Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-06-15
SHERMAN PLEADS
WITH INSURGENTS
ASKS THEM TO COME BACK
INTO PARTY AND BE
HARMONIOUS.
VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES IN
suReENcY Al TAFT coNvEN-
TON IN MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, Wis. June 9.-Bearding
insurgency in its native habitat. Vice
President James S Sherman. in
speech before the Taft convention Of
Wisconsin. held here yesterday. plead
ed the cause OF regular republican
ism and urged the insurgents TO re-
turn to the field,
From the time the vice president
uttered his salutation to the badger
ties of republican persuasion. until
the last word was spoken. he kept
insurgency in mind. now rebuking the
breaking away from party and then
pleading for harmonious and con
certed action within the lines.
What is republican was the
first Iubject that Vice President Sher-
man dealt with after he had paid
glowing tribtue to President Taft. as
the leader of his party The speaker
recalled thai Congressman Champ
Clark recently said the devil himself
colud not slswer that question.
This question may stump the devil
who may naturally be assumed to be
democrat" said Mr. Sherman, but
I'll venture that the assertion that
every Y year old boy in Wisconsin
can answer it and that the simple.
but comprehensive reply void be,
A man who votes the republican
ticket at the polls, and votes for re-
publican measures in congress.
The vice president asked that it
this was the correct answer. if the
converse was not true-''that a man
who does not vote the republican
ticket, who does not support repub-
iican measures and republican poli-
cies is not republican,"
The growth Of the publican party
formed the theme for the speaker,
as he continued his address. He had
gotten down to Lincoln's time. when
he returned to the question of insurg,
ency for a moment.
-Four years later" said he, I'VE
We're in the throes OF a civil war and
Lincoln was again voted for. this
time by nearly two and a quarter mil
lion republicans. because they be-
lieved that the union should be pre-
served and that slavery must cease.
In that year we find the beginning
OF insurgency. A small band at.
tempted 70 prevent the denomination
OF Lincoln, The movement was not
successful and he obtained 2i2 out
of 2S3 electoral votes"
The vice president spoke OF insurg.
ency near, when ne recalled that "in
1872 new insurgency had arisen
with the cry of Anything to beat
Grant"
Then when he had said word OF
praise for Messrs. Roosevelt and
Taft. at the conclusion of this review
OF party history, the vice president
phte again returned to the sublect
OF Insurgency. For over so years
the republican party has Zen stead
lily increasing in numbers and gain
ing in power, said he. Seeming to
grow stronger after every insurgent
movement and in each instance gain
ing more numbers than we lost In
1884 alother element OF insurgency
arose and seemed to be temperate,
successful, though its duration was
short and without result In 1896 an
other kind of insurgent came to the
front in the guise of the so-calleo
silver republicans, no manfully anu
courageously. when thSy saw they
could not endorse the republican plat
form and the republican candidacy Of
that year, left the national conven
ton in body. The place of every
one, however. who left the party thai
year was filled by at least two so
called gold democrats most of whom
have since remained with the party
cf financial integrity and stability.
We are now confronted again By
insurgency in the party. though it is
by no means a united movement. as
It may be said that there are nearly
as many kinds of insurgency as there
are insurgents | believe. however
that the strength of the republican
party will in no way be weakened
Put chat it will go to the polls mex
November ard record a victory anC
again be Luccessful when it votes fol
It's candidate for president in 1912.
The vice president then reviewed
the accomplishments of the republi
can party.
IL Is not matter OF surprise, how
ever, said he at the conclusion o
this review, that In country O
such vast domain. such wide terri
torial boundary and with such di
versihed interests as can be founc
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ane
from the lakes to the gulf. the mem
6ers eta great and dominant part,
shouldtnot always be in accord regard
ing every act of legislation. 1t has
been the strength of the republican
PARTY tha, leaders in thought ant
judgment and wisdom should have
been among its members. 1t Is Sc
today as it has been since 1856 and
1860. In matters OF legislation. ht
Ger Jared some sacrifices must b
made: some retreat taken in order
that harmony shall prevail
The rice president said that no bet
ter illustration of what he had jus
been saying could be pointed out thar
in the passage OF the so-calied Payne
Aidrich tariff law