Evening star., 1928-10-21
NEW YORK TREND
FAvORS COPELAND
Little Change Looms in DEM
ocratic Majority Among
Representatives.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALBANY. N. Y, October 20--There
seems little possibility OF there being
any substantial change in the Demo-
cratic majority among New York State
Representatives in Congress this year
as q result OF the balloting next month.
The best information available at this
date indicates slight trend toward the
return Of DR.. Royal S. Copeland as
United States Senator, even If Hoover
carries the State against Gov. Smith for
President. and In spite Of the distin-
gulshed opponent DR.. Copeland has this
year in Alanson B. Houghton, United
States Ambassador to Great Britain.
l. New York State now has 25 Demo-
cratic Representatives in Congress and
l8 Republicans from its 43 districts.
There may be two or three upsets, eS-
pecially If the Republicans are success
full in their efforts to give such a tre-
mendouS upstate vote for Hoover that
1t will offset the undoubtedly huge ma
iority which New York City will return
for cal" But almost all OF the Demo-
cratic Representatives come from New
York City, so that 1t would seem that
Democratic majority among the New
York Representatives still is assured.
May Gain Two Seats.
As the situation stands now it seems
likely that the Republicans may gain
two seats this year. That would make
the New York representation consist Of
% Democrats and 20 Republicans. This
is entirely conjectural. OF course, but
even this estimate holds the Democratic
edge as far as New York City is con-
cerned
Strangely enough, one of the districts
in which the Republican politicians are
claiming victory in their congressional
fight Is in New York City This Is the
seventeenth, one of the So-called blue
stocking districts" where Republicans
often come through with victory IN
local elections.
The present Representative is a
Democrat, William W. Cohen. who Is
not candidate for reelection The
Republican candidate is Mrs. Ruth b.
Pratt. Republican alderman in this
overwhelmingly Democratic city and
successful in primary contest against
Assemblyman Phelps Phelps. However.
she has an opponent of undoubted
strength in Philip Berolzheimer. who
has occupied high position In the city
government with success. In spite OF
the Republican claims and real chance
for Mrs. Pratt the result Is doubtful
now.
whitley Has Chance.
The Republicans have a much better
chance of winning away one Of the
Democratic Representatives in the
thirty-eighth district upstate, which
includes part of Monroe County and
the City Of Rochester. Meyer Jacob
efA ic hA
sentative from this district. but he is
not up tor reelection. Charles Stan.
ton is seeking the office on the Demo-
cratic ticket. His Republican opponent
Is James L. Whitley. who is believed to
have an excellent chance of winning.
Whitley is politically popular In his
district. He has been elected to serve
several terms in the State Senate and
took prominent part In legislative
affairs during the last session. II he
were running against Representative
Jacobstein. 1t Is generally conceded his
chances would not be 50 good. be-
cause of the great popularity of Mr..
Goldstein. But with Goldstein out
Of the race, Senator whitley is conf
IDENTIFY expected by the Republicans to
come through November s. especially
since he Is inclined to be wet in a dis
trict polling large urban vote.
There were contests in the Repub-
lican primaries In two upstate dis
tricts. but it is not believed that they
created any great feeling Of party Bit
terness which would be reflected IN a
change in otherwise normally Repub-
lican districts Representative Crow
ther was successful in the primaries in
the thirtieth district against E. Wat
son Gardiner who also ran IN the
Democratic primaries and was sue
cessful Representative Sanders was
also successful in the primaries In the
thirty-ninth district and is expected
to win reelection.
Francis D. Culkin OF Oswego Is the
Republican candidate for Representative
in the thirty-second district to fill the
vacancy caused by the death Of Thad-
deus c. Sweet in an airplane accident
last Summer Mr.. Sweet at the time
OF his death was one Of the most
prominently mentioned possibilities for
governor. The thirty-second district is
overwhelmingly Republican Mr.. Culkin
is popular young lawyer, and his elec-
ton seems assured.
THOMAS C. sTowELL.