The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-10-02
VI R. HEARST NAMED BY
DEMOCRATS At BUFFALO
Nominated For Governor of New
York on First Ballot.
BITTER FIGHT IN CONVENTION
Hearst had 500 Ballots to 124 For
Sulzer Lewis s ChanIer For
Lieutenant-G overnor ~ Contests
Decided For Hearst.

Sulzer Lewis s CHAMBER For
Lieutenant-G Governor - Contests
Decided For Hearst.
Buffalo, N Y.After as protracted
and at times exciting a convention as
the Democracy Of this State ever
held, William Randolph Hearst was
nominated for Governor at 2 O'Clock
in the morning It was surprising
assemblage. totally unlike the usual
convention of Democrats.
Although Hearst's majority was
Overwhelming. the bitterness with
which he was opposed to the last de-
veloped a situation more tense than
has ever been witnessed in any con
vention in the political history Of this
State.
The final overthrow of his oppo-
nents came in the evening when the
delegation from Manhattan and the
Bronx went into caucus, and by
vote of sixty-three to thirty-six de-
termined to support Mr.. Hearst and
apply unit rule, this giving him the
entire 105 delegates.
The nomination was made on the
first ballot. Hearst had 500 votes,
William Sulzer Ira and John H. Dix
seventeen.
The voting for Governor began at
Las a. m. Albany County led off
with nine votes for Hearst.
Tammany cast ninety-six votes for
Toe rsf y ri 0.,Ir Trs.
cast sixty-nine votes for Sulzer.
When Onondaga County had been
reached on the roll call Hearst had
already received 229 votes. or three
more than necessary for a nominal
tion
The announcement of the Hearst
vote was received with great cheer.
which was quickly hushed, however,
to hear the vote on the other candi-
dates.
At 1.59 a. m. Chairman Nixon de-
| clared William Randolph Hearst Off
cially the candidate of the DemocraT
tic party for Governor.
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler. of
i Duchess. was nominated for Lieu
tenant Governor.
John s. Whalen, of Monroe, was
chosen unanimously for Secretary OF
State.
Martin III. Glynn, Of Albany, was
| unanimously chosen for State Con
troller.
William Schuyler Jackson, of Buf-
falo, was unanimously chosen for
i Attorney-G General
| For State Treasurer Julius Hau-
ser, Of Suffolk, was unanimously cho-
1 sen.
Frederick w. Skene, of Queens,
was unanimously chosen for State
Engineer and Surveyor, completing
the nominations.
Chairman Lewis Nixon called the
convention to order at 7.55 D. m.
The hall was packed, every available
foot Of seating or standing space be.
ing occupied All sorts of subter.
fuges were resorted to by outsiders
to get seat on the platform.
Lewis Nixon was temporary and
permanent chairman Senator T. r..
Grady was the chairman of the Com
mittee on Contested Seats. Bourke
Cochran drew up the platform.
The platform was unanimously
adopted
The convention did not meet for
business until about $50 o'clock D.
M, and its early hours were taken
: UP with debate on throwing out of
the anti-Hearst delegations
On the question of substituting the
minority report for that OF the ma
! Jority a roll call was demanded by
| Stanchfield. This vote was regarded
as test of the Hearst strength.
Kings County cast sixty-nine votes
TOR the substitution of the minority
report. This showed Senator Nc
I Carren opposed to Hearst Murphy
cast ninety-three votes mo" and the
motion was lost by vote of 244 to
| 142. This forecasted the nomination
of Hearst, and there was storm of
cheers.
When nominations we're called for
William " Cook, of Albany, present
ed the name Of William r. Hearst.
Allegany County seconded Mr.. Hearst
and BrOome County named Congress-
man Sulzer, sending George Raines.
! of Monroe, to the stage to make the
nominating speech, amid cheering.
The cheering for Sulzer continued
Tor several minutes, many of the
delegates standing on the chairs and
calling loudly "Sulzer.v
4 Thomas NJ Osborne, of Cayuga
\ County, one of the originators of the
Albany conference of anti-Hearst
Democrats, took the platform al
| 1920 a. M, and placed in nomination
John A. Dix, of Washington County
nephew of the late Governor Dix,
| of New York
At 1.45 the nominations for Gov.
ernor were declared closed and the
secretary began to call the roll oil
counties for their votes.
The vote on the nomination for
Governor was:
Hearst ...... .30s
Sulzer ....s.. ...... .124
Dix II
William Randolph Hearst, son OF
Senator George Hearst and Mrs
! Phoebe A. Hearst, was born IN San
Francisco on April 29, 1863 His
father was a Missourian and his
mother the daughter OF Randolph
Walker Appersoh, born in Virginia.
RAILWAYS KILL 20 DAILY.