New-York tribune., 1918-10-22
Whitman to Make
Four Speeches in
N.Y.City Tonight
Chairman Glynn Says Cam
paign Will Speed Up From
To-day Until Election
Warning to Negroes
Democrats Are Trying to Cut
Down Republican Vote
With Socialist Lure

With the Liberty Loan drive out of
the way. George A. Glynn, chairman of
the Republican State Committee, said
last night that politics would be
speeded up for the remainder of the
period between now and election day.
Governor Whitman went to Albany
last night to dispose of a mass of rou-
tine office work that has piled up dur
ing the last week, and he will return
tomorrow to make four campaign
speeches in this city," said the state
chairman. "The work of electng the
Republican state ticket is now the job
in sight and it will be accomplished
AL Smiths attempt to create political
capital out of the action of the health
authorities in Hornel refusing their
assent to his campaign meeting has
tallen fiat. The epidemic in Horneli is
severe and no public gatherings are be-
ing held. Residents there will not take
kindly to Mr.. Smiths suggestion that
thnv are irving to fool the people"
lhereglstration figures from points
around the state where personal regis
tratlon Is required convinced the Re-
pup lcan managers that despite the
epidemic there viii be a large vote.
Whitmans Speeches Tonight
The reports received yesterday also
indicate that the registration increase
Is IN the Republican wards in the
various cities and villages.
Governor Whitman will speak to-
night in this city as follows:
Carleton Hall. l0S West 10Th C4roo+
S:45. ~ .
Lexington Hall, 10s East 10th Street,
9:15.
Yorkvile Casino, 21O East Eighty
sixth Street, 9:45.
Stuyyesant Casino, 142 Second Ave
rue, 10:15.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, Recorder of
Deeds IN Washington in the Taft ad-
mlhlstration, in commenting yesterday
on the situation in the 21st District.
where John A. Bo les is the Republi-
can candidate against Representative
Donovan, said that the Socialists are
making hard drive among the negroes
to draw Republican votes away fr~m
Bolles. A negro Socialist named Will
lam Frazer Miller is running ostensibly
against both Bol'es and Donovan. but
IT. looks like a Tammany game to cut
down the Republican vote, Mr.. Johnson
said
"Miller's people have twenty or
thirty West Indian negroes who are
visiting every flat telling negro Re-
publican mon and wcm II voters what
tine thing Socialism will be. once we
get it," continued Mr.. johnson.
Negroes Are Warned
mo Democrat can make an effec-
tive argument in favor of q negro yot-
ing the Democratic ticket A Demo
crat does not come to the negro voters
with clean hands. and every negro
knows it. The Republican negroes
ought to be especially careful with
their votes for Congressman. One
hundred and twenty-six Democratic
congressman are elected from districts
reaching from Virginia to Oklahoma
and lying south of line drawn be-
tween those points. Everv such Rep
resentative when he reaches Congress
is an echo Of the voice of Tom Hef-
lin, ard the Democratic caucus really
delivers his vote.
"If Donovan is elected Congressman
he will do rs his Southern Democratic
collea@ues direct. and ne knows it.
The only hope of betterment in the
conditions of the franchise in the
Southern states lies in the election of
Republican House. The Democrats
stand like & wall for the repression