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ALMOST LIKE PROPHECY.
Roosevclt's View as to Qualifications of
fkc Vice President.

Theodore Roosevelt is not a prophet.
nor the son of a prophet. but he looks at
things very straight and sees into them
pretty clearly.
During the presidential campaign of
1896 the editor of the Review of Reviews
asked Mr. Roosevelt, who was then Pres
idt ut of the New York Police Board,
to write an article on the Vice Presi-
dency, together with comments Oh the
three candidates who had been DOminat-
ed respectively by the Republicans, the
Democrats and the Populists. Following
j. an extract from Mr.. Roosevelt's arti-
Gle:
The Vice President should, so far as
possible, represent the same views and
principles which have secured the nomi-
nation and election of the President. aud
he should be man standing well in the
councils Of the party, trusted by his fell
low leaders, and able, in the event of any
accident to his chief, TO take up the work
of the latter just where it was left.
This was written nearly four years
before Mr.. Roosevelt was even mentioned
for Vice President and befOre his cleo
ton as Governor of New York. He was
nominated for Vice President against his
own wishes because the Republican party
believed that il elected he would he able,
in the event of any accident TO Mr.. Me
Kinley. to take up and carry on the work
of the latter, and history has proved the
correctness of this view.
Mr.. Roosevelt's first public utterance
after he succeeded to the office of Presi-
dent was promise 10 carry on the work
OF his lamentcd chief TO the hest of his
ability and strength, How faithfully and
successfully he has done so is shown by
the history he has helped TO make. In
the light Of subsequent events what he
wrote i'll 1896 regarding the qualifications
OF Il Vice President seems almost like
nrnnherN.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

the last fiscal year in extending the de-
livery of mail into rural communities
Had this expenditure been eliminated, in
stead of deficit there would have been
Il surplus. Does anyone believe that the
surplus would have been desirable at
such cost? Is there anyone who doubts
that the $12,000000 expended for rural
delivery will breed other millions, which.
although not directly discoverable in pos
tai receipts, are none the less subject TO
entry on the credit side of the great pub
lie ledger? The rural delivery is so bene-
hcent that the only wonder is it was not
established long ago. 1t is not likely that
our Democratic friends will use this
particular feather in the Republican cap
as target in the campaign"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
PROSPERITY AND POLITICS.
Why should Anyone Desire "a Change
of Existing Conditions?

When Mr.. Mckinley was first elected
President in 1896 the country was in the
midst of On industrial panic Business
was depressed, trade was paralyzed and
confidence was destroyed. This was the
result Of four years of Democratic rule
The election of Mckinley was followed
Icy an immediate revival Of trade, which
continued throughout his administration
and to the present time
Our foreign trade increased enormous
" during Mr. MGNinley's administra ton
In 1899 we sold foreign nations S1.22T, .
443.421 worth of American products and
in return bought only 5000 00T, 3SS. or a
balance Of trade in our favor of $531,-
36b.u3I; for the fiscal year ending June
30, lS!lS, We sold foreign nations 81 .23l. =
329,9Jo worth of products, and in return
bought only S616,2o5. lJ9. balance OF
trade in our favor of S615,00O.OOo. The
total balance of trade in our favor during
the two years was S1.145.O00.O 900.
Compare this with the last two years
OF tleyeAnd's administration under the
tariff act of 1894. During those two
years the balance of trade in our favor
was only $2S7 100000. as against ST.
l45.0Uu0O0 during the last two years of
the Mckinley administration. One was
under the Democratic tariff of 1891 and
the other under the Dingley law, which
is still in force.
Since the election of Mckinley in 1896
the country has been lifted out OF chaos.
stagna.i9n and financial depression. and
brought into an era OF prosperity the
Ike Of which was never before written
on the pages of history. Why should
any patriotic American wish TO exchange
present conditions f0r those which pre-
vailed under a Democratic tariff and adj
miuistratioa?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
The WAY II Works.

