New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
WHITMAN WINS
BY BIG PLURALITY
was expected. Wilson was expected II
carry Corning. He lost it.
Anti-War Vote A MYTH
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was expected. wilson was expected TO
carry Corning. He lost it.
Anti-War Vote a Myth
Another delusion OF the campaign
which seems to have been shot to
pieces was the mythical vote upstate
Mr.. Wilson was to get because abe kept
us out Of war" The Swedes In James
town were supposed to have been af-
fectcd by this. jamestown gave Mr..
Hughes 1926 votes, Mr.. Wilson 1885.
President Wilson had the honor of
carrying very few upstate towns,
notably Auburn, the home Of Thomas
Mott Osborne, and Troy, which seldom
fails to go Democratic. The only large
city of the state where the Wilson
Hughes race was at all close was Utica.
One Of the surprisingly large Repub-
lican pluralities is reported from West.
chester, which Hughes carried by
10000, Calder by nearly 10000 and
Whitman by 1000.
Whitman's First Victory
When Mr.. Whitman was elected Gov
ernor in 1914 he carried all Of the up
state counties except Hamilton. which
had q special reason for favoring Mar
tin II. Glynn, Of Albany. For an of
year his majority against q popular up
state Democrat was very large, and was
regarded by the political experts a.
genuine evidence that the Republican
party could come back and had come
back.
Mr.. Whitman received that year $685.
701 votes. For comparison with this
years vote. however. there should be
added the votes received by the Pro-
gressive candidate for Governor, Fred
orick NJ. $50 votes. The
Republican Progressive total in 1914
was 732,287.
On the Democratic ticket Mr.. Glynn
received 4l2,253 votes, and as the can
didate Of the independence League 1885,
252 votes, the Democrat-Inde 20
League total being 537,505. The net
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plurality was
1912.
Got Start on Seabury
This year Mr.. Whitman started of
with the nomination of the Progress
sives. in the primaries Of which party
he was victorious over Judge Seabury,
and also with the nomination OF the In
dependence League.
II was a very great shock to some OF
the Democratic managers, who had been
told at the Saratoga conference by Mr..
Seabury's non-partissn friends thS. he
was sure to be backed both by the Pro-
gressives and the Independence League.
to find that Mr.. Seabury must make the
run upstate with only the Tammany
hallmark upon him.
II is interesting to note here for
purposes OF comparison how Mr.. Whit
man ran in certain sore spots up the
state this year. The bitterest feeling
against him existed In Saratoga County.
where Edgar Truman Bracket, one Of
the mighty men of the old school, was
out for the Governors scalp with a
butcher knife in one hand and dirk in
the other.
Another county where the regular
players had no use for Whitman was
Columbia, but the leader there, Lou
Pawn, held them in line for the ticket
In Broome the Human organization
had been roughly treated by the Gov
ernor, but apparently Whitman
looked better to them than Seabury.
Calder Organization Strong
william NJ. Calder, defeated once for
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator by James W. Wads-
worth, jr, showed no signs of bitter
ness, but took off his coat and began to
20 to and fro in the State and to travel
up and down in IL.
II Is undoubtedly true to say that he
knows more people and has a. much
personal popularity among the masses
Of the people a. any ONCE holder OF
this generation.