New-York tribune., 1910-11-11
TO SERVE STATE ONLY
DIX Says He viii Devote Whole
Time TO GovernOrShIp.
RESTING IN ADIR0NDACKS
Gets Cordial Reception from
Residents of McKeever, Where
He Is Popular.

get for ter GAYS that there has been an
election and that new responsibilities await
him. he wants 10 stroll through the cold
r-een 6re bale himself before a cordwood
cpen fire, eat three square meals a day
and sleep ten hours night He is making
10 social engagements. and his only pup
nc appearance between now and January i
1sI1. the day oc his inauguration viii PROB
sblv be the dinner OF his college fraternity
a. the Hotel Astor. IN New York On bs-
cember Is
Pt,t wishes are not horses, and 8ir. Dix
has been followed even 20 his camp by
stream os letters and telegrams Of con-
graduation He is doing his best to give
each an individual answer, and the post
master 81 McKeever has been kept buster
with his stamp canceller than 81 any time
since his appointment. but the task seems
zsll1ish impossible Moreover, there are
ether matters 10 which the Governor-elect
must give his attention. He has been all
us life 3 business man. and for the last
eix months Il has distressed him that he
could give little time 70 his oVn affairs
FEis activities as Democratic state chair
Gran were succeeded by the strain Of the
convention and the fa-iEles of the cam
rasgu. soon come the duties Of his new
Office lie feels that he VIII need every
minute between now End the New ea-
70 set his house n order and prepare TO
give himself over wholly 10 The people who
have put their trust in him.
To-day vas weather 10 loaf and invite
rhe soul. a dirty drizzle took all the snap
out of the au-urnn cold and Nj Dix put
tered about his lodge this morning in a
ed coat and z green hunting walstcoa-.
rr-th his trousers tucked into TOP boots and
o. soft stock about his neck. This afternoon
DC took e long walk through the dripping
woods To-uish- he sat before roaring
sre. with half the town OF AIckeever-some
sf-y farailies-abcut him. and sang old
songs with them 70 the accompaniment Of
q guitar Albert c. Bosrwick. Of New York,
= ven 70 dc manufacture. who owns
camp a. Blsby Lake, near by, furnished the
accomraninents-
Before the gathering broke Up Nj DIX
stepped forward before rhe company as
HembIed around the FIRE, He said he
wanted to express his thanks TO his friends
and neigh5ors for the loyal support they
gave him at the polls.
You have rebul-sd that riot Of extrRva-
Eznce IN Albany where last year $4,000
OG0 q the state funds were expended when
nc stats resources were only S24. oG0, 000,"
r. said Your -ebuks has been world
vide. Only recently, friend OF mine en-
desvored 70 place some securities N HcI-
land but was unable 70 do SO from the
fact that the cloud hanging over business
made them r1rid They said that they
would walt Until after election before in
-esting, and Etate5 further that e ths
Democratic party won in New York state.
e would restore confidence.
Now, friends have given you ny
sEancs OF public funds. but I must have
--our help. and now ask YOU tor your CO
sVeratlon."
5sconvuIe and drop n or q Democratic
subiation meeting "a be held there II ne
does he vii probably make q little speech,
rs1e nothing formal
-Four Cabins n Dix Camp
-Four Weather beaten log cabins comprise
she DIX camp. Three Of them are sleeping
houses and the fourth the main lodge
snow shoes, Indian beaCwo-k. fishing tackle
and ossse-y hang on the walls. II the
centre q the room rises a huge. uedizs-al
chimney stack with TIE hearth open at ali
sides and 2 cspaciogs hood above. narrow
-uE INTO the throat cs rhH stack TO carry
eff the smoke When the fra blszes there
s. no need of other light
While s1e fire frightened his proaIe 10
night the Governor-elect sat with lis ewes
q the shadow of his hand. peeriuE n the
Goals as Z TO read IN their changing pat
-ern the story OF the next two years. which .
old wives ssr IS 20 be traced in the glow
ing sshes.
That the Governor elect ziI give rfS en-
tire time to MS administration as soon a5
te takes Cp the reins Of Governor vas ev--.
denr from me enthusiastic v-s- he rark rkaf
this afternoon OF his future
s- going ~ devote n7v entire time u
rHs state while GoFeruo-.F nc said 'E shan
cray here prC1a 7I- two weeks replying % .
almost uur5e-le=s letters and -eIeersrns o..
ccrErEruia-or- Then shah adjust nv
business 50 that -ner 7 20 20 Albany my .
sir@ vii re ready for The adH-t-5sf-a-i zion. .-- 4
e. 5TcEeevc- people think 1-r ~ John .
Dtz. E-e~y one cE The twenty houses that 4
ru-rou-d the railroad STATION has his cam .
1s5yn picture posted on a prominent place (
~ the parlor window when re- aif-h-ad f.
from the train here. accompanied .- EE=
nro-her-in-Isw. Dr Cof+ln, mss nephew. John .
Dix CcF7r. and his stenlErarLer Frederick .
Allen the newly elected Executive rad 2 .
pleasant surprise. E-e-- one IN Nck=ersr .
had stcpped work and had Uttered ~ The F.
cation AIr DIX vas heartily -see~-6 a05-
followed b- the enthusiastic peCp.- NJ tiC- F
Keever. many Of whom Work af .la pulp
nil II which he is interested, ne went 70 7
-te ros-cfEce- There ne shook hands ali .
around znd appeared 20 be extremely .
--eassd bv ths cordial Welcome ne was re-
oe.vi-E. He thanked al FOR their vel /
wishes Then -he Governor-elsc1 went 4
over 70 MS camp.
Few Trains to McKeever-
there are only Two trains north TO Nc
r-ee-s-. The newspapers and these who
-1--e here generally arrive On the after
noon e---ess. which pulls IN over the New
York Central I-tIe after O'clock II
.r- afr--roca. The other train reaches
here a. IN ths uo-rirg- The social centre
- NE plaoe IS e little red school house
7--t-h stands In z lo- over On the other
etls q me railroad track. II Is gossiped
about today that Al old-3ashioned meeting
IS scheduled Il be held in the school rooIn
ser.y IN rhe week when Mrs. DIX arrives
tere from Thomson
Besides the visit Of Gcvernor-elect DIX.
sI-Kseve- had another sensation 20 break
Tic rnorot0ny Of perpetual Ife n the
woods q man. Eho satd he came from
arazsschuserrs. tried 70 take his life By /
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