The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-07
DIX HEADS NEW
YORK DEMOCRATS

Rochester, N. Y, Oct. John A.
Dix, Of Washington county, was last
night chosen as candidate for governor
on the Democratic ticket after long
conference of leaders, while 400 dele
gates of the state convention waited
two hours in their seats for the forma.
ton of the slate.
The chief cause Of the delay lay in
the difficulty of filling second place.
Mr.. Dix had been selected, and the
other places on the ticket had been
settled to the apparent satisfaction of
those who gathered in the rooms of
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, earlier in the evening.
Dix Yields to Leaders.
Mr.. Dix at first refused to run, but
later yielded to the solicitation of the
leaders and agreed to run. The rest
of the slate was arranged as follows:
Lieutenant governor Thomas F.
Conway, of Clinton county.
Secretary of state Edward Lazan-
ski, of Kings county.
Comptroller-Martin H. Glynn, of
Albany.
Treasurer-John j. Kennedy, of
Erie.
Attorney general-Thomas J. Car
mody, of Yates.
State engineer and surveyor-John
A. Benzel, of New York.
Associate Judge of the court of ap-
peals-Frederick Collin, of Chemung.
The platform adopted by the Demo
cratic state convention contains the
following declarations:
'sThe Democratic party of New
York, in convention assembled, pledges
itself anew to the old nationalism en-
bodied in the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and to the support in every
way of the Independent and continued
existence of each of the three separate
and distinct branches of the federal
government; preserving all from at
tack and usurpation and each from
any possibility Of encroachment by
the others, and in particular we con-
denim all attacks on the supreme court
of the United States.
For States Rights.
"We are unalterably opposed to any
usurpation by the federal government
of the rights of the states.
1--WE denounce the Republican party
in the nation for its gross and willful
betrayal Of the trust reposed in it by
the people, and point out that the de-
clared and expressed promise to re-
wise the tariff downward, upon which
the Republicans obtained office, has
been willfully disregarded and ignored.
1.-THE Payne-Aldrich tarin law, pro-
nounced by President Taft to be the
hest tariff that the Republican party
ever passed, was a fragrant breach Of
faith by the Republican party Inc
bill even increased the exactions OF
former Republican tariffs and mas
placed great additional burdens on
the shoulders of the average man..
Republican extravaganza is charged
and denounced. Direct primary iegls'
lation is strongly favored.
The platform concludes with q de-
.uuQc1atlOn OF tue uSW AoSAoAAss1ASsAAAA-
New Nationalism
LASTLY. we solemnly declare our IN
flexible opposition to the so-caiiea
new nationalism.' It's inventor put
this forward as If it were progress
while in reality it is sheer reaction 70
tyrannical methods long ago shaken
of by the free people OF the world at
cruel cost in treasure and blood. Inc
settlers Of our country fed from Eu-
rope to escape it. Whatever advance
its adoption would be is an advance
toward Socialism. They wouio nave
us abandon freedom. They would re-
duce the states to procedures gov.
erned from washington. they Wouio
clothe the president with power 70
declare what is lavfui-a power
nsurped by one president in the case
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competitor"
New Seattle Tacoma Line.
caoftlo Oct IL b. Murphy, presl-