The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-01
Democratic Convention at Rochester
Simply Question of Waiting for
the Leaders to Choose the
Candidates They Desire
JOHN A. DIX SET APART RY
ORGANIZATION FOR GOVERNOR
Chief Trouble Comes in Getting Dix to Agree to
Run and Settling on Man for
Second Place

nounced his decision Soon himself Dix
came out Of his room
Yes. YOU may shake my hand - he
sad smiingly to those who conprat-
uIated HIM But, - he added. "T don I
know whether you should congratulate
me or NOT
lie has shown himself big man.
was the comment Of Edward n. Shcp
hard. Mr.: Sheppard was the first TO
abandon his own candidacy in favor of
Mr.: Dix. Mr.. Dix had made it a con,
dliion of his acceptance that all the
other candidates should promise him
Their support. From how MANY he re.
tanned
The question of tho lieutenant cover.
horsmp continued tn giye trouble. Con.
gresham James s. HaNchs. another can
did1tc Tor hrSt place on the ticket way
SAID TO be the LEADERS, first choice. but
nus representatives declared that mn.
ger no circumstances would he accept
men Mr, Conway agreed to accept tn,
nomination for lieutenant governor.
me 1hIrd and concluding session oi
me convention begun here AT 10 clock
tonight two and half hours after
the scheduled time.
Semblance of Contest.
Nominations for governor were raliet
TOT al once. When Albany county was
called, It's delegates announced that thcy
ylelded 10 washington, the home county
OF John A. Dix.
Seymour Van SAINT Noord took tbr
platform 10 put in nomination Mr.. Dix.
ne nomlnatrou was seconded by Thom.
rs NJ. Osborne of Auburn, one of tbc
candidates for the same nomination.
:. j, william Sanburu nominated vii.
nam Sulzcr of New York.
colonel Alexander Bacon seconded the
domination of Snlzor.
Colonel Bacon mentioned tbc Ind.
Pendence Icagne in his speech aud this
brought storm of hisses
HISS If YOU Will. he shuuteJ
brandishlng his fists.
=, Get the hook, '" yelled a voice in
the gallery -
By this time the hail was in an nm,
roar WIN Inc chairman rappinu vainiy
Ior ,r order Keep quiet. ' urged Colonel
bacon and II tell YOU a good story. ''
ne crowd accepted the promise aud
suddenly hushcd its noise. only TO break
out afresl when it failed 10 appreriat.
inc story. Colonel Bacon returned TO
ms seat after taking nearly half nm
hour TO make speech TINT without
interruption would have lasted but ten
minutes.
Tins completed the nominations for
governor and thc delegates proceeded 10
Mr.. Dix received $50 to IG for SrI.
zer and the nomination of Dix wns
made unanimous
John Is. Riley of Clinton presented
.the name OF Thomas +. Conway for lien.
tenant governor and there being no 9th.
eer candidate he was named by acelamn
ton '"'
Inc convention will go into poIitca.
history as one OF The most remarkable
III me history of the Democratic party
from the first little or no division or
opinion. But the candidate was moi
chosen until Charles +. Murphy, leader
of Tammany hall, who by virtue of his
10 delegates, was in a position 10 con
troll the convention, had canvasscd th,
merits of no less than fourteen others
beside Mr.. Dix,
81 said | would give them AN up
state candidate, and I've done it, wa.
Mr Murphy comment on the uomius.
lion.
Details of the Day,
Mr., Parker, temporary chairman
called the convention 10 order. Herbert
T. BiSSen OF Buffalo. permanent chair.
man, shortly arterward took the platform
ana addressed the convention.
Chairman Bissell's Address
Herbert T. Bissell, as permanent chair
man, addressed the convention in purl
as follows:
we have come together as a repre-.
sentative body Of Dcmocrats-of piu-
Sressive Democrats who arc faithful tu
the sound principles OF government ad-
vocated by lhe founders of the American
and the trainers OF the AIneri-
can constitution, but who are progress
>ires i'll the purpose TO apply those princi-
pies TO the solution of present problems
nj If syi iSTi .,.IS
AT the present time we find through
out the country many Republicans who
call themselves. 'proGressives,' and when
we ennlyze their progrcssIveness we are
gratified to find that In most eases IL
consists din the condemnation OF their
own partys 'stand-pat.' dishonest tariff
revision and their advancemeut To the
advocacy OF tariff reform so long and
SO consistently urged by the Democratic
party
Progressives and Advance.
I'VE are pleased too. to find that this
progressivoncSS has led To the adoption
Of recommendations made by the last
Democratic president for tho regulation
and control of interstate public service
and OF the rccommcndatio tion
so eloquently, urged by the last Demo
prevention OF corrupt practices and the
of corporations in politics.
py insisting on the publication OF cam
oaign contributions before and etic"
elections,
To-day VIC find the profHgacy aud
of the Republican admins
zach congress OF the fabulous sum OF
wo billion dollars. comparison uf the
asst four years OF Democratic admin'Sti7l
Ion with the last four years of Kopubli-
IAN adminlstra ton illustrates with en-
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