The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-03

CAMPAIGN BOOK
HAS BEEN ISSUED
Sins and Errors Of the Republi-
cans Shown Up.
THE WHOLE FIELD COVERED
RECORDS OF THE TWO PARTIES
ON THE TRUST QUESTION.
THE WHOLE FIELD COVERED

VT1ASHINGTON. Sept. 1.-The Demo-
VI cratic congressional campaign
book. which made its appearance
today, Is a volume of 3s4 pages, the
major portion OF which is devoted to
the discussion OF Imperialism and
trusts. $40 pages being given to these
two topics. Upon the title page Is the
Democratic slogan. Equal rights TO all,
| special privileges TO none"
The volume opens with the platform
of 1900 and the resolutions adopted by
| the Democratic members of the house
at their conference June 10. arraigning
the Republican party for failure 10 give
relief TO cuba and to enact proper anti
trust legislation. Then follows an eX-
| tended criticism of the Republican
book, many OF the statements contained
therein being challenged as to accuracy,
especially those dealing with the trust
question.
Philippine Policy Scored.
Under the head Of Imperialism there
is a long. general review OF the Phil
| ippine policy under the following
heads: Attempt 10 Divert the Issue, "
partisan Censorship" WAR Depart
ment Investigation and That of the
| Senate Contrasted." %. WAR Department
| Policy OF Suppression" ''Farclcal Inyes-
| legations" a Court martial Stopped
Because II Would Prove Too Much
''COurt-martial Trial Farce" Cruel
| ~ Committed and Encouraged
| Grimes of War and Not OF Soldiers. +"
american Expansion Versus Roman
Imperialism" COLONIZATION and
Trade" statistics Against Colonial
| ism" THE Burdens of Militarism, -
| Philippine Venture Beginning OF Gen
eral Policy of Cclonialism," Our War
| Ike President" Philippines Source
| of Weakness" "Shall We Spend the
/ Peoples Taxes at Home or in Distant
Lands?" a Government for Carpet
baggers and SpoliatiOn," Statehood
for the Philippines"
! This review is succeeded by chapters
/ on General Miles and the army; dis
| graceful record OF the military authori-
| ties at both ends OF the lines in the
I Gardener case: the Smith court mar
/ tial; torture as a policy; review of ev-
| idence involving the war department
/ and certain army officers in the Philip
/ pines In violation of the laws of war:
/ the system, not the individual TO
/ blame; Democratic remedy for barbara
ties; fundamental objections TO the
/ Philippines; account Of slavery and
| p0lygamy under the protection of the
| flag. and vice and loathsome diseases
/ in the Philippines
Figures Produced.
| The chapters on the tariff and trusts
| are crowded with statistics and figures
| most or il being devoted to an attempt
/ TO show that protected trusts and man.
ufacturers get the benefit of all the
| tariff in our markets and sell in foreign
| markets at greatly reduced prices. Fac
SMILES Of exports price lists are given
and comparisons are made with dOmes-
| tic prices of like articles. A number
| of big trusts are discussed in detail t.
show that they sell their products
abroad much cheaper than at home
and the whole question is summarized
in a chapter on the Evils of Protected
Trusts" which is subdivided as fol-
| lows:
| Political corruption.
2-Watered stock.
S-concealment OF export prices.
THAT the manufacturers juggled
statistics.
The records OF the two parties on the
trust question are eOntrasted Reel
procity generally is denounced as a
| "humbug."
The remainder is devoted TO a va
riety OF subjects. including government
| by Injunction. the ship subsidy bill
Chinese exclusion, foreign affairs and
the Schley case.