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Show GOV. DIX WILL NOT I ENDORSE SHEEHAN ! Albany, N Y . Feb. 7. Gov. Dix declared emphatically tonight that he has uo Idea of endoramg the candl-J dacy of William F. Sheehan for the United -States senatorship. "There is no truth in the reports that I am preparing a statement to be made in favor of the election of Mr. Sheehan," he said, "nor do I Intend to make any such statement My position po-sition on the senatorship is unchanged." unchang-ed." This statement set at reat rumors circulated in "the course of the day that the governor had yielded to pressure pres-sure exerted to induce him to stray from his policy of non-interference and indorsed Mr. Shcehan's candidacy. candi-dacy. Both Tammany Leader Murphy, Mur-phy, and Senator Roosevelt, the insurgent in-surgent leader, called on Governor Dix. As senator Roosevelt was leaving, leav-ing, a friend Inquired: "I suppose you are prepared to continue con-tinue the fight If It takes all summer, sum-mer, as Mr. Murphy suggested?" "Yes. until fall," was. the senator's rejoinder. |