Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-11-19
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York and Indiana, even In PreSiden-
tial years. were counted as doubtful
or as close. This year all the old re-
liable States are in line with New York
and Indiana, and the line is extended
by way of Colorado, Utah. Wyoming,
Oregon, Washington and California to
the Pacific.
Among the Northwestern States al
ways counted sure for the Republicans
in the time of Grant and Garfield were
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
They are still there, REINFORCED by
North and South Dakota. Wyoming,
Montana and Idaho. Some of the New
England States wavered in the old
times With possibly one exception,
they are solid for the Republican party
to-day New Jersey and West Nir-
ginia from 1880 to 1896 were counted
among the doubtful or the Democratic
States. They are both in the Repub-
hcan line to-day.
The reliably Republican and the
close States are not only in the Re
publican column this year, but they
are there by decisive majOrities. Ohio,
Itch gave $4,000 Republican plurali1
ty in 1900, and $1,000 plurality in 1901,
gives over 100000 this year. Iowa,
with only minor State officers to elect,
gives plurality almost as large as
that of last year. when a Governor
and other State officers were elected.
Indiana, which gave Mckinley
plurality of 2G,479, gives this year
plurality of $4,000. Illinois with only
minor State officers to elect, gives
plurality Of $1,000 Pennsylvania,
which gave a Republican plurality
last year of $3.50. elects Republican
Governor this year by, a plurality of
s135, 600. Kansas gives as large a Re-
publican plurality as in 1900. and
West Virginia larger plurality.
The Democrats are striving to make
it appear that there is no significance
in this Republican unanimity, but
nothing could be more significant than
this signal triumph of the Republican
party in an off year.
The fact that all the Republican
States are in line and that the party
retains control of the Senate and
House by the majorities given it in
1900 means that President Rooset cit
is supported not only by the unwa-
vering Republican States, hut b.! more
States than supported Mchinl az in
1896 and 1900. more than supp1 rted
Harrison in 1888, more than supported
Blaine in 1894. or Garfield in 1880, or
Hayes in 1876.
Hayes carried twenty-one States,
Garfield twenty. Blaine eighteen.
Harrison twenty in 1888 and eighteen
in 1892, Mckinley twenty-five in 1896
and twenty-eight in 1900, and Roose-
welt twenty-nine in 1902, not counting
Rhode Island-Chicago Inter Ocean.
They Hate Tariff, Not Trusts.
The men who are the most vigorous
In their demand for tariff reductions
because of the trusts have always been
opposed 10 tue principle of protection.
They are making the trusts an excuse
to attack the tariff. with the secret but
ultimate aim of entirely breaking down
the tariff wall and subiecting the coun-
try and its industries to the ruinous
principles and policy of free trade.
If there were no trusts their attacks
upon the tariff would be just as vigor-
Gus as they are to-day.
These free-traders ut heart make no
distir ction between trusts. They do
not admit that some of Them like the
railroad merger, for instance, or the
smelter trust, have no connection what
ever with the tariff. OF course they
never acknowledge that trusts exist in
free-trade countries as well as in the
United States, and that hence the es-
Establishment of free trade would not
prevent great combinations of capital.
1t Will not take the intelligent Amer!-
can public long to see what the situa-
ton really is. Rejoicing in the prosper
ity they have, the people will not be
deluded by an attack on the trusts into
opening the gates of the free-traders.
When it comes to matter of making
changes in the tariff they viii entrust
the work not to the enemies but to the
friends of the policy of protection 10
American labor and industries who
have demonstrated their capacity for
the work by the most extraordinary de-
velopment and expansion in these
United States that the world has seen
In its whole history.-Denyer Repub-
lican.