Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-09-21
ALL PREFER PROSPERITY TO PARALYSIS
Views of D. @. Tillotson, Late Chairman of the
National Silver Republican Party = Rea-
sons Given by Others.

cllNlEe Oh Idllu. DVI pIHtTS nave SliU~
ply sand to their friends that they pre-
fer the known and tried Roosevelt to
the hesitating, eyasiye and untried
Parker The names of some OF these
men, including Oscar Straus, John A.
Mccall, Major John Bryne, Patrick
Egan, Richard Price Morgan and Eu-
gene \. Philbin, have already been print
ed. Among those not heretofore noted
are: Ernest Crawfort. Judge w. NJ.
Chandler, DR. George II. Carpenter, Will
liam McLain. w. f. Williams, John
Ennis, William ID. Harrison, John II.
Doyle, Charles z. Blaney and Daniel
Buchanan.
From Baxter Springs. Kas.. comes
the information Of wholesale desertous
on the part Of Bryan Democrats, and
the forecasters predict that Cherokee.
which gave Bryan 1900 majority in
1896, viii go solidly for the Republican
ticket. Prominent among the Demo
Gratis who have announced their inten-
ton Of supporting President Roosevelt
are: T. II. Goodwin. mine owner; T..
w. Dow, president telephone system:
Samuel j. Crawford. former governor Of
Kansas; James II. Chubb, former mem
Der fusion legislature; J. c. Haskell,
dry goods merchant Samuel Biuns, hay
dealer. Edward Hodgkins. retired mer-
chant; y. Orr Chubb, politician: w. s.
Baxter. editor and c. E. Collins, poll
tician.
End of silver Republican Party.
An important accession to the Repub-
licau ranks is d. c. Tillotson, Of To-
peka, Kas., chairman of the national
committee of the Silver Republican party
in 1900 In a letter to ]. W. Babeock
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Committee, Mr. TilIOtsou SAYS
that the Silver Republicans are salts
fed that the Roosevelt administration
tried to do its duty with the people, and
for that reason he ard his friends will
support it. This stat 'ment is Of i'm
portance because the Silver Republicans
voted for Bryan in 1896 aud 1909. and
it is believed all will now return to the
regular party organization. In Il letter
t. Representative Babbeock. chairman Of
the Republican Congressional Commit
tee, Mr.. Tiilotson says:
Present conditions make any further
attempt to maintain silver party or
ganizatiou a mere farce and with chang
ell conditions come changed political re-
latiOns
at appears to me that the Demo
cratic party has forfeited its claim upon
all voter except such as vote the ticket
from tradition. Indeed. the only Demo
crat who in a sc, Grafton has stood for
an idea is ceastrai Ied TO admit that the
candidate oL hls party is the beneficiary
of fraud practice4 upon the convention
which nominated him.
The Democratic party. through its
attitude and the attitude of its candi-
dates, admits that the Republican party
IS right on the money question 1t al
mlts that the Republican party has per
fected the legislation needed for con
trolling the trusts aud m0nopolies. q per
fection that the Republican party itself
has never claimed. 1t admits that. if
successful. nothing in the way Of tariff
legislation can be effected except such
as may be approved by The Republican
party, Yet it seeks to make tariff tink
ering an issue.
1t condemns the acquisition Of the
right Ia t'nid the Panama canal. but
says ratify the act by keeping the goods.
II Sympathizes with the Filipinos. bur
fails to recognize that the acquisition OF
these islands was ratified by the people
in 1900
1T presents ms with candidate whose
political virtues are Of the mega
tive SORT, He claims that the
body polite is sick aud as remedy
proposes fonr years OF paralysis. II
this auitnde is in good faith il would
appear that there Is 40 good reason for
supporting the party or its candidate.
II IA bad faith then there is every rea-
son for not supporting them
With no definite programme TO sd-
yocate 9ad 40 settled policy Of govern
meat 10 assert the opposition is deyotinc
its energies 20 an attack upc1 President
Roosevelt. His opponents are campell-
ell 10 admit that he * "A man of viriHtv.
Of high moral purpose in both civil and
Official life and one that does not evad,.
official responsibility
While there are many honest aud
upright citizens amuas his opponents
yet the fae; remains that the President
vigorous aud t=Grc~>iv. execution Of his
office has lei The mauipulstor Of prcda
tory wealth, the professional agitaros
and ttle political CRATER SO inaH. com.
mon cTtnse against him. These are thor.
ou=hly convinced that the President. is
tot ~dLt, H5t st--!l IN ate d4d vested nights
have - cause Of complaint
The voter has Ia choose between ,ne'
or the other Of the candidates Of the
dominant parties ar throw his vote away
as mere protest by voting for sone
third party candidate II appears e.
me THAI the President Is entitled "a
vote Of cau.ilraco. and above all party
considerations the eieetioa Of Pres LEM
Roosevelt is required As q indication af
moral courage and osieial Integrity in
abe government Of men--3 1mdi,atlon
not Of the candidate. but Of the Aaieri-
caa people"
rarker's Letter Dis appointment.
Ernest Crawfort. of jamestown, n.
Y, Democratic County committeeman
and delegate 10 the Democratic Stat,
con vention which instructed for judge
Parker, has severed all connections with
the Democratic party and has declared
his intention OF voting for President
Roosevelt. In letter TO Walter I'd