Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-09-12
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
Imperialism and Trusts Are to Be Handled
Without Gloves.

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The Democratic Congressional hand.
book made its appearance at national
headquarters on the I'd inst, and is a
volume of 3S4 pages, the larger portion
OF which is devoted to the discussion
OF imperialism and trusts, 24O pages
being given to these two topics. On
the title-page appears 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 10Th
arrigning the Republican party fol
failure to give relief to Cuba and to
enact proper antitrust legislation
Then follows an extended criticism oil
the Republican book, many of the
statements therein being challenged
as to accuracy, especially those dealing
with the trust question. Under the
head OF imperialism, there is a long
general review of the Philippine poll
icy, under the following sub-headings
Attempt to divert the issue; partial
censorship; War Department investi.
CATION and that of Senate contrasted
War Department policy of suppress
sion; farcical investigations; a court.
martial stopped because it would prove
too much; court-martial trial farce
cruelty committed and encouraged
crimes of war and not of soldiers
American expansion versus Roman
imperialism; colonialism and trade
statistics against colonialism; keep
American people at home; the bur.
dens of militarism; Philippine ven.
ture beginning of general policy oil
colonialism; our warlike President
Philippines source OF weakness
shall We spend peoples taxes at home
or in distant lands; q government for
carpet.baggers and spoliation; State.
hood for the Philippines.
This review is succeeded by chapters
on Gen. Miles and the army; disgrace
full record of the military authorities
at both ends Of the lines in the Gard.
ener 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
system, not the individual, to blame
Fundamental objections to the Philip.
pines; slavery and polygamy under
the protection of the flag, and vice
and loatbsome diseases in the Philip.
pines.
Tbs chapter on the tariffs and trusts
10 crowded with statistics and figures,
most of it being devoted to showing
that protected trusts and manufactur.
ers get the benefit OF all the tariff in
our markets while selling in foreign
markets at greatly reduced prices
Fac similes of export price lists are
given and comparisons are made
with domestic prices of like articles
A number OF big trusts are discussed
in detail to show that they sell theil
products abroad much cheaper than
at home, and the whole subject is sum.
married in chapters on "The Evils oi
Protected Trusts" which is subdivided
as follows: l. Political corruption; 2.
Water stock; 3. Concealment OF ex'
port prices; 4. That the manufacturer
have juggled statistics.
The records of the two parties on
the trust question are contrasted.
Reciprocity generally is denounced Al
a humbug.