The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-08-13
CARMACK ON THE CAMPAIGN.
Says Chairman Griggs and the Commit
tee Are Working in Harmony.

A Washington dispatch says Sena-
tor Carmack's attention was called to
certain newspaper reports representing
that there was sharp difference of
opiniou between himself and other
members of the democratic committee
as to the policy of the campaign, and
especially as TO the relative promi-
nence to be given to the trust and
Philippine question. "Yes, | have
seen all that" said Mr.. Carmack, but
have paid very little attention to it.
Mr.. Griggs. MIR. Cable and have been
working along tremendously and L
suppose neither of US have been dis
turbed by the garrLlity of these cor
RESPONDENTS. | saw in one paper that
nv course was so displeasing to the
committee that | would be asked to
resign. A few days later it was said
that | was hard at work grinding
out Philippine literature which the
committee refused to print Then the
next day the white house correspond"
ent of another New York paper made
the discovery that as a matter OF TACT
| had abandoned the whole Phll'
ippipe business many days ago and ad-
vanced an ingenious theory OF MS own
to account for it. These correspond
ents have cOutrived with amazing IN
genuity each TO contradict all the oth-
ers without any of them telling the
truth. 1t is simply a phase OF not
weather journalism in New YORK.
The republican law deals Win the
Philippine Islands as vassal province
and looks TO the indefinite continuance
of carpet bag government me
democratic bill provided for an lnoe-
pendent Philippine republic: mere
was TO be for time an American pro-
| tectorate, but in the first place THIS
protectoraue only had TO do with the
foreign relations of the Philippine
government, leaving them in absolute
control of their internal affairs; and 10
the second place it's maximum aura
tion was eight years, at the en-" OF
which time our relation with the IS
land should cease: and in the tnlfd
place even this prOtectorate was de-
pendent upon the consent OF the peO-
pie and might be terminated bY them
whenever they thought proper. 10
saw that there was anything In COM
mon between this and the republican
policy is the baldest nonsense thar
ever made its escape from human
mouth. Such a statement involves
the charge that the democrats IN both
houses of congress during the recent
session were simply making sham
fight over a false issue. If the people
could be made to believe that, do
not see how they could be expected to
have confidence in the sincerity OF the
democratic party on the question OF
trusts. of tariff or anything else. do
not know of anything 40 we'll calculat-
ed to cover any political party with
ridicule and contempt than for 1t to
turn tail at the first FIRE and run away
from an issue it has deliberately made,
as the repu bllcaus here run from the
trust aud tariff issues. Such is not the
temper of democrats in either house
of congress, and it is not the temper OF
this committee. Mr.. Griggs recog-
nizes as clearly as do that any faIter-
ing in the democratic opposition TO
criminal aggression would be not only
crime from the standpoint OF patriot
ism and sound principle, but an act OF
monumental stupidity from party
standpoint"