Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-10-05
DIX YIELDS TO
Leaders, CALL.
Nominated For Governor by
Democrats Of New York
THE NEW HaTI0NALISn' IDEA

Scored In Special Plank of Platform
Which Condemns. Attacks Upon
United States Supreme Court and
Holds Payne-AIdricF1 Tariff Law
Responsible For High Cost of XIV
ing-Favors Regulation by State of
Public Service Corporations
Rochester, N. Y, Oct. John
A. Dix Of Washington county, chair
man Of the Democratic state commit
tee. was nominated for governor on
the Democratic ticket last night fol-
lowing a conference of leaders, while
400 delegates Of the state convention
waited two hours in their seats for
the formation of the slate.
The chief cause Of delay lay in the
difficulty Of filling second place. Dix
had been chosen for the nomination
for governor an hour, before and the
other places on the ticket had been
settled to the apparent satisfaction of
those who gathered in the rooms of
Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
leader, early in the evening.
The question Of Dix's running mate
and some lingering doubt as to wheth-
er Martin H. Glynn CT Albany would
accept q denomination for comptroller
still kept the conferees away from
the hall and delayed its opening.
John A. Dix yielded to the earnest
solicitation Of the leaders and agreed
to run at 7:45 The rest of the slate
was speedily arranged and announced
to the group waiting outside the con-
. ference room at the Seneca hotel.
The full ticket is as follows: Gov
ernor, John a. Dix of Washington
county; lieutenant governor, Thomas
| F. Conway; secretary of state, Ed
ward Lazansky; comptroller, William
/ SOhmer: state treasurer, John J .
i Kennedy; attorney general, Thomas
J. Carmody; state engineer and sur
veyor, John a, Benzia; associate
| judge Of the court of appeals, Fred
/ erick Collin.
| Edwin M Shepard was the first of
! the candidates for the nomination for
! governor to abandon his own claims
in favor of Dix. Earlier in the day
Dix had made it condition of his ac-
ceptance that all the other candidates
should promise him their support.
! From how many he received this
pledge could not be ascertained.
The platform presented to the con-
vention pledges the party to the pre-
servatiOn Of the "old nationalism. II
condemns all attacks upon the su-
| preme court of the United States. II
declares for sovereign state rights
for the largest possible measure OF
home rule for all cities of the state"
1t declares that the Payne AldricI
tariff law is a breach of faith" by
the Republican party and responsible
for the high cost of living Only by q
downward revision of the tariff, il
holds, can the cost of living be re-
duced
1t charges the Republican party with
extravaganza, and pledges the Demo
CfdtlC party 10 T6Ir6nCnm0nC.
1t pledges the party to a thorough
investigation Of all official wrongdoing
that the guilty may be punished and
business relieved of blackmail.
1t declares in favor of statewide
primaries to insure to the people the
right to elect candidates and make
nominations for public offices.
1t favors the enactment of such
measures as will compel the persona
registration Of voters throughout the
entire state.
The platform declares for popular
, election of United States senator's, fol
an income tax, and for parcels post
for the preservation Of water power
for all the people, for forest reserve
for reasonable regulation by the state
of public service corporations.
The new nationalism plank close!
: the document. 1t is as follows:
Lastly, we solemnly declare ou