New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-08
Hughes Plurality 49,
NO. Whitman's 1861
400. Calder's $4,000
pAUROAD MEN
SUPPORT G. o. P.
wany Democratic Centres
Go Republican-Upstate
Nerwhelms Tammany

The State OF New YORK gave these
,la,slities on President, United
States Senator and Governor:
Hughes, $4,000; Calder, 2Sl, 900;
Whitman, 10000.
Mr.. Hughes's upstate plurality
was $4,000, and with less than half
that he could have overcome Will
yu's "below The Bronx" plurality,
which was only 10000.
Mr. Calder's vote in Kings County
vas heavy enough TO more than off,
xt the vote Tammany gave Nc
Combs. which, by the way, was a
lot more than Seabury received. So
Nr. Calder's upstate vote was velvet,
and the net result left him high man
IN the state ticket, with a plurality
Of 2S1, 900.
Mr.. Whitman's net plurality,
greater than that Of Hughes by
5000. was due partly to the knit
rg' Of seabury in New York City
that meant a cool $4,000 for Whit
man-and partly to the fact that the
Whitman majorities upstate were
greater than those Of Hughes.
Hughes Exceeded Whitman
Whitman did not receive more
votes than Hughes. In many In
stances Hughes ran ahead. But IN
almost every county Seabury's vote
was below Wilson's. Many did not
vote on the Office Of Governor.
1t goes without saying, Of course,
that Controller Travis, Attorney
General Woodbury. and other minor
Ulcers on the state ticket are swept
into office. The Legislature of 1916
will be more Republican, if anything,
than last years Legislature.
The small vote which Mr.. Seabury
received in the city of New York
he was slashed 10000 in Manhattan
alone-caused considerable comment.
With a plurality of only 10000 IN
New York City, Mr.. Wilson has lit
tie to thank Tammany for, but ths
Tiger sank his claws much more
deeply into the flesh of the party
candidate for Governor than for
President.
Wilson Gets Two Counties
Apparently Wilson carries only
two upstate counties-Chemung and
Schoharie. Both Seabury and Nc
Combs ran ahead also in Chemung,
which is pretty fair evidence that
Chemung is Democratic.
Although there was a clean Republi-
can sweep in Erie County, even includ-
ing a Republican Congressman IN
heavily Democratic district, the Hughes
majority was Low in comparison TO the
mammoth figures rolled up for Whit
nan in 1914 and in comparison to the
joint Taft Roosevelt vote in 1912.
Very slight inroads were made IN
ether banner Republican cities-Roches-
ter, Syracuse and Albany. On the whole
upstate came through in far better
style than the Republican managers had
hoped.
Labor Votes Independently
Tha, sxiom Of politics concerning the
inpossibilty Of delivering the lapo'
vote was demonstrated again II II II
possible to demonstrate an axiom III
the second railroad centre OF the Oni'eo
States -Bufalo-where lives a railroad
population OF nearly $4,000, 22.ooO oi
which were registered and qualified ''
vo<. the man who denounced th'
Aesnson law Is shameless surrendei
teesived a majority OF 3,737. Buffalo
Is one Of the strongest union LABOR
cities in tho country, and frequently
roes Democratic. 1t now has a Demo
cratic Mayor.
Further demonstration of the impos'
Nolhty Of delivering the labor vote
esns from Rochester. which gave Mr.
Hughes msjorlty Of more than 10000;
'ron Syracuse. which gave him 1000
snd from Albany. which reported b.e46.
rae county Of Steuben. the two cities
:" whieh--Hornell and Corning cast
ohe-third Of the vote and are railroad
'esns. did twice as well for Hughes as
a