The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-11
IS ON IN FULL BLAST
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN BEING wAGED
 IN EARNEST.
Hon. John R. Dos Psssos, in . Learned Ar gument, Indicts the Republican
 Party for Transgress-
 ing Constitution.

New York, Sept. 10.-(Special.) )-One ex- ample of tho high character of the argu- ments the Democratic party will make to the electorate this campaign. was docu- ment issued today by the National Com mittee entitled, The Trend of the Repub- lican Party" It was prepared by Hon. John R. Dos Passes. one of the leaders of the New York bar and author of an au- thoritative treatise on The Law of Stock Brokers and Stock Exchanges"
 Mir. Dos Passos's contribution to the Dem- ocratic campaign is a careful brief dealing exclusively with specific instances of trans- gression by the Republican party of the Constitution of the United States. The ar gument is lifted above a mere consideration of acts of President Roosevelt and considers the 'trend' of the party as a whole. This Is how Mir. Dos Passes summarizes his case The first act which have investigated the reconstruction laws-showed how open ly and wantoniy the Republican party dis regarded the rights of the States by keeping them out of the Union when the whole scope and purpose of the war was to keep them in."
 T have shown how the Republican party attacked the power of the Executive fin the impeachment of Andrew Johnson
 T have shown how the Republican party packed the Supreme Court of the United States by increasing the number of Judges to nine, for the purpose of reversing the
 
 1T have shown you how this party stole the presidency from Samuel J. Tilden. who was elected by a large number of votes both popular and electoral"
 "Then I turned from domestic history and opened to your view the acts of President Roosevelt in his dealings with e foreign power--the Republic of Coiombia-and showed YOU that out of this grew not only gross violations of international law. but in connection herewith. of the Constitution of the United States; the President being most grievously wrong in his treatment of the Republic of Colombia. and having no right under the spooner act to deal with the so-ealled Republic of Panama at all. I can safely aver, therefore in summing up. that the Republican party has run the whole gamut of Constitutional infringement"
 The campaign has thus already largely resolved itself into one of education. The literary bureau which comes in closest con- tact with the press of the country, is dis tributing a great volume of literature to the various Democratic headquarters in the several States, besides the interchange of ideas with the hundreds of Democratic pa pers which are espousing the cause of Democracy.
 The people generally are still talking of the now celebrated gathering of the Demo- cratic editors at New York and Esoups this week and the brilliant speeches made around the board in the Waldorf Hotel were not Only eHJOgc0 DJ LhOSe WHO nhu the privilege of listening tC them, but were read with great interest throughout the country. The New York World in comment ing on this gathering of editors said edi- torially:
 'In the presence in this city In conference of 500 Democratic editors from every part of the country there is both proof and promise of the widest interest in the cam paigr and hearty accord in its prosecution"
 Not often in American politics has there been a movement which could with such confidence appeal to argument. to iliustra- tion to publicity, eas may this great cam paiEn of 1904 for the Constitution and gov ernment that the fathers of the Republic bequeathed to us"
 While the editors who were present at New York and Esopus will undoubtedly do a great work in keeping the importance of the campaign before the public and mould ing public opinion. the speakers bureau at the National Committee Headquarters is en- gagged in a like undertaking. They are busy assigning speakers of prominence to the various Communities In the doubtful states. and it is said that the largest nEm- AAx af Demoeratto. oEatQrs gtnce the mepa-.