Prior to the establishment of protec-
tive duty on tin plate the annual impor-
tation of the article into the United
States ranged in the vicinity of G50.000.-
600 pounds, for which we paid over $40
100000 year. When the Mckinley tar
if law took effect, Oct. /, 1890. there
was not tin plate factory in the United
States, and Democrats declared there
never would be. BY 1892 the production
of American tin amounted to over b.
100000 pounds; by 1894 to 1000, 600
pounds. by 1896 to 30T, 100000 pounds,
by 1899 to 791 100000 pounds, since
when it has largely Increased. Now, in
stead of sending millions of dollars
abroad every year for tin we make the
tin and keep the money at home. That
is the way protection works.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

the action of a Republican administrx-
lion In this behalf. The whole civilized
world, except that portion of the Ameri-
can people included in the Democratic
party, approves of the administration
canal policy. ''The action of the United
states ut every step" says Former Sec
rotary of War Root. was ia accordance
with the law of nations. consistent with
me principles of justice >aud honor. in
discharge of the trust to build the canal
we long since assured, by denying the
rlght OF every other power to building il,
dictated by high and unseliish purpose.
Tor the common benefit of all mankind"
ms is the plain truth, and no amount
of Democratic kicking can change it.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
LEST WE FORGET.

People who rule this land. beware,
Look to the ways in which We so,
For willy men have srr"ad snare,
Have digged a pit and left it So
Panics of yOre remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
The clamor and the din is on,
The battle RACES far and near,
The terror of hard times is gone
Ye dare not let it reappear--
Panics of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget
Far are the days of ninety-three,
Dimly their hideous shadows loom,
But let their grim-taught lesson be
Guards TO keep us from new doom
Panics Of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
If drunk with high success to-day
We boast and do not fear defeat.
Let some grim threat of yesterday
Debar us from dire retreat
panics of yore remind us yet,
Lest we forget-lest we forget.
Voters who rule this and, beware,
For whom We vote and how, aad thel
Heed not fair promises of air
Put not your trust in untried men
Paaies OF yore remind us yet.
Lest we forset-lest we forget.
Chicago Chronicle.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
AN INFAMOUS ACCUSATION
Senator BniIey's Charge that Rooss-
welt Advocates Lynch Law.

welt Advocates Lynch Law.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, in speech
made in Brooklyn. August y. and re-
ported in the class of journalism known
as yellow" and disrepu;able declared
that the President had been an aGTocate
of ~ lch law. The Senator goes further
and becomes more definite. He refers
to the shooting and lynching of sixty
horse thieves in Montana and then makes
a blunt accusation against the man who
will be again President of the United
States.
Here is man" said the speaker
who advocates lynch law rs a penalty
for stealing. something unhearl of in my
part Of the country. Lynch law is APP
piled there sometimes. but only for one
crime, an unspeakahle crime"
Here IS man. Senator from Texas
who BADLY and reckless, makes the
statement from the Platform that the
President Of the United States advo-
Gates lynchinc for certain crimes. The
thing is infamous. but So shallow aud
SO false upon its face that il cannot
affect the thought or action Of any Amer
lean citizen. Senator Bailey has be-
come conspicuous in the political affairs.
nv iit'ANte "a t-Af' Ad4 rf-Nt STATE IN the
Union but in the conduct OF affairs by
the Senate of the United States. He
has the gift OF oratory. he has a Ger
tain forcefulncss. hnt il is most uiot-
tunate that in the makeup Of his men.
tai composition he does not recognize the
fact tlNt orators should never tell bald
lies even in the utmost heat of a politi-
cal campaign.
The thing is SO absurd, 50 utterly ont
of the question that one cannot under
stand why this Texas Senator was ;,
lacking IN tact, sense aud Judgment. as
To intimate that Mr. Roosevelt could
compromise with lyuchjac under any cir
CumStaaceS
The attitude of the President has al
ways been to demand the utmost ebserv-
anCe of all enacted laws. lie has shown
1t Mt all times, throughout his whole
career, risking at one time. his political
future, by enforcing in the State Of
New York the laws, which he may not
have himself eOuntenaneed, but any
where and everywhere he has shown him
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

