The sun., 1910-06-03

the riEh, 10 vote In the Democratic portion
of the State.
n Gov. Hughes ls sincere In bis boasted
desire 10 make real progress In election
matters let him call the attention Of the
: lsGialatuTs 10 the fact that while In most
Of the Republican sections Of me State it
+ not even necessary 20 personally register
IN order TO vote. In the De'uu ratio sea'tiOn
the right IL surrounded With 80 many dim
cultles and obstacles a. TO practically de-
prive many Of the citizens Of the right 10
vote
l.si him put an end without further de-
lay 10 partisan treatment Of - important
. question, aud u II he necessary 20 pass
such laws a. the sO-called Ward bills let
their application in the name of fair play
and good citizenship he made genera
J throughout the entire state
TIE Democratic party stands for The
most rigid enforcement Of every safeguard
3 which h intended % insure honest voting
and f,ir elvctions. hut Il demands thai such
t enforcement shall bs general throughout
/ TIE state and II denounces tfe narroN,
| 9reiudired spirit OF Republican partisan
I ahip Nhlch would apply Laws intended for
such ends only to Democratic districts
TURN THB OrHER WILLOWS orr
/ We believe that We have reached a crisis
I In the histoTy OF the natiOh and state hat
ohera a great opportunity 20 the l'"mo-
cratic party The people are thoroughly
/ tirei Of the corruption, the waste and the
extravagance Of the Republicans the in
I ieTeals Of the manv have been sacrificed
l 20 the grt ed ~ the few the burdens oi
/ TAXATION have 'ecume almost in.olerable
and fall most heavily upon those least able
I. TO bear them. the cost of living hss groNn
out Of all proportion 70 the earning capacity
! Of the ordinary man and thuse evil, instead
! Of becoming lees promise to grow ~ long
a. The Repuhlicans remain IN rover
J nder such conditions We .OOk foTSarh
to certain suCcess In the coming campaign
and We confidently appeal 10 ali voters II
/ tie state whose 'nteres' extends hev"nd
par-ow party limits. 10 al Who believe In
e~onomy and efAcirnCy m government 10
4 line up with the Demo, rate party IN the
approaching struggle We will vcl'Om-
the aid Of all. regardless Of mast diherence-
Who Nish TO helm restore the government
to the people We call upon all Democrats.
wherever possible. 10 take part In the Demo
cratic primaries and help In the election
- delegates 10 the various rony eutiOnS of
the ablesi and strongest men In the 10
didates chosen Tor pomination may ~ r,en
cf ability. integrity and character. 10 well
LnOvn a. 70 command ~ the polls the
strength and following which viii Insure
their election and reScu. the government
of the State from the hands OF the "epubii-
cans. Who have 80 long ahusrd lhe power
ana influence entrusted fo them
Prank J Goodwin was elected commit
- a Hata =
vacant by the death ct Daniel y Finn, and
Committeeman Cram and Cohalan moved
vote % thanks 20 Mr. COnnerS for his
labors of the last four years. which was
adopted by rising vote.
the NEw ,hA. .-.....
Chairman Dix 10 a bag blond man With
blue eyes. a long and pointed nose. a
gentle voice and a diGnihed Carriag 81
He l. manufacture of Greenwich
Washington county He - als1 p-e-i-
dent Of a bank IN Albany and - m Albany
most 0f the Time he vas boomed as a
Guberuatorial possibility A. the Demo.
cratic state convention IN Buffalo tn IgF
and received seventeen votes DIV was
a stsadfast opponent IT WilhamB 4 Hrir-,s
nomination ~ that time After Mr
Hearst's nomination VI nA holted
Hearst saving The npmOCrauD partv
- passing through an ordeal the most
daring and disastrous In its history but
from the shock received IN the Buffalo
convention u is plainly evident thai an
organization in New York CITY which shall
represent Democracy and no; temagog-
ism must and will b. created ] shall
remain true ~ Democratic principles
but | cannot vote for Mr. Hearst
In 1878 Mr. DX was nominated Tor
Lieutenant Governor on the ticket which
Lewis stuyvesant Chanler headed In
September. 1919. Mr DIX became greatly
interested IN the Democratic state League
conference at SaratOga u has hren
stated that Mr. Dix 10 nephew Of former
Governor John A DIX. who a. Secretary
Of the Treasury sent the world famed mes
sage 10 the revenue cutter a. New Orleans
. at the outbreak Of the Rebellion ~ any
. man attempts 10 haul down the American
fag shoot him on the spot This hinAhip
has heen disputed by certain members 81
the DIX family. who say that the father Of
the new Democratic state chairman was
James IaWtOn Dix and his grandfather
samuel Dix When Mr. DIX was nomi-
mated for Lieutenant Governor m 1918
there we're a number Of communications
sent 10 the New York city newspapers
aase ring that Mr. DiH was not a nephew
, Of Gov John 4 Dix lie made no reply
SHADOW or HEARST
hf. DlN ~ Nue Ilefa0llal IflFuu ol luuitlAH
Mott Osborne Of auburn, the principal
organizer OF the Democratic State League.
Who has come in for decidedly antagonis-
tic criticisms from Mr. Hearst Mr.
Hearst was very much nettled in 1919 over
Mr. DiXs bolt Mr. DiV h also the friend
Of Charles r Murphy, Patrick p Met abe
, the Democratic leader Of Albany. and he
has been associated with most Democrats
not in the Hearst camp The selection of
Mr Dix provoked comment yesterday 10
the effect that the Democratic OTganiza-
ton of the State apparently did not fear
Mr. Hearst Il IL we'll known that most
Of the Republican machine leaders in the
State are banking on Mr. Hearst 10 help
them through next fall They do not dis
guee their uttsrances on this subject and
tell you frankly and candidly that their
party is in a Tad way in the State and that
this was never better illustrated than ~
the special elections for Congress IN the
Monroe county district Democratic
State committeeman. however. said yes
tsFday that they could produce tho figures
which show that in iS05 and iaO0 Hearst
drew more from the Republicans than he
did from the Democrats and in 1909 was
defeated by DEMOCRATIC voters who pre-
ferred Gov Hughes