New-York tribune., 1920-07-30
Hooker May
Run Against
Wadsworth

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Republican strongholds. The Calder
faction in Brooklyn would gladly give
him its support. Other sections where
there is an anti Wadsworth sentiment
would rally to his standard.
Just now Calder is facing fight for
political life. He has been marked for
slaughter because of the publication
OF charges against the administration
of State Comptroller Eugene M. Travis
The publication of the charges forced
Travis to write letter announcing
that he had withdrawn from the race
for the Gov3rnorship. This was a blow
to Jacob A. Livingston. the Kings
County leader. who had been grooming
Travis for two years for the head OF
the ticket. He had made considerable
progress.
In retaliation for the publication of
these charges. which are now being
Investigated BY. District Attorney y
Swami. the Barnes Wadsworth group
saw to it that three of Comptroller
the ticket. These are jeremiah Wood
of Nassau tax appraiser, for Lieu
tenant Governor; Deputy Comptroller
John J. Lyons. OF Manhattan, for Sec
retary of State: Deputy Comptroller
James A. WENDELL of Montgomery
County. for Comptroller.
In the last two Offices there is con
siderable patronage. If Wadsworth
should also be elected, as senior Sen
ator he would have the Federal patron
age at his disposal And from these
three sources his Livingston Travis
machine in Brooklyn would be able to
draw the sinews with which to wipe
out the Calder machine in Brooklyn
before his term for United States Sen
ator Is up two years hence.
Thompson Makes Statement
Senator George F. Thompson, before
leaving for New York City to-day
where he has campaign headquarters
in the Hotel McAlpin, said:
81 resent the imputatlOn sent forth
by Judge Miller's expert propaganda
bureau that it is an evidence of unfit
ness when a man openly, fairly anC
candidly becomes a candidate for pub.
lie office; or that because a candidat tl
is backed by so much money that he
can afford to pretend he is not q candi-
date makes him greater than any other
candidate.
"If there has been convention ir
I
forced upon it by the candidate him
self yesterday was the time. Judge
Miller's attempt to make it appear that
he was drafted was so overplayed as
to be ridiculous.
HE was not drafted. He was not
even wanted, except by his clients ant
/ few leaders who have been indus
triously cultivated for months"
Although ninety votes were
cast for Mr.. Hooker in the convention
this was done without his consent He
was nominated by Mrs. Katharine Bar
ton. of Binghamton. and received the
votes OF the suffrage delegation headed
by Miss Mary Garrett Hay as vel
as of the men from the dry coun
ties who are opposed to Wadswortf
o.i the prohibition issue. Until Judge
Miller was designated, Mr.. Hooker ha(
been a candidate for Governor.
Expect Hooker to Consent
"We confidently expect that Mr.
Hooker will consent to be d candidate
for Senator in the primaries" sale
Miss Hay yesterday afternoon at the
Women's City Club, following q meet
ing OF the senatorial committee Of the
League of Women Voters He sale
il statement Immediately after The
! designations were completed that ht
would not continue his candidacy fo
the Governorship in opposition tt
Judge Miller. but he did not say tha
he would abide by the designation fo.
United States Senator
'it has been reported that did no
vote in the designation for Senator
That is mistake. left my vote 70,
Mr.. Hooker, and am sure that my
district leader cast my vote as re
qucsted him to do. The Designation
for Senator was not made until in The
afternoon, and was obliged to leave
on tho o'clock train. but / did no
lose my vote, you may be sure
Miss Hay declared that the womer
would continue their fight agains
Wadsworth through the primaries an,
right I'm to Election Day, unembar
rasSed by the action of the unofIic ia
state convention.
THAT action was exactly what W,
expected.' she said Owe protested
against the designation of Wadsworth
of course, but now that it is done i
will be help to US in our campaign
He is now indelibly marked as the can
ddate Of the Barnes machine. and i
viii be impossible for his supporters
to deny it.
Zone of the greatest men in thi,
country, Theodore Roosevelt, broke tn,
Barnes machine years ago During tn,
term of Governor Whitman Barnes Wa
/ quiet, but now, through the nomina
tion of WadsWorth, he is trying to ge
/ back. 1t is a strange thing that thi
year when the new women voters ar,
anxious to bring their ideals and ney
enthusasms TO the political life of tn,
country is the year when the re
dictionaries are coming back int,
power,
GLOW any man or woman who be
lieves in honest expression Of opinio,
and action can vote for Wadswort
nominated as he was, | cannot under
stand"
To Speak in Chautauqua
Miss Hay will go to Chautauqua mex
"Woman's Place in Politics.
Il hear that Mrs. George Bass
going to talk about the appeal of tn
Democratic party to the women voter
on Friday" she said.
THAT will be all right I speak o
Tuesday and Wednesday, and | migF
say something about the Republica
party. Wadsworth? Well. ! neve
know exactly what am going to ga
until | get on my feet"
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