The sun., 1916-08-22
BACON'S PETITION
GETS 5000 NAMES
Papers Putting Him in Fight
for Senate to BE Filed
To-day.
HEADQUARTERS OPENED
Campaign Committee Will
Carry Almost 100 Leading
State Republicans.

The Bacon-Calder contest for the Re-
publican nomination for United States
Senator will begin oficially to-day. The
Of all state Republicans are nxed
on this fight just now. MANY feeling II Ia
to be a real test Of the new direct
primary law and the power OF the or
g~anisation to control nominations I'M
der II.
Mr.. Bacon. backed by many Repub-
licans Of prominence. to-day will file his
petitions, thus formally entering the
race. These petitions will contain more
than 5000 names. though work was
started on them only last Thursday.
when Mr.. Bacon announced his decision.
The number required IL only 5000. but
since the announcement names have
poured into the Bacon headquarters. It
said. Many parts OF the state will
be represented BY the signers OF the petit
lions.
Mr.. Bacon opened his headquarters
yesterday at his house at 1 Park ave.
nue.. The house. which was closed for
the summer. will be the centre o. the
night for his nomination. Job r. Hedges
acting as campaign manager. Mr.. Ba-
con. his face bronxed by many training
camps he has attended his summer.
was there yesterday working with his
coat on helping to prepare the petitions
and also picking "A campaign committee.
Vow Selecting Committee.
The Bacon campaign committee will be
made up. II Is said. OF almost a hundred
Republicans from all over the State.
While many OF these have been selected.
Mr.. Bacon wal not ready to make pub
lie any names yesterday. He intends.
however. to-day to issue n s'a'an,nt
explaining why he II In the hsnt ani
the platform upon which he purposea -
run. universal military training being
Its chief plank.
There was more evidence yesterday
that the men who were for Root In the
New York delegation TO the convention
had welcomed the Bacon candidacy as a
chance to get wen. Two such leaders
already out for Bacon are Charles II.
Belts. editor OF the Lyons Republican.
and Representative J. Sloa: Fassett Of
Elmira. ON the Bacon campaign COM
m!t,ee are to be many Of those Who
signed the statement in behalf Of MIR.
Root before the convention.
As yet. however. the Bacon movement
has shown no ability to break into the
organization controlled by Whitman and
Parsons. Leaders like Cieorge Aldridge
Of Monroe and Francis Hendricks OF on
ondaGa have given notice Of their inten-
ton TO stand by Calder. william l..
Ward Of W~es.chester In reported to lie
somewhat undecided. the sentiment for
Bacon In the committing towns OF West
chester appearing already strong.
The real lineup In this situation viii
not be disclosed for several weeks, II IL
expected. Mr.. Bacon IL TO take the
stump at cncc and maxi a direct APP
peal to the enrolled voters throughout
the State. The FIRST speech he II dowr
for will he at jamestown next Saturday
night. Calder Is already on a stamping
our
Calder At Work Two Years.
Bacon managers are stalking a grea'
deal on getting much OF Calder's prom
ised support away from him. RepubIi.
cans have spoken OF Calder as 9Th.
t~uttonhole candidate" Calder. starting
in two years ago by himself, has button.
holed Republicans all across the state
from Brooklyn to buffalo to vote FOL
him his fall for United States senator
The calder people believe these prom
Uses are TO be kept. The Bacon people
on the other hand insist that this method
of campaigning for such IN ONCE al
United states Senator has started {
reaction against Calder which is bount
to grow
II all the people pledged to CaldeI
stick there IL no question OF the result
on primary day. Evidence that man!
will be kept was supplied yesterday II
n statement istued by Senator Ogden l.
Mills. In this Senator Mills said tina
while his father. Ogden Mills. WAS on
OF the Bacon committee this would no
interfere with his own advocacy OF MI
Calder's nomination. "Mr. Calder will
receive my loyal and earnest support a
the primaries" said senator Mills.
Meanwhile the national campa!gner
are having n hard time keeping tie!
skirts clear from the night. A evidence o
this. the Hughes Alliance. attached to ma
tiona headquarters. yesterday had TO Is
sue a statement explaining II had no con
nection with an organization called IN
Eastern District Hughes Alliance, whIcl
has Just come out for Calder. THE const!
tuition OF the alliance It said. ''prohibit
II or any Of It's branches or affiliate,
organizations from indors.ng or assistinI
any candidacy save that Of Mr.. Hughc
for J~eaidant