New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-05
delegates to National Con-
rsotion and Committee
men Parties Choice.
sARNES BEATEN EN-, 49,,
LEADERS DECLARE
..ts Keats Livingston in Kings
prendergast Wins Smart
Victory.

- urinary elections yesterday Of
-. 70 the three party national
.,.;ons and OF members OF the
.ormi,tees swept in all the or
~...,on candidates where there were
p /, a steam roller manner.
s vss nothing 10 indicate in the
- -, m 10 a late hour whether
n.ro, Whitman and Frederick {.
o,- Republican State Chairman
=. hesn knitted by the Barnes forces
~ v,. expected they would be-
-. whitman vote. which might in
s.... the Governors strength for re-
-;,,,ion. was the only feature o. an
..,uise dull election which aroused
- interest in the leaders. They rig
=, long ago on all tho contestants
=, he organization candidates being
.,,silv beaten. The contests were
.o,.,v local and had 10 further sig
,aesnce.
The election OF the new Republican
s...s Committee rivets the defeat Of
william Barnes for reelection TO the
,,aopal committee at Chicago. accord
,e.otbe Whitman-Tan anti-Barnes
,,r,ss. They have claimed that Barnes
,osld no. possibly be reelected since
81. designations Of candidates for the
,,;nsries. State chairman Tanner de-
.l,,sd last night that Barnes would be
bss.sn two 20 one when the delegates
Plsc, a new national committee al chi
ago.
"a. ri-ht that Senator Boies Penrose
=, a recent trip 20 this city sized UP
W. Bsrnes's case with accuracy wien
-Bsrnes is dead and don't know it.
NO one IS worrying about the re-
.-rss." SAID Mr. Tanner last night
-Te all know how II IS gong. The
s-si rsctiona. tgnts are Of little gen
sd importance. Everything IS run
,.-- As smoothly a. II possibly could
The Kracsc and Livingston forces
rssbs5 in Brooklyn. and the Progress
NO wing Of the Republican party IN
"a, borough. represented by the lead
tr,hip Of the Bridge Commissioner,
so1 out. The open defiance OF the
Kracse forces against the Jacob A.
livingston "Old Guard" organization
-6icatpd an entirely new turn IN
sroosyr Republican politics.
lr me only Democratic contest Tor
eega.es 90 the national convention
Ralph Pulitzer and Rowland Miles, the
.-yAniza.on candidates IN the lst
.ongress D.s.~ic-, won nandIy.
Whitman Here to Vote.
Governor Whitman came 10 town to
,o,e. He cast his ballot a little after
o'clock a. ne florist shop, $50 Sixth
Avenue. the polling place near his vot-
inr residence at the -. Regis Hotel.
The Governor marked mis- ballot in less
,aan tao minutes. Public Service
Commissioner Hayward accompanied
hin 10 the polls.
The BROOKLYN contests and the Erie
contests upstate, Tor Republican dls-
TIC; delegates, were purely local lac
tioral Disturbances and had no real
fleet upor the complexion OF the dele
cation % the national convention, &C
cor1ing 20 The leaders While the New
Ybrk Republican delegation will go 70
Chicago unin,tructed. large major
i'y o. ne eighty-seven delegates are
.s.d 70 favor Justice Hughes FOR the
Presidential omiration. Chairman
Tanner IS O Hughes man. and Tor ina,
reason The Barnes crowd are displeased
with him. 4 practically unanimous re.
election as STATE chairman is expected
for VI. Tanner when the new state
committee meets. probably Saturday.
there appears 20 be little support for
Colonel Roosevelt's candidacy in the
IRA state committee. although II IS
believed q good many OF the delegates
would BE willing % throw their sup
por. % Roosevelt II the demand was
strong enough IN the convention.
Republican state leaders are wary OF
Roosevelt and are keenly Interested IN
every move he makes and IN every
statement that lie issues. They may
Sc their sails for Hughes or Root, but
they are not sure but that they may
have % come about on the Roosevelt
eo-rse a. Chicago.
Barnes is considered down and out
politically This state by most Of the
z members Of the state organization.
One q them said yesterday that SEN
s'or Boies Penrose, Of Pennsylvania,
whom ne ne, 80 this city recently, sized
- the Barnes case accurately when he
sad:
Calls Barnes Dead"
bsrnes So dead and don't know u.
The one contest for Democratic dele
7s'es in the Isl Congress District could
'ot alter the solid Wilson support OF
re whole ninety members Of the dele,
eaton. Everything else was cut ana
ared and vent through according 20
schedule. Tne few Progressive con-
Tests for national convention delegates
we're uneyen,ful, and little interest IS
Beng shoHn IN the personnel OF tne
delegation, a. they are expected 70
,mslgsmste with the Republicans al
Chicago.
Although there we're comparatively
is~ votes % count, the returns came IN
.'DSly througfog, Manhattan, Broom
IN ard Inc Bronx In some OF the
itetion districts scarcely q dozen votes
"a been cast during the hrst hour OF
70 after me polls opened al 3 p. m.
4hty closed a. Q ?. m.
L1iepslon Of he polling places 20
ias public school buildings proved mos;
.<itfsctDry. The number OF scho"'
b-.cings utilized FOR the purpose IN
NE c.ty was I72. Herbert /. Holman
snd George W Kessier. u the Hones,t
D<l4Ct ksscci ~ ion Who waited the pOll'