Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-28
Democratic Campaign Text Book
Nearly Ready.
MAFERlALFO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Grounds Upon Which the Admin
istration is Auaigned.
TO THE VOTER

| G6rham, who undertook the work at the
request of Senator Jones, chairman of the
national committee, as contribution to
the campaign of Mr.. Bryan, whom he Is
actively supporting. The following descrip-
ton of the contents Of the book is furnish
ed by the committed:
THE first part will be given up to the
democratic platform of 1900. with that of
1896 added. The affirmation of the latter
at the Kansas City convention makes 1t
virtually a part of the Kansas City plat
form. The notification speeches Of Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Stevenson are given entire,
as is the convention speech of Mr.. James d.
Richardson, the chairman of the national
convention.
THE second part contains the republican
platform and a review of the convention
speech of Senator Lodge. who presided over
the republican convention. AS Mr.. Lodge
was put forward as the chief spokesman OF
the party his speech is treated as the Off
cial presentation of the issues on which
the republican leaders intend to make the
campaign.
The Spanish War Record.
Part three states the origin ct the war
with Spain, and recalls the stubborn re-
sistance made by President Mckinley to
intervention in Cuba, even after the Maine
had been destroyed, and the causes thereof.
The administration of the War Department
during the war with Spain Is dramatically
set forth. The disgraceful prostitution Of
the commissary department to the interests
of the dealers in canned beef is produced
in condensed form from the testimony of
the commission appointed by the President
"a tribunal which popularity under
stood to have been organized to acqut.
The testimony of Gen. Miles and of numer-
Gus officers whose reports he presented Is
produced and convicts the administration
of permitting the business interests of meat
packers to outweigh the health and COM
fort of the brave men who volunteered to
fight their countrys battles Commissary
Genera! Eagans foul-mouthed abuse of
Gen. Miles is given, for which he was
court-martialed and sentenced to be dis
missed from the army. This is followed by
President Mckinleys approval of the con-
victiOn and reversal of the sentence. In
stead Of executing the sentence of dis
missal, the President decorated ZEN. Eagan
by relieving him from all further service
in the army, but continued him in his high
office at full pay. Attention is also given
to the reckless disregard of sanitation In
the several camps of the army, more de-
structive to our soldiers than the Spanish
bullets. The Roosevelt attack on the War
Department and the round robin signed
by all high military officers in Cuba,
demanding withdrawal of the troops to a
northern climate to save them from utter
destruction by disease, is presented in full.
The Ph1l1ppfnes.
I'm compliance with the mandate of the
national convention, and following the ex-
ample of the candidate, part three is de-
voted to imperialism as the paramount is
sue, under the title of The Republic or
the Empire The Presidents Philippine
war is the longest chapter in the book 1t
charges upon the President gross and pal
pable violations of the Constitution, and
ila ton, fNH-h i,,,h hot p he
making power and the war-making power.
1t shows from the record that although
Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines did
not pass to the United States until the 18th
of April, 1899 the President, from Decem-
Der to April rode roughshod over the Con-
stttution to force upon the Flipi-
nos in order to fores,all Congress in the ex-
ercise of Its power both under the treaty
and the Constitution to determine the civil
and political status of the Filipinos. The
war waged upon them by the President is
treated as usurpation by him of the war
making power for the purpose of transform
ing friendly allies into implacable enemies.
The possibility OF a republican reconstruct
ton policy In the Philippines and their d.
vision into five states for admission into
the Union Is clearly presented. The Presi-
dents approval of the agreement with the
sultan OF Sulu is presented, in which he
upholds slavery and polygamy under the
United States flag. The report OF the lib
erty congress Of the anti-imperialists is fol-
lowed by chapter giving numerous decis-
ions OF the Supreme Court which clearly
contradict the new republican doctrine that
the Constitution is not the supreme law in
the territories. The chapter Of the cost
or imperialism Will attract general atten-
ton.
The British Alliance.
1.-THE British alliance is shown to exist,
and some of it's work is recited, notably
the surrender to Great Britain of our prop
er rights in the construction Of q canal
through Nicaragua the surrender to Great
britain or valuable mining territory in
Alaska under the guise OF temporary ar
rangement the effort to screen the British
foreign office from the necessity Of an apol-
ogy for the violation of United States mails
In south Africa by British official, and,
f1naily the circulation. through one of the
departments in Washington, of British po-
lltfcal pamphlets to create false impress
sion concerning the cause of the Beers.
The stealings of United States republican
officials in Cuba occupy an entire chapter.
1t deals In facts from the records.
Porto Rican Tariff.
THE notification of the Constitution by
the Porto Rico act is shown to be i'm
perialism applied Extracts from the pro-
ceedings of congressional committees ex-
pose the visible control Of Congress by the
sugar trust Extracts from the proceed
ings Of these committees show the presence
of Mr. Oxnard, chief lobbyist for the sugar
trust, and his advice which was obeyed
when the customs tariff was imposed ON
commerce between Porto Rico and other
ports of the United States A parallel is
drawn between the Porto Rico bill and the
British colonial system, showing that the
republican party prefers the British colo
NAL system to the republican territorial
system Of the United States
Trusts.
Part five treats of trusts giving a list
of those institutions and giving the reme-
dies proposed by each party. 1t gives the
record Of the victory in Congress of the
armor plate trust when that body abdicated
its control over the subject of the price of
armor plate and gave 1t over to the Secre-
tary Of the Navy. This 1t did in the face
of the fact that the United States has been
compelled to pay 5000 ton for plate which
was being sold by the same trust to the
Russian government at 500 ton. There Is
chapter on the discrimination by the rail-
read companies in favor Of the trusts,
which gives them absolute control of the
prices OF all the products dealt in by them.
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