The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-03
Democratic Congregational Campaign
Book, a Highly Imaginative work,
just from the Press.
AUGUST TREASURY FIGURES
MONTHLY STATEMENT OF PUBLIC
DEBT AND CIRCULATION.
Army I'm the Philippines Divided Into
Three Observation-Disclosures Trip
Postponed.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.-The Democratic
congressional campaign book. which made
it's appearance to-day. is a volume of Ss4
pages. the major portion of which is de-
voted to the discussion of Imperialism ana
trusts, 240 pages being given 10 these two
topics. lis TO the former and LIS to the lat
ter. Upon the title page is the Democratic
slogan. Equal rights to ALL special priv.
neges to none"
The volume opens with the platform OF
1900 and the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic members OF the House at their
conference on June Is arraigning the Re-
publican party for failure to give relief
to Cuba and to enact proper antitrust leg
islation. Then follows an extended criti-
cism OF the Republican campaign book
many of the statements contained therein
being challenged as to accuracy. especially
those dealing with the trust question. IN
der the head of imperialism there is long
general review of the Philippine policy UNI
der the following heads: Attempt to d.
vert the issues. partisan censorship. war
Department policy OF suppression. farcicai
Investigations, War Department investiga-
ton and that of the Senate contrasted, q
court-martial stopped because II w"rlo
prove too much, court-martial trials q
farce, cruelty committed and encouraged,
crimes of war and not of soldiers. Ameri-
can expansion versus Roman imperialism,
colonialism and trade. statistics against CO.
lonialism, keep American capital at home.
the burdens of militarism, Philippine VEN
ture beginning of general policy of colonial
ism, our war-like President. Philippines .
source of weakness shall We spend peoples
taxes at home or in distant lands? gov
eminent for carpet-baggers and spoliation.
statehood for the Philippines.
This review is succeeded by chapters on
General Miles and the administration. dis
graceful 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 system, not the individual. TO
blame; democracy the remedy Tor barparl-
ties, fundamental objections to the Philip
pines government act, slavery and polyg.
amy under the protection OF the flag, and
vice and loathsonIe diseases in the Philip
pines.
The chapters on the tariff and trusts are
crowded with statistics and figures, mucn
attention being devoted TO an attempt 10
show that protected trusts and manufac-
turers get the benefit of all the tarin In our
markets and sell in foreign markets at
greatly reduced prices. Fac SMILES of ex-
port price lists are given and comparisons
are made with domestic prices of like ar
ticles. A number of big trusts are dis
cussed IN detail to show that they sell their
products abroad much cheaper than az
home and the whole question is summarized
in chapter the Evils of Protected
Trusts, which is subdivided as follows:
First, political corruption: second, watereo
stock; third. concealment OF export prices:
fourth, juggled and manufactured stalls
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 devoted 10
by injunction the shp-subsidy bill, Chi
nese exclusion, foreign affairs and the
Schley case