Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-01
Associated Pressy

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Sept. 30.-John
A. Dix of Washington county was
chosen candidate for governor by the
Democratic convention tonight, while
400 delegates to the convention waited
two hours in their seats for the for
nation of the slate.
The chief cause of delay was in the
difficulty of filling second place. Mr..
Dix had been selected 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, ear
lier in the evening.
Mr.. Dix yielded tonight to the solic-
itation of the leaders and agreed to
run. The rest Of the slate was ar
ranged as follows:
Lieutenant governor - Thomas f.
Conway, Clinton county.
Secretary of state-Edward Lazan-
ski, Kings county.
Comptroller-Martin H. Glynn, Al
bany.
State treasurer-John ]. Kennedy,
Erie.
Attorney general-Thomas ]. Carmo-
dy, Yates.
Associate judge court of appeals
Frederick Colin, Chemung.
Mr.. Glynn refused the nomination
for comptroller and William Sohmer
of New York was substituted in his
place.
CONWAY RELUCTANT
Mr.. Conway said he was reluctant
TO accept the nomination for lieuten-
ant governor. 1t was said he felt his
county was too near that of Mr.. Dix to
make him a logical candidate.
When the leaders left the rooms Of
Mr.. Murphy at 2:3O this morning, af-
ter a vain effort to agree on a candi-
date, the majority of them were for
the state chairman, Dix. Unanimity
of opinion, however, was prevented
mainly by Mr.. Dix refusing to run.
IT do not see how 1 could accept the
hanor," he declared. 81 am afraid it
would leave sore spots all over the
state"
Every influence was brought to bear
upon the unwilling choice. Several of
his relatives, his wife, his brother-in-
law and his nephew, all of whom were
here with him, were sought out and
urged to try persuasion. But when
the convention met this afternoon for
the first session of the day Mr.. Dix
was still undecided. Pale and hag-
gard, showing the strain under which
he was laboring, he called the conven-
ton to order The address of Per-
manent Chairman Herbert x. Blssel,
the reading Of the platform, the reports
of the committees and the adoption of
the routine resolutions held the dele
gates until 3:45, when the convention
took a recess until 1880 p. m.
CONFERENCE RESUMED
The conference in Mr.. Murphy
room was resumed almost immediate
ly. Four hours later a committee con-
sisting of National Democratic Com
T-4-.- L
McCooey the Brooklyn leader, left the
room and went to Mr.. Dix suite
There they told the chairman that the
leaders still held 60 their opinion that
he should run. Then Mr.. Dix capit-
ulated.
Within five minutes the committee
returned to the conference and an
nounced his decision, Soon Dix him
self came out Of his room.
Eyes" he said, you may shake my
hand" smiling like those who con-
graduated him. But" he said, 81
don't know whether you should con-
graduate me or not"
"He has shown himself a big man.,
was the comment of Edward M. Shep-
ard. Mr.. Shepard was the first 10
abandon his own cand dacy in favor
of Mr. Dix. Mr.. Dix had made it a
condition of his acceptance that all the
other candidates should promise him
their support. From how many he re-
ceived this pledge could not be as er-
tained.
The question Of the lieutenant gov
ernorship continued to give trouble.
Congressman James S. Havens, an
other candidate for first place on the
ticket, was said to be the leaders first
choice, but his representatives declared
that under no circumstances would he
accept Then Mr.. Conway agreed to
accept the nomination.
LAST SESSION LATE
The third and concluding session of
the convention began at 10 p. m, two
and a half hours alter the scheduled
time
Nominations for governor were
county was called its delegates an
nounced they yielded to Washington,
the home county of John A. Dix.
Seymour Van SAINT Voord took the
platform to put in nomination Mr.. Dix.
The nomination was seconded by
Thomas M. Osborne OF Auburn, an
other candidate for the same place.
]. M w. Sanbury nominated VIII
liam Sulzer of New York. Col. Alex
ander Bacon seconded the nomination
of Sulzer. He mentioned the Indepen-
dence league in this speech. and this
brought a storm of Kisses.
Hiss, if you will" he shouted,
brandishing his fists.
Get the hook!" yelled voice In
the gallery.
BY this time the hall was in an up