New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
|Glynn Predicts
Whitman Will Win
AsCampaign Opens
Governor to Start His Tour
Tomorrow and Speak
Here Tuesday
Issues Are Clear Cut
State Chairman Says Republi.
cans Will Retain Their Ma
jority in the Legislature

George A. Glynn, chairman of the
Republican State Committee, said last
night in the Republican Club that the
Republican campaign would start to-
morrow.
"There will be no political meetings
In places where there is any possibility
OF spreading the prevailing influenza.
Meetings will be held wherever they
can be arranged without endangering
the health and lives of the people,"
said MIR. Glynn. Continuing, he said:
"The Republican state ticket will be
elected by decisive vote. There is no
question as to the outcome. A Repub-
lican Legislature will be returned to
Albany The Republicans will rcturn
their present number Of Representa-
tives in Congress and make gains in a
few districts.
There has been a shifting in the
rosy pen pictures of the Democrats.
Chairman Kellogg in Syracuse ten days
ago toog the people into his confidence
and told them that Mr.. Smith would
receive $4,000 more votes than Cover
nor Whitman in greater New York.
Now there is another prediction from
Democratic leaders that Mr.. Smith will
lead by 250,000. Tammany Halls
safety clutch will prevent the estimate
going below that figure.
Registration Satisfactory
"The registration in greater New
York is very satisfactory from the Re-
publican point of view. Earlier ad
vices to-day from upstate show that
the Republican registration there will
also be satisfactory, and that the Re-
publican vote in the state will be in
creased greatly.
"Statc issues are defined clearly. The
Republican administration in Albany
has been free from scandal and the at
mosphere which prevailed in the state
government under the Dix. Glynn and
Sulzer administrations.
"Thc Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in 1910 received 689,700 votes.
There followed four years of Democratic
administration, and then the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor in 1914,
running on two tickets. received 537 sos
votes, shrinkage of 1926. This
shrinkage of vote was a stamp Of dis
approval Of the Democratic administra-
tions, a protest against state govern
ment controlled by Tammany Hail.
With the record of Governor Whit
mans administration before them the
1926 voters will not reverse them
selves in 1918.
Analysis Of Whitman Vote
"Gcvcrnor Whitman's vote in 1914
was e36,701, and in 1915 he was the
choice of S50,O20 voters. A prominent
Tammany man asked me day about
Whitman's chances, and then he told
me he had made several bets at 5 to 8
that the Republicans would win"
Supplementing Mr.. Glynn's state
ment, Public Service Commissioner
Kracke, of Brooklyn, predicted that
Governor Whitman would carry Kings
County.
"A lot of people were fooled in the
primary campaign and predicted that
Governor Whitman would lose Kings
County by record vote. They received
big surprise when he carried the
county by 10000. On election night
the Democrats are in for surprise,
in Kings County than Smith. l base
my opinion very largely on the regis
tration, which on analysis gives the
Republican grounds for rosy hopes.
"The woman vote in the recognized
Republican districts is almost equal to
the registration of the men. while in
the Democratic districts the woman
registration is 80 or 40 per cent less
than the men. In the Republican 11th
and 18th districts the woman registra-
tion is only 200 below the men. Repre-
sentatives Rowe and Swift are sure Of
reelection, and John McCrate has a
splendid chance to win in the Green
point district. look to see Dixie and
Faber beat Connolly and Roy for the
Supreme Court in the judicial district"
Chairman Glynn announced that
Governor Whitman would address po-
litical meetings in New York on Tues
day and Friday of this week On Octo-
ber "a he is scheduled to speak in
Yonkers. on the 28th in Schenectady
with Senator Calder, and on the 31st in
Albany and Troy.