self such a delicate and forcefui regard
err of all laws enacted, that. in this one
respect, he stands almost splendidly
alone.
the greatest State-in area--in the
Union and says that Theodore Roosevelt
is an advocate of lynch lawi How came
it that he has uttered such false and
foolish words?
The condition and mood and proper
ton of all things among the American
people is such thaS no campaign of viii
ification will be endured this year. So
grossly in bad taste, so utterly inexcus-
able from any point of view, is this
assault from Senator Uailey, that it
passes almost beyond the realm of ques-
tioning. 1t is incOmprel ensible.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
official Teatlmonr.

The report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 1902 showed the total
number of railroad employees in the Uni
ted States to be 1,1S9,315. The report
says: AS compared with the statement
for 1901 this shows an increase of 49,
l46. The return of prosperity in rail
way transportation occurred about the
beginning of the year 1898 (the second
year of the Mckinley administration
The number of men employed on June
30 1897. was 23,476, showing an in
crease in railway employees during the
past five years of 3G5.>39," This testi-
mony as to the effects of Republican
administration is Official
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
Renedy for Busine,, paro1vsi.,

When Mr. Mckinley was elected Pres
dent in 1896 business was paralyzed, the
revenues of the government were not
equal to its expenditures and the Cleve-
land administration had borrowed large
sums of -Goney TO meet current expenses.
Eleven d8As after his inauguration Pres
ident Mckinley had Congress in session,
and, pursuant to his recommendation,
it passed the Dingley tariff bill, which
has restored prosperity, equipped am
pie revenues to the government, and, in
the language of President Mckinley, hos
given labor in every field the useful oc-
cupation, the liberal wages, and the ade-
quate rewards to which skill and indus
try are entitled
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

THE crime of rs when silver was
"delnonetized.' seems TO have been for
gotten by the Democratic party. which, in
1896 aud 1900, 50 bitterly accused the
Republican party Of the crime Or
has the party really discovered that there
was no crime. after all--oniy premedi-
tated scheme of the Republican party to
ally itself with the intelligence Of the
country and win popular gratitude by
financial policy that brought prosperity?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
Eight Republican wears.

The banner year for strikes was 1891
which involved a loss of $37, Ia, 532 to
employees in wages.
1t has been estimated that the strikes
of 1908 lessened the purchasing rower
of the American people by fully $1,000
5000; and yet, so universal was the
increase in pay of wage earners that
the savings deposits of the country were
increased by the enormous sum of S240,-
195, 155 in one year. This affords a
striking contrast to the memorable year
of Democratic adversely, 1894, when
$3T, 1867 more savings were with
drawn than were deposited.
There is vast difference between the
significance of strikes in years of adver-
sity and years of prosperity. According
to the annual report of the American
Federation of Labor the 1904 strikes of
the organizations affiliated with that
body in 1903 resulted in benefits to no
less than 1881, or Il per cent of the
249, $40 members involved. In 1894 the
proportion of successful strikes was only
37.35.
Clearly the present prevalence of spor-
adic strikes will not 'erve the Demo
Gratis as campaign Issue, except as 4
boomerang.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
Mnke MAJ for t1le whcnt.

The Japs-who fight as well as Ameri-
can snldiers-and no greater compliment
could be paid them-are eating Ameri-
can haritack every other day. That
means that American wheat in Asia for
all future time. Who talks about impe-
rfalism now?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

No person Should deceive himsclf as
to the cause or continuance of the pros
perity that nov prevails ia al lines OF
business II is due to protective tariff
and sound money. and will continue just
rs long as We have a Republican admin
istration and not day longer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
Taggart as an Organizer.

