New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-01
HOW SLATE WAS CHOSEN
Dix Reluctantly Consents to Run
for Governor.
GLYNN REFUSED PLACI
William Sohmer Substituted as
Candidate for Controller
Day of Conferences.
THOMAS J. CARMODY.
For Attorney General.

Rochester. Sept. 3o.-John A. Dix, of
Washington County, was chosen as can
didate for Governor on the Democratic
ticket tonight by the conference of
leaders. while four hundred delegates TO
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 filing 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. early in
the evening The question Of Dix's run
ming mate and some lingering doubt as
to whether Martin H. Glynn. of Albany.
would accept q nomination for Con-
troller still kept the conrerrees away
from the hall and delayed the opening Of
the convention.
Mr.. Dix yielded TO the solicitation Of
the leaders and at 7:45 o'clock agreed to
run. The rest of the slate was speedily
arranged and announced TO the group
waiting outside. the conference room at
Thomas F. Conway, of Clinton County,
for Lieutenant Governor.
Edward Lazansky. of Kings. for secre-
tsry of State.
John ]. Kennedy, Of Buffalo. for State
Treasurer.
Thomas j. Carrnody. of Penn Van, for
Attorney General
John RenseI NJ NevU Yor, Cor State
Engineer and Surveyor.
Martin H. GIynn, Of Albany, for Con-
troller.
Frederick Collin. of Cher1ung, for
Judge of the Court Of Appeals.
Mr.. Conway was reluctant to accept
the nomination, and said so. For half
an hour the leaders argued with him,
until finally he left them and went up
stairs TO consult with his friends in the
Clinton County delegation. 1t was said
that he felt that his county was too near
that Of Mr.. Dix TO make him a logical
choice. While Conway was out of the
room the talk turned TO State Senator
William A. Gardner, of Montgomery
County, and when Mr.. Gardner came out
q
all smiles, and to one of his friends he
intimated that his chance Of getting the
nomination was excellent. Senator
Gardner. 1t was understood, was ready
TO accept the honor II II came TO him.
Dix Reluctant to Run.
When the leaders left the rooms of Mr..
Murphy at 2:30 O'Clock this morning.
after a vain effort to agree on a candi-
date. the majority of them were for the
state chairman. Unanimity of opinion,
however, was prevented mainly by Dix's
persistent refusal to run. Il do not
see how I could accept with honor" he
declared. 81 am afraid il would leave
sore spots all over the state. 1 was
chosen for state chairman to run the
campaign. and not to bear the party's
standard"
But the leaders felt otherwise. Every
influence was brought TO bear on their
unwilling choice. Several of his rela-
tives, his wife, his brother-in-law and
his nephew, all Of whom were here with
him. were sought out and urged to use
their powers Of persuasion. But when
the convention met this afternoon for
the first session Of the day Dix was still
undecided. Pale and haggard. showing
in every feature the strain under which
he was laboring. he called the conven-
ton TO order The address Of the per
manent chairman, Herbert P. Bissell;
the reading Of the platform, the reports
OF committees and the adoption of reso-
buttons held the delegates until 4 o'clock.
when the convention took recess until
40 O'Clock.
The conference in Mr.. Murphys room
was resumed almost Immediately. -Four
hours later a committee consisting OF
Norman Z. Mack. national chairman
and John II. McCooey. the Brooklyn
leader, left the room and went upstairs
to Mr.. Dix's suite. There they told the
chairman that the leaders still held to
their opinion that he should run. Then
Mr.. Dix capitulated. Within five min
utes the committee on persuasion re
turned TO the conference and reported
his decision. Soon after Dix himself
came out of his room.
Yes, you shake my hand" he said
smilingly TO the first man who met him
and asked him II he was ready TO re-
ceive congratulations. But" he added.
with a smile, Il don't know whether you
can congratulate me or not"
Mrs. Dix, who It was said had been
opposed to her husbands accepting the
nomination, said:
I'm glad and I'm sorry. | did not
want il because 1 thought John had
enough to do already, but of course I'm
glad he has been honored and of course
I shall be with him. ! am with him
wherever he goes. anyway"
Shepard Gives Way to Dix.
He has shown himself a big man."
was the comment of Edward NJ. Shep-
ard when told OF the selection. Mr..
Shepard was the first of the candidates