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DIX IS NAMED
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and at 1853 Permanent Chairman BisseIl
convention 10 order.
AZ l0:o2 p. m. Chairman Bissell called
for nominations for governor. Packey
Mecabe got up. He said:
Mr. Chairman Albany yields to
Washington"
Seymour Van Santvoord placed John A
Dix in nomination. fIe finished the nom
mating speech at 1912 ?. m. with praeti-
cally no applause whatever An attempt
was made to rouse the delegates, but
after feeble shout, they sat back duly
Delegate Drummond. of Cayuga, yielded
his place TO Thomas NJ. Osborne, a
shelved candidate. who seconded the
nomination OF Dix
After Mr.. Osborne had seconded the
nomination J. William Sanbury. of Chau-
tauqua, rose on the floor and nominated
William Sulzer. The cheers for sulzer
We're louder and more prolonged than for
Dix Charles F. Murphy leaned back in
his seat and laughed hearty. He was so
much in control of the situation that the
idea OF endeayoring 70 put a candidate
that did not have his Endorsement amused
him nightly, and it is not often that
Murphy lets himself laugh.
Praise for SuIxer.
When the roll for Genesee was called
the name of Madison c. Peters was sub
stituted for one OF the delegates II was
Rev. Madison c. Peters. as he is called in
New York. He vas called TO the plat
form. and wnen he got going in his
speech IL was found that he wished 10
second the nomination OF Sulzer. He
boosted Sulzer as "one of the crowd" and
as man who was guided in HIS public
life by the dictates of his conscience.
Then the reverend speaker began to
make a long speech, outlining the public
life of Sulzer. 1t took twenty minutes
for Mr.. Peters 10 divide credit between
the Almighty and "Bnr" sulzer for every
boon granted 10 humanity for the last
quarter OF a century Mr., Peters speech
went well, and when he descended from
the platform, after appealing for the
nomination wanted by the people be
cause he belongs 10 the people" there
was nearly minutes cheering
Cast Vote for shepard.
At u:2O the voting for governor be-
gan. II was soon seen that Dix would
easily be the nominee Of the convention.
When Chautauqua was reached. Frank
II. Mott, the head OF the delegation from
that county, cast the 81 votes OF his
delegation for Edward NJ Shepard, but
the name of the man from Brooklyn
did not bring out a cheer. but there was
q big cheer when John H. McCooey cast
CO votes in a lump for Dix. and again
a moment later when Murphy cast lO5
votes for Dix.
When Monroe County was reached. al
though most OF the delegates from that
county had left the hall. Thomas W
Finueane, the member OF the State com
mittee form that county, and who had
been q worker for Havens. was Kissed
by the Sulzerites when he announced
that Monroe was for Dix
The vote as announced by the chair
was. Dix, 4S4i Sulzer. 16.
After the vote had been declared e. r
scribner. who seconded the nomination OF
Sulzer. moved TO make the DIX nofni-
nation unanimous This was adopted
without dissent
John Reilly. OF St Lawrence. placed in
nomination for lieutenant governor.
Thomas F. Conway. Of Clinton; Senator
Mackey. Of Erie. seconded The nomina-
ton. Van KEENAN,, OF Ogdensburg. spoke
for ST. Lawrence's choice His nomina-
ton was made unanimous.
Representative Fitzgerald, of Kings