The sun., 1918-07-24
ARTHUR BRISBANE
VISITS WHITMAN
Hearst's Principal Editor Is
ClOSeted Half an Hour
With Governor.

Managers for both Gov. Whitman and
Attorney-Gener Lewis were equally
positive yesterday that the mantle OF
Col Theodore Roosevelts political
strength would fall upon the particular
candidate in whom each was interested
William w Cocks for Gov. Whitman
and Senator Theodore Douglas Robin
son for Mr.. Lewis both issued state
ments.
Gov. whitman left the st. Regis Hotel
with his military secretary yesterday
afternoon and started for Albany by
| automobile. Before the Governor de-
parted he set the gossips to work by
having conference for half an hour
with Arthur Brisbane. chief editorial
| writer for William Randolph Hearst
Mr.. Brisbane went to the Governor
| room for the chat.
George A. Glynn. Republican State
chairman: William w. Cocks. manager
of the Governors campaign. and Frank
lin r. Lord. former legal adviser to MT
Whitman, waited outside the tent while
the interview was in progress.
There is no political significance to
be attached to the visit" said the Gov
| ernor after the editor departed.
Gov. Whitman would not discuss the
NecInatlOn OF tOl. ItbOecNclb W iuh W.
| Governor, and he said that no political
| reprisals would follow.
! Apropos of the Brisbane visit, poll.
, ticians said that Hearst had once been
| a strong supporter Of the Governor and
that no real explanation had ever been
| made concerning the cause Of their sub
sequent break.
The statement by the Governors cam
paign manager follows:
II have said all along that Col. Roose-
velt would not be a candidate. His d.
rect and positive statement confirmed
what I was confident would be the out
! come ] expect now that most OF those
to whom Mr.. Lewiss candidacy had not
| appealed. but who urged Col. Roose'
| welt to run. will now support the Gov
ernor
They know Mr. Lewis cannot carry
the primaries and they will have no de-
| sire to carry on a useless fight ! want
! to saw that we welcome them all. we
, have conducted this campaign for MT
Whitman solely With an eye to party
victory on election day and we Will con-
tinue to do So.
Senator Robinson. from the Lewis
headquarters. made this contribution t'
! the days political thought:
In sending his telegram to Col. Roose'
| Nelt, .AttOTney-TeHtFdi LAWS oeoNS' ''o
! IL Col. Roosevelt would not become a
candidate. he, the Attorney-Genera
would continue his campaign FOR thu
| Gubernatorial nomination.
Col. Roosevelt's decision not to ente,
! the primaries leaves the situation Just
where It was before Attorney-Genera
Lewis sent his telegram except thai
those men who signed the petition &c
| Col Roosevelt. asking him to become a
| candidate. indicated by such action theii
| dissatisfaction with the Whitman candi'
dacy. They further indicated thell
| belief that II nominated Governor Whit
man could not be elected
The declination Of Col. Roosevelt
leaves Attorney-General Lewis as thu
| only candidate who can defeat Gov
| whitman in the primaries, and the only
| candidate who can defeat the Demo
| cratic nominee In November"
Al meeting OF the Republican dis
trict captains and committeeman Of the
Fifteenth Assembly district of New Yorl
| county last night the following nominee.
received a unanimous indorsement
Charles 8. Whitman. for Governor
Frederick c. Tanner. former Republican
| State Chairman, for Congress; Schuyler
| NJ Meyer. for the Senate; ox-Assembly
| man Joseph Steinberg, for the Assembly
and William Ch!lders. leader OF the dis
| trict, which Is also Whitman's district
! for State Committeeman,