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

chairman. who has managed tho cam
paign from Syracuse. places the Smitl
| plurality in New York city at 263,00O
| which IL much less than the Tamman,
, enthusiasts have been claiming. He ther
turned around and In order TO elect hi'
| candidate cuts the Whitman plurality
MP State TO a misery little 1O4, 900.
The enrolment Of the Prohibition
party H. nearly $4,000. GOV. Whitman
won the nomination of the party in the
primaries. He should get the bulk of tina
vote, although there has been past houi
attempt to cut II away from him.
In New York county Samuel =. KoeniG
asserts that the Smith plurality VIII bt
held down to 10000. No figures were
given out by Tammany Hall In Brook
Ign the Democrats are claiming 4O,OOC
for Smith, while the Republicans declare
they will hold the Democratic pluralit,
below 10000.
The Republicans expect to hold thu
Congress seats they now have in New
York city and add the Third and Twenty.
first In the former John MscCrate, pSe-
publican, won the Democratic nomina'
ton as well as that OF his own party IN
the primaries. This was due TO split
among the Democrats. They have come
together again. however. and are support
ing Michael Fogarty, who they put on
the ballot by petition as an "tndepend-
emit"
Reports received BY THE Sun from al
parts of the State show that the infiu-
enza epidemic has slowed down the cam
paign everywhere. In splice of the fact
that the Democrats are claiming wide
spread disaffection against Gov. Whit
man it would appear that the only place
In which the Republicans are not pulling
together Is in Broome county. Here for
mer Senator Harvey d. Human
friends 1t Is reported. have not been eX-
erting themselves either for Gov. Whit
man or Senator William H. Hill, who is
running for Congress. Hill took the or
ganization machinery away from the
Hinmanites at the primaries.
Conrad F.. Wettlaufer Republican
chairman OF Erie county. says that Gov.
Whitman will carry it by $4,000 or 30.-
COO and that the Republicans will return
their six out OF eight Assemblymen and
two out of three Senators. Mrs. Frank
A. Abbott. chairman of the woman suf-
frage party in Erie. thinks the prohibit
ton issue will cause the bulk of the
women voters to support the Governor.
Unprecedented estimates in Monroe
county give 1t to Whitman by 10000.
Republican leaders say that Democrats
will cut Smith because of the Tammany
Issue and that the women will vote for
Whitman because of the prohibition
issue.
In OnOndaRa County.
THE SIN gets this report from SYRIA
cuse. where the prohibition question is
playing a considerable figure:
'While Republican leaders claim whit
man will carry Onondaga county by n
larger plurality than ever before, and
Democrats maintain Mr.. Smith will get
a record vote, the truth is both parties
are badly up in the air" over the wom-
ems vote. Although politicians OF both
parties say the women are with them
the fact that a very small percentage of
the 1000 who registered took the trou-
Bile to enroll leaves the leaders at sea.
Every indication points to n normal
Republican vote and in that case Whit
man will carry the county by between
10000 and $4,000. This is made all the
moro probable by President Wilson's re-
cent appeal for tho election of a Demo-
cratic Congress"
The women have disappointed both
sides. At the LEGAL option election in
the spring 10000 registered to vote. Only
1900 qualified themselves to vote in
this election. Democrats hold that this
is unfavorable to the Governors cause
The "wets." who won last spring by
about 10000. and the so-caled sport
ing element are solidly against the Gov
ernor. Republicans hope their loss here
will be met by the detection among the
Democrats because of opposition to Tam
many Hall
This is the report received from Al.
bany county. where William Barnes.
opposed to Gov. Whitman personally. is
working hard for the entire Republican
ticket in order to prevent the Democrats
getting control OF the State:
"A conservative Republican estimate
gives this county to Whitman by 10, 900
Without the women vote Whitman beat
Glynn in Albany county ny 1890. and
Seabury by 9,3Ss. The Democrats con-
by from 10000 TO 10000 William A.
Glenn. chairman OF the Republican
County Committee OF Albany. believes
Whitman will carry the county by at
least $4,000"
The Democrats are hopeful because
OF the recent Republican primary fiEEt
against the Barnes machine led BY
County Judge George Arlington.
"A careful canvass shows an aston
ishing number OF voters changing from
Whitman to Smith" said Patrick +.
is popular with his supporters. while
Whitmans friends are apologizing for
him. A prohibition propaganda is being
prosecuted from the pulpits OF the
churches in the country towns. The
canvass shows that Smith will carry
the cities of Cohoes and Watervliet ami
will make great inroads into the Re-
publican organization vote elsewhere"
On the Southern Tier.
In the southern tier the ngh,s Of tho
Thirty-fourth. or Binghamton, and the
Thirty-seventh, or Elmira. Congress
districts has more or less oversha dowed
the Gubernatorial fight In Cpmung
1t is reported that the fight between
Whitman and Smith is close. but the
Governor carried II by only 1000 two
years ago. The factional fight among
the Republicans in Broome and the fact
that the Democratic candidate for Lieu
tenant-Governor comes from there will
probably cut down the usual Republican
majority.
II is believed that Senator William
II. lIill, Republican. will he elected to
Congress in the Thirty-fourth district
in spite of the fight made against him.
The betting is that Alanson b Houghton
or Corning will defeat Frederick W.
Palmer brother of 4. Mitchell Palmer
the Federal Alien Property Custodian,
but Palmer expects to cut down the
1000 plurality against him two years
ago.
II Is said that nr. Robert T.. Bush.
former Speaker OF the Assembly, has an
excellent chance of defeating Assembly
man John Richford, an out and out Pro-
hibitionlst with Republican Endorsement,
now sitting in the Assembly from the
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