The Washington times., 1902-08-05
Tennessee Senator in
Touch With All Party
Leaders.
HEADS LITERATURE BUREAU
Issues Statement in Which He Denies
Clash With Chairman Griggs, MI.
Gable, and Others-Philippine Ques-
tion on Equality With Trusts, Etc.


some time that there has been dis
agreement between Senator Carmack
and other members of the Democratic
Copgressional Committee as to which
issue should be paramount in the Con-
gressional campaign. Senator Carmack
is the chairman of the committee on
literature. and as such has rendered
the committee great aid in getting out
documentary matter for the campaign.
He has been in Washington for several
weei5s IN charge of int wC~$
As member of the Senate Committee
out part in the investigations conducted
by that committee and in the debates
which occurred in the Senate upon the
Philippine affairs. He has made an ef-
fort to keep that issue to the front,
and because of this, IT has been said
that he was at variance with Chair
man Griggs. Mr.. Gable. and other mem
bers of the committee, vino. it has been
declared. wished to make the trusts
and tariff the leading issues and shove
the Philippine question to the back
ground in fact, in a measure allowing
it TO drco.
Story of Clash Denied.
This has given rise to the statement
that there has been clash between
the Tennessee Senator and the chair
man of the committee. This is en-
phatically denied by both Instead of
dropping the Philippine question, it is
said the committee will send out a half
million copies of Senator Hoar's speech
in opposition to the Republican policy
in the islands.
There is not the slightest truth in
the report that there is any clash be-
tween Chairman Griggs and myself, or
any other member of the committee"
said Senator Carmack yesterday. Il had
q frank talk with Mr.. Griggs when
first reached Washington, and there
was not then and has rot arisen since
any difference of opinion with respect to
The issues OF this campaign. l have not
sought to beiittle the tariff and trust
question. and the whole committee
agrees with US as to the vast import
ance of the Philippine question. 1 have
discussed the question of trusts and
tariff at length in all my public
speeches.
Brought Home tc People.
1T is a question that is brought home
TO the people in concrete form every day
in the year. and this, together with the
manifest division it is creating in the
ranks of the Republican party, is max
ing that issue very effective one for
the Democrats in this campaign. 1t is
easy to arouse public sentiment against
an existing system or policy when you
can point them to its visible bad re-
cults and especially where they stand
acknowledged and confessed by its sup
porters. but TO say this does not mini
mize in the least the extreme import
ance of the Philippine issue.
Upon that question the Democratic
party has taken its stand, and it will
not falter or retreat. 1t is not true that
the people at large are taking no inter
est in this question. We have constant
calls for literature every day and from
every part of the country and the COM
mittee is doing its best to supply the
demand.
Il have seen the statement made that
one or two Democrats have declared
that there was no difference between the
Republican Philippine bill and the
Democratic substitute.
Policy of Republicans.
"I don't believe any Democrat ever
said that The Republican law deals
with the Philippine Islands as a vassal
province and looks to the indefinite con-
tinuance of, a carpet-bag government.
The Democratic bill provided for an in
dependent Philippine republic. There
was to be for time an American pro-
tectorate, but in the first place this
protectorate only had to do with the
foreign relations of the Philippine gov
ernment, leaving them in absolute con
troll of their internal affairs, and n the
second place, its maximum duration was
eight years, at the end of which time our
relation with the islands should cease,
and in the third place, even this protec-
torate was dependent upon the consent
OF the people and might be terminated
BY them whenever they thought proper.
TO say that there was anything in