Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-21

have been steadfastly adhered 10 by The
administration, and by the act of March l.
1896, Congress established the SINCE gold
standard as The measure OF our monetary
value This act received the support OF
every Republican In the House and Of ey.
cry Republican except one in the Seuate.
of cur opponents eleyen supported il In
the House and two in the Senate and 1870
opposed II IN the House and twenty eight
IN the Senate.
TIE record of the last seven years proves
that the party now IN power can be trusted
to take the additional action necessary TO
improve and strengthen our monetary sys-
TEN and that car opponents cannot be so
trusted. The fundamental fact Is that In
a popular government such as ours no poll
cy Is irreYocably settled by law unless the
people keep In control Of the government
men who believe in that policy as a mat
ter Of deep .ooted conviction. Laws can
always be rev aked: II Is the spirit and the
purpose Of those responsible for their en-
actment and administration which must be
fixed nnd interchangeable.
II is Idle To say that the monetary stand
ard of the nation Is ltrevooably fixed so
long as the party which at the last elee-
tion cast approximately 40 per cent Of the
total vote refuses TO put In its platform
any statement that the question is settled
determination TO remain silent cannot be
accepted rs equivalent 10 recantatlon.
Until Oui opponents as n party explicitly
ADOPT tn views which we hold ana upon
which sc have acted and are acting, la the
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way to keep the question from becomln-
unsettled is to keep the Republican party
in power
As for what our opponents say in refer
encP to capital and labor, individual or
corporate, here again all we need by way
OF answer is to point 10 what we have
actually done, and 10 say that II continued
IN power shall continue to carry ont
the policy we have been pursuing and TO
execute the laws as resolutely and fear
lessly in the future as we haye executed
them In the past
So far as the rights of the individual
wage worker and the individual capitalist
are concerned, both as regards one an
other. as regards the public and as regards
organized capital and labor, tho position OF
the administration has been 80 clear that
there Is no excuse for incorporating II
and no ground for opposing it unless mis-
represented.
Tariff Attitudes Contrasted.
When we take up the great question Of
the tariff we are at once confronted by the
doubt as to whether our opponents d or
do not mean what they say. They say
that protection is robbery" and promise
to carry themselves accordingly If they are
given power. Yet prominent persons among
them assert that they do not really mean
this aud that II they come into power they
VIII adopt our policy as regards the tariff
while others seem anxious to prove that Ii
Is safe to give them partial power. because
the power would he only partial and tbare-
fore they would not be able to do mischief
The last is certainly curious plea to nd
vance on behalf OF a party seeking to Oh
tain control of the government
OF course. IL our opponents are not sin
cere In their proposal to abolish the system
Of a protective tariff, there is no use I'm ar
guing the matter at all, save by pointing
out again that If on one great issue they
do not mean what they saw. 1t is hardly
safe to trust them on any other issue. But
If they are sincere I'm this matter. then
their advent to power would mean domestic
misfortune and misery as widespread and
far-reaching as that which we saw ten
years ago.
When they speak of protection as rob