Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
SILVER Is THE ISSUE.
ROOSEVELT so DECLARES IN
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE,
Insists that the Money Ques lion Is
the Paramount Issne- Predicts Dis
aster at Home and Loss of Prestige
Abroad if Bryan Is Elected.

or the Republican nomination for ice
President partakes of the aggressive ma
ture of its writer. and is another notable
contribution TO the argument of the cam
paign. The letter follows closely along
the lines of that of President Mckinley
in accepting the first place on the Repub-
lican national ticket
The greater part of the letter is given
up TO an able defense of the administra
tons Philippine policy. Mr.. Roosevelt
emphasizes strong point already made
by the President, that the shortest and
quickest route TO militarism would be to
withdraw from the Philippines, yet guar
antee them against outside interference.
This is put .Lg the shoe on the other foot.
I'VE want no militarsm," say the Demo
Gratis. Very we'll says Coy. Roosevelt,
don't push your dangerous ideastof set
ting up and defending a Philippine re-
public; for SO soon as YOU do that you
shall have militarism with vengeance"
Gov. Roosevelts remarks on accept
| ance, in a letter to the committee of no.
| tiication, are in part as follows:
| To Hon. Edward o. Wolcott, Chairman
Committee on Notification Of Vice Presi-
dent:
Sir--I accept the nomination as Vice Pres
| ident of the United States. rendered me by
| the Republican national convention, with a
| very deep sense of the honor conferred upon
| me ana with an infinitely deeper sense OF
| the vital Importance to the whole country
| of securing the reelection OF President Me-
| kiniey. The nations welfare Is at stake.
We must continue the work which has been
so weH begun during the present admins
| tratfon
What National Honor Demands.
feel that this contest is by no means one
merely between Republicans aud Democrats.
We have a right to appeal to good citizens
who are far-sighted enough to see what the
honor and the interest of the nation de-
mand. TO put into practice the principles
embodied In the Kansas City platform would
mean grave disaster to the milton, for that
platform stands for reaction and disorder;
| for an upsetting OF our financial system
which would mean not only great suffering
| but the abandonment Of the nations good
faith, and for policy abroad which would
| imply the dishonor of the flag and an I'M
worthy surrender Of our national rights,
| Its success would mean unspe; kahle humil-
| iation to men proud Of their cot 1try, jealous
| Of their countrys 90 l name aud DESTROYS
| Of securing the welfare OF thea fellow cstl-
| Zeus.
The most important ~ Ill problems Is. OF
| course that of securing good government
| ana neral and material well-being within
| our own borders. Great though the need Is
| that the nation should do its " TX well
| abroad. even this comes second to the thor
| ough performance Of duty at home.
| Fundamentally and primarily the present
| contest Is a contest for tbs continuance Of
| the condition which have told In favor OF
| our material We fare and of our civil and
| political integn Y. III this nation Is TO re-
| tain either Its wel-belng or Its self respect,
| IT cannot attard 10 plunge into financial and
| economic cnnos; II cannot afford TO indorse
governmental theories which would unset
| Tie the standard of national honesty and
| destroy the integrity OF our system Of JUS
/ tlce. The policy of the free coinage OF sll.
| yer At the ratio Of 10 TO is a policy fraught
kiT a tsasi Inn
| It means untold misery 10 the head of every
| household and, above all, to the women and
| children Of every home.
| When our opponents champion free silver
| at IL SO ] they are either inSincere or sin
cers IN their attitude. II insncere In their
| championship they, of course forfeit all
| right to belief or support on any ground.
| IL sincere, tLen they are n menace to the
| welfare Of the country. Whistler they shout
/ their sinister purpose or merely whisper "
| makes but little difference, save as II re-
| fleets their own honesty. No sue can be
| paramount 10 the Issue they thus make, FOR
| the pnramountey Of such nm issue lis 10 be
| determined, not by the dictnm Of any man
| or body of men. but by the fact that II vital
| ~ affects the weli-being OF every home "a
| the land.
| The business man and The farmer are
| plainly interested In this question. but no
! mans Interest Is so great as that Of the
| wage worker. A deprecated currency means
| loss aud disaster to the business man: but
Il means grim suffering 10 the wage worker.
Trust Problem SsS fouss
One Of tbe serious problems With which
we are confronted under the conditions OF
our modern Industrial civilization IL that
presented by the great business combina-
| tons, which are generally known under the
name Of trusts
The problem is an exceedingly difficult
| one aud the difficulty Is Immensely aggra
waited both by honest but wrong headed at
tacks on our whole Industrial system In the
effort to remove some Of the evils connect
| ed with IT, and by the misrhieyous advice Of
men who either think creokedly or who ad
vance remedies knowing them 70 be ineffect
I've, but deemlng that they may, by darken
ing counsel, achieve for themselves a spuri-
! Gus reputation for wisdom.
While paying heed TO the necessity OF
keeping our house tn order at home. the
American people cannot, II they wish to re-
tain their elf-respect, refrain from doing
their duty as great nation In the world
| The history of the a0tlon ia In large part
| the histoFs Of the nations expansion.
The parallel between what Jefferson did
with Louisiana and what Is now being done
| In the Philippines is exact. jefferson, the
author of the Declaration Of independence
| and of the "c0nsent of the governed" doc,
| trine, saw no lueongruity between this and
| the establishment cf a government on com
mon sense grounds In the new Territory. and
| he rallied at the stieklers for an lmpOs slble
application OF his principle. saying. IN Ian.
| guage which at the present day applies 10
the situation IN the Philippines without the
| change u word. Though Il IA ackncwl.
edged that our new fellow citizens are as
| vel as Incapable Of self government as chill
dreu. yet some cnnuGi bring Themselves to
| suspend its principles for single moment"
imperialism Not Involved.
The simple truth l. that there Is nothing
even remotely resembling imperialism or
"militarsm involved la the present devel-
opment Of that policy o. expansion which
has been part " the history Of America
from the day when she became a nation.
The words mean absolutely nothing as Bp-
piled ia our present policy - the Philip