The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-17

| MANY hbeCiiipiyhVh hiohe
about sunrise things quieted down ant
those interested had two hours sleep ant
bit OF breakfast and the activities OF the
| day were renewed.
| Gov. Dix in due line rea Ched he ENecu
tive Chamber. and he hadn't been there
long before Charles + Murphy appeared
and soon came William church osborn
| II was quickly apparent that Thomas N"f'
| Osborne had msiut"rpr't"d Gov lrH :
views witt th" mlinIg 'r"n""
! Neither Gov DIX nor Nuu'm 'hurCt
| Osborn nor NJ Murphy h.,i"s"d iha'
MIR. Osborne had con-cIu I~N committed
this grave error. lmt thu. Governor after
discussing the situation " hl- l"ga
adviser and MIR Murphy decid'd 10 lSs'l,
u formal statem-ni whlch would SGT a,
rest for III time his aititud,. "n I hr matter
Mr.. Murphy returned to ia" Hotel Ten
Evch
The Governor took mp two or three
minor matters aud al noon di-C,issed
/ wIth hs legal adviser william Church
/ Osborn, the statement which he would
isSue FOR publication and which would
clearly determine once for all his attitude.
At O'Clock this afternoon the Governor
and Mr.. Osborn went deliberately and
slowly over the statement which the
Governor had prepared. And he then
hapded IL out for publication II was as
follows:
The position took immediately after
election believed then and heleve now
10 he IN strict accord both with the tonsttu-
ton and with the fundamental Democratic
principl-s IT." position was that the
Legislature stall sle : the u't"d states
senator III" statute" daDldr.- that the
Legislature shall ol"nl,. hy a viva VoCe
vote of each member present nam. one
person Tor senator IA Congress
| want every member of IA. Legislature
Ia Noi" according 10 his rouscIrn'" and
"Npre,s IA" wish of h's constituents rh,N
h" must do uutramu-ll-i hv co.rr,un from
any quarter ions \ btN
While Mr. Murphy was no' present
q the midnI shi confer. nee "A The tX"Cu-
tive Mansion. participated IN hN Gov.
DN and Mr.. Osborne aud Mr. Osborn he
visited the Governor al tn. ENecIuiNe
Mansion just hefore ,hi- midnight con
ference. and Gov nix III handing out his
foregoing ~'a;emen, Jns al ernoon said:
When | saw Nj Murphy a- night
told HIM | would ISSUE IA statement this
morning | hdd thought out the matter
during he ri CHI and decided a. he Execu-
tive Mansion before came To tn. Capitol
this morning on tle form the statement
would take Having told Nj Murphy
tha; ! would ell him If h. would call
upon me-. | told hlm littl. while ago
VIXEN he was IN my office what | would
say MIR Murphy did no, 80. the actual
sta ein-n, after had written II Mr.
Murphy said h. had no candldat. for the.
Scua. orshlp. l.. expressed no opinion
10 me a. 10 MY proposed statement which
| have Ius, gwen vou | am acting IN
thls md,t.' according 10 my conscience,
and | viii holi o this a. my final word
Il wa- not requested by any one to
issu. II statement" said ih. Governor.
-and want II understood that this state
meni has no bearing on any particular
candidate chances IL l. merely 10
again detin. my position. II any one
does not understand nv position it can be
readily ascetl aimed and clearly understood
from this stai.men;
Thomas Mott Osborne the leading
advocate of Edward NJ Shepard's selec-
tion a. United States Senator, read Gov
biX'- statement, which had been pre-
pared in the ur...uC. of William Church
Oshorn Mr. Osborn. WA. snll CON
vlnCsd thar the Governors statement
meant that all Democratic legislators
opposed TO Mr. Sheehan could refrain
from part ticiuatinx in the Joint caucus
MIR Osborne was positive that he was
correct in his Interpretation of the Gov
ernor's statement. and he Immediately
issued the following statement:
IN. Shep,rJ c,mnirt.. f..l. that IN.
Governor has met all possible expectations
III ,hiS grave or,-ls ot the party and of his
administration Recognizing the attempts
at coercion now he1ns made IN the matter
oi patronage ana 'onlnI''ee hppolh'ineh'S.
r, i"'"'. '",' '''i'',a a. i, N'em r
,hs ,nesn. -, ,,ni,h = msnu,a,'vr.d "on
,roll.d nnd rcr,,ious majority has forced
an unorganized minority to vote against
the dictates OF their conscience and the
desires Of their constituents. The pro'' Sis
against the infamous caucus system have
a. 'as' lonh" "r''''a' voice 'h'> sta'eh"h,
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