Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-03-27
Extracts FromSpeeCh
Shows His Position
Squarely to the
Voters

appeal to every voter who believes
Wisconsin should send to the Senate
man who is not only a loyal Ameri.
can and who stands squareiy back OF
the President upon the great issue of
the war but whose experience in Con-
gress will give the state a United
States Senator who will be one of the
recognized leaders of that great body
during the war and in that trying pc.
Rod after the war is won:
ut is unnecessary for me to recite
the events leading up to my candidacy
for the senate for they are familiar
to you all. Since l voted for the
declaration of war last April | have
had but one motive in all my activ-
tiles, and that motive has been and
is now TO help in every possible way
to win the war. That is the only rea-
son am before you tonight as can
didate.
Il have but one plank in my plat
form in this campaign and that is
LOYALTY.
LOYALTY demands that we sup
port the President in the war aims
expressed by him in his addresses to
Congress on January and February
18th last.
LOYALTY demands that we pro-
vide President Wilson with all things
necessary to win the war.
LOYALTY demands that wherev-
er fraud or graft exists in war con-
tracts it shall be exposed and the
offenders prosecuted criminally.
LOYALTY demands that for every
dollar expended in war contracts there
shall be value received by the govern.
ment.
LOYALTY demands that there
shall be efficiency and economy in
every department of the government
LOYALTY demands that taxation
of excess profits and supertaxes upon
the larger incomes to the greatest linn
1t practicable should be exhausted
before resorting to increased taxes
upon the masses. of the people.
LOYALTY demands that the gov
eminent fix the price of every prod
uct controlled either directly or in.
directly by any monopoly.
LOYALTY demands that the
standards established for the protec-
ton of labor, especially that of WON
en- and children. shall be maintained
TO the end that the health and
strength of the nation shall be pre-
served
LOYALTY demands whole-hearted
support of our brave boys at the
front and the stamping out of all Sc
ditious speech and propaganda. The
right of free speech does not carry
with it the right to give aid and com
fort to the enemy
II will not be turned aside upon any
other issue.
"In so far as / can direct it this
campaign shall be one of education.
If there is a single honest citizen OF
Wisconsin who has been deceived by
what others have told him or what
he has read in the pro-German press,
want to reach him with the facts,
if | can, and make him a loyal pa
triot. If there is any man who doubts
that we are engaged IN a righteous
war, | want to remove any doubt.
do not expect to convince any disloy-
al American that he is wrong. Any
man with disloyalty in his heart does
not belong with US. He must look
elsewhere for sympathy and his vote
will be cast for some other candi-
date more satisfactory to him. 1t is
not such that | care to spend any
time upon.
THE invasion of Belgium shocked
US. The announcement that the Bel
glar re ety was nothing but a scrap
of .l8per and the admission that in
terna .ial law was being violated
troubled us but we did not believe
that our rights would be deliberately
violated But as time went on we
became more and more alarmed. FL
nally the Lusitania was sunk and
over one hundred American lives
were lost, many of them women and
children. The civilized world was
shocked beyond measure. A note of
protest was Immediately dispatched
to Germany and she finally promised
that passenger ships should not be
sunk and due warning given to all
other vessels, when no resistance or
escape was attempted, and care TAX
EN- that their crews should have a
fair chance for their lives in open
boats.
While we recoiled with horror
from the tales of rape, arson, slavery
and murder in Belgium, we still be-
lieved that prudence if nothing else
upon the part of Germany would
prevent her from giving such offense
to us as would compel us to enter
the conflict. But we were mistaken.
On san. 31st last our government was
informed that on the very next day
Germany would renew her ruthless
submarine warfare, and that no ship,
its passengers or crew. would be safe
from destruction if found within the
zone prescribed by her This when
carried into action as it afterwards
was became declaration of war
against the United States Ii has been
attempted by few men 10 excuse the
sinking of the Lusitania upon the
sround that flying the British flag be
constituted British territory II that
Abe true. an American ship flying
an American nag constituted Amer
lean territory and any attack upon
il Was an act Of war upon Amer
/ lean territory Bur this order was