Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-18
Both Parties Tomorrow Will
Choose Candidates for the
November Election.
PROGRESSIVE SHOWING
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE
Contest Spirited on the Republican
Side for Governor and United
States Senator.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, September IS.--
Tomorrow the voters of the state
of New York who voted in the
fall elections of a year ago, and
are therefore enrolled, will choose
the men who are to stand in the
elections of next November as
candidates of the respective politi-
cal parties for governor, United
States senator, representatives in
Congress and members of the
state legislature.
The official enrolment shows 73s,S31
republicans, 651.S53 democrats and 49,
20S progressives on the lists. There
are also 29,325 socialists. 20.5S4 prohi-
bitionists, s,494 independents and LII
American party voters.
A significant feature of these figures
is the showing of the progressive en-
rollment. In 1912 the progressive vote
as cast for Roosevelt, and which, of
390.921. The combined Taft and Roose-
welt vote was S45,449 and the Wilson
vote was 655,475. In the gubernatorial
elections of 1914 the democratic vote
was 412,253, and the republican, $685.
701, while 7O,655 went to Sulzer, who
was running independently.
Progressive Ranks Depleted.
So it appears that there are only
$4,000 progressives still holding to
their party utilization in the state. The
remainder Of the $4,000 who voted for
Roosevelt have returned to the old
the republican party claimed the great
mass of them In tomorrow's pri-
maries the voters will have to vote as
they are enrolled. but in the election
in November they will not be so bound,
but can vote without respect to their
party designation in the enrolment.
~,Gov. Whitman, republican incumbent,
is candidate for denomination, and
is also seeking nomination by the pro-
gressives He is being opposed in his
Judge Samuel Seabury is unopposed
for the democratic nomination for gov
ernor and he also is asking for sup
port of the progressives.
been considered hostile to Gov. Whit
man and friendly to Judge Seabury. and
to such an extent as to cause apprehen-
sion to the governors friends that the
progressives might vote the demo-
cratic gubernatorial ticket in Novem-
ber There was deemed sufficient
ground for fear to cause Col Roose-
welt to issue formal statement, call
ing upon his fellow progressives to
support whitman as against Seabury on
ha hat % G a
vote for President Wilson, and the re-
election of President Wilson. according
to the colonel, would be a grave ma
tiona1 calamity
Contest for q. S. Senatorship.
The contest for the United States sem
atorship nomination is very keen on the
republican side. Former Representative
William NJ Calder of Brooklyn was
slated for the senatorship nomination by
the organization. and no one was con-
testing the general understanding until
very recently, when the so-called high
brow" element in the party. as differen-
tiated from the machine concluded
that as a republican victory seems as
sured Mr.. Calder was not senatorial
timber for the Empire state, so they put
up former Assistant Secretary of State
Robert Bacon TO run.
1t ia strightout fight between the
machine and the independent republi-
cans, with such men as Elihu Root, Mr..
Choate and the bigwigs of the bar as
sociation for Bacon and the organiza-
tion for Calder.
On the Democratic Side.
On the democratic side William F.
McCombs. former democratic national
chairman and the man who conducted
President Wilson's fight for the nomi-
nation at Baltimore, is the candidate
of the organization, while Thomas F.
Conway is opposing him. Mr.. McCombs
has the support of Charles F. Murphy,
and the politicians realize a sense of
grim humor in the Tammany boss Sc
lection of Mr.. McCombs, in view of the
widespread belief that it was not ac-
ceptable to the White House. as the
public generally accepts the report that
Mr.. McCombs has been dropped by the
administration, whether it be true or
not.
MIR McCombs will loyalty support
President Wilson, however. when nomi-
mated as candidate for senator as it
Is conceded he will be. He will make
a whirlwind campaign. and will utilize
all the experience he gained in con-
ducting the Wilson national campaign
four wears ago and the pre- e-nomination
fight for the President.