Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-19
BRYANALTERS ISSU ES
CHANGES PARAMOUNT" ONE
WITH EVERY CAMPAIGN.
Country Better of Because of His De-
feat Four Years Ago-Lis Aid TO
AGuinaldo's Insurgent Rabble-Porto
kIco's Trade Is Growing.


ly, that in accepting-he had better say
achieving and conquering the gold
standard, we are subordinatins our
selves to England
On he contrary it is the very declar-
alton and establishment Of our equality
with England thay we hold with her in
common use the best money IN the
world. We pay ~ tribute to her-our
money is rs good as hers, our credit is
better and the demonstration is that
we are lending England gold now IN
stead OF our going there 10 borrow II
she comes to US TO borrow it,
As TO this ascent and advance IN our
position which Mr.. Bryan opposed and
prophesied downfall for, and all his as
serted calamtlies aud ruination he has
30 faculty that is not TOO clouded to tell
him what has happened. He was mis-
:aken in his n presentation of the is
sues ON which he made the presentation
raised four years ago. The country is
immensely better OF because he was
defeated He probably knows that that
is the opinion Of the vast majority of
his fellow citizens. though he claims
that he is certain Of tie election, think
ing he has a new toy rattle that will
please the population.
He seems also, in his declaration of
the silver question. and we welcome
his evasions on this thing--he was not
worn out, but his countrymen, friends
and foes. were tired out-when there
fell upon him an inertia that could not
be overcome and he escaped from the
silver question at the beginning of the
second battle" He lodged it. and it is
well to turn that which has been aban
doned over 10 the cranks and the fanat-
les who had the insanity OF insomnia
as adherents and crusaders for the i'm
practicable Mr. Bryan fai!s to see and
reason over the fac' that the silver
standard of money Is ana has long been
a signal of the poyersX Of Tie people
who have it, 4 secondary place belongs
to them amouS nations. measured by
every standard that gives an account
of potentially and international re-
sponsibilities. More than all, the pay
ment of labor IN silver coins or their
paper representatives means the imp0y-
erishment Of the laborer Where labor
is paid in gold, it is a sign that labor is
elevated and HONORABLE, in the broadcast
sense of honor, and than the wages are
so considerable they can conveniently
be counted in gold
Mr.. Bryan has been an anxious stu
dent of current events. and through his
protracted canvassing candidacy has
acquired the habit of watching the turn
of events. He has been keen to see ey
| cry sign of the times, as in d sweltering
city one watches the weather reports,
and the necessity of a new thing to
give him even shadowy chance of sue
cess in the second Presidential cam
paign with Mckinley has been a live
coal on his brain. His first thought no
doubt was that the trust question"
was the very thing. and he has sounded
| the trumpet over that for years, but his
| music was rather sensational than con
yincing.
Whatever may be the strength or
weakness of the Democrats in their
political organizations or as individuals
they have not caught the confidence of
the people as reformers. They are not
executive in removing abuses. They
displayed, during the Cleveland admin
| istration, that they had been outgrown
by the country. They were small and
the country great.
They did not appreciate the relation
of the figures that tell the population
| and the wealth and power of the Amer
lean people, and followed their leaders.
dwelling upon extravaganza without a
consciousness of the magnitude of the
resources or the necessities of under
standing the demands of the growth of
the country. The United States has be-
come too big, too prosperous, too glori-
Gus for the happiness of the Democracy
who haven't been reger Grated. They
have no statesman tail enough to look
over the scenery of our splendor. They
are not business men of the callbnr to
attend TO our national business. The
clamor that trusts are progeny Of pro
lection is overcome by European Stats.
ties. The Democracy are as much a
trust organization as others. and ooth-
ing has ever been found in Republican
ism as obviously improper as the Dem
ocratic silver and ice trusts.
There was nothing left for Mr. BRYAN
to do bun 10 ind or create another is-
sue. Wars are always influential in
politics. In our country they have
made many Presidents. Mr. BRYAN
needed to get something out of the
Spanish Filipino war on which he cou1d
raise an issue. The demand was SIM
piled from his overs. rought ifnagina-
ton, with Imperialism. and on this Mr.
Bryan, in his ratification speech placed
the success or failure of the campaign
70" himself and party. He located,
formulated, and emphasized it. so that
there could be no mistake He played
it like a gambler and played it on the
war IN the Philippines, risking the for
tunes of his party and his own on the
proposition that Aguinaldo was a pure
patriot at the head Of legitimate gov
ernment, and that though he had been
our ally in war, he had been scorned
after the victory he had helped to win.
The issue of our Presidential contest
has, by the irfevOcable act Of Mr..
Bryan, become very largely the official
character u Aguinaldo and the nature
and administration of his personal gov
eminent.