The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-03


sion to Morris S. Halliday. Republics,
| OF Ithaca. who resigned his seat In u,
Senate from the Forty-frst district to
go into war work.
In Steuben county the Republicans
claim plurality of 10000 for Whitman.
while the Democrats are not willing 70
concede more than 5.0uc. Two ycars
ago Whitman carried 1t by 5000. Al
impartial estimate gives Whitman about
1000 In the county.
Prohibition sentiment is strong 0
Steuben, and particularly among tho
women. This is one of the elements
upon which the Republicans are relying
for the big plurality they expect.
William A. Carson Republican, WI
be returned to the State Senate from tho
Steuben-Yatcs district. steuben will re-
turn two Republican Assemblymcu To
Albany
Reports from Tompkins county arc %
the effect that the Republican organizl-
ton has been spurred to unusual activ-
ity by tho appeal OF the President and
will roll UP at least the usual pluralit,.
although prior to that there was much
apathy. Without tho women, who arc
expected to divide about as the mon do,
TompkinS in past years has given u Re
publican plurality Of from Leon 20 6uo
- y.
Whitman, but that loss viii be more
than made up by the Prohibition vot..
AsSemblyman Casper FCnncr. Rrpuhi.-
can. will be reelected
Conditions in Chautauqua, Cattarlugu=
and Allegany counties which comprise
the Fortythird Congress district, are re
ported as being normal. which means the
usual Republican pluralities ali along the
line. This means the election of q r..
s.t,
and four Assemblymen
jamestown. the country seat of Chan.
tauqua. went dry last spring by three 20
one. Only one city or town in the entire
county is now wet. The prohibition rcnti-
ment is expected to favor Gov Whitman
Whitman strong in Dutch-ss.
From Duchess county comes the r..
port that Whitman will run ahead OF MA
ticket because of his strength among the
women on the prohibition issue. Repub-
leans say his plurality will be 900.
The reelection Of Congressman Edmund
Ptatt In the Dutchess-Orange-P utna''
district and of Senator James Towner ~
the Twenty sixth district IL conceted by
tho Democrats
In Ulster county tire Republican lead
ers say that the Whitman pluraIit..
will be 5000. The Democrats conced"
2.OOo. Because OF the influenza thor
has been little or no campo ign. Charlie.
h. Ward. Republican. will be elected to
Congress in the Twenty-sevcnth district,
and Charles W. Walton. Republican, re-
elected TO the state Senate. Mrs Hattie
u. Michael, Democrat, is making
strong fight for tho Assembly. but tho
reelection Of Assemblyman joel Brink IL
assured.
From Clinton county comes the repo,:
that Democratic leaders are doing nnt'r-
Ing for Smith. II am out of politics
Tor this year" one of them is quoted q,
saying. and am devotlng my time to the
practice of law" One Of the men WHO is
making pretence OF holding the orCaui-
cation together predicted that Smith
would carry Plattsburg and that tho
Whitman majority In the county would
not be more than 500. On the otter
hand, Wallace +. Pierce, active head OF
the Republican organization, asserts that
with light vote Whitman will get 4
plurality of 1000. The women in the
county are much stirred UP over tho
prohibition issue and will vote for Whit.
man strongly. out of Il registration of
$4,000 it is not believed that more than
10000 votes will be polled.
Conditions In Essex county are said to
be much they are in Clinton. Whit
mans plurality there is placed a not less
than 5000.
The Republicans will elect their candi-
Assembly In the Northern Tier.