The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-07
SOLDIER VOTE
MAY INCREASE
WHITMAN LOSS
,SchOeneek Is Beaten by
$1,000 as G. o. P. Gets
Rest of Ticket.
GOVERNOR CUT UP STATE
Republicans Refuse to Con-
cede Defeat With 40 of
>7,229 Districts Out.
GOVERNOR CUT UP STATE

Alfred E. Smith has been elected
Governor to succeed Charles s. Whit
man. With only 40 out Of total of
1929 election districts missing in the
entire State Smith was leading by a
plurality of 1881. The same ratio
in the missing districts would give
Smith plurality Of about 10000.
The soldier vote, the size of which
Is variously estimated. will, 1t Is be-
lieved. add anywhere from 5000 to
10000 to the Smith plurality.
Harry c. Walker, the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant-GoveEpor,
was elected over Observation-Disclosures
Edward Schoeneck. With 6Of cleo
ton districts missing Walker was
ahead by $1,000. This will be cut
down when the missing districts
come in.
G. o. p. Wins in Part.
For the offices below Lieutenant
Governor the Republicans elected their
candidates as follows:
Francis NJ. Hugo; Secretary OF State.
Eugene NJ. Travis, Comptroller.
James L. Wells, State Treasurers
Charles d. Newton, Attorney Cen
| eral.
Frank N. williams, State Engineer
and Surveyor.
| All were reflections, with the excep-
| ton of Senator Newton, nominated to
, succeed Attorney y-General Merton l..
Lewis, who had entered the primaries
against Gov. Whitman.
! Although the Democrats would
make no concessions, returns with
something less than 200 election dis
tricts Of 4.606 up State missing showed
| good sized pluralities for all these
| candidates. Mr.. Wells, State Treas
urer, is far ahead OF the others. With
1875 districts missing he has 737,1os
| to 6S1;642 for Jacob G. Cohen. the
Democratic candidate, a plurality Of
55,467.
AS no figures which would indicate
hovs much Of the vote reported was up
State and how much city 1t was hard
to estimate the final pluralities for
the candidates below Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor. Gov Whitman had an average
plurality of something over 54 votes
to an election district up State. But
the vote on other candidates was much
smaller. The indications were that
many Democrats had failed to vote for
candidates below Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Hugo's Plurality Possibly 10000.
Assuming that Hugos up State
plurality, runs 81 to an election dis
trict. for purposes of rough compari-
son, would give him an estimated
plurality on the full vote of 10000.
With 1880 districts missing Bird s.
CoIer the Democratic candidate for
Comptroller. has 735.9S9 votes to 70S,-
S24 for Eugene M. Travis, a plurality
for Coler OF 1884. This Of course
will be turned into plurality for
Travis when the upstate districts
come in.
/. Charles Morschauser, Democratic
candidate for Attorney General, has
721,f64 votes to 72s.57s for Senator
Newton. with 1877 districts still to be
heard from. This is a plurality OF
8,409.
With 1879 districts missing Dwight
B. La Du, Democratic candidate for
State Engineer, has 703.01S votes tC
67S.S50 for Mr.. Williams, a plurality
for La Du of 24,16S.
Gov. Whitman. who had spent most OF
the day at State headquarters receiving
returns, said at the st. Regis last nigh
I that on the basis of the figures he hat