The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-10-07
BOSTON
CONVENTION
Bay State Adopj Platform
For Tariff Revision
SEN. LODGES REPLY
Curtis Gould. IT,. Nominated For
Governor and Ebsn S. Draper
For Running Mate.

BOSTON. Got 7. - With only on'
voice raiss,i IN opposition the iirpub
leans ~ Massachusetts, as represented
IN state convention declared for a 70
vision Of The iaFir.
Contrary a. expectations. the radica
wing % The parry, under the leader
ship e Eugene y. foss of Boston. dif
DO, orsf q substitute for the plank IA
The platform relating 90 the tariff. nj
though In q speech 60 the delegates
AR. foss DECLARED that the revision ol
The tariff favored In the state platform
was not sufficiently wide In It's scope
Mr.. foss said. however. that he and
biz followers wem encouraged NJ ths
concessions made 90 them aud thai
heat year they would expect 10 have
the convention socrp, their proposition
In it, entirety.
The following ticket was nominated
For governor. Curtis Guild. Jr.. hos
ton: lieutenant governor. Eben \. Ora
per. Hop-inle: SECRETARY % state. VII
liam NJ. oiin. Boston: treasurer and
r-ccivcr general. Arthur u. Chaplin,
iiolyokc. auditor. Henry =. Turner
Maiden: attorney general. Dana Ma.
lone. Greenfield.
Ono Of the surprises of the day came
when General william y. Draper Of
Hopcialc. former ambassador 60 Italy
aud one Of the leading members of the
Home Market club. opposed In n Wig
orous speech the adoption 81 the tariff
revision plank ~ the platform. In
prciacinR his remarks General Draper
explained that his brother. Ebcn =.
Draper. who was later given the nomi.
nation for the lieutenant eoycrnorship.
did not share his views. but supported
the revision plank. General Draper
sald be would not offer any substitute
plank for the reason that be knew
there was no chance OF his or any
other substitute being accepted. Gen
eral Draper contended that tariff re-
vision would he followed by financial
and commercial depression. and. speak.
ing NJ a manufactures. he could see
no reason why there should be- re-
vision.
The platform presented by the COM
nnittee on resolutions was adopted
without amendment and contained I'm
brief nm Endorsement OF the admins
tration Of President Roosevelt. espe-
cial mention being made OF his part I'm
bringing about peace between Russia
and Japan and Of his enforcement OF
the laws preventing great corporations
from expressing the people by unjust
discrimination or by the destruction Of
lawful competition: recommendation
for the enactment by congress OF a
tariff provision which shall protect
American markets against dIscrimina-
ton and secure TO the United States
the treatment accorded TO the most fa-
vorcd nation In all foreign markets:
resolution for the increase of the
navy and the upbuilding Of the Ameri-
can merchant marine and an indorse-
ment Of the administration Of former
Governor John L. Bates.
Aside from the adoption OF a plat
form containing tariff revision plank,
the feature OF the convention was the
contest for the nomination for attor-
ney general. Three ballots We're neces-
sary for choice, Dana Malone of
Greenfield winning on the final vote,
polling TIP votes. His nearest COM
petltor, General Edgar II. Champlln
Of Cambridge. received 366 votes.
The only other contest for nomina-
ton, that for the nomination for lieu
tenant governor, was decided on the
first ballot, Eben s. Draper Of Hope
dale defeating Colonel August II. Doet-
Ting of Springfield and Frederick s.
Hall Of Taunton by substantial plu-
rallty.
Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild,
Jr, Of Boston was nominated for gov
ernor by reclamation. For secretary
of state, state treasurer and auditor,
William NJ. DIN, Arthur b. Chaplin and
Henry II. Turner, the respective in
cumbents. were also renominated by
reclamation.
The feature Of the proceedings was
the address of Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge. Senator Lodge took the plat
form to reply to Eugene N. Foss, who
had advocated the free admission of
coal, hides and the raw materials.
In the course of his remarks Mr..
Foss severely scored the Massachu-
sets senators and representatives In
congress, charging that they were not
loyal to the interests of Massachu
sets.
Senator Lodge made forceful and
eloquent address and In parliament
tary manner censured Mr.. Foss for his
structures on the Massachusetts repre-
sentation at the capital. Mr.. Lodge
also said that the time for tariff revi-
sion was the time when the Republic
al party was in power. He argued
that "froe raw materials" was but an
other term for free trade" and that |
the admission of free raw materials |
would sound the death knell of reel. |
procity as well as of protection.
A Presidential Appointment.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Alexander |