The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-01-03

| ited.
Many Senators and Assemblymen Wis
! ited MIR Sheehan at the Ten FvCk. Neither
| they nor Mr.. Sheehan cared to say spe-
officially what occurred AZ these meetings
, except to state in general way that
80 Tar as they could discover the senti-
mcht Of the majority Of the upstate
senators and Assemblymen IL for MIR
, Shpphln
/ ienuir" regret was expressed tonight
I by Gov. Dix's friends and others because
Mr.. osborne could not SEQ his way clear
, 10 become Forest, Fish and Game Conmis-
sloher. II is She intention of the Dix
administration. II was positively stated
/ tonight, to merge this commission with
that OF the State Water Supply Com
mission aud the State Department of
Health. For the last week or two general
statements to this effect have been made
and today they were finally substan-
tlated such programme would l-gislnte
out OF office ~ Senator Henry A Persons of
! Fast Aurora. Robert IT, Fuller, formerly
Gov, liughes's secretary; ex-senator
J INharles Davis Of Saugertirs. exAsSeInblv-
man Mi 10 NJ. Acker of lIornell and John
| A. Slelcher of New lorli.
Gov. Dix iS greatly concerned over the
/ conservation interests OF the state. In
conversation he has told his friends that
/ Il" has been perfectly familiar with what
mas been gong Oh for years. He had
! hoped To secure Mr.. Oshorne's services in
developing what he believed Ia be one of
| the greatest of tn. States interests Gov
! piN has not givenup the hope ofeventually
securing Mr.. Osborne's consent to accept
III" post. In the event of Mr. Osborne 5
fnal refusal Gov. Dix is considering the
availability of Samuel J. Tilder I'd of
Columbia county for the office. Mr.. Til
D den is nephew OF Gov. Samuel j. li,deu
Gov. Div. according TO the best nioriha-
tion. is not To be hurried into the selection
Of any aspirants for Office whore the
health and morals of the State ara To be
affected. This statement was made for
the reason that there are about "A dozen
! candidates Tor DIR. Alvah IL. Doty's place
as Health Officer of the Port of New York
Dr. Doty has held the place since january
| ,. l>nj. His predecessor was DR. w. i.
Jenkins. brother in law Of Richard Croker,
! appointed bv Gov. Flower.
Dr. Jenkins. IL was learned to-day. Is
a candidate for reappointment 10 his old
place. but the best Information Is that Gov.
| Din II not TO appoint him Tn. Demo-
, Gratis are exceedingly anxious 10 have Or.
Doty retire and their plea To the author
tiles Is based on the statement that he
! has had the office for fourteen years and
that within "a month before last election
day h" was Instrumental i'll placing in
the classified service five doctors on his
stan, each with "A salary of 5000 wear.
II was stated tonight by those who
ought To know about such matters that
the stat. civil Service Commission to be
| appointed by Gov. Dix is to undo all ap-
pontm.nts placed in the classified service
| on he eve of last election day. Influential
| Democrats her. arr end.avorlng To select
a place which they believe 10 be comm on
surate with tn" abilities of Herbert u.
Bissell of Buffalo.
| They do not believe that Mr.. Bissell
Is TO he appointed TO the Public Service
! Commission. either down stat" or up
State. TO either of the vacancies which
occur on February |, when Edward NJ.
| Bassett of New York and John y. Car
lisle of Watertown are to retire. II was
stated TO day that Mr. Bissel will 5e asked
To accept the appointment Of Tax Com
missioner, TO succeed either Egbnrt r..
| Woodbury. of Jamestown or Benjamin r..
Hall of New York. Frank +. Perey :
place on the coinmission.ii ~ was reiterated.
is 10 90 To Thomas II Lee of Haverstraw .
ON th. other hand very great Democratic
influence has been brought to bear to
bring about the appointment 10 on" Of
thes. tax commssionerships OF Georg"
h. Janvrin of Brooklyn.
Tammany Democrats who are looked
upon as factors have agreed upon John
X Voorhies for State Superintendent
Of the Metropolitan Elections district
to succeed William i.rary. Mr. Noorhi"-
was formerly a member of the New York
city Board of Elections. II l. b"lievei
tonight that John Bowe Of Albany will
80 - ~, WiIi;.,n X Ivk.nosn ns
prroLi,., - =, snrc...J Roscoe CnnkI;nv
prSimn nrnvn on ,h. S,nte civil Service
Cnr',nis.;nn II vas stated that Mr.
t,,i,a,,an la not u,n, IN ncc.nt III.
~. nnr ,nv Thar nI,ce hut that th.
Brookiyn Democrats f.. that he should
do SO in order To reflect great credit ON
their organization
State Committeeman William II. Kelly
of SYRACUSE had an interview with Attor-
ney-Gen.ral Carmodv to-day over the
retention of Irving q Vann. Jr.. Deputy
| Attorney General Mr. Kelly opposed
Mr.. Nanu's retention Attorney -G.n.rll
Carmody's answer was not satisfactory
10 Mr.. Kelly and he sought other Demo
Gratis in his effort to have Mr.. Nanu re-
tired and was equally unsuccessful
Influential Democrats assert that MIR
Nann has mad. an excellent record and
that Mr. Kelly : request for Nann : retire
n.ut will not b. needed
| State Engineer B.nsel announced the
appoutm.nt to-day of Thomas Hlss.tt
| Of New York ms his private secretary
| Mr. Uass.tt was connected with tn.
Mcclellan administration Secretary OF
Stat. IaZlnshy. il was stated is to ap-
point LUX. Keenan, of Long Island CITY
10 b. Deputy Secretary of State Gov.
Dix. when he gets around to it, is To- desg
nate. according To good information to-
night. Supreme. Court Justic. Almet F.
Jenks now of tn. Second App. L.
Division. to be Presiding Justice of tina,