The evening world., 1916-04-05

there appears 10 be a sign OF Roose-
Whitman coalition ror the next
state campaiCn--'ho Whitman forces
20 back Roosevelt I'm tho chicago con.
vcU.iun and the old BuiI Mou7" and
ati-Barncs eiemen' g. gct behind
Whitman TO denomination and re-
election.
Tho mos, decisive defeat admins
tered TO the Whitman forces occurred
in BnEhhmton, wu,gc state Excise
Commissioner George Green, the
Whitman leader. was Ousted from con.
troll Of the County Committee by for
meE state Senator Harvey d. Hinman.
Republican leaders say the primaries
had no effect on Whitman's chances
OF denomination, except In that ~
there really was conspiracy amunx
the Barnes leaders TO cut down the
whitman vote 1t proved aDortive.
Nhat appeared to DO "A whitman
defeat In saratoga county was turned
into tue stmolance OF victory by ad-
diuOnu returns to-day These indi-
cate that former Senator E>dgar T.
lBraCk"tt, the sworn foe OF the Gov
crnpr, failed in his desperate attempt
to regain control Of the county. Ali
the hgures coming In to-day show
stoady gains for senator George n.
whitney, whitman man, and
BraCkctts opponent.
There are lew changes In the Dem
oCratiC state Committee, chosen yes-
terday. fOr the iirst time in many
years statewide harmony reigns in
the Democratic party. There wero
few contests over delegates to the
National Convention, the most i'm
portant In this district, arising out
OF an attempt on the part OF Maurice
Connolly, the Queens leader. TO have
hand In naming delegates from tho
First Congress District, a part OF
/ which lies In Queens.
! COnnelly's candidates, RIcha ri
| Ncwcombe and Dayton Hedges, were
beaten by Ralph Pulitzer and Row
| land Miles. who wCro designated by
the organization in Nassau and Suf-
folk Counties.
Frederick c. Tanner. Chairman OF
the Republican state Committee, to-
day called a meeting OF the members
OF the committee elected ut yester.
days primaries. to be held Saturday
noon at tho Republican headquartert
In this city. The committee will or.
ganizc and II In understood there |,
no opposition to MIR. Tanners re-elec,
tiOn as Chairman.
Dispatches from Albany state tina
whitman lieutCnlnts arc laying plani
70 reorganlzo the State COMMITTEE
Tho Governors aides are busily col
Letting the returns from all parts q
the state and subJCcting them to
careful analysis. In Erie County
where Fred urciner. a Whitman man
, elected his county chairman by H.,
900 votes, tho old Barnes maChin
crowd elected the delegates to the M
tional Convention.
Tho Indications are Whitman raj
behind the other delegates in Albany
Barnes's home county, where Rarnc
easily elected his Presidential dele
gates. Whitman pollcd more votes ii
tyrncusc than did Senator Elon X
Brown. and also made a good shown,
. IN Rensselaer, County. whore Cor
nelius V. Collins, n strong Whitman
man. regained control OF tho Count,
Organization.
In New York City It is believed tn
Governor ran fairly close to the othe
delegates. Former Senator Edgar I
. Bracket remains In firm control OF IN
Saratoga County organization, whicl
is defeat for Whitman. Anti
; Barnes men insisted to-day Barno
has no chance to be reelected Ma
tional Committeeman.
0 The regular organization had al
easy time in local contests. The bit
terest fight was in the Third Assem-
bly, District OF New York. wher
Paddy sullivan, the last OF the clan
was badly defeated for Tamman,
leadership by Harry Perry, a hal
brother OF Senator Christopher u
sullivan. Paddy sullivan was de
posed as leader some time ago. PER-,
carried twelve OF the fifteen district
that had reported early to-day.
On tho Republican side william NJ
X. Olcott won the State Committe
place from Daniel NJ. Bedell, an,
Charles L. Hcydt, the olcott candi
date. was elected executive membe
OF the County Committee. This is tn
district controlled for years by tn
late Abraham Grubcr.