Evening journal., 1910-08-18
DEMOCRATS OUT
WITH THEIR BOOK
Campaign Volume Discusses
High Cost Of Living
and Tariff
INSURGENTS FURNISH
MANY OF THE ARGUMENTS

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to serve as guide and compendium
/ for Democratic speakers in the cam
/ paign and was prepared under the
directions of Representative James T.
/ Lloyd, of Missouri, who, as chairman
of the Democratic Campaign Commit
tee, has Just opened up his head
quarters in Chicago, although there
/ is still maintained in this city a dis
/ tributing depot of literature.
The Issues Set Forth.
The issues of the coming campaign
as set forth in the campaign book is
sued today are:
The tariff and cost of living.
4 Republican extravaganza.
Cannon and Cannonism.
Presidents Taft and his administra-
ton
Publicity of campaign funds.
Merchant marine.
Corporation and labor legislation.
Delivers Speech The Leader.
A feature Of the book is the annex
composed OF copious questions from
Repubhsan speeches which were de-
livered during the recent session Of
Congress and which are regarded as
splendid campaign material by rea-
son of the attacks which they made
upon the tariff and the Administra-
tion in power. Thirty-four pages of
the book are taken up with extracts
from these speeches. The leader Is
the tariff speech which Senator Dolli-
yer, of Iowa, delivered in the Senate
on June 13 last, when he assaulted
the attitude of the Administration
with regard to the tariff, the balance
between President Taft and Senator
] Jrf, Ho D,snetInnff. IoFa s,r "a
Aldrich-Payne law as the best tariff
law the country had ever seen." the
iuggery of the sugar. cotton, woolen
and other schedules In the interest
of the trusts, and charged that the
Republican trainers of the tariff were
I'm league with the Special interests,
who are the particular benefciaries
OF some of the schedules costliest to
the consumer.
Cummlns and La Toilette Quoted.
Given equal prominence beside the
Doliver speech is the great speech of
his colleague, Senator Cummins, of
Iowa, In the Senate, March is, 16, IL
and 1S on the Railroad bill, I'm which
/ the way that measure was framer by
Acknowledgement Wickersham was de-
ney-General Wickersham was de-
nounced and the conference of the
President with the railway presidents
criticised.
The analysis of the Railroad bill
as given to the Senate by Senator
. La Toilette in his speech of June
Is also presented. This is the speech
! In which Mr. La Toilette told what
the bill did for the public, what Il
did for the railroad and how the vi.
cious features of the bill as originally
] 4 ...I t,J 49, rr,Ft ..I
ministration We're eliminated and the
measure strengthened by the combina-
7 ton Of the Insurgents with the Dem
I ocrats OF both houses. He tells how
the merger section and the incorpora-
tion features Of the measure were
{. knocked out by Democratic and In
surgent votes.
Another prominent excerpt from
the Republican section of the Con-
gressional Record is the speech OF
Hamilton Fish on the Sundry Civil
bill May 20 last in which the New
York Republican paid his compli-
ments TO the Cannon henchmen and
singled out certain regular Republi-
cans who had been fighting to retain
Cannonism against the opposition OF
the country. The speech of Gilbert
n. Hugen, an Insurgent Republican
from Iowa, on the Tariff and Rail.
road bills are drawn upon for cam
paign arguments, which, It is believ-
ed. will help the minority party's can
Cidates
s Cist of Democratic Speeches.
/. The campaign book this year il
(. I made up entirely OF extracts from
;he Congressional Record There are
2. 5l6 pages all extracts from speeches
+ made IN Congress. the meat OF those
: speeches being extracted. The vol
l. ume, which is a handy pocket man
- ual, is well arranged and indexed
r The tariff and cost Of living ar,
!. given the first place in the book, al
J. the tariff is considered the dominan
I issue The speech OF Champ Clarl
n I'm the House on May 2i on the tariff
y heads the tariff section and there
= fore has the most conspicuous plac
\ In the text book Il is quoted i'm il
i entirety and occupies "a pages. Tn
. other speeches on the tariff ar
= those Of:
= Lincoln Dixon. OF Indiana, givin
- an analytical digest of the Aldrich
10 Payne tariff BILL schedule by sched
\ ule, from the Democratic viewpoint
:. Henry ID. Clayton, OF Alabami
April 2, on the tariff and the Treasur
deficit.
Senator William J. Stone, April 2,
on the question of wages and tn
prices of commodities.
W. s. Hammond, OF Minnesot,
March %, on the failure of the RI
= publican party TO redeem its platforI
~ pledges to revise the tariff dowr
10 ward.
Il Robert l.. Henry. Of Texas. on til
ie relation of the tariff to the fosterin
III of great trusts.
ps James S Havens, the Democri
who was elected to succeed the lai
AZ James b. Perkins, Republican, frol
ID New York; speech on the tariff wit
re particular reference to the wo'
lg schedule
=. The first us pages OF the book al
OF given over TO these tariff extract
es about one-third of the entire boo
IN Next in importance is the question
81 the financial operations of n
x government during the recent yeal
ms are given about 30 pages OF spac
III with extracts from the financial stat
n ment made by Senator Shively,
nd senior Democratic member of the F
e. nance Committee present. on June .
10 last, and extracts from the speech,
On of Lincoln Dixon, of Indiana; Charl,
e. H.. Weiss. of Wisconsin,; William .
Cullop, of Indiana; John A. Nj. Adai
:. OF Indiana; William Z. Cox, of II
u diana; Courtney w. Hamlin, of Mi
nv souri,, and John ]. Fitzgerald, of Ne
- York