The Prescott daily news., 1908-07-09
COMMITTEE NOT READY.
Did Not Report on Wednesday
 Morning.
POSTPONED TILL EVENING
Cuffey Faction Loses Before Creden- tials Comm-ttee, Oklahoma Is Given Four More Votes and the Dubois Forces Victorious.

days proceedings commenced.
 The credentials committee. which had been in continuous session since 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, con- cluded it's labors shortly before 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
 The temporary chairman stated that the committee on credentials had not completed its report.
 The subcommittee on resolutions, to which had been entrusted the details Of the preparation of the platform, re- sumed its work at 9:3O o'clock and wednesday continuing for time the reception of suggestions, listened to the reading of the proposed plank by Robert D. Innman of Oregon, which is Intended to cover the exclusion of Japanese coolie labor. The following is the text:
 Oriental laborers are within our borders in vast and increasing num- bers, especially in the Pacific coast. They are being employed by the tens of thousands in every branch of labor, thereby reducing wages and depriving our American citizens of the means of earning livelihood. We demand the speedy enactment of law that will prevent further immigration of orien. tai laborers into these United States"
 Mir. 1nnman is the only repres enta. tive of the Pacific coast on the sub- committee and he prese nted the plank in the interest of all the Pacific coast states.
 MT. Innman presented the follow ing also: Our western coast has been woefully neglected in the mat ter of coast defenses. We believe for the protection of our people and the vast and rapidly increasing commer- cial interests of the Pacific coast it is imperative that the Atlantic fleet now stationed in Pacific waters be maintained there in it's present strength"
 There was several suggestions con- cerning defenses in the west and it soon became evident considerable thought would be given this subject before acting upon it.
 The session of the subcommittee was preceded by an open hearing be- fore the full committee, during which John Mitchell, President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, James Duncan of the same organiza- tion and H. R. Fuller of the Railway Trainmen. were heard on the demands of labor, all relating to the injunction plank. Representative Randell of Louisiana spoke for a plank for the development of the inland waterways, and V. T. Clark of Omaha advocated a pledge to issue $500, ,OOO 900 in bonds for internal waterways improvement.
 After Governor Haskell had read to the subcommittee all of the sugges. tions and messages from MT. Bryan, Alton B. Parker took the floor, and read in detail the platform. which had been drawn up by the members of the New York delegation, and which has already been given publicity. Both sets of suggestions were received without discussion by members of the committee, and no action was taken as to any of the blanks.
 scented plank entitled "the degener. acy of the house of representatives"
 Governor Swanson of Virginia pre-. scented plank to the committee which he read with the comment that he believed 1t would be a decidedly popular issue to bring to the front. The plank recited that the house had come to be dominated absolutely by the speaker. and pledged the party to such an amendment of its rules as would remedy the evil complained of. MT. Swanson declared that there was not a congressional district in the country to which it had not been re- ported by it's representative in con- gress that he was unable because of the position of the speaker to obtain results for the particular measure or measures he had advocated.
 Ex-Governor Thomas of Colorado presented plank, which he said was destined to unite in its support both the western cattle and sheepmen op- posed to the present administration of the forest regulations, and the farmers and agriculturalists who fa- vored it.
 He also offered an injunction plank, drawn, he said, by one of the best lawyers of the west.
 After receiving this mass of mater ial for the platform, and being assured by other members of the sub-commit- tees that they had other blanks to offer, the committee recessed until g o'clock Wednesday morning.
 The decision of the credentials com. mittee adds four votes to Bryan in Oklahoma and reduces by ten the an. ti-Bryan vote in Pennsylvania.
 The Nineteenth Ohio district was given to Tom Johnson of Cleveland, who appeared in the committee room early this morning, and made a strong plea that the action of the national committee be sustained. The Ninth or anti-Johnson districts were allowed A. xL1l,