The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
BOTH BAY STATE
PARTIES WANT
ASAFE TREATY
Democratic Convention De-
mands Amendments, Re-
publicans Reservations.
PACT DEAD OTHERWISE
Senator Lodges Efforts to
Protect United States Are
Commended.

BosroN Oct. 4.--Both the Democra-
dc and Republican State conventions,
In session here to-day, placed them
selves on record as opposed to the
acceptance OF the peace treaty in its
present form.
The Democratic convention wound
up a heated debate on the question
Of the treaty and the League of Ma
tons by adopting a resolution favor
ing ratification OF the treaty, includ-
ing the league covenant, only PRO
vided the covenant is so amended as
than the United States, to protect the
sovereignty Of the American people,
to protect the right Of self determin-
alton and to refrain from adding to the
burden OF peoples wanting to be free
and independent"
The Republican convention was
equally frank in its desire to have the
B., treaty ratified speedily, but declared
that there must be specified reserv-
atoms and condemned the action of
the peace commissioners in the matter
of Fiume, Thrace and Shantung. The
convention called, however, for rati-
ncation of the treaty without amend
ment"
Lodges Course Praised.
In addition to Its action demanding
reservations the Republican convention
recorded itself as proud of the states
manship Of Senator henry Cabot Lodge.
The resolution Endorsed his efforts to
bring about prompt action on the
treaty"
The clash on the treaty plank In the
Democratic convention centred In an
amendment introduced by John L. Dom
ovan Of Boston, which was finally re-
jected This amendment demanded that
the treaty of peace and the covenant of
the League of Nations ''be considered
and acted upon as separate and distinct
Documents" that the Senate refuse to
approve any such document which does
not give self-determination to all small
nations, whether oppressed by the victor
or the vanquished, especially Ireland, to
whose sons and daughterskthese United
States owe a debt of gratitude which can
never be fully repaid" and that the
Senate shall ever keep before its mind
the fact that We are not ruled by an
autocrat or Emperor, and that not even
the President of the United States may
usurp their functions"
The Boston police strike also aroused
lively discussion, which resulted in
adoption OF a platform plank. The po-
lice plank differed from that presented
by the committee on resolutions, which
had discussed the platform for fifteen
hours and was not ready to report until
an hour after the time set for the OPEN
ing of the convention. The original
plank read:
We condemn the policemen who left
their post OF duty, but we condemn
more Gov. Coolidge for his inaction and
eulpabllity in failing to protect the lives
and property of the people of Boston"
Police Plank ms Amended.
Several delegates made strenuous OBJ
jection to this wording and after a long
Wrangle the convention amended the
plank to read as follows:
While We do not condone the police
men who left their post of duty, we
condemn Gov. Coolidge for his inaction
and culpability in falling to protect the
lives and property of the people of
Boston. We further condemn his breach
Of faith and deceit of the people of
Boston for the false assurance of Sc
eurity given them in the declaration
that there was ready for immediate SER
vice an emergency force of ample pro-
lection, when he had no such force at
hand and it was not provided until IL
was demanded by the Mayor of Boston"
The convention extended sympathy to
President Wilson in his illness and Cor
dial wishes for his immediate restoration
TO good health" The platform expressed
hearty commendation OF his Admins
tration"
Other planks favored legislation to aid
farmers to increase food production in
NE State, State ownership and develop
ment Of water power for conversion into
electricity. non-contributory maternity
benefits and old age pensions, legislation
making permissible State ownership and
operation Of gas and electric plants and
street railways, a graduated income tax
bearing more heavily upon the large in
comes Of the RICH" Substantial addi-
uonal grant to service men," in addition
the 800 bonus already given them
ana deportation OF "the alien Stacker, the
allen"
Richard H. Long, Democratic candI-
Sste for Governor, and Col. John F. ].
neroert candidate for Lieutenant Gov
erhor, addressed the convention. Both
srongly Endorsed the platform accepted
W the convention and both advocated
public ownership OF public utilities.
Republican Convention.