Hon. Thomas Taggart was chairman
Of the Democratic State Central Com
nlittee OF Indiana in 1892 and 1894 In
the FIRST year the Democrats barely es-
capped defeat after having carried the
State in 1890 by nearly 10000. and in
1894 the Republicans carried the State
by nearly $4,000 majority
Mr.. Taggart was the Indiana member
of the Democratic national committee in
1900 and 1902 In that capacity it was
his duty to look after his own State as
much as if he had beea chairman of the
State committee. II he did the results
OF his work did not matherialize. for the
Republicans carried the State by 2G,J00
in 1850 and by 5000 in 1902.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

"Our opponents, either openly or
sccretiy, Ascending to their several
Compartments, now ask the people to
trust their present promises in con-
alteration of the f0ct that they in tend
to treat their pact prom ises as null
and void. "-PTesicent Roosevelt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

In the year 1900 the first year of
Mckinley's second term. the number OF
railroad employees in the United States
reached the million mark for the first
time in cur history In 1895. the last
year OF the Cleveland administration, it
was only 7S5, 034.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

1t is the height of impadence for the
Democratic party. which has never takea
step nor lifted a finger towards cen
structing an isthmian canal To condemn
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

Six years experience of the present
tariff law has shown that it prote : the
American w0rkman's work, the : meri-
car workman's home and the ; arican
workman's wages. Free trade ,ould rob
him of this protection in the interest of
foreign werkmen.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
RURAL MAIL SERVICE.
Boon to Farmers that Cost S12,o00.o0'
lie st Fiscal Year.

Receipts Of the postal service last fiscal
year fell about $S,0o0,000 below expec-
tations. In discussing the matter the
New York Press says:
Nearly S12O00.OO0 was expended in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
THE ONE-TERM PLEDGE
IMPORTANT DECLARATION BY
CANDIDATE OF DEMOCRACY.

Attempt by Alton il. Parker to Give
Points to Washington and Lincoln
ills the People Who Decide the Term
Question.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07
THE PENDING STRIKES.
They Are of No Use as Democratic
Campaign Material.

After cropping about blindly for some
thing to take the place of the dead 10
to l free silver issue of 1896 and 1900,
the Democrats have apparently seized
upon the unrest of labor as indicated i'll
numerous strikes in various parts of the
country as condition which can be
charged to the Republican party. This
is merely another illustration of the ira
ditional fatuity of Democratic issue hun
ters to monkey with a live wire, when
they are looking for something to win
votes.
Strikes. like the poor, we have with
us always. But unlike the poor they are
not proofs of hard times and misfortune
More often strikes are the signs and at
PENDANTS of prosperous times. In hard
times wage earners have nothing TO
strike for, except against sharing in the
losses which wait on unremunerative
industry. In good times, such as we
have been experiencing under Republi-
can rule during the past eight years,
strikes indicate the natural ambition of
labor to secure an increased share in
the profits of their remunerative indus
w.
Under Cleveland, from 1898 to 1896,
strIheS siSnlneu Jne protest OF ldDoF
against declining wages.
Under Mckinley and Roosevelt, from
1897 to 1904 strikes have marked the
strides by which labor has raised its
wages to a point never before known in
the history of the industrial world.
No official statistics of strikes have
been compiled later than for 1900, but
the figures for the sixteen years to and
including that year show the follow
ing loss of wages to employees during
two Republican and two Democratic
administrations:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-07

Thus it will be seen that employees lost
nearly S9,000O00 less striking for an in
creased share of the prosperity under
Harrison and Mckinley than they did
striking against a reduced share of the
dwindling profits under Cleveland.
But more to the point are the figures
which show the proportion of strikes
succeeding in the respective periods as
follows:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-04
FOREIGN.

