Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-08-10
SPEECH OF CANNON.
Speakers Address Notifying President
Roosevelt of Nomination.

Speakers Address Notifying President
Roosevelt of Nomination.
Speaker Cannon's address notifying
President Roosevelt Of his nomination
! for the Presidency made great hir
With his hearers, and has been COM
pllmented everywhere. Speaker Can
non opened his speech With refer
cnce to the responsibility Of the PEG
pie for any mistaken policy Of their
lawmakers, and said that mistakes
hae been made. but were invariably
corrected. lie declared that under the
policy of the Republican parry the
manufactured products Of this nation
now are o2e-th.rl Of the total Of the
entire weird.
This condition ard the condition Of
the highest-pa.d 'abor in the weird, he
asse ted. We're brought about through
the Republican polly o. protection.
Liberal compensation co. labor
makes liberal customers FOR our prod
ucts" declared Mr. Cannon in com
menting on our home market. And he
added; In addition TO this we have
come to be the greatest exporting ma
ton in the world In the year GUIDED
June so. 1904. our exports were valued
Mt 81 4GoO02, 600, of which $4J0,Co0,000
were products of the factory. The
world fell in our debt last yea~ $40,
o0O,o00. an increase of $T5,C0).ONN oyer
the preceding year
Mr.. Cannon reminded his hearers
that the national platform Of the OPP
position party recently framed and
adopted in st. Louis denounced protec-
ton as robbery. He continued:
Their platsorm is as silent ms the grave
touching the gold standard and our cur
rency system. Their chosen leader, after
his nomination. having been as silent as
the sphynX UP 70 that time, sent his tele-
gram, saying in substance that the gold
standard is established and that lie will
govern himself accordingly If he should
be elected.
congratulate him. 1t is better to be
right late than never II is better to be
right in one thing than wrong in all
things. ! wonder IL it ever occurred to
him that if his vote and support for his
party's candidate IT, 1896 ard 1900 had
been decisive we would now have the
silver standard ! wonder what iuade
him send that telegram after he was
uomina:c1. and why he did not send it
before? When did he have II change of
heart and judgment? And does he at
heart believe in the gold standard aud
our currency system, or does he try now
10 reap where he has not sown? If, per
chance he should be elected by forcing
together dscordant elements. submit
that, with a Democratic House OF Rep
resentatives or House and Senate, there
would be no harmonious action in legisla
ton or administration that would benefit
the people. bat that doubt and discomfort
would everywhere distress production
md labor. Consumption would be cur
perience similar y that from 1888 to
1897. If this chosen leader and his
friends are converts so Republican poll
cies. should not they bring forth fruits
meet for repentance" before they ask to
be placed in the highest positions to af-
feet the well being OF all; or, If they
profess all things to all men, then they
are not worthy hIe confidence Of any
man, II cio,hed with power will they
follow in the paths OF legislation accord
ing 10 their loves aud votes as manifested
by their action always heretofore, or viii
! they stand by, protect and defend the
/ gold standard and our currency system
/ that have been created under the lead of
! the Republican partyl
Out for Party Issues.