The sun., 1918-08-29
T.R. ROUND ROBIN
MEN BACK LEWIS
Many Who Asked Colonel to
Run Come Out Against
Whitman.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
AttOrney-General Predicts He
Will Carry at Least Half
the Counties.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT

Many of the Republicans who signed
the round robin to Col Roosevelt ask
ing him to run for the Republican nom
nation for Governor have united In
letter to Acknowledgement Merton F.
Lewis assuring him of their support In
the primaries.
I'VE do this out Of respect for the con-
sistent and faithful manner In which you
have performed your duties as Attorney
General" they write. Your endeavor to
restore to its full effectiveness party gov
eminent inspires confidence. Your posi-
tion that amendments to the Constitu-
tion OF the United States should be rati-
fed only when they reflect the opinion OF
the voters of the State directly expressed
is consistent, logical and fully within the
spirit of the Constitution.
"Your ambition to be Governor.
frankly announced. commends itself to
all who hate hypocrisy. believe In sim
certify and are committed to the doctrine
that public office Is a sacred trust. Just
rewards in public opinion inevitably re-
sllt from real service and are more to
he valued than the temporary applause
forced from artifcially created groups.
Principle rather than expediency. breadth
0f judgment, vision in ideals. unselfsh
honesty In intelligent administration are
demanded of him who seeks to fill ade-
quately the position of Governor Of the
Empire State"
who the Signers Are.
The signers are James w. wadsworth.
h., James NJ. Beck. Elon r. Brown,
James A. Burden. William NJ. X. Olcott.
Nicholas Murray Butler. r. Ross Apple
ton. Horace White. lob Z. Hedges, James
r. Sheffield. Robert c. Morris. George
Cromwell. Henry w. Taft, Mortimer l..
Schiff. Harvey D., Human. William
Barnes, Nathaniel A. Elsberg. William
Muldoon, Edgar r. Bracket, William l..
Ward. Charles D. Hilles. Henry NJ. Sage.
John A. Sclelcher, Frank II. Plat, Paul
Rochester. Francis S. Bangs and Meier
Stelnbrink.
The Whitman campaign committee, OF
which w. w. Cocks Is the head, has
sent letters to the local leaders in the
organization throughout the State. The
replies received so far have been more
than satisfa etory. There is no doubt of
the result Mr.. Cocks declared yester-
day. The only question Is as to pro-
portion between the Whitman and the
Lewis vote.
The Governors campaign Is pro-
y crossing very satisfactorily" added Mr..
Cocks, Notwithstanding attacks. which
appear to me simply for the purpose of
injuring all candidates OF the Repub-
lean party. The personal thrusts OF
Senator Elon r. Brown and Mr.. Barnes
of Albany and ex-senator Human Of
Broome county do not carry weight
With the great majority of men and
women voters who have confidence in
Gov. Whitman and will 30 express
themselves at Tuesdays primary"
Fully 30 per cent Of the candidates
Wv ~ al f,,r
porters Of the Governor according to
Mr.. Cocks. and about the same per-
.centage holds among the organization
committeeman throughout the State and
the Republican press Of the State.
whitman Labor Record Good.
The Governors labor record has been
above reproach his manager pointed
out. although only a few years ago
labor censured Republican adminstra-
tons.
To-day the Governor speaks in Hor-
nell, Tomorrow at the Monroe county
fair in Brockport and on Saturday at
the State Agricultural Station, Geneva
sunday afternoon at o'clock he
speaks In the West Side Y. NJ. c. A. in
this city and the next day goes to
Ellenville for patriotic demonstration
Ridiculing the claims of the Whitman
managers. the Attorney-General said
they were absurd and not based on an
accurate knowledge of the situation.
Then he proceeded to make the most
definite prediction he has made in the
campaign. 1t was:
II have reason to believe that shall
carry approximately half of the counties
including some of the large counties.
and that / shall receive n large vote
in many Of the counties In which may
not actually obtain 4 majority. am
not basing this statement upon guesses
''Of course there is an uncertain ele-
,nent in the situation because of the
large increase in the probable vote. due
TO the fact that women now have the
right to vote, but my information is
that the women are not likely to sup
port Gov. Whitman to any greater ex-
tent than the men will support him.
1T want my friends to know / am
confident OF success and that my conf
dence Is not based upon conjectures."
Alfred ]. Berwin, leader of the Sew
enth Assembly district, one of the ban
Iier Republican sections OF the city. au-
thorized the statement yesterday that he
was for Attorney-General Lewis This
is the first open break from Gov. Whit
man in the ranks OF the Republican Ex-
ecutive Committee in New York county.
Woman Revolts at "Dictatfon.o
One of the workers in the district. who
has cast his fortunes with the Attorney
General, said he thought the sentiment
there was about evenly divided between
the Governor and the Attorney General.
Mrs. Eleanor Van Colt, woman leader
of the Thirteenth election district OF the
Eleventh Assembly district breezed into
the Lewis headquarters yesterday to an
rounce she was out for the Attorney
General after what happened at the dis
trict club on Monday night. She said
Mrs. Mollie E. Wilkinson, woman leader
of the district, had announced that all
her woman captains who could not con-
sistently support the Governor ought to
say SO frankly and retire until after the
campaign
THAT was too strong for me-" said
Mrs. Van Colt. IT object to a third
term. l am opposed to Kaiserism and
Czarism. have been a widow too long
woman can dictate to me. This is my
first vote, and I intend to cast Il as
please"
1t is asserted that fifteen out of the
thirty-four election district captains in
the Eleventh district have gone Over to
Lewis.
The Attorney General has received let
ters of Endorsement from W. II. Vary,
former master of the State Grange, and
Henry c. Maine. formerly one OF the
editors OF the Democrat and Chronicle OF
Rochester.
Tonight Mr.. Lewis will continue his
campaigning. He will speak at the fol-
lowing district clubhouses. Ninth l57
West Ninety-seventh street Twenty-sec-
ond, 1923 Amsterdam avenue; Twenty
at utH