The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-12

| United states Senator to succeed
chauncey NJ. Depew. The Mayor i!
strongly in favor of Edward NJ
Shepard for the place and he and Mr.
Dix talked over the possibility of Mr.
Shepard being the choice of the ma
jority of the Legislature.
Mr. Dix. 1T is said, told the Mayor
that, while he Intended to cling to his
announced policy of not interfering
with the work of tho Legislature
nevertheless he was going to use al
his influence to see that the party, al
tho very beginning Of It's success, did
not make the error of choosing Sena.
tor who would be open to criticism
as the product of q political machine
Mr.. Dix, 1t Is said, realizes tnat the
eyes of the public are turned mora tn
ward who the next Senator will be
than anything else at present, and he
will not take any chances of having
the wrong man selected.
Mr. Murphy also talked over the SEN
atorship with MIR. Dix, but he had no
candidate to propose. The Tammany
leader is opposed to Mr. Shepard for
personal reasons, but 1T is said he told
Mr. Dix yesterday that he was willing
to accept any man agreeable to the
Governor elect. MIR. Murphy, 1t is said
realizes as keenly as does Mr.. Dix that
it would be a fatal error to have any
one but popular Democrat go to the
Senate at this time. and thus put the
party in the position of working
against the public welfare. Mr. Muir
ply again eliminated himself as pos
sible candidate. After his talk with
Mr.. Dix lie said:
"Yor can say positively that am NOT
a candidate for the senatorAhip: that /
nevor have been and never will be. l
think that ought 10 be plain to every
one by this time"
lid you suggest any names to Mr..
Dix" Mr.. Murphy was asked
"C,h, we talked over the situation.
That Is all care to say was the
replS
Mayor Gaynor did not have an ap-
pointnlent with Mr.. Dix. He heard he
was in the city, so he walked from the
City Hail, first 10 the Waldorf and then
to the Manhattan. He was closeted
with Mr. Dix for upward of an hour,
and when he left he had nothing to
say
Mr.. Dix arrived on the noon train,
accompanied by his wife. His newly
appointed secretary, John A. Mason,
was the only person at the station to
meet him The Governor-elect will
make the Manhattan Hotel his head
quarters until he returns TO Albany
next Saturday. He said he would not
announce any more appointments until
Tuesday or "Wednesday. as he was still
looking around for good men He said
he had offered the place of legal adj
wiser to William Church Osborn, but
had not yet heard II he would be able
TO accept. Two men were being con-
sidered for the office of Superintendent
of Public Works, he said, but he did
not care to say who they are. One is
said to be Charles r. fireman, of ithaca
State Chairman Winfield A. Huppuch.
who was mentioned as candidate for
several Offices, is now out of the run
ming entirely, as he prefers to attend
to his business affairs. He was assoc
ciated with Mr.. Dix in several enter
prlses, and it was considered lnadvis-
able for both to sever their connections
With these concerns
1T will be bad enough to have one
of US completely out of business said
Mr.. Dix with smile. "and 1t will be
quite impossible for Mr. Huppuch to
accept any Office"
United States senatorship had visited
him to press their claims, Mr.. Dix re-
piled:
ooh yes, quite number of candi-
dates have visited me. ! think we
have no lack of material for the SEN
atorship, and there are plenty of can
didates in the field. You know" he
added, with a laugh, Il have been mem
toned as a senatorial possibility my
self
Mr. Dix said lie had not yet taken
under consideration any prospective
appointments to the Public Service
Commission.
"That is matter" he said, which
will not come up until after the first
of the year"
Mr.. Dix was asked II he had yet
begun work on his message.
II am still gathering material" he
replied II have assembled a great
mass of matter, including reports from
the various department heads, and l
am going over this carefully l have
not yet actually begun work on the
writing of the message
Asked as to the recommendations to
be made in the message, Mr.. Dix replitd
that 1t was too early to give out any
thing beyond what he has already said,
you can safely say however" he
added with a smile. that the message
will be less than 10000 words in
length
With one or two exceptions Mr. Dis
has decided upon most of his military
staff, He has protferod appointments
to several National Guard officers, but
has not heard from them as yet,
Nj. Dix will nave other conferences
with Mr. Murphy and other political
leaders tomorrow. He VIII be kept
busy all the week, for he is scheduled
to appear at dinner almost every
night,
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