The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-09-10
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The DcmCcratic congressional cam
paign book which made its appearance
Tuesday is volume Of 3S+ pages, the
major portion OF which is devoted to
the discussion OF imperialism and
trusts, 2t0 pages being given &c these
two topics, 1l5 to the former and l25
to the latter. Upon the title page is
the Democratic Slogan, Equal rights
to all, special privileges to none" :"
The volume opens with the platform
Of 1890 and the resolutions adopted by
the Democratic members hit al their
conference June 10 aTraigning the Re.
publican party for failure to give re-
lief to Cuba and 70 enact proper anti
trust legislation. Then follows aa ex-
tended criticism nf the Republican
campaign book, many OF the state
nents contained therein being chal-
lcnged as to accuracy, especially those
dealing with the trust question,
Under the head Of imperialism there
is :, long general review Of the Philip
pine policy under the following heads:
Attempt to divert the issue.
Partisan censorship.
War department. policy OF suppress
sion.
taTctcal Investigations.
War department Investigations and
that Of senate cOntrastcd.
\ courtmartial stopped because it
would prove too much.
C0urtmartial trials farce.
Cruelty committed and encouraged.
Crimes o. wac and not OF soldiers.
American expansion versus Roman
imperialism.
Colonialism and trade.
Statistios against colonialism.
Keep American capital at home,
The burdens OF mi!itarism,
Philippine venture beginning OF
general policy OF colonialism.
Our warlike president.
Philippines q source Of weakness.
Shall we spend peoples taxes at
home or in distant lands:
A government for carpetbagsera and
Spoiliattun.
Statehood for the Philippines.
This review is succeeded by chapters
on:
General Miles and the adminiStra'
tiOn.
Disgraceful record Of the military
authorities at both ends 01 the line II
tho Gar6anar ease
The Smith courtmartial, torture as
a policy.
Review Of evidence involving the
war department and certain army Of
ticers in the Philippines in violation Of
the laws Of war.
The system, not the individual: tx
blame.
Democracy the remedy far barbara
ties.
Fundamental objections to the Phil
ippinc government act.
Slavery and pol! gamy under the
protection Of the flag, and
Vice and loathsome diseases IN the
Philippines.
The chapters on the tariff and trust:
are crowded with statistics and tig
ures, much attention being devoted tC
an attempt to show that protected
trusts and manufacturers get the ben
eft Of all the tariff in our markets anc
sell In foreign markets 1t greatly re-
duced prices. Fac Smiles OF export
price lists are given and comparison:
are made with domestic prices Of like
articles. 4 number Of big trusts arr
discussed in detail to show that they
sell their products abroad much cheap
er than at home and the whole CUES
tion is summarized IN chapter on the
Evils of Protected Trusts" which /:
subdivided as follows:
l. Political corruption.
,. Watered stock.
8. Conceaiment Of export prices; anc
I. Juggled and manufactured stats
tics.
The records Of the two parties on
the trust. question are contrasted
Reciprocity generally is denounced aS
a "humbug "
The remainder Of the volume is de-
voted to a variety Of subjects, in
Guiding government by injunction
the ship subsidy bill, Chinese exclu-
sion. foreign affairs and the Schley
case.