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Show IPUTFDH OOES iT PLHSM1DITE Republicans of Massachusetts , Refuse to Adopt Viers of Congressman Gardner. REJECT FOUR PLANKS Head of the Ticket Expresses Disappointment Over Action Ac-tion of Convention. BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 4. -Congross-man Augustus P. Gardner, who had bo-J'orc bo-J'orc repudiated the stato committee, do-flared do-flared at the end of a sharp fight in the Republican stato convention today that he would run on a platform of his Ho would fulfill, ho Baid, his promise to the forty thousand people who chose him at the primaries, despito hiH obliga-tion obliga-tion to the party as represented, by the fl majority of delegates present. This now turn in the political situa-tion situa-tion followed tie dofcat of tho candi-date candi-date in four successive attempts to amend the resolutions bo as to make tho platform square with his assertions on tho stump. "When tho fight was ended, Mr. Gard-ner Gard-ner figuratively toro up his prepared speech, of acceptance and susbtituted a three-minute talk on "Progressive Ro-publicanis." Ro-publicanis." Ho explained 'that as the four cardinal points in his address had been rejected, his set speech was useless. Issues Omitted. In his speech he said: "I am not unmindful of tho duty which I. owe to the other candidates, or the duty I owo to this convention, but there aro omitted from this plat-Hj plat-Hj ' form four of tho principal issues upon Hj which I have been waging my cam-paign. cam-paign. Now I know that my duty to the other candidates conflicts with my duty to the 46,000 or whatever tho nurn-ber nurn-ber was, who nominnted me. I went throughout tho longth and breadth of this commonwealth and I advocated the real restriction of immigration. I advo-catod advo-catod a minimum waeo for women. I advocated tho uso of tho stato credit to assist suburban home seekers, and re-licve re-licve the congestion in tho cities. I advocated, the compulsory publicity of the factB in important labor disputes and to all these things I am committed, fl gentlemen, and I cannot consent to go Before tho people of this commonwealth and take one position beforo I am nom-inated, nom-inated, and anothor position after I am nominated. Declines to Change. "I was asked what I would do if this committee on resolutions did not put those plunks in tho platform. I said I could mako my own platform and 1 would run on that because I can 't do anything else. These 46.000 people voted for me on the supposition that I meant what I said, and I am not going to mako any change. "I regret very much that I must make a campaign before the people of the commonwealth, asking them to support me in putting through certain moas- 4 1 If the Republican party becomes stagnant, tho Progressives are bound to succeed. If the party cannot liberalize itself, I shall leave public life, but I shall leave it as a Republican, for I fl have no sympathy with those who have fed at our board and are now howling at tho heels of wounded greatness. "If the Republican party standB for liberalism ana progrcssivencss, it will win and the Progressives will go into oblivion." The recording instruments indicatod that the shock this afternoon was about half the intonsity of that on Wednesday night and covered practi-j practi-j cally the same area, with tho central 1 point of the disturbance about 100 miles from Panama City. The instruments further showed that a tremor also occurred at 5 o'clock in the morning and that in all there were about eighteen distinct movements. Bay State Democrats. BOSTON. Oct. 4. "Without a dis-cordant dis-cordant note on any topic, tho Demo-era Demo-era tic state convention m Fanouil hall today, unanimously adopted tho plat-form plat-form prepared by tho resolutions coni-mitteo coni-mitteo and indorsed the stato ticket headed by Lieutenant Governor David I. Walsh, which was nominated in the recent primaries. The resolutions contain the planks designed to hold party candidates close to tho platform. One urges that pro-vision pro-vision be made for having tho piat-form piat-form passed on by tho votora in the primaries and tho othor favors having candidates for nomination file with the secretary of state an affirmation of j their substantial agreement with the party platform. A resolution protest-iti(j protest-iti(j again st the appointment of men to federal positions without consultation with state party leaders was defeated before tho platform committee |