The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-20
CHARGE DIX WITH BAD FAITH
ONEIDA DEMOCRATS SAr NE
BROhE MS WORD.
Assert That he Promised 60 Appoint
william Townsend on the Executive
Commlttee aud Dlsint DO q -Change
Attributed 10 COhalan and Murphy.


william Townsend on the ENecutN =
Commlttee aud Dl,inr DO o. Change
Attributed 10 GOhalan and Murphy
UIICA. July 10 1t - doubtful II in
the entire State there 10 an angrisr set
Of Democrats than those Of the Oneida
county organ ization. who are Censuring
Chairman JOAN A. DIX OF the Democratic
State committee for not appointing To tn"
executive committee William Townsend,
Corporation Counsel Of Utica.
MIR townsend was formerly an A.
semblymnn for the city and then Senator
Tor the district lie was recommended
for appointment on the executive com
nittee hy August Merrill. chairman
OF the Oneida county committee; Joseph
Burke. chairman Of the Democratic
city committee Of Utica: Leonard Drake,
chairman Of the FIRST Assembly district
committee of Oneida; Frank simmons,
chairman 81 the Second Assembly dis
trict committee OF On.ida. Theodore
Christian chairman Of the Third Assem-
| bly, district committee OF Oneida, and
! he also had the support of Jeremla h
| committee 81 Rom"
assert that IN conversations with Chair
man DIX The latter promised - appoint
NJ Townsend 10 III" executive com
mitter. The Democratic leaders Of
Oneida county saw that Mr. DIX failed
! to make the appointment because OF
suggestions from Daniel +. Cohalan and
! CHI rlrs r. Murphy "f Tammany
/ In the Democratic state convention
at Carnegie Hall IN April l9n>, tho unan-
imsus expression 81 the delegates from
Oneida county IVES set aside and Harry
y Pat,en was mP de state comm tteefnln
! for the Senate district Prttsn never
won a fight az the primaries. He IL = ways
beaten The vote against HIM - the
| primaries IN recent years has heen any
where from three Ia FIVE 10 one, and yet
Pa'ten wGs put over the Democrats Of
/ the district - State committeeman
The Democrats saw hero that this was a
hiKhhRnded proceeding p@Tpetrated nv
William J Conners and Charles Murphy
, and they intend 90 resent ~. They iee'
that Chairman Dis trer tment Of Mr.
Townsend and the Democrats ~ Oneida
was most unfair.
The Democratic leaders 81 the organi
! zation said to-day that they would elect
Mr. Townsend State committeeman in
! the next State convention and they pre-
dict for him such n sweeping victory that
neither Charles = Murphy nor Pnv ot his
! friends. and les.t of all Chairman DIX,
wall attempt - sImilar performance" 70
| that Of the Carnegie Hall convention
! PTtten according To custom. ~ To get up
his usual rpnp convention and IL 10 APP
pear with these contests IN tn" next state
convention but So overwhelming VIII Iva
the evidence 81 his defer : according tn
specific assert ions nTds 10y the Demo
Crstir leaders of she county 'o-d'y the :
the regular delegates will be seated and
MIR Townsend will he recognized state
committeeman for the S'n!ts district.
AZ the Rochester convention IN the e. II
of 1909 Nv direction If WillismJ tonner-,
then chairman II tho Democratic St"te
committee, the Patten rImp delegates
were not recognized end the regulP =
delegates were seated Mr. trnn"r~
sGid ~ the tune thst he had made very
great mistake in Joining hands with Mr
Murphy ~ IN, CsrnegIe Hall convention
held IN the spring of that wee IN un-sat %
ing the regular delegT tes end naming
Pstten - State commit te-rnsn End thTt
hls attitude ~ Rochester was an evidence
~ h,s desire Ia rectify the mistake.
A. the o.. 80 E'Fnds now the Dom rrrl'a
~ Oneida. are not represented IN sl'h"r
tho State committee or IN" eN"0gtlv
committee - ~" 81 C"mmitt"". Tor
Pgttsn ~ not recorIrlr' y IN" Dem -
CTs'S uf the county r-f .."s tho slightest
night - his seTt aS 81. -. nmIt'"ein9N