In contrast, Jerold R. Ruderman, chairman of the Scarsdale Republican Committee, running as a Dole delegate in the 18th District, defended the party, saying: "The rules were the same for everyone.

Abortion opponents had pressed for State Representative Maureen Murphy, a Dole delegate who opposes abortion, instead of Ms. Pyatt.

Mr. Timken, a major national Republican fund-raiser and a Dole delegate to the party's convention next month, is part of the family that has donated $160 million to philanthropic causes since 1935 through the Timken Foundation.

Westchester is sending five Dole delegates and four alternate Dole delegates to the convention, which begins tomorrow and will end Thursday, when former Senator Dole makes his acceptance speech.

And Mr. Goodman is also typical of the Dole delegates in that he is an experienced campaigner who is not about to leave this election to chance.

The Connecticut delegation includes 10 nominal Dole delegates who were appointed for the sake of state party harmony.

And Fred Meyer, the longtime party chairman whom Mr. Pauken had replaced, has become such a political relic that he lost his bid to go to the San Diego convention as a Dole delegate.

Yet, not wanting to offend the anti-abortion advocates that are vital to his coalition, Mr. Reed refused to condemn the effort to defeat dozens of Dole delegates to the national convention.

He is a Dole delegate to the Republican National Convention.

The drive to defeat Dole delegates was led by abortion opponents who said that issue was central to the party.