New-York tribune., 1920-05-16
Oneida and Herkimer Coun-
ties, as a Whole, Think
More Highly of General
Than Amy of Aspirants
Utica Opinion Divided
I. r. Proctor, Delegate, Is
for Butler First; Women
May lndorse Johnson
By Charles T. White

highly of General Leonard Wood as
Presidential candidate than any of
the other aspirants, but the city OF
Utica is political Scotch plaid on the
Presidency.
Thomas R. Proctor Utica's first citi-
zen, because of his philanthropy and
all-round usefulness, one of the dele
gates to the Chicago convention, is said
to be for DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
for as long as DR.. Butler has any
chance of being chosen as the Repub-
lican nominee
But Mr.. Proctor is not in robust
health and may not go to Chicago. His
alternate is Charles B. Rogers, pres-
dent of the First National Bank. and
prominent business man. Mr. Rogers
told the Tribune correspondent to-day
that he is for Lowden first, Hoover
second and Wood third.
Snyder Backs Wood
Representative Homer P.~Snyder, Of
Little Falls, who, as chairman of the
House Committee on Indian Affairs, is
on private car among the Indian res
ervations in Oklahoma, is said to be
for General Wood, largely on account
Of his strong friendship for Norman ].
Gould the Eastern Wood manager
Mrs. S. j. Benns, vice chairman of
the League of Women Voters, and o
friend Of Miss Mary Garrett Hay and
republican, and sways many Utica
women voters. She is for Hiram w.
johnson, whom she knew we'll back
home in California
Dependable straw votes in Oneida
and Herkimer counties put General
Wood in front. Mayor James K. O'Con-
nor, who not so very long ago was a
Democrat but now is the Republican
Mayor of Utica, says that so far as he
can Judge the greater number of active
Republicans. by and large, favor Wood
for President.
among the people, as a whole. but the
women favor Johnson and Hoover"
said the Mayor. johnson was here
and made several speeches, and made
favorable impression. The Republi-
cans are in good shape for the cam
palgn, and with any respectable candi- /
date doubtless will win by a record |
plurality"
Mr. Proctor left Utica to-day, and is !
not expected back for week. In view
OF the fact that his alternate. Mr. |.
Rogers, may be called on to fill his |
seat in the Chicago convention, this |
banker was asked to name his candi-
date.
Sentiment Tends to Wood
=. "Personally am inclined to be for
Lowden. and after Lowden. if he is
unavailable, then Herbert Hoover, and |
II Mr.. Hoover is unavailable then |
am for General Wood" said Mr. Rogers
at his beautiful home at Clinton. "1
an free to say, however. that most of !
the active Republicans l meet arc for
General Wood, and am a good enough /
republican to subordinate my own PEI
Sonal likes to great extent if the /
New York leaders should desire some /
one that | have not considered at all
II think that Mr.. Proctor is for Dr. |
Butler. Whether he is for General /
Wood on the second ballot am not |
sure. Over at Hamilton College, of |
which | am treasurer. the faculty are |
almost wholly for Hoover There is
no johnson or Harding sentiment. The |
sentiment for Hoover, believe. springs
from the theory that he has a superior |
grasp Of economic business ideas and |
could get the business Of the Federal
government back on to a business basis |
quicker than any one else.
II am not sympathetic with the prop
osition that the New York delegates
should give any one a mplimentary
vote. | think the delegates should 60
to Chicago with the serious purpose of
choosing the very best man for Presi-
dent, and leave out the complime entary
votes"
Mrs. S. J. Bens, of the Utica Civic
League and prominent as woman
leader. is for Johnson first, Hoover
second and McAdoo third, although
McAdoo is Democrat.
Women for Johnson
~ think it will be good deal of
shame if the Republicans at Chicago
do not choose Senator Hiram W. John
son for their standard bearer" said
she. They seem to think that he is
too radical. That is sheer nonsense.
1t Is about what they said of Colonel
Roosevelt eight years ago. There is
publicans to be afraid OF lived in
California and had a chance to observe
him at close range. He made most
excellent impression upon Utica women
when ne addressed as some weeks ago.
| have met few. if any, women who
favor General Wood. We need safe
and sane progressive whose grasp of
us to get back to a normal plane Of
living and thinking. l am not at all
sure that the Republicans will elect
their man this fall if they put up
reactionary After Senator Johnson I !
favor Herbert Hoover and after
Hoover ex-Secretary McAdoo, although |
he is Democrat. I know that this
Will sound queer coming from a Re-
publican, but the country needs the (
right kind OF a man and the right kind
of policy. without regard to his past
political affiliations"
An interesting development in "The
Syracuse Post, Standards" canvass Of
$4,000 families in its Presidential pol,
IS that Charles Evans Hughes has
passed Hoover in the preferential race /
In total of about Ia 900 votes Gen
eral Wood maintains his lead with a
tally of about twice as many votes as
Tor any other candidate. In fifteen !
mid-state and northern counties. in
cluding the city of Syracuse, Hughes |
has a count of 2.234 to 2,2l2 for
Hoover. Johnson is in fourth place
with 1854 While General Wood easily
leads in the mid-state counties, his
margin is even more striking in the
counties of Oswego, Jefferson, st. Law
renee and Franklin, where he has
nearly as many votes as Butler. Cool