The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-10
FLAT TEST OFFERED
TO WOMEN VOTERS
Fight for State Senate in 24th
District Will Show Sex
Color in Ballots.
MRS. BREWER CONFIDENT
Whitman Will Rely on
Krackc to Handle His CAM
paign in Brooklyn.

Will the women vote as the men vote
or will they give preference to a candi.
date OF their sex regardless OF party az
citations? The question will be tested
and settled rather conclusively in the
fight for the State Senate in the Twenty
Fourth district. comprising Richmond
and Rockland counties.
There were contests for the nominal
ton in both tho Republican and Demo
cratic parties and the result was not
known until yesterday. Mrs. F. T.
Brewer, for years prominent in the
Woman Suffrage party, wins the Repub-
lean nomination from Mrs. Helen Nc
Kelvey by a majority Of 666. She lives
in New Brighton. Richmond county,
which county she carried by $50. Mrs.
McKelvey, whose home is in Rockland
county, got majority there Of 317. but
It was not enough to pull her through.
on the face Of the returns John A.
lynch defeated Francis L. Leman. the
organization designee, for the Demo-
cratic nomination by about 600 votes.
l.emsn is seriously considering asking
FOR recount in some. IL not all. dis
,ricts Both men live in Richmond
county. Mr.. Lynch is a large real estate
operator in West New Brighton.
Chance for Mrs. Brewer.
The Senate district Is now represented
nv Senator George Cromwell, who won
two years ago over Edward p. Doyle,
the Democratic candidate, by 1888 to
lOs?i. majority of 1904. But Senator
Cromwell has great personal strength in
she district. while Mr.. Doyle was handi-
capped by factional differences. Taking
the Assembly vote Of last year as posi-
bly, fairer basis for estimation. would
show the district Democratic by 3,e41.
That is the difference between the total
Republican and Democratic vote for AS
sembly in the two Richmond districts
end the one Rockland district in favor
Of the Democrats. In Richmond the
Democrats carried the First district by
Is15 to 1885 for the Republicans. The
Second district they captured by 3,S66
votes TO 2.226. Rockland went Republic
can by the narrow margin of 4,309 to
$40.
II the women in the district get in be-
lind Mrs. Brewer she might win in
spite OF the apparent odds against her.
In any case 1t will be fight to be
watched by all who are interested in the
way in which the injection of woman
suffrage into the politics Of the State is
going 10 work out.
81 am going to win." declared Mrs.
Brewer confidently last night II am
Cad to have a chance to show that a
woman can make as good a political
canvass as a man. I went into the
primaries to win and did so without the
use Of any money. l expect to be a
very busy woman from now until cleo
;ion. ! don't want the Republican party
20 have any regret over the fact that 1t
has honored woman for the high office
Of State Senator.
whitman stands by Kracke.
II was reported in Brooklyn yesterday
that Gov Whitman had expressed a de-
fire TO have Public Service Commissioner
J. J. II. Kracke manage HIS campaign
IN Kings county. instead Of Jacob l.. Liv-
ingston. chairman of the executive COM
ni,tee. who supported Attorney General
Lewis 1t is not believed that any at
tsmpt will be made to prevent the re-
election OF Mr.. Livingston at the meet
Ing of the committee for organization
tonight.
With the Prohibition vote in all but
fourteen of the sixty-two counties in the
Safe heard from at Republican State
headquarters yesterday. Gov. Whitman
seemed to have a lead OF Sc over Olin s.
Bishop, the regular designee for Gov
trnor of the party. Whitman lost New
York county by 20 to 40.
Judge Nathan L. Miller. fromerly OF
Ire Court Of Appeals. has been selected
10 make the notification speech to Gov.
Whitman and the other Republican State
candidates at the Republican Club on
Tuesday evening. The time for the meet |
ing Of the State committee for organiza-
lion that day has been changed from
J. NJ TO noon. at the Republican Club.
The Republican county committee will |
meet for organization on Friday at 8
o'clock in Bryant Hall. Samuel S. |
koenig will be reelected chairman.