Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-09-04
CAMPAIGN THUNDER.
The Democratic Congressional
Handbook has Been Issued.

Brief Review of the Subjects Treated
in the Volume which is Good Sized
One Plenty of Material for the
Spell Binders who will Use it to Adj
vantage.
| WASHINGTON, Sept 1.-The Dem
ocratic Congressional campaign
book. which made its appearance to.
day, is volume of 3S4 pages, the
major portion of which is devoted to
the discussion of imperialis and
trusts, 240 pages being given to
these two topics, ll5 to the former
and l25 to the latter. Upon the I'll
tie page is the Democratic slogan,
Equal rights to all, special prlvi-
leges to none"
The volume opens with the plat.
form of 1900 and the resolutions,
adopted by the Democratic members
OF the House at their conference
June 10, arraigning the Republican
party for failure to give relief to
Cuba and enact proper antitrust
legislation. Then follows an ex-
tended criticism of the republican
campaign book, many of the state
ments contained therein being chal-
lenged as to accuracy, especially
those dealing with the trust cues
ton. Under the head of imperial
ism there is long general review of
the Philippines under the following
| heads:
Attempt to divert the issue, par
tisan censorship, War Department
policy of suppression, farcican in
vestigation, and that of Senate con-
trasted, court martial trial stopped
because it would prove too much.
court martial trials farce, cruelty
committed and encouraged, crimes
of war and not of soldiers, American
expansion versus Roman imperial
ism, colonialism and trade, stats
ties against colonlalism, keep Amer
can capital at home, hut burdens of
militarism, Philippine ventures be-
ginning of general policy of colon
ialism, our warlike President, Phil
ippInes source of weakness, shall
we spend peoples taxes at home or
in distant lands, a Government of
carpetbaggers and spoliation, state.
hood for the Philippines.
This review is succeeded by chap
tiers on General Miles and the Ad-
minlstration, disgraceful record OF
the military authorities at both ends
OF the line in the Gardener case, the
Smith court-martial, torture as
policy, review of evidence involving
the War Department and certain
army officers in the Philippines in
violation of the laws OF war, the sys-
tenn, not the individual to blame:
democracy the remedy for barbara
ties, fundamental objections to the
Philippine Government act, slavery
and polygamy under the protection
OF the flag, and vice and ioathsome
diseases in the Philippines.
The chapters on the tariff and
tsusts are crowded with statistics
and figures much attention being
devoted to an attempt to show that
protected trusts and manufactures
get the benefit of all the tariff in
our markets and sell in fereign mar
kets at greatly reduced prices. Fac
SMILES of export price lists are Civ
en- and comparisons are made with
domestic prices of like articles.
A number of big trusts are dis
cussed in detail to show how they
sell their products aboard much
cheaper than at home and the whole
question is summarized in a chapter
on the Evils of Protected Trusts"
which is subdivided as follows:
First, political corruption; second,
watered stocks; third, concealment
of export prices, and fourth, juggled
and manufactured statistics.
The records of the two parties ON
the trust question are contrasted.
Reciprocity generally is denounced
as "humbug." The remainder OF
the volume is devoted to variety of
subjects, including government BY
injunction, the ship subsidy bill,
Chinese exclusion, foreign affairs
and the Schley case.