New-York tribune., 1919-12-08
Brooklyn Leader
Openly Indorses
Travis Candidacy
Livingston Backs Comptrol-
Ter in Cubernatorial
Race; Expect Support of
Barnes and Wadsworth

Jacob A. Livingston, Republican
leader of Brooklyn, has come out
formally for State Comptroller Eugene
NJ Travis for Governor.
Brooklyn Republicans" said MT.
Livingston, "should all get behind
Comptroller Travis for Governor. He
is an ideal candidate and vote getter
second to none"
This Endorsement Of Travis-the first
oper Endorsement of any of the nu-
merous candidates for the Republican
nomination from any county leader
was made victory dinner Of
Brooklyn Republicans in the 21st As
sembly District Republican Club
House, on Church Avenue. on Saturday
night.
After Mr.. Livingston spoke former
Borough President Lewis M. Pounds
elect Arnon L. Squires, who referred
to the Comptroller as "our next Gov
ernor"
This took we'll with the Republicans,
who next gave their applause to Mr..
Pounds when he introduced the Comp
troller in the language of Mr.. Squircs.
The Comptroller thanked his hear
ers, but side-stepped discussion of his
candidacy by insisting it was too early
to talk about it.
Nevertheless Comptroller Travis is an
active candidate for the Republican
nomination for Governor in 1920 and
has been building up a statewide ma
chine for five years with that objec.
in view.
1t is common talk in Republican
circles that Travis has working
agreement with United States Senator
James w. Wadsworth jr., the former to
swing Brooklyn to Wadsworth and
Wadsworth promising to look after up
state for Travis. William Barnes, for-
mer Republican boss of the state, is
said not only to approve the Travis
Wadsworth combination, but has
pledged them the support of the
Albany machine.
There are upward of half a dozen
active candidates ip the field and long
will be trebled, for with everything
pointing to Republican sweep, a
nomination in 1920 is regarded ms
equivalent to election.
One of the candidates who has been
as long in the field as Travis is
Francis M. Hugo, Secretary of State.
He, too, has a state wide machine Of
his own. One of the more recent as
pirants for gubernatorial honors,
Thaddeus c. Sweet, Speaker Of the AS
sembly, who comes from the same
Senatorial district as Hugo, is also
after the nomination. Sweet is max
ing his appeal for support on the fact
that he held the so-called women 5
welfare bills in Rules Committee at the
last session after they had been passed
by the Senate
One new name has been added to the
list of gubernatorial possibilities in
the last few days, that Of Major Ogden
L. Mills, former State Senator, who
as head of the Mills Joint Legislative
Tax Investigating Committee, drafted
the first comprehensive tax report in
this state. He resigned from the Sen
ate to enter the service when war was
declared
Major Mills was the first to intro
duce health insurance bill in this
state and made bitter fight for its
passage in 1916. This is the prin-
cipal measure in the group of SO
backed by the Women's Joint Legis-
lative Conference. Major Mills is chair
man of the New York County Repub
| ljcan Committee.
Another former service man whose
name has been mentioned prominently
Colonel William Hayward, has, accord
ing to his friends. announced that ht
will not be a candidate.