The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-07
WILL ISSUE
 TEXTBOOK Of the National Demo
 cratic Party. SOME CRISP UTTERANcEs Book Is Rsplete With Arguments
 and Comment. Piatforms of Democratic and Repab- licsn Parties Are Arranged in Parallel Columns and occupy
 Much Space h Manual.

Chicago. Sept e.--The campaign book of the Democratic party. pre- pared with the approval of the na- tionai committee. will be distributed tomorrow morning to party workers and others interested in arguments why the Democratic nominees should be elected.
 It contains 800 pages In a bright red cover. and is replete with argument and comment on the various issues Of the campaign. The platforms of the Democratic and Republican par ties arranged in parallel columns oc- cupy much space in the manual. which also contains crisp utterances of both the Democratic and Republican lead ers Some of the chapter headings et the volume are:
 Pointers on the Republican na- tional platform" Figures from This tles," "A discredited slogan" "Tha struggle with monopoly" and Lest we forget"
 William J. Bryan's speech of ac- eeptance. hls tariff speech and hls speech on guaranteed deposits occupy a prominent place in the book which closes with a detailed index of con tsnts Under the head Tn q nut shell," the book discusses various sub jects treated in the party platforms. The question is asked Shall we tax large incomes in America as is done by the progressive republics of Swltz- erland and France, also in Germany and England7" and the answer is printed .the Democratic platform says yes; the Republican platform Is sil- ont.
 The same reply Is to be given to the question Shall we elect U. S. Senators by direct vote. thus making 1t difi- cult If not impossible for million aires to control the nation through the upper houss3'
 Billion Dollar Sessions.
 Following these are questions whether a reasonable tax shall be paid by banks to create a guarantee fund to protect depositors; whether campaign contributions shall be made public and whether we shall have 'bli- lion dollar sessions of Congress and 2 vast array of ofiiceholders dictating presidential nominations" to the first two the same reply as above Is made. To the other answer Is made: 'srhe Democratic platform condemns; the Republican platform necessarily sil- In the concluding paragraph of a chapter on Pointers on the Rcpubli- cation national platform is the follow ing.
 The Republican platform. as writ ten, Is indubitable proof that the Re- publican, party does not expect to give the country any real reform. The plat form ts in fact, contract signed and sealed between the Republican party and the exploiting interests, guaranteeing that nothing shall be done to free the people from graft ana extortion; it is an admission that the money to carry on the campaign ie to be drawn from the System and that means that the 'system' will be in control after the election. The .sys- tenn is run on business principles and when 1t puts up it's money to carry an election it is sure to be quite care. full on account of the security taken" A resume of the currency law passed by the last Congress Is given with comment in part as follows:
 Here is bill, designed to prevent panics like that which swept over the land last fall: Nowhere ia the bill do you find the slightest mention of the cause Of that and of all other panics the dtstrust of the bank depositor If the situation were not so serious, this bill would be the most collosal joke of the century The bill neither gives the elastic currency of the Ca- nadian plan nor the direct government action of the Democratic plan. The machinery for issuing the emergency currency is so roundabout that half . dozen panics could be well under way before the circulating medium could get out. But the principal fault of the bill is that it is not honest. The government Is asked to go into part nership with the banks, even farther into partnership than now. When the United States government lends its name to an enterprise. the least 1t can do is to insure that every one dealing with that enterprise gets fair play. If the government is to cooperate in the banking business then the government must secure the bank depositors. If this is not done. then the government should withdraw all and meddle no more with banks than with grocery stores"
 On Imperialissn.
 On Imperialism the manual says: The Democratic Party has plan; the Republican Party has no plan that 1t dares to reveal The Demo- cratic Party deals frankly with the snhisct % The Republican Party Is neither candid with the American peo- nia or with the Filipinos. The brevity an ambiguity of the Republican plat form indicates a desire on the part or the Republican leaders to avoid the subject as far as possible. secretary raft takes the liberty of amending his nlatfornn on this subject as he does on several others. by indicating mat ter which cannot be found in the plat form or by any reasonable construc- ton be adduced from It. Tne Hepuo- lican platform says nothing about in dependence. while Secretary Taft holds out the hope of independence, for to say that 1t is unlikely that the people will be ready for independence before two generations must mean that they will after that time be ready and ought to have 1t.
 Tn his attempt to defend the hold ing of the Philippines he has laid himself open to just criticism by con- cealing the cost of imperialism. The Democratic platform presents the only solution consistent with our tradi- tions and our ideals. It is to declare the nations intention at once; this the Republican Party has never done. When the Filipinos know that they are to have Independence as soon as a stable government is established, they will join us the more heartily in hastening the day of independence and that independence will be easily pre- served because the nations of the world will be willing enough to join in the naturalization of the islands"
 Two Are Drowned.