The New York herald., 1921-06-11
WILL ENLARGE COP.
STATE CONVENTION
Committee Sets Delegate for
Each 1,500 Votes i'm District,
Also Two Sovereignties.
ABOUT 1000 TO BE SEATED
koenig Wins Fight for New
Plan-Calder Shows Up
State Strength.

The basis OF representation in the Re-
publican State Convention next year
the first official convention to he held
since direct primaries were adopted In
i9l+-was fixed yesterday by the Re-
publican State Committee at a special
meeting in the National Republican
Club, 1t is as follows:
Each Assembly district shall have
two delegates for sovereignty and one
additional for each 1900 votes or rnaJor
fraction thereof cast for the last lie
publican candidate for Governor.
1t was figured roughly last nigh, this
would make a convention of between
1.lS0 and LOO. OF which 1888 would come
from New York city, divided by coun-
ties as follows: New York, 1877; Kings,
149; The Bronx, As; Queens, Il. and
Richmond, Ii
This would compare with the 1890
unofficial convention. when New York
county had 12S delegates, Kings 142;
The Bronx, 40; Queens. 35 and Rich
mond, s; total OF 34s. The total NUM-
Der of delegates in the convention was
1.i0S. The basis under which IL wss
formed was one delegate for sovereignty
and one additional for each 1000 votes
or major fraction thereof cast for the
last Republican candidate for Cover
nor.
DuelI Is Elected Treasurer.
Charles II. Duell, lawyer whose
friendship with Col Roosevelt got him
into a controversy with Gov. Whitman
several years ago, was elected treasurer
of the State Committee to succeed Jo-
seph e. Davis. His home is in West
chester county.
1t was decided that the State Com
mittee should issue the call for the con-
ventions in the various judiciary G,s-
trjcts this fall, and that each one shoyld
be held on September 90. Representa-
tives from each district fixed the basis
of representation on which the conven-
tions should be made up.
The First, Second, Fifth, Sixth and
Ninth Judiciary districts adopted the
State convention basis. The Third and
Fourth will have one delegate from each
Assembly district and an additional
delegate for each 1000 votes. The Sew
cnth and Eighth districts will have one
delegate from each Assembly distric.
and one additional for each 5000 woes.
The State chairman was authorized to
name persons TO call each convention
to order.
Ellis J. Staley, formerly Surrogate of
Albany county. who is being groomed
as the leader there in place of William
Barnes. was made a member of the Stase
Committee in place of William A. Glenn.
William A. Wygant was substituted for
John b. Corwin.
Victory for koeniG.
Increasing the size of the State con-
vention was a victory for Samuel S.
Koenig. The original plan was to give
each Assembly district one delegate for
sovereignty and one additional for each
1000 votes. He wanted larger conven-
ton and urged 1000 as the basis. The
compromise was reached before the
meeting opened, some of the upstate
leaders being won over by Koenig. The
former say in the future 1t will be i'm
possible to hold spring conventions in
Presidential years in New York city be-
cause the larger number OF delegates
could not be accommodated on the main
floor of Carnegie Hail. the only place
available.
Talks with some of the more powerful
upstate leaders would indicate that
Senator Calder will be able to win re-
nomination next year in spite of the
movement against him.
81 am for Calder" said Frederick
Greiner of Buffalo. He deserves re-
nomination and will be selected again.
in my judgment"
Rhinelander Waldo. who is candi-
date for Governor General of the Philip
pines, was in the grill room OF the club
while the State committeeman were
gathering. 1t Is said he needs the in
dorsement of the organization. Although
a Democrat. Mr.. Waldo supported Presi-
dent Harding.