Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-08-06
DEMOCRATIC THUNDER
IN PARIY'S TEXT BOOK
Work of Compilation is
Now Completed.

Washington, ID. c., August 5.-The
democrats have completed their cam
paign text book and will send it out
for distribution in every congressional
district in a few days. The main
points considered are the Payne-AI-
drich tariff. the high cost of living ana
the extrayagant appropriation Of the
Republican rule.
The book contains many speeches
from both democrats and insurgents
little distinction being made between
the two groups Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, democratic leader of the house
is the principal contributor among the
democrats, having two speeches in
the book, both on the tariff Repre-
sentative Foss, of massachusetts,, ap-
pears in a speech he delivered on the
tariff and reciprocity. Credit is claim
ed by the democrats for forcing legis-
lation requiring publicity of campaign
luuu9, UuI Iu6 uG1llOC1d CIC OIdlOIS uS-
nounce the provision of the law which
gives publicity after the campaign IS
closed.
Among the lesser issues suggested
by the book are government by in
junction, postal savings banks, the
Panama canal, immigration and natur-
alizatiOn laws, the consular and dip,
l0matic service, trusts and combine
tions, particularly the sugar and steel
trusts; rural free delivery, pension
Legislation, and the election of sena-
tors by direct vote Of the people.
Senators Dolliver and Cummins. of
Iowa, and LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
all republicans, are quoted on the
railroad rate bill, in which they con
denim the attitude of their party Req
resentative Fish is quoted to give the
views of republican on Cannon aud
the house organization and Represent
ative Hougen, of Iowa, republican, is
brought forward to shed some light
on the attitude of his party on the
tariff
The campaign book will be ready for
general distribution in few days, but
this edition will be restricted because
of the meagre financial resources OF
the Democratic Congressional commit
tee.
An odd feature about the cam
paign book is that it contains not a
word of new or original matter This
feature is frankly admitted by the Con
gressional committeeman. and tie ex-
PLANTATION is simply that by having the
book composed entirely of excerpts
from the Congressional Record the
payment of postage can be avoided,
and the whole volume will be sent
under frank
Every argument advanced in the
book for democratic supremacy has
been advanced already on the floor o.
one of the houses of congress. The
| whole book is nothing but collection
of speeches, partial reports of when
| have already been made. This is quite
different from the republican book.
which will require full postage for
transportation through the mails.
It is believed that this new feature
of the campaign will call for some
criticism from the republicans in the
approaching struggle In both houses
the democrats have condemned their
opponents for wasting the government
money in fruitless investigations in
tended merely to raise campaign ma
terial for the republicans. The repub-
licans viii now be able to reply that
the burden of the democratic congress
sional campaign is being borne by
the government, and that the sending
out of democratic literature is done
at the cost of the public treasury.
Generally a campaign book contains
a good deal of general political infor-
nation, tables of districts and votes.
but all of that is omitted for pur-
poses of economy from this unique
publication; the insertion of anything
of the sort would have called for post
age and the democratic funds are low,