The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-09-25
State Convention Votes
Down Boss Barnes In
Contest.
WILL SAY
How Delegates Shall Be
Chosen If New York Has
Its Way.

Washington, ID. Republican
leaders here, identified from the first
With the demand for a republican
national convention to revise party
rules and procedure, expressed a
strong approval of the platform ad-
opted yesterday by the New York
republican state convention. They be-
lieve the resolutions adopted by the
New York republicans will have a
strong Influence towards bringing
about national republican conven-
tion early next year for the revision
of some of the more severely criticiZ-
ed rules of the party. The republican
national executive committee. which
last summer agreed to call the en-
tire national committee within sixty
days after the adjournment of con-
gress," is now being urged to take
immediate action.
New York City-The republicans
of New York declared in favor of
changing the party rules so that each
state may determine its own methods
of choosing delegates to the national
convention and so that states which
give the big republican pluralities
shall have proportionately greater
power in selecting candidates for pre-
sident.
For this purpose the New York re-
publicans call for special national
convention at an early date.
The proposition and its subsidiary
questions developed the biggest fight
OF the republican state convention
held here yesterday. This struggle
was staked, however, before the COM
, mittee on resolutions. There the issue
was fought out with United States
Senator Elihu Root, Henry l.. Slim
SON former secretary of war, and
Nicholas Murray ButleE, president
of the Columbian university. as chief
supporters of the proposal and VIM.
! Barnes, Jr., national committeeman.
as it's strongest opponent.
Barnes is Defeated.
The resolution was finally APPROX
ed after the original measure had
been amended to recommend the re-
tention of the congressional district
as a basis of representation. Later
the resolution was adopted by the
/ convention which thus made the de-
mand for the change in rules the
stand of the party in tEis state. The
convention wound up it's labors by
the nomination of e. Werner of Rocl
ester, associate judge for the court OF
lappeals, for chief judge and Frank
III. IIiscock of Syracuse for associate
Judge for the court of appeals. AT the
night session there was rousine
!, demonstration in honor of Senator
Root, the permanent chairman. Sen
ator Root turned his attention to
: Tammany hall. He said:
Root Attacks Tammany.
"She is no longer local issue. She
controls the democratic party of the
J state She reaches out her hand tc
5 control that great court upon which
: the protection of our liberty depends
, cannot present the deep humilia
! tion ! have felt to see the shame o
X our state in having the seal of Tam
g many impressed upon its govern
{ ment."
! To Tammany he charged the NeN
4 York police scandals and the dis
. graceful squabble at Albany
Il There can be no possible outcom
S of the impeachment trial-acquita
d or conviction-under which the dem
t cratic party, controlled by Tamman
s hall, is not convicted" Mr.. Root cor
d cluded.
There was another noisy demon
& stration when District Attorney Cha
els. Whitman of New York was calle
IS to the platform. The delegates spran
II to their seats and cheered so lustil
g. that it was several minutes before II
J. could speak.
10 The resolution declaring in fave
h of changing the party rules and cal
Is ing for special convention to carr
out the plan was presented in the r.
port of the platform committee.