New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Whitman and '<Al" Smith
Nctors in the Primaries

and Mr.. Becker for Attorney General
carried Westchester.
Alfred K. Smith carried the county
over William Church Osborne by sew
eral thousand in one of the lightest
Democratic primary votes on record.
State Senator Slater defeated Former
District Attorney Weeks for the Re-
publican nomination for Surrogate by
about 1000
George r. Roberts won decisive
victory over Republican County Chair
man William l.. Ward when he carried
eighteen out of twenty-five districts in
the race for Republican city chairman
in his fight against FIRE derrick L.. Mer-
Merritt is the president Of the Board
OF Supervisors and supported Lewis in
the primary contest. Roberts supported
Governor Whitman.
Whitman Carries Rochester
George w. Aldridgc, the veteran Re-
publcan boss of Monroe County,
seems to have made good his predic-
ton to Attorney General Lewis when
the latter drsregarded his advice and
became candidate for Governor. He
, told Mr.. Lewis lie would not carry a
ward in the city of Rochester or a
town in the County of Monroe The
late returns last night indicated that
Whitman had carried everything. One
hundred ard nine districts gave Whit
man 8,2G9 and Lewis 3,43o.
Senator Elon r. Browns home coun-
ty, Jefferson, did better for Governor
Whitman than most of the others. On
the late returns nineteen districts gave
Whitman 925 and Lewis 175.
Reports from all over the city showed
that the women had not the slightest
trouble in managing their voting. They
voted as rapidly as the men and asked
fewer questions.
Albany County was the only upstate
county in the early returns to show
Lewis running ahead of Whitman in
the Republican vote for Governor. Late
returns show that it was carried for
Lewis by 1900.
Most of the other upstate counties
IN the early returns gave Governor
Whitman a vote of three and four to
one over Attorney General Lewis. In
Wyoming County the returns from five
81. In Niagara County the returns
from eight districts showed a more
than four to one vote for Whitman. In
the Governor 80 votes and Lewis
Ontario the first district counted gave
only 10.
In Monroe County the returns for
eight districts gave Governor Whitman
979 and Attorney General Lewis 1852.
In Livingston County the Attorney
General did little better. The vote
there for the first ten districts was
Whitman, 296; Lewis, 164.
Complete returns from Wayne
County give Whitman 2,64S; Lewis,
668. Lieutenant observation-disclosures
2,378; Bennett, COL; Heacock, 300. At
torney General-Newton. 1886: Becker.
500. Democratic candidate for Cover
nor-Smith, GIG; Osborn. 400.
Returns from ZIG district in Erie
County, the home Of Alfred l.. Becker,
candidate for Attorney General, gave
Becker 1888; Newton, 1896
Returns from fifteen districts in Or
leans County idicatedl that Lewis may
have carried it. The fifteen districts
give Whitman 478, Lewis $50.
Canvassing of Ballots Slow
Following an order of the Board of
Elections last week the canvassing of
the ballots was slow, as all CT the in
spectors were under instructions to
canvass each vote. The old way was
for the inspectors to sort out the
straight tickets and for each set TOT
inspectors to canvass the ballots cast
by his own party.
The voting throughout the afternoon
was unexpectedly light, but in nearly
all the districts there was plenty for
the inspectors to do after O'Clock.
matter Of party policy discussed
last night at the Republican County
cal organization was concerned they
would not allow the Democrats to pin
prohibition on them They decided, cs-
pecially here in New York, that they
would treat the prohibition issue as
having practically been settled by the
Wilson administration.
A good deal of concern was felt last
night over the vote for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. The Whitman men all over the
| state were committed to Lieutenant
Governor Schoeneck. At the same time
they secretly blamed him for gross in
discretion in connection with the
Tolishus case. The complication over
the Tolishus case, coupled with the
mix-up over the refusal of Francis
Hendricks, the veteran leader Of the
organization, to stand for the renomi-
nation of Congressman Walter Niece,
who, in the opinion of Mr.. Hendricks.
was working too freely with the "wets"
in Onondaga County, made the Whit
man men apprehensive about the re-
turns from Syracuse. Nothing would
nave surprised the friends OF the Gov
ernor-not even bulletin indicating
that Attorney General Lewis had car
rled the county, and that Mr.. Schoe-
neck, who lives in Syracuse, had lost
his own city.
Governor Whitman was at the St.
Regis yesterday, and during the day he
had conference with County Chair
man Koenig. of New York. who as
sured him New York City would give
him plurality Of close to 10000, or
more than Brooklyn would give Lewis
Just as Whitman Expected
William Leary, former State Super
intendent Of Elections, in charge of the
whitman headquarters last night, said
early this morning:
The aggregate vote in the primaries
was lighter than we had reason to ex-
pect it would be, but the Governors
victory is just about as the Governor
and Chairman Cocks of his campaign
committee expected. The Governor
made nearly a clean sweep. Albany
County on the late returns seems tn
be the only Lewis county in the state
The Governor carried Monroe by about
four to one, Ontario about fourto one
Livingston, the home of the Wads-
worths, who are opposed to the Gov
ernor, by about three to one; Renss-
lear by about three to one. Some of
the other counties were overwhelming
ly for the Governor.
County Chairman Samuel S. Koenie,
at the Renuhljcan Cnurtv Cnr,r,;++n.