The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-20
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washington Correspondence Of Bos
ton Transcript

Washington Correspondence Of Bos
ton Transcript
The preliminary campaign book
which has been issued by the Demo.
cratic congressional campaign com.
Llittee. and which is now being wIde-
ly circuiatcd among tho voters. can.
not under any circumstances be
termed mild document. Chairman
sames T. Lloyd of the committee and
his aids have been at work for weeks
trying 20 accumulate n goodE collec-
ton of hot shot for the Republicans
out of the speeches made by Demo
cratic members OF the house last ses-
sior They feel that they have turned
out q vigorous literary production. and
an examination of the book would
seem TO substantiate their opinion.
Here Is the table Of contents: Re
publican Extravaganza" Financial
and Industrial Conditions -The
Tariff and Trusts Federal Usurpa-
tion.' Currency Reform" philippine
Policy Tyranny of the Speaker and
Rules Committee Republican Re
sponsibi,,y" Alarming Conditions.
Thou Shal tNot Steal Publicity
Campaign Funds" PA 'ker's Vindica-
ton. Labor Merchant Marine,
"Electio nof United States Senators
by Vote Of the People.
On these subjects many burning
thoughts nave been uttered and in
oorporated in the Record by the ablest
Of the Democratic representatives,
and in turn put into the campaign
text book. Representatives fitzgerald
OF Brooklyn. Sulzer of New York, Wit
liahs OF Mississippi James Of Ken
tucky, Lloyd of Missouri. Horny of
Texas. Francis Burton Harrison OF
New York. De Almond of Missouri
and other wellkuowa Democrats are
ON tie lis' of those whose speeches
nave been selected for general distri
button
The tenor OF the speeches that have
been Incorporated in the campaign
textbook may be accepted as fairly
1 Indicative OF a large sharc Of the poll
tical speaking that is TO be heard on
I The stump for several months to come
| Il viii deal 10 a large extent With the
subjects that are mentioned in the
/ table OF contents, and viii be undou0t
Caly of much the same nature AS the
speeches that We're heard in the house
/ last winyer'an spring emanating from
the Democrats side.
/ Republican extrayagances win bc
Cne of he main points of attack Oi
THIS subject the principal remarks IN
/ the Textbook are those OF Repres, n
tative Fitzgerald Of Brooklyn in his
sLeeeh May 30 in his speech Mr.
/ Fitzgerald dealt extensively with IN,
I appropriations made by the session oi
congress that has just closed and as
sailed the Republicans vigorously. lie
said This session has been the
most prolligate in our history. Ex
4 travagance has run riot: the treasur,
/ has been depleted: the public money
has been shamefuly squandered"
Mr. Fitzgerald declared no othel
ration in the civilized world could b,
80 reckless with its treasure and es
cape disaster Il is certain that Dem
ocrats from the stump between now
end November viii have much to sa,
OF Republican extravaganza based oi
Z Mr. Fitzgerald's analysis OF Republi
cSn financial policy IN recent years
! MIR Fitzgeralds speech leads the text
book Following il is a speech By