The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-08

In the credentials committee the Muir.
ply delegation has been unanimously
seated, and Senator McCarren has beer
denounced as a traitor to the party.
Senator Daibois's Idaho delegation has
been accorded a victory. as have the
Roger c. Sullivan Illinois representa-
tives and the Tom johnson delegates In
the Tenth Ohio. Oklahoma Is given Il
votes In the convention.
The vote in the credentials commit
tee, seating the Dubois men In Idaho, l:
a rout for the oMormons. The vote wa:
20 to 20. Colonel Guffey, of Pennsyl-
vania, was beaten q to Is. The Okla
homa victory gives the State IS, Instead
of IA, delegates.
The yice-presidemtial situation IL
more in the air than ever. and al
speculation has been suspended. witt
Colonel James M. Guffey, of Pennsyl-
vania, beaten, the opinion Is freely
pressed that the effort to nominate a
conservative Eastern Democrat as
Bryan's running mate will fail.
There Is still considerable talk about
Ollie James, of Kentucky, and Charles
A. Towne. of New York.
Exclusion Plank Proposed.
The subcommittee of h committee
on resolutions, to which has been in
trusted the details of the preparation
of the platform, is considering a plank
proposed by Robert d. Imam, of Ore
gon, which is intended to cover the eX-
clusion y0f Japanese coolie labor. 1t Is
said to be favored by Mr.. Bryan, and is
as follows:
"OrientaI laborers are within our Dor
ders In va st and increasing numbers,
especially am the Pacific coast. They
are being employed by the tens of thou
sands in eveAy branch Of labor, thereby
reducing wa ges and d~epriving our
American citFa ems of the means of earn
ing a livelihood. We demand the
speedy enactment of a Law that Will
prevent further immigration of Oriental
laborers into these United States"
Mr.. Inman is tine only representative
of the Pacific cpAlst on the sub-com-
mittee, mi he presented the plank in
the interest of an the coast States.
The plank apparently was received with
much favor by the subcommittee. and
II Is generally believed that it will 60
into the platform.
Mr.. 1nman also presented the follow
ing:
"Our Western coese has been wo-
fully neglected in tine matter of coast
defenses. We believe that for the pro,
lection of our people md their vast
and rapidly increasing commercial in
terests on the Pacific coast, 1t is i'm
peratiye tina the Atlantic fleet now
stationed in Pacific waters be there
maintained in its present strength"
There have been several suggestions
concerning the defense In the West.
and II soon became evident that con-
siderable consideration would Nbe given
to this subject before acting upon 1t.
II All Looks Like Brysn.
II was an open secret a last night
and this morning that the elements
opposed iO the nomination of William
J.. Bryan Ior the presidency based
practically their last hope of success
or the possibility that drastic action
Of the credentials committee, more
especially In the Pennsylvania cases.
might provoke a revolt among dele
gates, none too cordial in their accept
ance of pro-Bryan instructions, end
sweep into the anti-Bryan camp a
number sufficient to give them the one
more than one-third of the convention
necessary to prevent Bryan's nominal
lion. Failing in hat il was all but
unanimously conceded that Bryan's
nomination has become what many
have never questioned. "A certainty.
There were other aspects of this mat
ter which were freely discussed last
night and this morning. One was the
effect, either way. of the decision of
the credentials committee and Of the
convention In the Idaho cases. There,
politically speaking. lay a very serious
dilemma as 10Th sides in the contro-
versy admitted. The contestants repre-
sented in considerable measure, it was
said, the Mormon interests In Idaho,
and the vote of that large element was
In a measure at stake. The sitting dele
CATION repudiated all proposals in the
direction OF compromise. m it was
clear that whichever a the commit
tee and after the committee the con-
vention might throw its decision. the
political effect would be important.
McCarren Threztens Defeat.
In similar vein was couched the APP
peal of State Senator Patrick H. Nc
Carren, of Brooklyn. for the seating OF
his delegates. who were unseated by
the spring State convention held in
New York city, Notwithstanding, &C
cording to the claim of McCarren, the
fact that they had been the u~ndoubted
choice of the voters of the party. In
argument Senator McCarren pointed
out that eve with all the elements in
the party united it would be exceed
ingly difficult to carry New York State
this fall; that the State was essential
to the election OF a Democratic candi-
date for the presidency n that the
constituency of Brooklyn, famously
Jealous of Its right. would retaliate for
an injustice to them, in a fashion
which no leader, however powerful,
would be able to forestall.
On the other hand. former Comp
troller Bird 8. Coler scathingly At
tackled McCarren, alleging that he and
ex-Lieutenant Governor William r..