votes, the democratic candi-
date 1888, and the progressive candi-
date, 5000. The progressiVes have re-
turned to their aff1liation with the re-
publican party to a great extent since
that election, it is said.
Nebraska Claims Disputed.
| Democratic claims are being ad-