New-York tribune., 1918-07-22
Niagara Senator Slated ;.
Succeed Elon R. Brown
as Senate Leader
J. Sloat asset
Also Looks Ahead
Old Time Politician LikeIy
TO Be Opposed to Jane.
w. Wadsworth, Jr.


OF the Senate and will be the ors.r:
zation candidate for Governor M s-a', ~.
Republican ticket in 1920 # the nl.a.
Of his friends go through
Although to the uninjtiated n,.
for two years in advance NAV .a.-
preposterous, it is a fact that ~
grooming of candidates for high nls,..
frequently begins many months bsfo,.
they are finally trotted forth beto,.
the voters.
j. Sloat Fassett, who presided
temporary chairman at the RenubIi
can convention, his nrst political an.
pearance in years. has also laid ii,
plans two years ahead. Fassett Who
ran for Governor against Roswell
Flower in 1891, is being put forward
to oppose United States Senator
James W. Wadsworth. jr., in the la2o
primaries.
At the Saratoga convention many
wondered why Fassett should he
called upon to make the keynote
speech. Whitman men admitted YES.
terday that it was for the purpose Of
giving him a start in his 1920 drive
against Senator Wadsworth.
thompson, who has been talked Of
frequently for Governor since his in.
vestigation of traction conditions in
this city, although out for Whitman
Tor denomination, cannot be charac
terlzed as Whitman man. In the
Legislature he has fought Governor
Whitman as often as he has fought
the Barnes Brown faction.
Thompson is the logical successor to
Elon r. Bl own, who has announced ne
VIII not be candidate for reelection
Until the signing of the round robin
by George A. Hendricks, Of Syracuse,
asking Colonel Roosevelt to be a candi-
date, the Whitman people, who will con.
troll the next Legislature if the Gov
ernor is reelected were wondering how
they could get out of supporting Sen
ator j. Henry Walters for the leader
ship of the Senate Hendricks wanted
Walters. But Thompson. whose caustie
and ready tongue has earned for hin
the sobriquet of "The Wasp insisted
that he would be candidate.
This put the Whitman people in an
unpleasant situation. They did not
want to offend Hendricks by rejecting
Walters, and they did not relish tie
thought OF having Thompson in the
Senate as an enemy. They were wait
ing for something to happen. and the
something happened when Hendricks
signed the round robin.
The Whitman people intend to make
a fight on Thaddeus {. ;Iweet to try TO
wrest from him the Speakership of the
Assembly. One of them last night said
that would be easy, as the Assembly
broke away from Sweet IN the closing
days of the Legislature Sweet was
also signer of the round robin.
Two men are being tafked of for the
Speakership-Assemblyman Joseph Nc
Chimes. of ChautauQua County. and As
semblyman LOUIS Martin, of Oneida.
Martin conducted the fight for the Gov
ernor for the peal OF the township
school law, one OF the measures which
made the Governor unpopular with the
farmers. The anti-W Whitmantes in the
! Leg stature tried hard 20 keep the law
on the books, but were outman9uvred.
There will also be a fight for the
floor leadership of the assembly
/ Simon L. Adler. of Rochester. who has
held it since Harold ]. Hinmar re-
tired to become Assistant State At
torney General. will be elected 10 the
Senate. this year in place Of G'org'
F. Argetsinger. who is engaged IN
Red Cross work Schuyler N. Meyer
of New York. one OF the Oldest OF the
New York Republican contingent. Is
being talked OF for the floor leader
ship.
There viii be several new faces IN
the legislature next fall. Fights are Oh
in several districts. and many na~
answered the call to the colors.. Sen
ator Morris S. Halliday, 'ot ITHACA
joined the colors when war was Qs.
clared. His successor is likely to 9s ..
Seymour Lawman. chairman o. tAs
Chemung County Republican COMMIT
tee. Courtlandt Nicoll, who ~@
elected to fill out the unezpired tern
Of Senator Ogden L. Mills, VINO va, va,
commissioned major IN the hl,.
weeks of the war. a few weeks SEs
followed the example Of his nredecss
sor and joined the colors. There ~ Si'
several candidates for Captain NicoN'
place.
In Essex county. which has bss'
carried in Senator James A hmersea33
vest pocket when It was not t9's, =,
away in one OF the pockets OF ~ ~
brother Lou, Is having hgnt Oh ~
hands. Assemblyman RAYMOND hsS
yon is fighting for Emerson Os,,.' IT,.
Kenyon was consistently WIN 'he w., .s.
in the last session, while EmersoA, ~
first an out and out wet and .Isg. .sT
switched to the drvs when praclcan:.,
every enrolled Republican IN MS g:S a.
trict telegraphed a protest 10 ~ ~.
against his wet stand Emerson ~ II,
also been an anti surragist, ana ~
women are helping Kenyon IN his N..s
to succeed Senator Elon r brOS-
notably Frank N. Kenyon. deputy =
perintendent of banks. and eX-JSS..
Fred Pitcher. both Of Jefferson CO..
" Brown withdrew from ne 10 T.,
for fear of the woman vote. he
been consistently anti-suffrage:
though he has had the .epu'atlo't -
being a reactionary. he also mas -
the reputation Of being the olgfi.
figure in the Legislature in the -
few years ~
It was the unanimous opinion Of
associates that he had keener se. -,
edge of the intricacies OF leglsss.g
procedure than any man who mad ~, -,
the leadership of the Senate in res'
wears Coupled with this. ne hsa
his command an eloquence whics
would turn at times on his oppOAS
in p whitening blast. ,.-s.
Many Of the new faces IN the lssr as,rs
lature Will be due 10 local fights W; W
the Governorship The Whitman 'y'S .ass
arc exerting al their STRENGTH ID e'
local fights. For one thing,. thefy hefyss
playing for control OF the New -, Il,
delegation TO the national conyen..n .n
All of Governor Whitman's bacSeH ID
Of the opinion that Colonel Roos'
viii decline to enter the primalrlssss r.
The Governor win omen h,s hehs
denomination tonight n NaTeasi,
Hall, Yonkers. The Governors II IL =.
say that in his campaien he WIZ suas
L snr renvSF 4