Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-07-16


coed ones OF irresponsible and arbitrative
despotsm. so that any man, rich or poor!
weak or 4trong could appeal to courts and
know that. he would receive his rights. Ana
then whese In the fnllness Of time we felt
they could4walk alone we turned over the
governmenH to them and now the beautiful
queen Of the Antilles has started on her
course as q free republic among the ma
lions of the earth.
Reciprocity for Cuba.
But there Is one thing-our policy toward
Cuba has noh yet met with Its entire frui-
tion. II viii meet with IT. The course OF the
last few years has made more evident than
ever before that this nation must in time
10 come have pecuniary interests on the
isthmus conlBcting the two Americas ana
In the waters and among the Islands ada
cent thereto 1T5atiOnally we cannot occupy
the position toward these regions that we
did toward eH6rs. where our interests are
far less. and this is doubly true, now that
Congress. with great wisdom, has provided
for the building OK an Interoceanic canal.
Cuba must HcCupy peculiar relation to us
In the field - international politics. She
must In the larger sense be part Of the
general political system In international az
fairs In which this republic stands as the
head. She bag assented 20 that view and In
return this nst5i5on Is bound to give her spe-
nations. I regret That a measure Of reel
proclty with 0aEba is not already embodied
In statute or " treaty, but 1t win be- Just
sure as fat.v
There are yet Troubles in the Moro country,
the country OF the Mohammedan tribes but
In the Philippines among the Filipinos,
among the people who have been In insur-
rection, peaceT now regns. 1t may be,
think. unlikely but 1t Is possible, that here
and there some seeming dead coal Of in
surrectlon may be for the moment famed
into a live piece of ember, and burst into
a fitful ham, If so. that flame will be
stamped out
Reward for the Army.
But, speaking broadly and generally, peace
has come. ng armf has received It's re-
ward. And chat was the reward of our
army? The F,ward Of the consciousness Of
duty well done. Our soldiers have fought,
have toiled. have struggled so that when
victory came they might turn over the gov
eminent to the civil authorities. Victory
came
To-day the proclamation Of peace and am
nesty has been promulgated, and at the
same time our generals have been notified
Islands. Does not that speak well, o, my
brethren. for our army, for our troops. that
the troops Of this people should war hoping
for triumph which s to put the power into
the hands of the civil authorities.
BY law we are allowed an army at a max
imum Of 100000 men, at a minimum OF 60
600 men. While this war has gone on we
have steadily reduced thnt army until now
by orders promulgated its limit Is 660o0,
and as a matter Of fact we have two or
three thousand fewer actually under arms.
That speaks well for our institutions. II
speaks we'll for the triumphs of the poll
cies with which as nation we have been
Identified during the last four years, and,
men and women of the United states. 1t
shows how slight was the warrant for the
fears expressed by those Of little faith as
TO what would follow authorizing even the
small army that was authorized.
No body of our citizens deserves franker
and more generous recognition at the hands
OF the country than the officers and enlisted
men who wear Uncle Sans uniform. For
there IL no body of our citizens which gives
more dsinterested services with less thought
Of a material reward proportlonately In any
way to them.
other Problems to Face.
And now, my fellow citizens | spoke Of
the past which has confronted those In Cuba
and the Philippines as being one of the tasks
which this generation had to face 1t Is
only one. We have great problems at home
to face. am speaking In one Of the great
Industrial centers. not merely of America.
but of the world. million people Stand
grouped In small radius around the spot
where we now are. The growth of your
cities within this radius has been one of the
most striking phenomena Of this DAY. and
here therefore, you are brought face to face
with those problems which affected our en-
tire civilization at the opening OF this new
century The tremendous rush of our In
dustrial development which has brought In
its train so much that is good has also OF
necessity brought some that was evil.
The progresa that has been made has
meant that new and Infinitely difficult prob
lens have arisen which we must strive TO
solve as best we may. Under our form OF
government. with It's great decent lization
of power, some of those problems must be
solved through the work of private indi.
vIduAls working by themselves; others by
the association into organized bodies Of
groups of private citizens. and others yet
through the various governmental agencies
~ rufni r'.oi steta an5 matte, ana,
the pFObiemA caused by the growth and con
centratlon Of great Individual and above all
great corpotate fortunes. Il is immensely
for the interests Of the country that there
should be such individual and corporate
wealth as long as 1t is used right. and when
not used right then it becomes serious
menace and danger. The instruments and
methods with which we are to meet these
new problems must In many cases, them
selves, be new. but the purpose lying behind
the use of these methods OF those instru-
ments must II we are to succeed be now as
mutable laws Of order of Justice and of
right. Wa may need, ana, In my belief will
need, new Legislation conceived in no rudi-
cnt or revolutionary spirit, but In spirit OF
common sense, common honesty and a res
Olute desire to face facts as they are We
Will need then new legislation, but while
laws are important 1t Is infinitely more i'm
pestant that they should he administered in
accordance with the principles that have
marked honest administration from the be
ginning Of recorded history. In the last
civilized government is the department Of
justice. Think what II means
Prhise for Attorney General,
The department. of justice. justice that
means ttat each nan, rich or poor, strong or
weak, "a have his rights aud shall not
be above TO dc wrong to his fellows. And
sou here of this city have right to feel
proud Of your representative In the Cabinet.
the man under whom We can guarantee that
the department Of justice Will be such in
a "a n al Ms II ms hnft IN
the practical, the ounce Of performance out
weighs the ton of promise. And under Mr..
Knox thcfc has been very much more than
an ource of performance.
Oh, my fellow cuuntrymeu as we face
these Infinitely difficult problems let us ever
keep In mind that though we need the high
est qualities of the Intellect In order to work
out practical schemes for their solution. yet
we need a thousand times more, what counts
for many, many, many times us much as in
teliect-we need character. Character that
compound Of honesty and common sense will
avail US more In the long run than any bril-
liau1y on the stump or any advising le@isla-
tive means and methods. The brllianey Is
good. We need the intellect we need the
best intellect we can get; we need the best
intelligence. but we need more siill char
acter We need common sense, common hon
csty. and resolute courage
We need "a 1t Mr.. Knox has showu-the
chs racter that Will refuse to be hurried into
AM unwlse or preclpltate movement by any
c amor whether hysterieal or demagogic.
a. on the other hand. the character that
WIN refuse to be frightened out of the move
meut which he thinks II right to undertake
by any pressure still less by any threat ex-
press or Implied.
Great Caution Needed.
Gentlemen. we have great problems We
eau only solve them by degrees. We can
Gals solve them by doing well each particu-
lar bit of work as II comes up for solution.
Iuch can be done along the lines OF super
EsaFse aW.f asat