The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-07
FLYING START
MADE ON NEW
CONSTITUTION
Root Chosen President and
Organization Work Is
Cleared Up.
GREAT CARE URGED
IN CHANGING LAWS

IN III ANVINV LAW y
= ALpANy, April s.--Ex Senator t.lihu
Root was elected president OF the sew
enth New York state constitutional con-
vention to-day and the Organization
proceeded 81 smoothly that when II
takes recess tomorrow until April
80 It will have adopted its rules and
contracted for the printing. These two
duties occupied almost sin weeks OF the
time of the AS convention in 1884.
President Root outlined the work be-
fore the convention, and in pointed
speech declared he thought It ,he duty
Of the delegates 10 make only re-
uu.red changes IN the Constitution md
not attempt TO put into the organic law
of the State any experiments which
they think might work we'll.
".rhe mos. obvious duty before Us
il to scrutinizc attcntirely the frame
work of ,ho state government in order
to ascertain in what respect IL any.
the established Institutions arc insult
ncient or III adapted to accomplish the
ends Of government" declared Senator
Root.
zone other duty OF the convention is
to declare the principles OF political
morality and rules of right conduct
which are to control the state in IS
relation to the individual citizen.
The Rules of Right.
And finally President Root urged the
delegates to be guided in their delir-fa-
ton by this thought: The powe' OF
the state and the nation and all other
agents equally with the powers of ne
individual man are subordinate to the
rules of right"
Jacob Gould Schurman. president Of
Cornell University, was elected urst
vice president. and Morgan j. oBiter.
the Democratic candidate for presiden.
of the convention. was made second
yics-president both selections being
made by acclamatiou Seth Low Of New
York was the candidate of Henry l..
Stimson. Herbert Parsons aud other Re
rublicans from New York city. but me
up-Staters objected 20 giving New YORK
city all the big offices in the con'ei'-
ton.
Organizing In the room OF ex-Sera-
Tor Edgar r Bracket, the upstate men,
led hy Charles II. Belts Of Wayne.
named committee. comprising lines
". WadsNorth. Sr., tathtr OF the h't"i
States senator; +. w. Cullihah OF -
wego. eN-State Excise COMMISSIONED Is
rael 7. beEo or Blnsham'on' hoii"e ~
Kirby of Orleans and James : Whipnie
of Cattaraueus 10 protest To President
Root against the election OF MI. Low
or any other New York city man. ana
as result fres1deht HchuI Il"" "a
Cornell was chosen nrst V'ce-pfesioen''
~
>tt"son or bV"'~'''
.,,., ,,,,,,av,, - the naming Of tn.
,. ,bn Judiciary committee
,,i, h.,b r,rries with IL the floor
Hi o,. ~. ,i,, ronver,ion "A position
81 Sa,1 "a, tba is. convention
Saa,or pnn, is said to desire 10 name
.Ianr,, S,in,sor while the upstate
p.n,,I,icars yyho arc In the majority
- 1,T OF 90 Saratoga.
The upshot may he the naming oil
compromise chairman ana moor "'"ei'
possibly ex-United states Attorney
General George W. Wickersham' az
though Louis Marshall - torm'"ao'e
candidate. ..
william Barnes and his organization
delegates had their way III NE p,eh.,'-
Raton of the convention, Inc h",'
choice Tor secretary. imam ~ -"
ningham eN-bIstrlct N'tplhe! ="
Ster. WAS elected ana Jonh ~ Nat
shall formerly MI i,aI mes SCI l 80 > :
vas elected stenoelapn'r "i lne % ~.
ton despite minor "PP"s'"o" ~" W
Georg' " Sho'"'IL , ..,..
freq w ti"',lho''" 81 '',loi'',' ,i,,
vas elected cle,k "t we ~.
through tnr 'n"ueU'e -
toush- thr natI.'S u",y'' VI na ,,p fnr
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