Deseret Evening News | 1910-06-03 | Page 10 | John A. Dix Chairman N. Y. Democratic Committee

JOHN A CHAIRMAN DIX CHAIRMAN N Y DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE Now how York Juno I To tho accompaniment accompaniment of bows bow smiles lies and mutual felicitations William J Connors retired re retired reo tired from omeo as all chairman of ot the Democratic state slab committee today toda and John A Dix DI of ot Greenwich was wan as elected In his hie place placeIt It look took the tho committee less lees than an hour to hold nn an election hear the valedictory of ot Chairman Connors Connora list listen listen en cn to tho speech of ot Chairman DI and rake tho the Republican party and Governor Hughes over oer the tho coals coal Dix pranced praised I ral d Connors Connors prom promised teed I ld his file loyal support and the tho commit committee tee thanked him hint for what ho had hod done Mr 11 told tho the committeemen that he proposed tobo to be chairman of If the tha whole party and not nol of or any faction or section ellon He iTo asked the cooperation coo oC of all hm his colleagues In Insuring the sue lUC roes ress rl ll of ot his ids work ork as the tho committees head hl d The retirement of or Mr Connors fol follows lows a meeting of ot the committee In tn AI Al Albany bany ban last fact February to consider the tho question of or his hla ejection Connors do de denied donled nied hied that thai It II was wae possible pol Friends of Murphy furphy said ald he had Imd the votes to do It Whether he had or ho had not he did dl not USA time them Connors mama modo a n public retraction of or his hiM criticisms ma of ot Mur Murphy Murphy Murphy phy which rose ro e he said from Infirm Infirmities of at temper and agreed agnell to retire this spring Tho The new ne chairman Is a n grandson of the tho th war var governor of ot New Now York John Adams Dix for whom hn h was named Ho lIe Is h a Harvard man and a paper manufacturer Ho ito fought nomination for tor governor at al Albany tn In hood 1906 and und bolted boll I the heed head nf ot the tho state ticket He lip woe was the tho Democratic 1 ditto for tor lieutenant governor In 1003 but ut was us lIa defeated with tho the rest relit of or the tha ticket