The New York herald., 1922-06-05
CALDER ASSURED
OF DENOMINATION
Useless, to Attempt to De-
feat Him at Convention,
Is General Belief.
LEADERS ARE FOR HIM
Thirty-fOur, Including AL
bridge and Greiner, Have
Pledged Support.
DRYS IN OPPOSITION
DRYs IN OPPOSITION
Record as Vote Getter, How
ever, Expected to Overcome
Any Dissent.

The denomination of Senator Calder
tember Is virtually assured, kis friends
say. Surveys of the situation by
others who have desired the nomna-
tion have led them to the same con-
clusion. They believe that, barring
some unforeseen development, his
selection to run for the Senate again
is so certain it would be useless to at
tempt to. defeat him for the nomina- :
ton.
OF the three most powerful leaders
in the State George w. Aldridge of
Monroe, William l.. Ward of West
chester and Fred Greiner of Erie, not
one Is opposed to Senator Calder. Mr..
Greiner has stated frankly that he
favors Calder's denomination. Col
lector Aldridge tas assured the Sena-
tor personally of his support. Mr..
Ward denied recent reports that he
was opposed to Calder. 1t is further
known that other aspirants for the
nomination who have approached Mr..
Ward tave received no encourage
ment.
Senator Calder Is assured of all the
delegates from New York city. Samuel
S. Koenig of New York county has been
with him from the start. So has Rich
ard w. Lawrence of The Bronx The
situation in Kings county, where Calder
and Jacob A. Livingston have been rivals
for years. has been so Strengthened out
that the Elections Commissioner will Of
fer no opposition. Senator Joseph H.
De Bragga and j. P. Thompson of Rich
mond have also given their personal as
surances' they will be for Calder.
The controlling powers in Onondaga
county, where lies Syracuse, are for CAL
der. Greiner will control the Buffalo
delegates and A1dridge those from
Rochester All the southern tier is for
Calder. it is said.
The leaders of the following counties
In addition to those already mentioned
have told Calder they will support
him: Suffolk. Greene, Orange, Putnam
Rensselaer,. Washington, Montgomery
st. Lawrence. Saratoga Niagara, Cat.
taraugus. Allegany. Steuben. Chenango
Broome, Cayuga. Franklin. Sullivan
Ulster. Dutchess, Schenectady. Warren
Clinton. Fulton, Wayne, jefferson. Or
= leans, Chautauqua, Tioga, Tompkins
Chemung. Herkimer, Essex. Hamilton.
So long as Comptroller James S. Wen
dell was alive William ]. Maier, his
first deputy. might have been counted
on to swing Seneca county against SEN
ator Calder. 1t is believed. however
that Mr.. Maier, who has become
Comptroller has no personal grudge
against the Senator.
The feeling between Senator Calder
and Senator James w. Wadsworth, Jr
has at times been none too cordial and
so far the latter has given no assurances
that the counties in his Congress dis
trict will support Calder. They are
Genesee, Livingston. Wyoming and Or
leans and part of Monroe, but Orleans
and Monroe are under the Calder BAN
ner.
Senator Calder has had no word from
Albany county, still controlled by Will
lam Barnes or from Columbia, which
adjoins 1t. Nor has he heard from the
leaders of Oneida. Schuyler Ontario,
Cortland. Delaware or Oswego. Because
of the inclination for some time of Theo-
dore Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. to try his fortunes, Senator
Calder has made no attempt to get any
support In Nassau, the Roosevelt county.