The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-01
TICKET NAMED LAST NIGHT
The Platform Condemns New National
ism and Upbraids Republicans for
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Law-Ad-
jOurns After Midnight.

WHite NhHlAc9 r. hAA Fhgi AAAMaiN
ehieftsin, and other leaders fxed up a
slate.
When this work was done, the ticket
agreed 90 was;--
Governor, John A Dix, Washington
county.
Lieutenant governor, Thomas +. Con
way Of Clinton county.
Secretary OF state, Edward Lazansky
Of Kings
Comptroller, William sohmer of New
York
state treasurer, John j. Kennedy Of
Erie.
Attorney general, Thomas ]. carmody
of Yates.
State engineer and surveyor, John A.
Bensel, New York.
Associate Judge Of the court Of ap.
peals, Frederick Collin Of Chemung
Dix, who is chairman of the state
committee, did not consent to become
the standard bearer until great pressure
by party leaders and personal friends
had been exerted.
BY the time the slate making was
finished, it was long after Q o'clock last
night, and the concluding session Of
the convention was not called to order
until 10 o'clock, two and half hours
after the scheduled time.
Long before the leaders entered the
hall the big building was crowded
The rolI.call of counties for nominal
tions for governor was called at once.
When Albany county was called, its dell
egates announced they yielded to Wash
ington, the home county Of John A.
Dix.
When Dix's name was heard, the
crowd rose like one man with a wild
cheer.
The nomination was seconded BY
Thomas NJ Osborne Of Auburn, one Of
the candidates for the same nomination
Mr. Osborne received a cheer that al
most equalled that aceorded's Dix's
name.
in the roll-eall, j. William Sanbury NOM
mated William Sulzer of New York.
Sulzer's friends proved good rooters,
and they shouted until the hall rang,
and some Of the gallery unfurled a ban
ner
Eugene Scribner Of the Fulton and
Hamilton delegates seconded Suffers nom
nation. The Rev. Madison s Peters OF
New York was substituted to a place
in the Genessee delegation, to enable
him also to second the Sulzer nomina.
ton
Colonel Alexander Bacon had great
difficulty in getting to the platform, be-
cause several men shouted that he was
not delegate, although he claimed q
proxy from Seneca county.
Chairman Bissell finally let him sneak.
and he said he seconded Suffers nomi-
nation,
Colonel Bacon's mention of the indie
pendenee league brought a storm Of
Kisses.
aIIiss, If you will,' he shouted
"Get the hook" yelled a voice from
the gallery well never ret to New
York. cried Tammany delegate.
"Never mind shouted the speaker,
Il like this"
BY this time the hall was in an up
roar, with the chairman rapping vainly
for order. Keep quiet" urged Colonel
Bacon
Colonel Bacon returned to his seat
after taking nearly half an hour to
make speech that without Interrupt
tious would have lasted but ten min
ates
This completed the nominations for
governor, and the delegates proceeded to
vote BY counties,
John A. Dix was nominated for gov
ernor receiving 434 votes to l6 for Will
liam Sulzer.
The Sulzer votes were; Chautauquo
2; Delaware, 3. Franklin, 8; Fulton
Hamilton, 8; Genesee, 3; Schuyler, 2.
The nomination OF Dix was made
unanimous.
The other candidates on the ticket a:
made up by the leaders were nominated
by reclamation. and the convention ad
iourned soon after midnight.
The platform upbraids the Republi-
cans, declares "The Payne-Aldrich tariff
law, pronounced by President Taft To
be the best tariff that the Republican
party ever passed, was a fragrant breach
Of faith BY the Republican party. Ths
bill even increased the exactions Of for.
mer Republican tariffs and has placed
great additional burdens upon the shoul
ders Of the average man, thereby large
" contributing to the present high cost
Of living, a cost out Of all proportion
TO the earning capacity of the greai
mass Of the people"
IL further declares:
Lastly we solemnly declare our in
flexible opposition to the so-ealled new
nationalism It's inventors put this for
ward as if It were progressive, while il
reality it is sheer reaction Of tyrannica
method long ago shaken of by the FREE
people Of the world often times a
cruel cost IN treasure and blood
'The settlers of our country fled from
Europe 60 escape it. Whatever advance
IFS adoption would bring Is an advance
toward Socialism. They would have Il
abandon freedom They would rednc
tire states to prefeetures governed from
Washington They would clothe TIL
president with power to declare wha
is lawful q power usurped by one presi
dent IN the case Of giant corporation
absorbing a competitor
such new natlonalism' would la,
the NEEDING hand of 4 bureaucracy mp
on every industry, Increasing the bur
ems 81 taxation, making the struggl
for life still harder and compelling ever.
American workman to carry on MS bacl
federal inspector,