Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-28
FOUR GOOD REASONS
Why Democrats Should Vote for RoOse-
welt and Fairbanks.


First.---If you are Democrat and do
not believe in the Republican policy
of protection, but favor a tariff FOR
revenue only it is we'll for You &c con
template the fact thar no Democratic
tariff ever did produce enough reye2u".
but that the sam. tinkering which elimI-
nated protection also created increasing
deficit in the treasury, endangered the
gold reserve and with it the parity Of our
silver aud paper money with gold money,
and neeeSsittted large bond issues. out
of which Wall-street syndioates could get
a rake-off. but on which the American
people must pay The i?ferest and u!tI-
mately the principal
The expeip,eS OF the government are
now running ,.3se TO the revenue and
these expenses are for such purposes as
pensioning the old soldiers paying Tor
the Panama Canal irrigating the arid
lands and rendering useful service 20
agriculture, 10 commerce and labor
through departments specially instituted
for such services There is no patriotic
Democrat who can desire expenditures
for such objects cut down 50 as 70 Grip
pie the prestige and efficiency Of the
government. and hence no patriotic Dem
ocrat however ardeutly he may believe
in free trade, should vote for a poios
which would cut down the revenues and
pile up disastrous deficit as during
the last Democrats" administration Since
the war taxes ere taken off, several
wears ago there mas been no safe room
for further reduction in the government
revenues. Anything that might be taken
off from the protective. Indirect taxes.
would have to be put on somewhere else
where it would be direct burden 70
taxpayers. 0r else money would have
To be borrowed to make up for the den
ciences in revenue.
Seeond,--lf you are not only a Demo
trat. but a Democrat Of the Jefferson
ian" type, you should vote the Republi-
can ticket. if only because Jefferson
himself stood for expansion as the Re
publican party now stands. The circum
stance for which jefferson was most
severely criticised in his lifetime, but
which furnished the leal'ug reason why
posterity donors his memory. was his
purchase of the Louisiana Territory
which purchase * now being appropriate
~ commemOrated by tho great EXPOSE
ton at ST. Louis. Hao jefferson not
made the deal with rance for the
Louisiana Territory he would have
escaped much bitter criticism from the
uarrowm minded element Of his own party
while he lived. but he would also have
lost for tIle United States the greatest
opportunity of history.
Third.-If you are Il Democrat. but
nevertheless want to know where you
art at, You Wa vote for Roosevelt
and Fairbanks because thev stand for
definite principles, have the moral eour-
age to carry them ont. aud nave behind
them the strong support OF Il unified
party. Aud what the Republican party
says it will do, it always does. The
present leaders OF the Democratic party
seldom express themselves strongly on
any particular line Of policy but. il they
do, they usually also take the precautipn
to state that the Senate Will continue
Republican during the next four years.
so that il would be impossible 10 change
existing politics, anyhow.
Fourth.-If you are a Democrat you
owe Il duty to yourself your ueighborS
your families, and especially To THE
little ones at home aud to your fellow
sountrymeu not TO vote for candidates of
your own party, when it is obvious as il
is now that their election would certainly
cause apprehension in business circles.
tend to make the rich poor and the poor
poorer, and increase the difficulties Of
making good living. When business
depression visits the country, it is no re-
spector Of persons. The poor win suffer
quite as much If not more than the rich,
and Democrats viii suffer quite as much
a Republicans.