The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-10-01
Problem Of An Available
Candidate Finally Solved
At Rochester
WILLIAM SULzER GETS
SMALL BUNCH OF VOTES
State Democratic Ticket Is Made Up
BY Midnight and All the Tired
Delegates Pull Out for Their
Respective Homes

Convention Hail. Rochester. n. Y.
September 30.--The democratic state con-
vention tonight nominated the following
ticket for the next state election:
Governor-John A. Dix, Washington
county.
Lieutenant Governor-Thomas f. Con-
way. Clinton county.
Secretary of State-Edward Lazansky,
Kings county.
mptroller-William sohmer, New
York
State Treasurer-John ]. Kennedy. Erie
county.
Attorney General-Thomas ]. Carmody,
Yates county.
State Engineer and surveyor-John A.
Benzel New York.
Assistant Judge of the Court of APP
peals-Frederick X. Collin, Chemung
county.
The list of candidates, prepared after
a day of almost continuous conferences.
went through shortly after midnight with
only one halt in its quick progress. This
was the presentation of the name of Con-
gresham William Sulzer as the only
rival candidate for governor Mr.. Sulzef
received 16 of the 44S votes of the conven-
ton and Mr.. Dix got the rest. All this
other nominations except that of Collin
were made by acclamation.
How Dix Was Selected
The story of how Dix was selected was
the story of the second day of the con-
vention. Other events, the adoption of a
platform containing the strongest kind of
,,la NH he
asm it provoked In the convention, and
the routine business of the delegates were
In comparison simply incidents. A
When the leaders left the rooms of Mr..
Murphy at 230 this morning, after vain
effort to agree upon a candidate. the ma
jority of them were for the state chair
man. Unanimity of opinion, however.
was prevented mainly by Mr.. Dix's per-
sistent refusal to run.
Il do not see how l could accept with
honor," he declared. Il am afraid it
would leave sore spots all over the state.
| was chosen for state chairman to run
the campaign and not to bear the party's
standard"
Bpt the leaders felt otherwise Every
influence was brought upon their unwill
ing choice. Several of his relatives. his
wife, his brother-in-law, and his nephew.
ali of whom were here with him, were
sought out and urged to use their powers
met this afternoon for the first session
of the day, Dix was still undecided.
Pale and haggard. showing the strain
upon which he was laboring, he called
the convention to order The address OF
Permanent Chairman Herbert Bissell,
the reading of the platform. the reports
of committees and the adoption of tho
routine business held the delegation until
3:43, when the convention took a recess
until o'clock
Dix Capitulates
The conference in Mr.. Murphys room
was resumed almost immedately--four
hours later committee consisting of
Norman e. Mack and John H. McCooey.
the Brooklyn leader, left the room and
went 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. Soon after Mr.,
Dix himself left his room.
Eyes, you may shake my hand, he
said smilingly to the first man who asked
IL he was ready to receive eongratula-
tions But" he added. II don't know
whether you congratulate me or not"
Mrs. Dix, who had been opposed to her
husbands accepting the nomination.
said: I'm glad and I'm sorry. I did
not want 1t because 1 thought John had
enough to do already. but, OF course. I'm
glad he has been honored and of course
shall be with him."
HE has shown himself big man.
was the comment Of Edward NJ. Shepard
when told of the selection. Mr.. Shepard
was the first of the candidates to abau-
don his own claims In favor of Mr.. Dix.
Later in the day Mr.. Dix had made 1t a
condition of his acceptance that all the
other candidates should promise him their
support.
From how many he received this pledge
could not be- ascertained.
The state Platform
The following platform was adopted this
afternoon by the conventions:
1.-THE democratic party of New York.
in convention assembled. pledges itself
anew to the old nationalism embodied In
the constitution of the United States and
to support in every way the Independent
and continued existence of each of the
three separate and distinct branches of
the federal government, preserving all
from attack and usurpation and each
from any possibility of encroachment by
the others and in particular we condemn
all attacks upon the supreme court OF
the United States.
I'VE again declare that our powers
not specifically granted to the federal
government belong to and OF right must
be exercised by the states In their SOW
ereign capacity and we reassert that tho
most efficient results In government are
attained by the complete exercise by
the states of these reserved sovereign pow
ers We are unalterably opposed to any
by the federal government OF
the rights of the states.
I'VE believe in the largest posslblexI
measure of home rule for all cities andt
political subdivisions of a state.
1--WE denounce the republican party In
the nation for its gross and wilful be-
trayal of the trust reposed In 1t by the
people and point out that the declared and
expressed promise to revise the tarin
downward has been wilfully disregarded
and ignored.
Tariff Inv Attacked
"The Payne-Aldrich tariff law pro-
by President Taft to be the
best tariff law the republican party ever
passed.. was fragrant breach OF faith
by the republican party. The bill in
creased the exactions of former republic
an tariffs and has placed great additional
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