Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-05-18

/ only possible by 0nr mlill0nS OF laDOrerS.
who on the average receive 81 a day for
q days work. or in that proportion
where similar labor elsewhere in the
/ world only receives 81.
IF you want liberal customers YOU
want great blocks OF people earning lib
4 eral wages. and then they buy literally
/ of the food Of the farmers, and pur-
chase each others commodities with lib
crafty, having the wherewith to pay.
/ Bear with me while l call attention
I t. another fact The home commerce
of the "a States-that is. amongst
us folks, boys and girls, oar people,
/ American citizens--that over one-third
/ of the worlds labor in diversified indus
/ tries, that the exchange of our products
| amongst ourselves, the value of that
market has leaped in twenty years from
! ST,009.0O0 10 $2000.G00,000 m 1900 and
| S2,200.000000 in 1902. Our swapping
OF products amongst ourselves for our
| own comfort, is greater than all the in
| ternational commerce of all the nations
ia all the world.
"One thing the Republican party
stands for-let whatever else happen.
We stand. every member Of our party,
! informed. yigilant. courageous, to regis
| ter, promise and if necessary, to take
oath that we devote our time aud our
vigilance and see to it that this market
amongst ourselves never shall be imper-
| lied by bringing us into competition with
| similar products produced with labor ut
81 a day elsewhere in the world, whereas
our labor gets 81.
Without exception, from 1860 under
Lincoln to this time, under Roosevelt,
the Rcpublicac party's position has been
yea yea and nay nay, touching this great
| policy. Without exception the Demo
cratic partys platform and position has
| been yea and yea and nay nay, except
! that their yea yeas and nay nays have
been in pulling back, while our yea yeas
| and nay nays have been marching at
| the head of the world.
1.-THE Good Old Times.
Some people say we are growing poor
| o, am old enough and Senator Cullom
is. TO have recollected one pair Of shoes
made by crossroads shoemaker upon a
last or which he made all the shoes for
the boys. and when you wore them they
were worse than the fortunes of the in
QUESTION until they almost were worn
out. am old enough to recollect what
life was when one suit of butternut that
was woven by our mothers and cut and
made by them was ample clothing for a
healthy boy of 10 or u for twelve long
months. am old enough TO recollect-
and they were good old times-when
hog, hominy and corn bread, with New
Orleans molasses for n luxury, was our
diet year in, year out | am old enough
to recollect when our only time for
amusement was once a year we went to
Van Amberg's highly moral animal show
and called ourselves fortunate. Admis-
sion for adults p cents children, slick
bit. 12M cents.
Back i'll those times. do you know
how rich we were? There were less
than 30.000,000 of us, and in round num-
bers the wealth of the country was meas
ured by $500 for each individual. DO
you know what we are worth now? In
these days. when the man that lives in
the sweat of his face end eats by virtue
of days labor, has a house, furniture
and carpets such as Senator Cullom and
never saw until we were - years old,
the average wealth in 1900 to every in
habtant of almost S0,0O0,000 was ST.
30, and yet there are people that stand
around on street corners and swear we
are having a devil of a hard time.
Nov, gentlemen, | have no right TO
detain you much longer During this
campaign. if you will be kind enough to
notify me once i'll a while. | will accom-
pany Senator Cullom or Senator Hopkins
and the other gentlemen. and we will
divide up and address three meetings a
day, and so far as is necessary, We cdch
and all, from early morn to dewy eve,
will proclaim the Republican gospel
throughout the breadth and length of
our magnificent State.
did you ever think what a roll of
honor we had since 1860. headed by Lin
coin. followed with Grant, Palmer and
Logan; followed with Gen. w. II. l..
Wallace; followed with Cen Rinakcr
and my present colleague the gallant
Ben Marsh of the Second Illinois cavalry,
in all its weary marches in the Confed-
ei acy?
"Thcn there was gallant, splendid.
magnificent old Dick Oglesby, the sound
of whose voice any time was worth n
thousand men, Then there is our Sena-
tor CuIlom. our Coy. Beveridge, and last,
but not least tile first great war Cover
nor of Illinois, Richard Yates. pro
longed cheers, many delegates rising and
waving hats and handkerchiefs.)
..In that time l have seen the great
queen city upon the lake with 100000
people spring like a great giant into the
arena Of the great cities of the world,
until to-day she counts her population at
100000 souls. CA voice LOUDER
Il don't know of anybody. unless he
had the last trmp, that could make you
hear. 1aughter.l | want to say to
our good old Father Knickerbocker
friends. look out. ar in the next decade
this Young giant amongst cities will
breach your place aud will be days
march in advance.
why dwell longer? The man that
does not feel the greatness, wealth. pros
perity. and splendor of this country in
his daily life would not believe man
though he might rise from the dead,
and that is what our Democratic friends
are trying to do. Naughterl
I'VE meet here to-day to perform n
duty for the Republican party Of Illinois
and the United States. | want to say
for myself. for every delegate. and for
every candidate. that in the twinkling of
AN eve mother earth might open and
swallow this building, delegates, audi
ence, Senators, members of Congress.
and those that hope to be--might swat
low them all up--and inside Of six days
of wonder and mourning there are 1000
600 people in Illinois who would he quite
as competent. ii not more so, than we
are 10 nominate a ticket.
when | was a young fellow ! began
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