The sun., 1916-09-18
WHITMAN CLAIMS &.
COMPLETE TRIUMPH
Sure Of Victory in Moose Pri.
mary as Well as G.. O. P.
and Ind. League.
CALDER ALSO JUBILANT
Certain Of $4,000 Majority,
but Bacon Men Say It's
Other Way,

oov. whitman has been assured by
George W. Perkins. william II. Hotch-
kias and other Progressive leaders that
ne Will carry the Progressive primaries
Tomorrow against his Tammany rival.
Judge Seabury. by q substantial plural
ity.
The plot to make the Progressive or
g~anisAtion In this State a Tammany an
rex was shattered. he was told, when
Theodore Roosevelt declared against any
support Of seabury.
In the Republican primaries Gov.
whitman Is virtually unopposed. the con-
test made by Senator william NJ. Ben
nett OF this city being an interesting d.
version rather than a serious menace
The Governor arrived in town yes
terday. and was met in the st. Regis
BY Perkins and Hotchkiss. who reported
the Progressive primary situation as
eminently satisfactory. They expressed
the belief that a big majority Of the 49,
900 enrolled Progressives in New York.
ALREADY o~utspoken In their support OF
Charles T.. Hughes. will be not less M
thusiastic for a united party nominee for
Governor.
WILCOX and Hert Call.
Two early callers on Whitman were
william r. Wilcox, the Of the
Hughes campaign, n Alvah T. Hert.
who a charge OF Hughes headquarters
In Chicago. Both Of them took luncheon
with the Governor n conferred with
him on the State and national situa.
lions.
Lisut.-Col Mayhem Wainwright wa
another visitor. Wainwright was sent
to the Mexican border by Gov. Whitman
to investigate the condition OF New York
troops. His report yesterday was oral,
and tho Governor when asked about II
would say only that II vas satisfactory.
With respect to the primary outlook
Gov. Whitman said ne expected to carry
the Republican. the Progressive and the
independent primaries and thai only the
Progressive primaries had ever been In
doubt.
Mr.. Perkins and other Progressive
leaders, he continued. assure me tina,
l will win the Progressive primaries.
have been very busy Of late and have
not been IN close touch with the situa.
tion."
Calder Sees Victory.
The Governor will stay In own to.da,
and confer with the party leaders. II,
and William N. Calder dined togeths,
last night. Calder later said for pub
licat!on he expected to WIN the Repub
lican nomination for United States Sen
ator despite the opposition candidacy O
Robert Bacon.
In my campaign Just concluded" sale
Calder, II ave spoken In every count,
In the state and practically In all Of tn,
important cities and towns. have per
sonally met and talked with thousand,
OF those Republican voters who take {
healthy n earnest interest In The Do
litical AFFAIRS and fortunes OF their State
From this personal contact fee
justified In claiming my nomination "A
the primaries on Tuesday ny a larg,
majority. My friends tell me | vii
carry ffty-two Of the sixty-two count!ei
in the state. and that my majority shoul,
not be less than 5000. That It will b,
emphatic Is without doubt"
Bacon Men Also CONFIDENT.
The managers Of Robert Bacon's cam
paiGn for h Senate nomination whel
seen In Bacon headquarters In the Muir
ray Hill Hotel were confident that he
not Calder. will be victor in the primar,
contest. It was said that reports re
ceived from every county in the stat
Indicate . sweeping vote for Bacon abov
The Bronx. and that Callers vote Il
Brooklyn. where he is admittedly strona
will fall far below what he and hi
friends expect.
Final reports show an ~overwhelmin
sentiment in favor OF Robert BACON
said Henry W. Goddard. chairman O
the executive committee of the leagu.
ION the basis of these returns we fec
sure that Mr.. Bacon will receive a grea
majority OF the Republican primar
votes In Albany. Broome. Erie. Oneida
Orange. Rensselaer,. westchester. Chau
tauQua, Jefferson. Livingston. Saratog;
Nassau, Suffolk and other counties CON
prising at least two-.hirds OF the ur
State sections.
I'VE have every reason to believe tina
Mr.. Bacon will come Town to the Bron
with more than 100. 900 votes, or praC
ticAlly the combined strength of Jamo
". Wadsworth and David Jayne Hi /
the last Senatorial primary contest tw
years ago. We are assured that NJ
Calder cannot poll more Than the scar
10000 votes up State that he obtaine
above the Bronx In 1914.
Actual canvass OF every Assembl
district below the Bronx convinces Y
that Mr.. Calder ANN get anywher
near the support which ne received tw
years ago. The only conclusion possibl
from our reports 10 that Mr.. Bacon wi
win when the ballots are counted Tues
day night"