The Sentinel=record., 1913-09-24
REPUBLICANS ARE
 CHANGING RULES
NEW YORK c. o. p. IN CONVEN. TON MAKES SOME RADICAL
 CHANGES OF METHOD.
Declare in Favor of Allowing Each State to Choose the Manner of Se- lecting Delegates.

New York. Sept 23.~-The repubu. cans of New York today declared in favor of changing the party rules SO that each state may determine it's own method of choosing delegates to the national convention and so that states which give the big republican pluralities shall have proportionately large power in selecting candidates for president. For this purpose the New York republicans call for a spe cial national convention at an early date.
 The proposition and is subsidiary question developed the biggest fight of the state convention held here to- day. The struggle was staged. how ever, before the committee on reso- lutions. There the issue was tough. out with United States Senator Elihu Root, Henry l.. Stimson, former sec retary of war. and Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia univer- sty. as chief supporters of the pro posal, and William Barnes, Jr, na- tional committeeman, as it's strong est opponent. The resolution was finally approved after the original measure had been amended to rec ommend the retention of the con gressional district as the basis of representation.
 Later the resolution was adopted by the convention, which thus made the demand for the change in the rules the stand of the party in this state
 The convention wound up it's la. bOrs by the nomination of William D. Werner of Rochester associate judge of the court of appeals, for chief judge, and Frank II. Hiscock of Syracuse for associate judge of the court of appeals. Judge Werner defeated State Senator Edgar T. Bracket for the nomination for chief judge by AT votes to 151 Fred erick D. Crane of Brooklyn, a su- preme court justice, opposed Judge Hiscock but was defeated by vote of 444 to 157.
 At the night session of the con vention when the resolutions were adopted and the candidates named, there was rousing demonstration in lOllOl Ol OtHdlOI INOOlt l1t DGIDld- nent chairman Senator Root said it was 40 years ago that he began his work for the party and he hoped to continue that service as long as he lived He says he wished to em- phasize the importance of the com ing elections, declaring that the election of judges did not arouse The public interest it deserved
 The speaker then turned his at tention to Tammany Hall, She is no longer a local issue,' he said She controls the democratic party of the\ state. She reaches out her hand to control that great court upon which the protection of our liberty depends. 1 cannot present the deep humiliation l have felt to see the shame of our state in having the seal of Tammany impressed upon it's government" To Tammany he charged the New York police scan dals and the "disgracetul squabbe at Albany
 There can be no possible outcome of the impeachment trial, acquittal or conviction, under which the demo- cratic party, controlled by Tammany Hall, is not convicted, MT Root concluded.
 There was another noisy demon stration when District Attorney Charles s. Whitman of New York was called to the platform.
 The resolution declaring in favor of changing the party rules and call ing for special convention to carry out the plan was presented in The re port of the platform committee