The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-07
Encyclopedia of Argument. Is
 Ready for Distribution
CRISP WORDS OF LEADERS
Resume of Currency Law of Last Con- gress Is Given and It's Bad Points Are Shown-RepubIican Fall
 lacies Fully Exposed.


 book of the democratic party, prepared by the national committee, will be dis tributed tomorrow morning to party workers and others interested in argu- ments why the democratic nominees should be elected. It contains 300 pages in bright red cover, and is replete with argument and comment on the various is- sues of the campaign. The platforms of the democratic and republican parties, arranged in parallel columns. occupy much space in the manual which also contains crisp utterances of both the democratic and republican leaders Some of the chapter headings of the volume are:,
 Pointers on the Republican National Platform Figs From Thistles," "A Discredited Slogan" ''The Struggle With Monopoly" and Lest We Forget" Will liam J. Bryan's speech of acceptance, his tariff speech and his speech on guaran- teed deposits, occupy prominent place in the book, which closes with de- tailed index of contents. Under the head 'In Nut Shell,'' the book discusses va rious subjects treated in the party plat forms. The question is asked: Shall we tax large incomes in America as is done by the progressive republics of Switzer- land and France; also in Germany and England?''i And the answer is printed: "The democratic platform says yes; the republican platform is silent"
 The same reply is given to the question, Shall we elect United States senators by direct vote thus making 1t difficult. if not impossible, for millionaires to con trol the nation through the upper house?"
 Following these are questions whether , a reasonable tax shall be paid by banks to create guarantee fund to protect de- posltors; whether campaign contributions shall be made public and whether we shall have billion dollar sessions of Con- gress and vast array of officeholders dictating presidential nominations?" to all of which the same reply as above is made: "The democratic platform says
 No Real Reform.
 In the concluding paragraph of a chap ter on ''pointers on the republican na- tional platform" is the following: 'The republican platform as written is indubit- able proof that the republican party does not expect to give the country any real reform. The platform is, in fact, a con- tract signed and sealed between the re- publican party and the exploiting inter- ests, guaranteeing that nothing shall be done to free the people from graft and extortion; it Is an admission that the money to carry on the campaign is to be drawn from the system and that means that the system will be in con trol after the election. The system is run on business principles and when it puts up it's money to carry an election it is sure to be quite careful on account of the security taken.
 A resume of the. currency law passed by the last Congress is given with com ment in part as follows;
 Here is a bill, designed to prevent panics like that which swept over the land last fall. Nowhere in the bill do you find the slightest mention of the cause of that and of all other panics- the distrust of the bank depositor. If the situation were not so serious this Dill would be the most colossal joke of the century. The bill neither gives the elastic currency of the Canadian plan nor the direct government action of the democratic plan. The machinery for s- suing the emergency currency is so roundabout that half dozen panics could be we'll under way before the cir culating medium could get out. But the principal fault of the bill Is that 1t is not honest. The government is asked to go into partnership with the banks even farther into partnership than now. When the United States government lends it's name to an enterprise the least it can do is to insure that everyone dealing with that enterprise gets fair play If the government is to cooperate in the banking business then the gov ernment 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"
 Imperialism.
 On Imperialism" the manual says
 "The democratic party has a plan; the republican party has no plan that 1t dares to reveal The democratic party deals frankly with the subject; the republican party is neither candid with the Amer ican people or with the Flipinos. The brevity and ambiguity of the republican platform indicates a desire on the part of republican leaders to avoid the subject as far as possible. Secretary Taft takes the liberty of amending his platform on this subject as he does on several others by introducing matter which cannot be found in the platform, or by any reason able construction be adduced from it. The republican platform says nothing about independence, while Secretary Taft holds out the hope of independence. for to say that it is unlikely that the people will be ready for independence before two gen. erations must mean that they will after that time be ready and ought to have it. Tn his attempt to defend the holding of the Philippines he has laid himself open to just criticism by concealing the cost of imperialism. The democratic platform presents the only solution consistent with our traditions 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 preserved because the na- tions of the world will be willing enough