History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . veDemocrat. The platform attacked the Republicantariff and especially Tafts vetoes of Democraticrevision of some schedules, enthusiastically praisedDix, declaring that the promises of the Rochester plat-form of two years before had been redeemed, andclaimed credit for amendments to the labor law and forinitiating the constitutional amendment for workmenscompensation and for submitting the Woman Suffrageamendment. Thomas Mott Osborne attacked the plat-form, declaring that the Rochester promises had notbeen redeemed and taunting the
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . veDemocrat. The platform attacked the Republicantariff and especially Tafts vetoes of Democraticrevision of some schedules, enthusiastically praisedDix, declaring that the promises of the Rochester plat-form of two years before had been redeemed, andclaimed credit for amendments to the labor law and forinitiating the constitutional amendment for workmenscompensation and for submitting the Woman Suffrageamendment. Thomas Mott Osborne attacked the plat-form, declaring that the Rochester promises had notbeen redeemed and taunting the convention with itspraise of Dix. If the indorsement, he said, repre-sents the sense of this convention, why is Governor Dixto be thrown overboard? Wagner took the floor todefend Murphy, denounced Osborne as a sorehead,and provoked the latter to shout Liar! which threat-ened to plunge the convention into disorder. But Mur-phy restrained his friends with orders to cut out therough stuff.^^ 2iNew York Times, October 1, York Tribune, October 3, James Watson CiERARD James Watson Gerard, lawyer and diplomat; born, Genesee,N. Y., 1867; graduated from Columbia university, 1890; NewYork law school, 1892; admitted to the bar in 1892 and beganpracticing in New York City; chairman of the democratic cam-paign committee of New York county for four years; electedassociate justice of the supreme court of New York, 1st district,for the term running from 19(i8 to 1921 but resigned in July,1913 upon being appointed by President Wilson as ambassadorextraordinary and minister plenijiotentiary to Germany; re-called upon breaking off of dijiiomatic relations on February 3,1917; retired from diplomatic service July 17, 1917; democraticnominee for Inited States senate while absent at Berlin, 1914. 1912] THE PROGRESSIVE SCHISM 225 Though it was well understood that Dix was to beset aside, he led on the first ballot, which stood: Dix,147; Sulzer, 126; Glynn, 46; George H. Burd, 28;F.
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