Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-08
ISSUES u { s DEFINE D
Democratic Campaign Book
Soon, Win Be- Ready.
GREAT CONTEST BEGUN
NOT SATISFIED. WITH PERSONAL
ATrAcxoN PRESIDENT.
Fight Must Be Made Along Other
Lines, Say Opponents After
the Money Power.

From now on the democratic campaign
can be considered as well under way. The
executive committee Of the national demo-
cratic committee met at noon today at the
Hoffman House In New York city, Every
effort Is being made by the leaders of the
party to forward the campaign as rapidly
| as possible. 3
The democratic campaign book Is ex-
pected to be ready for the press within a
couple of weeks. The appearance of the
campaign book is being looked forward to
by republican managers with the greatest
interest as an indication of what the party
really believes to be the issues of this cam
paign.
Inc subjects made prominent in the CAM
paign book are those that will naturally be
put forward most prominently. especially
In the beginning Of the campaign. The real
issues are more likely to be brought out
by events.
couple of months ago prominent demo-
personality of the President the leading
feature OF attack as campaign issue.
Ihey prepared a document from the
speeches Of Representatives Kitchen of
NOrth Carolina, Patterson of Tennessee and
Fitzgerald Of New York. all presenting the
PRESIDENT as man not to be trusted with
the reins of government, as hot-headed
ana ready to give way at any time to the
safe ." way I'LL
Those speeches have been sent out by the
cart load. and as theI deal in choice bill
lngsgate and wonderfully prOfuse use of
, nd ad1ectives making spicy reading, they
nave proven to be very popular wherever
Trey have been sent The call for these
speeches has been large. but 1t has been
discovered that amusing voters and influ-
ebcing their votes are two very different
propositions.
Abuse Ineffective
Wherever this personal abuse has become
of sufficient interest to call forth discus
sions among voters the question has been
asked by Mr.. Roosevelts friends as to what
he has ever done to give rise to the alleg I'd
fear that he is unsafe Republicans de-
clare that as time has gone by it has been
seen that the unsafe" issue is rather an
unsafe one for the, democrats to place much
dependence upon. For that reason there
mas been a constantly increasing tendency
to find other issues.
one OF the most. recent issues that have
been put out from democratic sources is to
t e erect that j. Pierpont Morgan is out
Tor Roosevelt. 1t has long been a subject
Tor comment on the part of leaders that
Morgans opposition to President Roose-
welt had failed of any result except to en-
nance the standing of the President before
the conservative business men of the coun-
try. 1t is now understood that an effort
Will be made to change the method of
treatment and see how it will go in the es-
timation of the public to have Mr.. Morgan
supporting the President. The New York
World is out with INTERESTING headlines
announcing the support of Mr.. Morgan for
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Tobacco an Issue.
| John Wesley Gaines is stirring the farm
| ers of Tennessee and Kentucky up with
the idea that the administration is indiffer-
ent to the tobacco trust, which he claims
to have evidence is Sitting competition in
the purchase Of the class of tobacco that is
principally raised in those states
A good Quaker is spreading reports
among Quakers of Indiana to the effect
| that the President is a fire eater, who be-
iieves in war and despises every man of
| peace, with an idea of influencing the 10 600
Quaker voters in that state
In Wisconsin the lack of an issue ha g
caused the democrats to turn their en-
| tire attention to dissensions between the
Two republican factions that are fighting
there Tor supremacy a substitute for
| an issue for the campaign.
Inc issue OF the colOred man is being
worked in parts of the country in ,yL;nS
| 1t is found to take"
The issue that is gradually appeaiinp TO
the democrats more than any other ia In
relation to the tariff, and Is directed to-
Tafo me repuotcan principle of reciprocity.
! In Massachusetts this issue is being nut
forward with great show of Interesting the
people. The cotton mill output of New
England has been greatly decrease as a
result OF the building of cotton mills in the
! south, and many people there are ASKING
! the mselves whether they should not Look
to reciprocity to open to them on equal
| terms the cotton market of Canada.
But none of these Issues some DESIGNED
| to be local and some looked upon as ma
tional In scope, are satisfying the leading
democrats. They are still asking them,
serves what Is to be the real and great issue
| of the campaign, This has been the canso
| of discussions in relation to the material
that Is to go in the democratic bandhoot
At this time the idea of reciprocity and
tariff revision has the upper hand and
those subjects are likely to have the first
place in the handbook ''