The British submarine torpedo boat
Al. which was sunk near the the
Nab lightship.. off the Isle OF Wight.
resulting in the death OF her crew
Of eleven officers and men, was raised
and towed into the harbor OF Ports
mouth.
In the British House of Commons
Mr.. Arnold Forster, Secretary Of State
for War. said that the Mad Mullah
had been routed and operations in
British Somaliland Lad been discon-
tinuGd.
A dynamite outrage, directed
against Professor Ivanof, Of the Fine
Arts Academy, has occurred in Mos
COW. He found bomb under his
bed and a letter sentencing him to
death.
The newspapers OF Lisbon, Portugal.
numbering twenty-one, have decided
to cease publication. owing to the
demand of the compositoTs for higher
wages.
A cable report, received at the For
ciga Office, at Paris, France, says the
imDcrial palace in Seoul, Korea, was
completely destroyed by fire. The fire
began in the evening and lasted
throughout the night. The Emperor
and his suite succeeded. in escaping.
According to a dispatch received
from Windhoek, German Southwest
Africa. q captain first lieutenant anu
six mcn were killed and lieutenant
and seven men severely and five mer
slightly wounded in L battle with the
Hcreros at Okatumba. five miles south
west of Katiapia.
The Mad Mullah. -Iadji MohammeC
Ben Abdulah, who has been engaged
in a campaign against the British
in Somaliland, has escaped into Italian
territory.
There was dynamite outrage at the
Hotel du Nord. ut st. Petersburg. Rus
sia. The explosion killed the son o.
General Kazs.rkotf. Another man wa!
also killed and on his body incriminat
inc documents and plans were found.
4 crater has formed on the top 0;
La Savila Hill. 1T Sahuaye, Mexico
about five miles from that place, ant
that sand and hot rock are being
thrown out. The eruptions are accom-
panied by subEerranean noises,
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@s8sgYSSa
FOUR MORO s TOPS.
.3e on -EI-Scfd;sr.l

In my service as a soldier with Cap
tain PcrShing's column in the Min
danao campaign of 1902-3 had very
good opportunity to watch the little
Moro lads in their games. Their tops
were of peculiar ingenuity and inter-
est.
Fig. 1 IS 4 drawing of their simplest
form of top. The Moro lad selects
piece of hard wood, with smooth and
even grain. and proceeds to cut out
block of the material. Then he grad
ually works the piece of wood to 4
cone shape. and often devotes severa!
hours day cutting, chipping, smooth
ing and shaping the top until he gets
it into the form desired. Usually the
mahogany wood is used.
The boy makes slots in the crcum-
ference of the top and inserts little
ears of wood. When the top is spun
these ears make humming sounds. The
point Of the top is bit of metal prop.
erly worked down. and point ground
thereon. The Moro lad uses hemp,
rawhide or catgut for his top cords.
One curious style OF combination top
Is shown in Fig. ,. 1t consists of the
main portion. about which the cord is
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-05-04
A NoiSy Elm.

Newcomers iii Manchester whose
path lies across Concord Common are
seen to cast anxious eyes in the direc-
ton of an elm which has the most
excruciating sort of creak whenever
the wind swings around into the north
west and gets up unusual speed. The
noise made by the disturbed elm has a
very ominous sound. and one who
doesn't know the habits of the tree
cannot be blamed for getting out from
under it when it strikes up its music
AS Il matter Of fact, however, this tree
has squeaked and groaned and alarmed
strangers for twenty years o. more.
Time and time again has some unin-
formed individual notified the Street
Department of dangerous cracked
elm in the northeast corner of the Com
mon. but the old residents know all
about the trees fOndness for making a
noise, and they never think of taking
the matter seriouSly.-Ma On.
H. Union.
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G|NOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Four old war monitors have been
sold, the Jason and Nahant for 81 1868
"lrh to E. l.. Hunt, OF Merosa: the
l.chigh to r. P. Potter, Of Fall River.
for $12,0 ,052, and the Montauk to Frank
Srmpel of Philadelphia, for $12,Gj0.
Senators Pcnr0se and Fulton and
Representa- tive Brown, of Wisconsin.
conferred with the President in re-
g:3,rd to Indian affairs, especially with
reference to the provisions Of a bill
Eow pending.
The House. by vote of $50 to 12S.
passed the bill to enable the Philippine
Government and the municipalities Of
the islands to issue bonds for local i'm
provements and to aid in the construc-
ton of railroads.
Stanis!as Gutowski attache of the
Russian Embassy, gave dinner. when
the guests included the Russian AM
hissaGor, Miss Roosevelt, daughter of
the President, and Countess Cassini.