New-York tribune., 1918-08-28
Whitman Is Told
He Will Win Every
County but Albany
Governor Goes to Roches-
ter, Fully Satisfied With
Republican Situation

Governor Whitman, after making
brief talks at five district clubhouses
on Monday night, got away early yes
terday morning for Rochester. where
he was scheduled to address this
State Federation Of Labor. After d
conference with County Chairman Koc-
mig, W. w Cocks, his campaign mana
ger; Public Service Commissioner
Kracke and others, the Governor went
away satisfied the. The Republican sit
uation. so far as it affected his pros
poets in the primary next Tuesday, was
eminently satisfactory.
His lieutenants told him that, tax
ing the state as a whole, the Republ1
cans, who have an enrolment of 1,118,
986, would poll about 100000 votes in
the primaries, and of this aggregat.
they allow Attorney General Lewis
100000. If the primary vote is under
100000 they estimate that the Lewis
vote will be proportionately lower
Chairman Cocks told the Governor he
He believes Kings will be close but
thinks the Governor will carry it.
The Whitman leaders do not discuss
the prospects of Lieutenant Governor
Schoeneck much, but they figure he
will win over Heacock and Bennett by
comfortable margin. They also figure
that Senator Charles D. Newton, of
Geneseo, candidate for Attorney Gen
eral against Deputy Attorney General
Alfred l.. Becker, will win, but they
admit the work that Mr. Becker has
been doing in uncovering German prop
aganda is going to give him strong
vote in New York.
Controller Travis is conceded to be
sure winner against Samuel Fraser,
the farmer candidate, and John Kissel,
of Brooklyn.
Governor Whitman while in town
would not talk for publication either
about his own prospects, the subway
situation or the petition of the pro-
hibition women, headed by Mrs. Aida
Dobbin. He was informed on all sides
that the Democrats were preparing,
after the primaries, to make the han
ding of the New York City subway and
prohibition the leading issues in this
city. The Whitman men say the pro-
hibition issue will cut both ways. and
that if the Democrats make it the lead
ing issue they will meet them.
Two documents were contributed to
contemporary political history yester-
day by the Lewis faction. One was
Attorney General Lewis's, protesting
&, against speech made by Charles H.
|
District, after Mr.. Lewis had spoken
at Mr.. Griffiths's organization clubhouse
at $50 West 18th Street, Monday
night. The second was by Elon r.
Brown, Republican leader of the State
Senate. Senator Browns statement
was bitter attack on the Governor,
which ended by calling up Republicans
te vote for Lewis in the primaries next
Tuesday.
an view of my knowledge of state
affairs" said Senator Brown, ~ feel
state to make a statement of my rea-
sons for opposing the denomination #
Governor Whitman and favoring the
nomination of Attorney General Lewis.
Governor Whitman has been the weak
est Governor in financial matters ]
ever saw at Albany. The last appro-
priatioas of s81 100000 were made
without any consultations between the
Governor and the financial chairmen
of the two houses, or the Governor
and the leader Of the Senate.
"Fundamental economies are impos-
sble under such conditions, no matter
how honest and capable the two houses
or the chairmen may be.
"The Governor never shapes his own
policy to harmonize with his political
policy. More rum has been consumed
and dispensed in the executive man
sion during the last four years than in
twenty years before, but the Governor
is in alliance with Anderson, of the
Anti-Saloon League, for temperance
and prohibition To play the game with
his allies he pretends to believe with
them that local option should prevail
according to the majority vote, but Fed
eral prohibition cannot safely be left
to the popular vote of the state"
Mr. Lewiss protest against Leader
Grifiith's speech took the form of a
letter to the leader Of the 11th, and
. read in part:
~ understand that after l left your
meeting last night instructions were
issued to the district captains that
they were morally bound to support
Governor Whitman for denomination
that unless they could do so cheer
FUZZY and heartily it was their duty tc
resign as district captains and allow
, successors to be named
81 thought I made the subject per
e fectly clear in my speech when I sale
h that the spirit and letter of the pri
= mary law gave to all Republicans the
4 right to exercise their individual judg
G ment in determining for whom the,
I should vote at the primary election.
feel that the instructions which were
given last night after l left the meet
ing are unjust and unwarranted; tha
they are in violation of the spirit o.
the primary law"