The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-04
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATION IS GIVEN TO WOMAN Women Vote for First Time in New York at State
 Wide Primary. WHITMAN SCORES
 BIG LANDSLIDE Organization Candidates of Both Parties Most All
 Successful.

New York, Sept. 4.---With women voting for the first time in a state wide primary the organization candi- dates of both parties were almost all successful yesterday. The vote gen. orally was light.
 It was evident that most of those who have expressed a, party prefer ence so early in their political career lined up for the candidates endorsed by the organization. It was pointed out by leaders of the suffrage move ment, however, that a large majority of the new voters have hesitated about aligning themselves with any party and will make their first ap- pearance at the polls at the election in November
 On the face of incomplete returns the victory of Gov. Charles S. Whit man over Attorney General Merton F. Lewis was even more of a land slide than it appeared in earlier re- turns. The figures were: Whitman, POE, ,662; Lewis, 83,59S, in 4,2S2 districts out of 5,782 in the state. Lieut.. Gov. Edward Schoeneck was renominated, defeating former State Senator Will liam M. Bennett by a large majority. In 3,S34 districts the vote was: Schoe- neck, ,627; Bennett, 59,991.
 Alfred l.. Becker, deputy attorney general, who sought the nomination for attorney general, made the best showing of any of the anti-orga niza- ton candidates. He appealed to the Republicans of the state with the en- dorsement of Theodore Roosevelt, as the nemesis of German plotters and , propagandists. While he was defeat ed by Senator Charles D. Newton he carried Erie county by a vote of 13,031 F to 7,454, and Albany county by a vote of 7,945 to 4,2SS The vote from 3,139 districts was: Newton, &, ,305; Becker, 75,654.
 Alfred E. Smith, president of the board of aldermen of New York city, f showed under William Church Osborn for the Democratic gubernatorial ; nomination. In 3,SS1 districts Smith s vote was 17S,3S3 and Osborn's was 23,-
 276. Osborn ran independently with out organized support. The Demo- crats had no other contest for state officer.
 r In the congressional districts 19 Re- D publican, seven Democratic and one Soooalist representatives were renom-
 mated. In the Republican column these included F. H. LaGuardia, 6
 New York city congressman aviator :, who is flying with the American
 forces in Italy, with the rank of cap,
 tain. He received also the Demo , cratic nomination in his district, the n 14th. The Democrats renominated in : clude George R. Lunn, former mayor Il of Schenectady, in the 30th district
 Representative Meyer London was re-
 nominated in the 12th district, New e York city, by the Socialists, who ir s the 2Oth district, New York city. nom
 mated Morris Hillquit, Socialist can Il didate for mayor last fall.
 Frederick c. Tanner, former Repub iican state chairman, received tht = Republican nomination in the 17t1 l. district.
 Two women received a congres
 sonal npmination---Sadie Kost, Re , publican, in the 22nd district, New York city, and in the Second assem
 bly district in Suffolk county Mrs. Id; il B. Sammis was nominated by the Re publicans over Henry Murphy, pres u ent incumbent. She also is the Pro ,t hibition party nominee.
 Eleven were nominatedHby the Dem
 Dcrats.