The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-04
WHITMAN BEATS
LEWIS BY VOTE
OF ABOUT 2 TOT
Smith Wins With Appar
emily Eight Times More
Votes Than Osborn.
SCHOENECK LANDS AGAIN
Organization Sends Charles ID.
Newton Ahead of A. +.
Becker in Primary.
] SCHOENECK LANDS AGAIN

Gov. Charles s. whitman was re-
nominated in the Republican primaries
Yesterday by vote OF better than two
to one.
Alfred E. Smith. President Of the
Board OF Aldermen of the City OF New
York, was nominated for Governor in
the Democratic primaries. His vote
will run from eight to ten to one over
that of Mr.. Osborn.
Lieut.-Gov. Edward Schoeneck, al
though handicapped by the criticism Of
mis- loyalty. was renominated by the
Republicans over William NJ Bennett
and Seth @. Heacock. Bennett ran
we'll in this city. but Schoeneck beat
him by two to one upstate.
Senator Charles d. Newton, the Whit
man candidate for Attorney-Gene
won. although Alfred E. Becker. Deputy
Attorney General and oD the Lewis
ticket. gave him a close race in this
city Here the ratio was about five to
four for Newton. Becker apparently
won in Erie. his home county, but in
the remainder OF the State Newton
topped him by two to one.
Travis Defeats Fraser.
, Comptroller Eugene NJ Travis had a
runaway race from his opponents for
the nomination for his present Office on
the Republican ticket. He defeated
Samuel Fraser. the farmer of Geneseo,
by three to one. The vote of John Kis-
sel of brooklyn for that nomination was
negligible.
State Treasurer James L. Wells had
a walkover in the fight for the Republi-
can nomination for that Office Theodore
+. Baylors vote was too small to cause
Mr. Wells any anxiety at any stage.
There were no contests in the Demo-
cratic primaries on the State ticket be-
low the office OF Governor
In 1850 election districts out of 2,067
In New York city the vote was Whitman
46.112 and Lewis 1S,249.
In New York county Whitman won
over Lewis by three to one. In Kings
the ratio was nearly two to one. In
$50 out OF 777 districts the whitman
vote was 20.S5s. and that OF Lewis H.
$50. In these districts Lewis ran about
5000 votes behind Deputy Attorney
General Becker.
The Bronx for whitman.
In The Bronx Whitman won by nearly
four to one. In $50 election districts
out of 267 the vote was, Whitman,
5.s21; Lewis, 1873
In 100 districts out OF 1871 In Queens
Whitman ran better than three to one.
The vote was. Whitman. 2.4s5: Lewis,
7Ss.
President Smith made IT a walk away
in the Democratic sweepstakes in this
city. In some OF the districts he got
twenty votes to every one for Mr.. Os-
born. In 1860 out Of 2.067 districts
smith got 1891 and Osborn S,79l.
In New York county Smith got 37,Ol9,
Osborn 22,0S5 in $50 of the 7s4 election
districts. In 900 OF the III districts in
Kings Smith got 1916 and Osborn 49,
90. One hundred and fifty OF the 1917
districts in The Bronx showed vote OF
1874 for Smith and S7l for Osborn. In
Queens 100 out of 1911 districts give
Smith 11.760 and Osborn 1894.
In Ito election districts out OF 2,O67
in this city Lieut. Gov. Schoeneck got
30,693, Emmett o215s and Heacock
326S.
Bsrnes's Control weakens.
The biggest surprise in the election
was the small vote for Attorney General
Lewis In Albany county, the stronghold
of William Barnes, who more than any
other man was responsible for the en-
trance of Mr.. Lewis into the race. Two
years ago he rolled up a vote of nearly
sixteen to one for Robert Bacon against
United States Senator William l.. Calder
in the Senatorial primaries.
This year It was estimated that Mr..
Barnes would give Lewis a ma jority OF
10000. But the best he could do was
l,500. 1t Is a blow which indicates that
he 81 losing control Of his organization.
=. ais may have been due In q measure
TO the local fight made by County Judge
Arlington for the Supreme Court nomi-
nation against Harold j. Human, who
was the Barnes candidate.
In Onondaga county a bitter fight in
the organization over the attempt OF
Francis Hendricks the veteran leader.
TO discipline Representative Walter w
Magee and nominate Giles ii. Stilwel
cut the Whitman vote down to about
$500. Magee won by $500.
Ward Is Given Jolt.
william l.. Ward, who for years has
held Westchester county in the hollow
~ his hand, received a terrific jolt He
had expected to carry the county for
Lewis but Whitman win have ma
jority of about $500. Whitman carried
AL four cities. Yonkers by 1000. New
Rochelle by $50, Mount Vernon by 600
and White Plains by 100.
Up in Broome county, where ex-Sena-
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