The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-10-05

CRITICISM
Of Republican National
Administration M de in
Campaign Book just
Issued.

Washington, Oct with the con-
gressional election only .zionth away
the Democratic campaign book came
from the printer today. 1t is vol
ume of some 80 pages less than the
Republican campaign book, and two
thirds of it's contents are devoted to
treatment of the tariff question in the
most minute form In prose and in
tables is the subject handled, from
the first tariff act of 1879 to the
present day. There is found the ut
terance of leading Republicans of the
present and past in opposition to high
protection; wages and cost If living; (;
cost price of American protected COM
modities at home and abroad; import
and export tables; tariff votes in con
gress; connection of protection and
trusts; injury to labor by a high tariff
and comment to emphasize the decla-
ration that a high tariff has ever been
harmful to the general welfare, while
building up classes.
INSURANCE SCANDALS.
A chapter is devoted to the New
York insurance scandals, in which
Judge Alton B. Parker's noted charges
OF corruption campaign contributions
are endorsed Of President Roose-
velt's denunciation the book says:
The report of the Armstrong com.
mittee of the New York Legislature,
published since Mr.. Roosevelt made
these sweeping and apparently impas.
stoned, but really crafty denials,
proves that Parker spoke the trurn
and that Roosevelt was mistaken
when he said the charge was unquali-
fiedly and atrociously false. 1t was
charged influence was used to keep
Chairman Cortelyou and Treasurer
Bliss, of the Republican national com,
mittee, from the witness stand in the
insurance investigation. Why has not
President Roosevelt required Bliss and
Cortelyou to make restitut on of the
moneys thus un,awfully received by
them?"
1t fires hot shot at Leslie M. Shaw
in a chapter denouncing the treas
ury scandal" in the Chicago bank fail
ures. Among other things it says:
an the treasury department we find
the secretary neglecting the duties OF
his Office, travelling about the country
making speeches for the stand pat
ters and carrying on campaign fol
the presidential nomination in 1908
but still drawing a salary which he
does not earn, and setting bad ex
ample for his subordinates." But it is
upon the president that violent on.
slaught is made. Under the heading,
"The Motive Behind the Big Stick, -
it is charged that The president has
used large sums of public money with.
out authority of law, to pay the eX.
penses of a Panama canal literary
bureau; that he has repeatedly violat
ed the constitution and that by such
conduct he proclaims his lack of rev.
erence for law, and his contempt for
the Legislative authority, and proves
himself to be law unto himself"
AS TO ROOSEVELT
mot until he found it necessary to
win Democratic support for his policy
imperialism did he ever say a word
in praise of any Democratic states
man or any Democratic achievement.
What he now says is said only to WIN
approval for the Big stick policy, by
insinuating that such a policy was
really inaugurated by Jefferson and
Monroe, and not by The big Ameri-
can corporations which he is serv-
ing, and which he seeks to enthrone
in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba
and Santo Domingo.
"Mr. Roosevelt has shown greater
regard for the interests of corpora
tions and less regard for the law than
any other executive the country has
ever had"