New-York tribune., 1918-07-27
Governor Says Publi,h..
Never Was Requested
to lndorse Him
ConferenceCapitalized
Lewis Workers to Air Mee.;..
Between Brisbane and
State Executive

Governor Whitman, who returned :.
Albany from Buffalo yesterday, issued
statement backing uD Chairman
Cocks of his campaign committee !,
repudiating William R. Hearst and -.
support of the Hearst papers in IL.
primary campaign. The Governor said.
"Of course | approve the action Of
my committee. Mr. Hearst has not in.
dorsed my candidacy, as the public
must know. He has never been re.
quested to. nor has any suggestion
been made to me directly or indirectly
that he would do So"
The action of the Governors cam.
paign committee referred to was the
issuance Of the following statemen.
printed in The Tribune YESTERDAY:
"If Hearst is looking for comfort in
the Whitman camp he will be sorelt
disappointed. He is evidently trying
to relieve his own embarrassment by
pretending to be either for Governor
Whitman or against Mr.. Lewis. An.
parently he thinks that if he could do
this he could switch She snothght to
some one beside himself. Mr.. Hearst
was repudiated by his own party at
the Saratoga convention. We will not
stand for any Hearst support, and you
cannot make this statement too EN-.
phatic."
Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson,
Attorney General Lewis's campaign
manager, attacked the Cocks statement
in the following:
ic a varvy Ua1l for Mr. Cocks
Whitman's manager, to seek to repu-
diate Mr.. Hearst and the Hearst
editorial against Lewis and in favor Of
Mr.. Whitman, but Mr.. Cocks was not
present at the half-hour interview
which took place between Mr.. Brisbsne
and Governor Whitman the day before
! the editorial appeared. Mr.. Brisbane
and Mr.. Whitman were the only per-
sons who we're present at the St Regis
conference. Mr.. Cocks cannot repu.
1 diate what took place at that meeting
only Governor Whitman can. 1t is a
well known policy that when the prin-
cipal in a deal cannot or dare not
repudiate it, he has it repudlated by s
mere agent-which is not satisfactory
or conclusive"
At the Lewis campaign headquarters
plans are being prepared to attack
Governor Whitman through publicity
channels, by making it appear that his
interview with Arthur Brisbane, chief
editorial writer for Mr.. Hearst, had
to do with politics to the supposed
benefit of the Governor.
It is understood that Attorney Cen
eral Lewis, William Barnes and Will
Jam L. Ward have prevailed upon
Deputy Attorney General Alfred L
Becker to become a candidate for At
torney General on the Lewis primary
ticket. Mr. Becker conducted the IN
vestigaton into the movements in thi
state of Bolo Pacha, the German sp.
shot by the French. The Lewis mel
are apparently preparing to make tn
Bolo case a primary campaign issu
and mint that Brisbane's call on tn
Governor had connection with 1t.
Senator Theodore Douglas Robinson
was in Syracuse yesterday in confer
ence with the nti-Whitman men there
Attorney General Lewis is expected
his Headquarters in this city some tim
next week, or the week following. A
the Saratoga Hospital this week 1t wa
said he would go to his home in Roch
ester as soon as he was released fror
the hospital. He has nearly recovere
from the bruises received the week
the Republican State Convention, whe
he was hurt in an automobile
The decision Of the Lewis manager
, to run Deputy Attorney General Beca
er for Attorney General means sti
opposition for Senator Charles D. New
ton. candidate for Attorney Gener'
on the Whitman ticket. Deputy Attol
nov General Harold ]. Hinman, o
Albany, supported by the Barnes ol
gsnization, was the Lewis candidat
until Mr.. Lewis wrote Colonel Roose
, velt asking him to become candidat
in the primaries for the nomination
for Governor At about that tine tn
Third Judicial District Committe
unanimously recommended Mr. Hir
man for the vacancy caused by I'll
retirement of Supreme Court Justic
Chester. Since Mr.. Humans retire
ment the Lewis men have been lookin
for candidate.
In addition to the attack on Cover
nor Whitman and Chairman Cocks
Senator Robinson, the Lewis peop
ran paid advertisement in variou
morning papers reading as follows:
"To Republicans-Do you favor I'll
influence Of Hearst in the Republica
party? His Evening Journal Jul
25, Endorsed Whitman. We requil
money to make the truth known. Sen
checks, any amount, TO the Commltte
for Lewis for Governor. Theodol
Douglas Robinson, chairman; Perle
Morse, treasurer; Murray Hlll Hotel