The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-05
THE Republicans
ISSUE TEXT BOOK
Campaign Literature for Congress.
sionaI Campaign.
DEMOCRATS ARE DENOUNCED
Roosevelt's Arlington Speech Quoted in
Full and the Bloody Shirt Waved
on High-Water Cure Slurred
Over and Smith Unnoticed.
lsneciaI Dispatch to- The rimesA

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 4.-The
Republican text book for the campaign
of 1902 is out in all it's glory, and is being
freely distributed here in Washington.
On the front cover is the following quo
tation: You do not have to guess what
the Republican party will do. The world
knows its purpose. 1t has embodied them
In law, and executed them in administra-
tion.-William Mckinley" This, which
the text book informs Us was William
McKinley's definition Of the Republican
party before he was elected President. is
also the opening paragraph of the book.
which contains three hundred and eighty
pages, and is comprised chiefly of full
some praise of the Republican party, ana
denunciation of the Democrats and every
thing they ever did or attempted to do.
It's introduction covers q wide range Of
subjects, discussed in short paragraphs,
a paragraph to each subject, and IN
manner SO positive as to endanger its pe-
ing called dosmatic. There are few OF the
paragraphs in question:
1.-THE Republican party is to-day. as 1t
has been for more than fifty years, the
party of sturdy American principles, con-
servative and progressive. accomplishing
what it advocates, and advocating what
best represents the ideals of the most
progressive people in the whole world"
THE BLOODY SHIRT.
OF course. it does not go far without
waving the bloody shirt and half
way down the first page is the follow
ing as a starter: 1T Che Republican par
ty) had its origin not in revolutionary
doctrine, but in the sober judgment of the
people of the North, that compromise
with slavery was no longer possible in
81 NO 11-h1r oh
was SO soon to be organized into States,
and have an equal part in the Union
Further along under the discussion of the
platform and policies of the party at
the time Lincoln was elected, we have
this: Republican party found labor IN
the North wandering in rags upon the
public Streets and in the South receiving
its wages in lashings upon the naked back
and in chains And in Roosevelt's de-
coration day speech at Arlington in de-
Tense of the army, which speech is given
in full in the text book, a few such gems
as these occur: 1.-The men who fail to con-
denim lynchinss, and yet clamor about
what has been done in the Philippines.
are indeed guilty of neglecting the beam
in their own eye while taunting their
brother about the mote in his. There
were abuses and to spare in the civil
war Your false friends then called
Grant a butcher and spoke of you. who
are listening to me as mercenarles, as
Lincoln hirelings.' Your open foes-as IN
the resolution passed by the Confederate
Congress in October, 1S62-accused you. at
great length. and with much particularly,
of 'contemptuous disregard of the usaseS
of civilized war; of subjecting women
and children to Punishment, imprison-
ment and death; of murder. and of
Of p,It of "
less cruelty OF perpetratng atrocities
which would be disgraceful to savages';
and Abraham Lincoln was singled out for
especial attack, because of his spirit Of
barbarous ferocity. Verify, these men
who thus foully standered you have their
heirs today in those who traduce ou.l
armies in the Philippines
After claiming the credit for all the
Federal laws now in force; the saving
fetal propagation and distribution of
fish," the antitrust act, which We are
told. was drawn up by Senator'S she r,
the House secured by William McI<in-
ley" the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and FIT
teenth amendments to the Constitution;
many other things, the compilers of this
document have worked in very smooth
piece of politics to suit the eXisencies of
the present campaisn with Win :, the =, ab .9;.
cussion and expounding of Republican
principles" In the midst of all this is
inserted the following: The first Repub,,
lican President was from the West. and
nearly all Republican Presidents have
been from the West: not excepting the
present Chief Executive. who. as a. child
of New York. was early adopted by the
West as a COWBOY and hunter to make
him as typically Western as any of his
predecessors. This is a direct play for
the vote of the West, as 1t has been pre-
dicted on all sides that there will be the
scenes OF the greatest struggles during
Then. under the headings OF Protec-
ton and Prosepriety:" Commerce of the
World in 1901 - Trusts and Labor etc.
there are the usual tables. of statistics
under Republican administration.
JAKE" NOT MENTIONED.
The Philippine question is also given a
good deal of space and liberal defense
e-ning rolicy of the administration is
made Pages are devoted to the testi-
nlony of Governor Taft and Generals
Otis, Macarthur and hughes IN which
history of the world was war carried OF
so hunnanely The question of the water
cure is slurred over in q great hurry.
the book stating that while several prl-
yate soldiers testified to having seen i
administered. not one OF the cases had
occurred within a year before the inVeS-
tieation at which this testimony was
given "Iyel!-roaring" Jake Smith is not
mentioned.
In appearance the book is a raper-cov-
cred rocket-sizad volume. containing
nearly four hundred pages OF campaign
matter II, is printed nv me o"nl rd
1,nnn its covel. carries the announcement
+ha+ II is .sn,,hliShed by authority of the
Renul,,ican Congressional Committee.