The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-16
NIX CAN'T GET MEN He WANTS
u,IJ\n TRDI BLE FILLING IN
PORTtNT OFFICES.
.,.,n.s, to Gondrnse or Abolish som~
al the MANY state Commissions anal
ul,hr. Ia Ano~ what thr People Think
.f the Two Public service ComYissiens

nfthr Two Pubir srrNieet omrYissaen
..,..ush he Manhattan Hotel, where
covert. elect DIX is staying. has had it's
,,....- lied all the week with office
,......- and with leaders from all over
mn. >,,r. who' are seeking their share
-, .r. ,arronage which the new Gov
am - 'o give out, Mr. Dix said last
r.-' nd he said IL in sincerely plain
$40. -..- that he had been unable To
IN. ,r, men he would like to appoint
d. .N..,.
.v..- want 10 form he said, ia
4, ~'.'. Government OF business men:
,hs. ., ana seeking TO get around me
rr. WHO would run the affairs Of tn.
ga, u-' a. they would II they were
r!r' -s heir own private business
>r.. nave been here, and my principal
pu-,sr-.. m coming down here for n week
"a p. MI "a many appointments a.
poS- r." have made very little head
CAV have appealed 10 many men
r-,r- the last day or two to take
ra-.- would like them To fill. but the
cla-- Of men | am referring to don't seem
b 49,, anything attractive IN public
or. They don't seem inclined 20
ary t rhelr private interests"
7, understood that Mr. Dix had
~ trouble in persuadng Charles F.
r.. Hu 81 Ithaca to accept the appoint
rr-' ~ Superintendent Of Public Works
|l..t n. mad" no secret Of the diSappoint-
-~.r u- frlr Yesterday when William
|fh4-.n Osborn OF Garrison declined
III -rt'.r Of he Office of LEGAL adviser
to -nr Governor There were two reasons
VT .N ..rruated Mr. Osborn IN refusing
~. ,,- that h- did not care To give IN
|hl< rr.ya's practice. and the other was
ina Do" lId not wish 10 sever his asSocia-
|-or WI'h many s.mi-publIc institutions.
a. VI p'N described ~, with which he
= .nrur,t-d These institutions are for
'hs most part charitable and civic or
gar ,arlous It which MIR Osborn IA the
ar'..o .sader. and he Is afraid thar II he
should re-iGn from them. a. he told Mr.
mX ha would have 10 do II he accepted
,hs appointment. the interests Of those
institutions might suffer
With Mr. Osborn. ont OF consideration
II m GoyeSnor-elcct' legal adviser
] Augustus Kellogg OF Glens Falls. John
IL Hogan of syracuse. Joseph W Lawson
All Page smith Of Albany and Frank
w Patterson OF New York ar- talked of
!a- the place Mr. Kellogg l. an old friend
nj . cal adviser Of Mr Dix in his home
own MIR Dix IL a Glens Falls boy. Mr..
H. ogg nut Mr. Dix in nomination for
ll.yt"nant-Governor on tn" Chanler
Icket III 1905 and he was very close to
VIZ Dix in the recent campaign Mr. Hell
,sE Wa "A candidate for "A Judg.--hlp III
he" recent campaign and was defeated
| lr lawson was narrowly defeated
4! 1llate for Suprsm. Court Justice
~ Patterson is "A New York city lawyer
lI hartman OF the Democratic state
ruwItt.r's legal committee
\l- Dix SAID yesterday that one Of tn"
~ things he would do when he assumed
q" would be to look into the possibility
I -'-ducing the State commissions, with "A
Jew o. abollshlng some OF them and of
'Tnln!ng the work of others. He has
..r-Idy called for figures Of the the cost
h. the State OF some OF the commissions
md for detailed data of the amour. and
haracter Of the work they do. He said
yesterday that he thought that the in
nrnation h" was having prepared would
Etow that several 81 thes. commissions
|Ser. USELESS. and II II does n" viii Lax"
/ tops toward wIpIng out or 'rorganzing
.m 1t - my great hOp... he said.
tu put the STATE. government on "a bust
|re-- basis and | am confident that II this
All be done there can he effected an enor-
|Uu..s economy IN its cost.
=
tat the two Public Service Commissions
49, b" condensed into one.
Mr. Dix was not prepareCtro say whether
lot h. thought that five members
- =. !! division were TOO many or whether
y. diaries paid were too large. but h.
| t.t -av that IL the people wer. dis-ati<-
a.r vIrh the work Of IN. two bodies he
10 ID they " ould inform him Of thar fact.
In 4cv action | may take IN regard 10 this
e0mn-- lon or any other commission
ma h- guided entirely by public opin-
or am at work now in trying TO find
or What To. people think OF the work
o.. ~. Public Service bodies and Of the
l'.-r state commissions. want 10
|,'.R y neither the people are satisfied
r. not. and il they are not satisfied then
-nai. b. in a position TO form definite
Aqonc the Governor callers were
ha-I-- r Murphy. whose visit was one
Il 'n. shortest Of the day and who said
Ina 10 mention of the SenatorshIp had
b--g mad. while he was with MIR Dix;
k'rari sherman, brother OF Vice
Precedent sherman: Norman +. Mack
lea >'uvv.~ant Chanler and Arthur A
N~I."an treasurer OF tn. stat" committee
and Mayor Fiskc of Mount Vernon
The Mayor Il Yonkers and other Demo
,-a'- from Westchesrer county have had
49, wl-h Governor-.lect DIX. a. they
ra1 ..fer-tDOd that II new city Charter
r.,, .,-OvIde for the annexation Of Mount
Es-, % New Rochelle and Sonkers
i''u~u"y .G"n.ral-.ect Thomas Car
".5g mother Of Governor elect Dix
..-.'..- ha- been making an Inv"-tI-
- .. 70. IN. Attorney Generals depart
~-r' % Albany especially th" employ
"-' - special attorneys state En-
. ',.,... ,.."t' John 4 BenSel. another caller
..- .rI MS friends that h" does nov
a...n p viii ~. adviSabl" 10 appoint
%" 90. riovee Who served in the Sk"n"
..... station.
-. --man-eI.ct Henry George has
..s .. Charles sMIrphy letter
g.. .r Shepard for Senator. He -sv~
&c.,. -. I have been for many wears "a
.. public questions NV "nrranc"
H- is calsd practical politics B.. ="
'.... ..tr might not presume so 0f1"r
r... ,- ur advI". AZ nus rim" but for
'.t' on.. Of m. arguments against
100 - VI shepard - that II would
..1. arg" and. ! believe. growing
It,u"cra'i" voters who take 'h-
.a..d and radical side 81 Public
...... nd Who's" -ympathlss and opin-
... - .Ippo-cd 80 understand and
iHr.! o. 'orporatIon afffliafioh@ are
.. ...D--I,u-'ng A bar hIz