Norwich bulletin., 1910-10-01
SECOND DAY OF CONVENTION.
Long Delay Caused by Difficulty in
Filling Second Place.


Rochester. n. Y. Sept. 3o-John A.
Dix of Washin gton county was chosen
ss candidate Tor governor on the demo-
cratic ticket tonight by the conference
of leaders while four hundred dele
gates OF the state convention waited
two hours In their seats for the for
nation of the slate. The chief cause
Of delay lay in the difficulty OF filing
second place MIR. Dix had been Sc
lected and the other places on the
ticket had been settled to the apparent
satisfaction OF those who had gathered
in the rooms OF Charles F. Murphy,
thu Tammanv leader, early in the
evening. The question of Ddxs run
ming mate and some lingering doubt as
tn whefher Martin H. Glynn OF Albany
would accept & renou1ina ton for comp
troller still kept the confHrees away
from the ha1 and delayed its opening.
Early Arrangement of Slate.
John A DIX Welded 10 the solicita-
ton Of the leaders and agreed to run
ct f45. The rest of the slate was
speedily arranged and announced to
the group waiting outside the confer
ence room at the Seneca hotel as fol-
lows:
Lieutenant governor, Thomas F.
Conway Of Clinton county.
Secretary of state. EDWARD Lazana-
Fky OF Kings.
Comptroller Martin Il Glynn of AL
bany
State treasurer. John J. Kennedy of
Erie
Attorney general Thomas J. Carmo-
dy OF y5tes.
Sta6e engineer and surveyor, John A.
Benssi OF New York.
Associate Judge of the court OF ap-
psals. Freeaxfck CorTh of Chsrnung.
coawsy hstzutarA to Accept
II was Mr.. Conway whe was reluctant
90 accept the uoruins tfos and he said
50. Byr half an hour the leaders ar
theu1 Snd went upstairs 10 consult his
friends In che Clinton county delega-
ton If was ssfd that he Ye1t that
his rosEay ves yee saesr that OF Mr.
Dix 20 nsas2e HIM a logical choice
While Conway vas ousyof the4room the
A Ga5dner OF Montgomery county. and
wfreu kRr sGardaer came 0st of the
SSurp g1lo*fy after he was all smiles
and 1e was understood he was ready to
zccapr the honor n Il came TO him.
stary of How Dix Was Selected.
The story of now Dix was selected
WIS the story OF the sscbnd day of the
convention Ofhsr events! The adop-
ton OF q platform containing the
Strongest kind of a direct primaries
plank and the enthusiasm it provoked
V the convent ION and the routine bus
etass Of the delegates vers compara-
zfveIy only INCIDENTS.
When the leaders left the rooms of
Afr. Murphy at 2.3a this morning after
vain effort to agree lrpon a candi-
dete. the ma tority Of them were for the
state chairman. Cnaninfty of opinion.
hoES<er. Tes prevented mainly by
Hix's persistent refusal 20 run. IT 40
nok eea how / could accept with honor"
ne declared Il em afraid il wouIH
fz all 1o 7
was chosen for state chairman to run
the campaign and rot to bear the par
ty's standard"
Persuasion Prevailed.
But the leaders felt otherwise. Every
iBfusnce was brought to bear upon
their unwilling choice. Several Of his
relatives. his wife. his brother -in-Iaw
and hts nephew all of whom were here
with him. were sought out and urged
20 use their powers Of persuasion. But
wren the convention met this after
noon for the first session of the day
Dix was still undecided. Pale and
has~srd from the strain under which
ne was lsboT1ng. he called the conven-
ton 20 order. The address of Perma-
nsut Chairman Herbert p Bissell the
reading Of the platform. the reports Of
com ass.ttees and the adoption of the
routine resolutions held the delegates
ur1ii sts. when the convention took
Mr.. Dix CapituIated.
The conference in Mr.. Murphy
rom was resumed almost Immediately
-Four hours later committee consist
ing OF National Chairman Norman f.
Mack a nj John II .McCooey. the
Erooklyn leader left the room and
wsut upstairs TO Mr. Dix's suite There
r1t-y told the chairman that the lead
efs stiil held TO thSr opinion that lac
should run Then Mr Dix eapitulated
Within i've minutes the committee on
. persuasion returned 10 the conference
ahS reported his decision. Soon after
rfx himsrK came Out OF his room
Yes -on shake my hand he said
smilingly To the first man who stepped
UP 20 him and asked II he was ready
- receive ronEratUla tions. But" he
= dded. with q smile Il don't know
- hethsr YOU can ccnTrat tuate me or
nc."
MrA Dix. who, It was said. had hser