New-York tribune., 1922-09-26
Miller Gives
I r'qDn1niise To
Lead Again
Governor Makes Condi-
ton That Men i'm Har-
mony With His Policies
BE Placed on Ticket
Lyons Will Fight e
For denomination
Lieut.. Gov. Wood 10 Take
Place ON Bench; Root TO
Deliver Keynote Speech
By Charles T. White

than l.. Miller to-day settled the mat
ter Of his acceptance of q renomina-
tion by saying that, while he is not a
candidate, if the Republican State Con-
ventlon names ticket that will stand
as a guaranty that the policies inau-
gurated by him during the last twenty
months will be carried forward to a
successful completion he will not re
fuse a nomination.
This was all that the leaders needed
to assure them that the slate already
tentatively agreed upon. and which
seems to meet with the Endorsement of
the potential factors in the state or
ganzation. will be acceptable to the
Governor
This tentative elate, already set
forth in The Tribune. is IS follows:
Governor-Nathan l.. Miller.
Lieutenant Governor-Colonel Will
liam j. Donovan, of Erie.
Secretary Of .State-Not certain;
possibly Harold G: Aron. Of Manhattan,
Attorney General-Erskinc G. Rog-
ers, of Washington.
State Treasurer-N. Monroe Mar
shall, of Franklin.
State Comptroller-W William j. Maier
of Seneca.
Engineer and surveyor-Roger D.
Black, of Queens.
convention to tho denomination OF
United States Senator William NJ
Calder.
When Governor Miller was requested
to-day to outline his position with ref
erence to accepting denomination he
said;
81 am not a candidate. I have at
tempted to institute certain reforms ir
the state government and to inr - ate
certain policies which | be; s,f II
firmly established, will be of eat
public benefit. The foundation for
them has been laid in the way of leg.
iislation. 1t remains to work them out
and throughlY es .ablish them as a mat
ter of administration. That involves
work of other state departments.
Wants Free Conventions
al have long hesitated in reaching
any decision, even as to whether
would decline q non1ip alton if one was
rendered to me, but have finally con
cluded that | cannot refuse to finish
what / have begun, provided / am as.
sured associates in the state govern
ment who have the same view of pub.
lie service that l entertain.
"If such ticket is nominated and
am asked to head it, shall not decline
If such a ticket is not nominated,
shall not consider it worth the sac.
rifice and shall most certainly decline
o nomination if one should be ten.
dered.
81 shall not seek to influence, con.
troll or prevent the nomination of any
one, and | hope that every delegate
in the convention will feel free to act
and vote precisely as he pleases, GER
tainly without regard to any wish of
mine, and I trust that no friend of
mine will feel that he needs to be in
fuenced by any views he may fancy
| entertain. The only person whose
troll is myself. Every one is com
PEELED to decide what he himself will
do. I trust that the convention will
be an open, free, deliberate assembly
and that its final action will reflect
the united and deliberate judgment OF
the Representatives Of the party who
have been chosen to give expression tc
the party will"
John J. Lyons, of Manhattan, Secre-
tary of State, said tonight that il
the New York County Organization
supports him. as he expects it will, he
will make a contest in the convention
ffor denomination.
II certainly shall go in" said Sec
retary Lyons, "and l shall stay in the
fight as long as the New York delega-
tion supports me. There is no good
and sufficient reason why the conven,
tion should not renominate me-"
Lyons Blames One Man
"To what or to whom do you at
tribute the opposition to your renomi-
nation %
almost wholly to one man." said
Mr. Lyons, "and he is the chairman
of the state organization. But in say
ing this | do not wish to inject any
personalities or eXtrareous issue. Ii
is said that if Colonel Donovan goes
on the state ticket l will have to stay
off. | see no reason or logic in that
If we are even in other respects, New
York Countys support should prevail
and I should be renominated."
Attorney General Newton already
has said that he will ask the conven.
tion to renominate him.
When Governor Miller was asked to
night to elucidate his previous state
ment with reference to cooperation
by heads Of state departments, since
there was possible inference thai
incumbents of state Offices not on the
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