The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-29
CHOSEN
AND ATTACK ON
WILEY AVERTED
Congressman Nominated Unani=
mously in Seventh District
to Run Again.
MARTIN DEMONSTRATION
CALLED OFF FOR HARMONY
Candidate Lands Protective Pol
icy for Newark-PIatform
Hits at "Secret FavOrs."

Fear of retaliation by the Regulars
on former Congressman William IL.
Wiley caused a repression of the move
ment to nominate Assemblyh.an Will
lam p. Martin instead of Congressman
r. Wayne Parker in the Seventh Con-
gressional district convention. Mr..
Parker received the nomination with
out opposition.
Many Regulars at the meeting said
privately that if Parker had been
turned down there would be like con-
vulson in the Eighth district conven-
ton tonight in Commonwealth Hall,
East orange, and that someone other
than Wiley would be named.
Eleventh ward convention delegates
were ready to nominate Mr.. Martin, but
Lathrop Anderson, as Martins repre-
sentative, and other New Idea leaders
prevented It, They had a talk during
the evening and decided that il any
antagonism between Regulars and
New Idea were generated the result
would be unfavorable, not only to Mr..
Wiley. but also to the New Idea can
dldates in general and Senator Colby
il. particular,
The Martin movement was generated
without Senator Colbyis knowledge,
but when he learned of the matter he
had a telephone conference with Starr
j. Murphy of Montclair. "A delegate and
personal friend of the Senator.
The Senator naturally was opposed ia
any move that would interfere with his
candidacy, SO when Mr., Murphy told
him that the decision had already been
made that Parker should not be OPP
posed the Senator expressed his appre
ciation.
Former School Commissioner Albert
G. Courier was chosen chairman of
the convention after County Chairman
Alfred n. Dalrympe had called the
delegates to order Mr.. Courier made
O. brief speech OF thanks Without
waiting for the adoption of reso-
luton to authorize the appointment of
them Mr.. Courier proceeded at once to
name committees on credentials, on
rules, on resolutions and on vacancies.
The committee on resolutions was Il,
Garfield Clifford Eighth ward Thomas
A. Sandlord, First ward; Robert Wei
gand, Sixth ward; Samuel b. Blair,
Nutley, and Ezra A. Williams, Rose
land.
The committee on vacancies consists
of Thomas b Alworth, Montclar;
William Rosenstrauch, Seventh ward,
and Charles Target Fifteenth ward
Adopt Committee Platform.
The platform presented by the reso-
lutions committee, which had been
previously indorsed by Mr.. Parker,
was adopted without change, as fol-
lows:
THE Republican party in convention
assembled representing the Seventh
Congressional District of New Jersey
hereby declares its unfaltering al
legianee 10 the principles of the ma
tional Republican party, as embodied in
the national and last Republican State
platforms. and as set forth in the let
ters Of acceptance of the Hon. William
II Taft and James s. Sherman.
1--WE insist that the acts of Con
gress establishing equal and reason
able rates of transportation and pre-
venting rebates or determinations, oper
or secret, shall be maintained and en-
forced Such rates should be reason
(ContiBued on second Paae)