The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-20
Roosevelt's Friend Bacon Wins
Republican NominationOver
William Calder
PROGRESSIVE VOTE
WAS VERY LIGHT
Whitman and Seabury Run
Neck and Neck for Third
Party Endorsement. With
Whitman Reported Leading

New York, Sept 2o.---Returns
from the Statewide primaries as
counted at O'Clock this morning in
dacated the following results:
Governor Charles S. Whitman wins
the Republican nomination over Will
Ham NJ. Bennett: by elk TO Que.
Robert NJ. Bacon. former ambassa-
dor to France. apparently has won
the Republican senatorial nomination
over William NJ. Calder, of Brook
lynn.
Returns from ASS districts out Of
b.179 in the State give Bacon T0,415.
Calder, 1921.
William r. McCombs former De-
mOcratic national chairman has won
the Democratic senatorial nomination
over Thomas f. Conway. McComb s
carries New York city by about 3s. 600
and the upstate returns give him an
additional 10000.
Judge Samuel Seabury was unop-
posed for the Democratic nomination
for Governor
The Whitman Sea bury contest for
the Progressive vote resulted In a
very close vote with The result that
Whitman had won by narrow mar
gin The vote was exceedingly light.
The men are running even above the
bTonS ana intS city apparently gives
Whitman a lead OF 3,fQo.
Eugene Nj Travis won the Repuh-
lican nomination for State comptroller
by a decisive majority over James +.
Hooker
Based upon the returns received up
10 A. NJ the ma krities received by
the various contestants when the en-
tire vote ~ counted viii be about as
follows:
For Governor Republican: Whit
man below the Bronx with four-fifths
OF city vote counted runs ahead OF
Bennett 5o.3a5
whitman above the Bronx with
one-fourth of the vote counted runs
ahead OF Bennett 157,7oS.
Incomplete Returns
Based upon the returns received up
TO midnight the majority received by
the various candidates will be about
: as follows
For Governor-Re puhlican---whit-
man below the Bronx with one NTH
of the city vote counted. runs ahead
OF Bennett $3.50.
whitman above the Bronx with one
seventh OF the vote counted. runs
ahead Of Bennett 1851.
For or--Democratic-No op-
position to seabury. whose vote will
not b counted until tomorrow
For or-Progressive--Whi hit
man below the Bronx. with one fourth
of the city vote counted runs ahead
Of scabury 3.iss.
Seahury above the Bronx. with one
ninth Of the vote counted. runs ahead
OF whitman ~.
For Senator-Re publican-Caider be-
low the Bronx with one-fourth Of the
vote counted. runs ahead or Bacon as
so.
Calder above the Bronx with one
seventh OF the vote counted. runs
ahead Of Bacon AHA.
For Senator-Dem ocratio--McComb BIS
below the Bronx with ona-sixth OF
the votes counted runs ahead OF Con-
way 3s.l34.
McCombs above the Bronx with one
eiGhth Of the votes counted, runs ahead
OF Conway $685..
Albany county returns indicated
early in tho evening the way the Re-
publican contest Off the gubernatorial
nomination was going. This county
with thirty-nine districts heard from
save Governor Whitman 3.sss. and
Bennett as.
bacon rsostvsd $500. and Calder.
Baoon's lead over Calder. however,
WAs out down in the vote from other
counties, though It was much heavier
tlaen was expected.
The greatest interest centsred in the
contest for the Progressive vote
throughout the State. Early returns
showed such a light Progressive bal
lot that politicians found it diflcult
to guage the sentiment of the Moos-
err, though the Bacon showing was
. taken to indicate that Colonel Roose-
velt's last minute endorsement Of the
former ambassador had swung many
a. "a