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u 4 i.' f The Commoner. 04f VOLUME 4, NUMBER 18. 14 ' K.. f"v u. a.- W. to' . H1 &'" BBWW" Omaha (Nob.) Commercial: Can any Individual toll us who and what Judgo Parker is? Lincoln (Neb.)- Democrat: Just re member that it is the papsuckors who would reorganize the party. Aurora (Nob.) Itogister: The Now .York World promises that Parker will glvo his views to tho public as soon as ho Is nominated. Might ho not then conclude to wait until after olec tion? Auburn (Nob.) Herald: Under the president's ruling that preference bo given to married mon in governmental appointments tho Mormons will prob ably feel that each one of them Is qualified to fill two or three clerk Bhips. Bonton (111.) Standard: If the 'American brethren desire to be con vinced that Uncle Samuel made a good trade whon ho bought tho Philippine islands, all that is necessary is to at tend tho St, Louis World's Fair and sco somo of "our subjects" eat raw clog. Johnstown (N. Y.) Democrat: Does it not seem strango in view of all this anxiety on the part of the financiers respecting tho alarming Increase of 'gold, as well as their eagerness to get it all, that there should still be found outside of the walls of tho state insti tutions for tho feeble-minded many men who insist tint tho money issue is ad and should not again become a subject for political discussion? Aberdeen (Wash.) Herald: Judgo 1'orker's sllenco seems lo be the on1' indication of his political oxistence. It recalls a story of Emory A. Storrs, tho ono-tlme lawyer of Chicago. Mr. Storrs loft a committee room to look for a member supposed to bo somewhere in tho corridor of the building, a member distinguished for his habit of silence. Upon returning, Storrs reported: "It was so dark in tho corridor that I couldn't find him; but I know he's there, because it's so thundering still!" Savannah (Mo.) Democrat: Tho re publican press is now getting busy. The latest is that President Roosevelt, if re-elected, would at the first op portunity send a tariff reform mes sage to congress. Well, the president has had several splentMd opportuni ties to do this for somo time, but he has graciously lot them pass by. Tar iff reform is tho only remedy with which to curb tho trusts, and if you roly upon republican promises, the I trusts you win nave witn you always. lUilliifclUii Hastings (Nob.) Democrat It is very ovident that ex-President Cleve land is still smarting undor the criti cism of his course in the labor strikes at Chicago in 1804, and made much worse by executive interference. In deed, tho ex-president has been so worried that Monday night he deliv ered a public speech at Princeton, in which ho wont over the ground thor oughly in an effort to Justify his own course and that of his administration in usurping authority not given them by tho constitution. The Cleveland course in this strike was one of the weakest points of his administration and tho further you get away from it the worse it looks, and the more anx ious the ex-presldent' is to have the American people judge him leniently. Ramsey (111.) News-Journal r Judge Parker gets his support from the bolt ers of tho democratic ticket in 1896 and 1900. Ho is the representative of Hill and Cleveland. Hill's chief rec ommendation as a democrat is the statement ho made when Bryan was a candidate, "I am a democrat still very still." Cleveland a short time ago gave out the statement that it was ovident ,he would have to support the ropublican ticket this year, as there would be no decent democrat running. No ono knows where Parker stands, as ho is silent as the ophinx. Columbus (Nob.) Telegram: The democracy should take the country in to its confidence, declare in plain teims its attitude upon all questions of interest, and tell the people just what its nominees will do, in case they shall bo elected. Some ono who claimed to know once said that "God hates a coward." If that be tiuo, then the Almighty must today regard with holy hatred tho cowards who drafted that New York platform. Judge Far kor may secure the nomination for the presidency, but if he shall it is certain ho will not be allowed to stand upon a platform as weak as the one manufac tured by Dave Hill in New York. Rockville (Ind.) Tribune: The ex tent of injury done to the democratic party by the course of its congressmen who have been listening to the siren song of "conservatism'' cannot be overestimated. It has transformed men of ability devoted to principles that have appealed to mankind in all ages, into a set of politicians in nowise dif ferent from the average republican member of congress who will support anything to win. It is humiliating to note that not one democrat on the floor of congress had the courage to open his mouth when taunted to say "yes" or "no" by a half-baked "protection 1st" Littlefield of Ma.ne who, last Wednesday, challenged them to in dorse or reject the doctrine of free trade. There they sat while this blat ant expounder of the sophisms of "pro tection" dared them to open their mouths and say one word in. favor of free trade! And this, coo, when al most every intelligent man knows that "protection" Is responsible for a larn majority of the trusts who .are robbing the people, and are ready to vote for free-listing every article made by a trust and sold to the people of this country higher than it is sold abroad If such is the condition-of affairs al ready brought about by the mere pros pect of Parker what will it be if these congressmen succeed in nominating and electing him? Quinine as a Universal Drug. I assume that everyone in the civil ized world has taken a dose of quinine It is the universal drug. Its value is unappreciated by the masses, who use it only for colds and fevers tho samo thing. As a tonic it is unsurpassed. As an alterative it has no equal in the materia medica. I heard a dis tinguished surgeon say: "If I wanted to ferment a barrel of cabbage in less time than anybody else could do it I would put in It an eighth of an ounco of quinine. A little quinine in the disordered stomach acts just about as it would in the cabbage. It hastens the assimilation, of the food and re stores the normal conditions." Habitual users of quinine are slaves to it, but derive little benefit from it. Men with malaria eat it by the .ounce, and still keep the malaria. The world is full of quinine drunkards, who pour a spoonful into the palm of one hand and lick it down without a grimace. I have seen them chew cinchona bark as one chews gum. Others, not ha bituated, must take two grains or ten in a gelatine capsule. Before capsules were Invented It was taken in mo lasses and the chances are that the molasses effected the cure. Too much of it is nearly as bad as too much calomel. Great fortunes have been made out of it, however, and its culti vation in Ceylon and Java is said to be successful. There are several pretty romances ffp- 1 453 121 COMMONER CONDENSED. Reproduces Commoner Editorials. luscusss r ouucai principles. 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