Show LEADS N NEW EW YORK DEMOCRATS I 1 john A dix the democratic nominee for governor in new york Is a prosperous business man and interested in various corporations he way I 1 born at glens r falls ails in 1860 he was educated at the academy there and entered cornell university in the class of 1883 but left in his junior year in 1 1889 he married miss gertrude allen alien thomson the daughter of a lumber merchant he began his business career as a member of the firm of reynolds dix dealers in black marble and later became associated with lemont thomson in the lumber business mr bix la Is not unfamiliar with politics however being chairman of the democratic state committee and a former candidate for lieutenant governor when ho he ran with lewis stuyvesant chanler in 1908 even prior to that time in 1906 when william R hearst was nominated for governor at buffalo the name of john A dix went before the convention and he received some complimentary votes his work in creating a county airmans ch organization won him the nomination for lieutenant governor two years ago he favored them and the of the county chairman should does now a system whereby power bo be more absolute than at present after his unsuccessful campaign two years ago mr dix certified to the secretary of state that ho he contributed for campaign expenses of which 2500 went to the state committee |