The sun., 1918-11-06
NECK AND NECK RACE
FOR GOVERNORSHPI
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and Senator Robert r. wagner and
Richard p. Lydon. Democratic, TO the
supreme Court bench IN the First dis
tftce With only q small part OF the cleo
ton districts In Wagner and Lydon were
running from 20 4 to 1 ahead of JUS
tice Nathan Ottinger and A. Parker
Nevin, the Republican candidates for the
second and third places.
Jacob Hillquit. one Of the Socialist
candidates, got less than ono vote TO
every twenty for Wagner and Lydon.
Fannie Horowitz and Nicholas Aleini-
HON, the other Socialist candidates. ran
far behind fIillouit.
Chemung was n great disappointment
20 the Democrats. where they thought
In one-third of the districts Whitman
polled 2.5s2 to 2.s14 for Smith, indicat-
ing Whitman plurality of some 5000.
Schoharic, which for years has been
the one consistent Democratic county
UP State, swung into the Republican
column. Win one-half tho districts ac-
counted for whitman had plurality Of
600 over Smith.
onno r, sfersema. Republican, won
over William X. Walsh. Democrat, for
Si5erin Of Richmond. 10"
One OF the surprises In Manhattan
was that Smith carried tho Twenty
third Assembly district. generally con-
sidered one of the strongest Republican
districts In the county. The district COM
plete showed n plurality OF 2.417 for
Smith. Assemblymen Ellis A. Bates,
Republican. carried the district by 1900
In the Second judicial district the
Democrats were also easily successful.
They are Robert II. Roy and Maurice
Connolly.
Cox, Democratic candidate for County
Clerk OF Queens, had n safe plurality
over Clara A Rodger, Republican.
AZ has been anticipated the Republi.
can vote in onondaga county showed
the effects of the fractional fight In the
organization there. Whitman carried
Syracuse by only 1887, ana the county
by only 5000. onondaga should havs
shown n plurality for the Republican
ticket of from 1900 to $4,000. The In.
side estimate based on the trouble wa,
that 1000 or 5000 would be good, but
none thought II would fall to 5000.
Heut-Gov. Schoeneck ran behind
Whitman In Syracuse. but Harry c
Walker. the Democratic candidate 70,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT fell behind Smith
by four times as many votes. The vot,
was Whitman BLISS; Smith 1851
schoeneck so,7s1 Walker 1s.los.
Hendricks May Take CHARGE,
Reports from Syracuse are 70 IN,
effect that Francis Hendricks, the vete
ran leader OF Onondaga who went int
retirement whom he failed to defea
Representative Walter W. NaKee 10
denomination In the primaries, might b,
asked to again assume the reins OF con
troll. s.
Although the city of Rochester di,
not give Whitman larger plural.t,
than It did two years ago. when tn,
women were not voting, his plurality Il
Monroe county. was 1857. This va
10000 less than promised by Qoorxe w
Aldrfdge. the Republican leader.
Albany county gave Gov Whitman ,
plurality Of about 10000. which wa
much less than a normal Repub,ica,
plurality. However. II was larger thai
William Barnes. the leader. had hope
TO get. Although in the last two week
ne has been working hard for the Gov
crnor he could not overcome the opposd
tion to him that he had instilled in hi
followers for three years
Westchester county came through Wit
a plurality OF about 10000 for Go,
Whitman. about the same as two year
ngo. when the women were not votins
Although William: L. Ward, the ieadei
has been supporting the Governor sine
the primaries he could not eradicate th
effect OF his opposition to the renomina
ton OF the Governor.
Returns on the remainder of the Sta,
ticket had not been tabulated at an earl
hour this morning. but It was considere
possible that Eugene VI. Travis, Repuh
lican candidate for State comptrollt,
might have fair chance OF reelection, a
no mad the Endorsement Of the Prohib!
lion party. Chances seemed to favor tn
IfH'"""-"'ic candidates for the othe
state Offices.