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Lamar (Mo.) Domocrat: Democrats
nro sick and tired of having, bolters
and political nondescripts suggested
to thorn as their candidates.
Auburn (Nob.) Herald: Republi
can papors are so oloquont In their
eulogies of Alton B. Parker that
Prcsldo'nt Roosovolt Is liable to turn
green with onvy, yollow with jealousy
and rod with rage.
Nobraslca City (Nob.) News: Un
less tho domocratlc party nominates
strong anti-trust candidates on a plat
form which doclarcs against tho "trust
in most unmistakable terms It might
as well gather up its doll rags and
rofuso to play In tho gamo of politics.
Jeanotto (Pa.) Journal: If Judge
Paricor should bo nominated for tho
presidency 'would ho condescend to
throw asido his judicial robes and
dignity sufficiently long to writo a
lottor accepting the nomination, or
would Davo Hill havo to do this also
for him?
Nowman (Ga.) Nows: The poor old
llborty boll is again to bo put upon
wheels and draggod about tho coun
try. This timo it will bo sent to tho
St. Louis exposition at a cost of $15,
000. Tho boll is about the only relic
loft of tho days of tho fathers who
fought for llborty, equality, and the
pursuit of happiness.
BETTER THAN SPANKING,
GpnnkiiiB docs not cure children of urine dim
cultlos. II It did thoro would bo few children
that would do It. There is a constitutional cnuao
. for this. Mrs. Xr. Summers, Box 109, Norte PapQ
Ind., will sand her homo treatment Co "any
mother. Bhcasks no mone,yWrUo her today
II your children troijbloyou In this way. Don't
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Rawlins (Wyo.) Journal: After
pummlng up all of the argument in
favor of Judge Parker's nomination
wo aro forced to tho conclusion that
tho only forcible argument being used
Is that tho trusts will furnish tho
boodle If he is nominated. But to got
it tho democrats will be compelled lo
surrender to the trusts just as tho re
publicans havo done. Bettor far lose
fighting for what wo believe In than
surrender our manhood and fight a
sham battle.
Colby (Kas.) Free Press: The east
ern wing of domocraoy wants to make
an Issuo out of tho fact that Roose
velt assumes too much authority. Bet
ter be against tho republicans because
tho trusts assume too much authority
in running the party.
Eureka (111.) Democrat-Journal:
Walter Wellman says that the Chicago
convention will lavishly praise the
foreign policy of our government, un
der John Hay and Roosevelt. Cer
tainly! In all sorts of white-washing
the bad spots need to be most thickly
daubed.
Eureka (111.) Democrat-Journal:
On Sunday, May 8, two American offi
cers and fifteen privates were killed
in a battle with the Moros in Minda
nao. This is strange and distressing
nows from a country that has been
"pacified" and is already in the pro
cess of "benevolent assimilation." By
tho way, what business has. our gov
ernment to send American soldier s
l7'ay cS lo tho" Philippines to fight
people in their own lands? "What
harm had these people ever done us?
What did they owo us? Their only
offense is that they happen to be in a
country of rich natural resources
which are greatly coveted by our cor
porations. That's all.
Wayne (Neb.) Democrat: Uncle
Sam is becrcinfr for soldiers. In days
of old there was never any trouble to
get them. Now Uncle Sam Is distri
buting great colored hand bills, with
sunny, flowery pictures of lifo on a
battleship, in order to induce some
misguided youth to join the" navy.
These are imperialistic days and sol
diers aro hard to get.
Plattsmouth (Neb.) Journal: The r
administration has decided that a
Porto Rican cannot be admitted to the
bar, cannot be furnished with a pass
port to travel, and cannot work In the
navy yards because he is not an
American citizen; and that he cannot
be naturalized because he is not a for
eigner! 0, what a tangled web wo
weave when the ancient landmarks
leavo!
Kensington (Kas.) Mirror: The
Sunday Kansas City Star says that
Parker leads in vote and Hearst is
second best. Of course Parker is
ahead. It was prearranged that the
eastern states, where the gold demo
crats havo control, should hold their
conventions first to make a great
showing for Parker and thus Influ
ence the western and southern states
with the idea that Parker is tho only
man who can lead the democratic
forces to victory.
Winona (Minn.) Leader: One of
the fundamental principles of democ
racy is to abide by the will of the
majority and as the Chicago and Kan
sas City platforms wero the produc
tions of the majority of the delegates
of those famous conventions, and W.
J. Bryan was the nominee by more
than a two-thirds vote at the first
mentioned convention and the unani
mous choice at the latter, it must be
conceded by all men "with even a'mero'
trace of fairness in tholr make-up,
that tho Bryan democracy is the real
thing. The handful of gold democrats
who bolted the Chicago convention
undertook to havo tho "tail wag the
dog instead of the ciogj wagging the
tail" and at the polls they succeeded
in rallying around them a fraction of
one per cent of the popular vote.
Pawnee (O. TO Courier-Dispatch:
Secretary Taft is going about tho
country telling the people that on no
account should the Filipinos be en
couraged to expect independence. Ho
says we must cease talking about it.
He announces that tho doctrine of
self-government is "an impossible
dogma," and a "rhetorical phrase,"
and the less said about it the better.
The English have always talked the
same way about Ireland.
Temple (Tex.) Times: We read
from various sources praise of Par
ker's democracy. It is well known
that he stood aside when the strongest
test on tho cleanest platform in fifty
years was made. What significance is
the praise of men that floated on the
same chip with him in 1896 and 1900.
It he is such a fine specimen of dem
ocracy he should havo kept his armor
bright when the battle was hottest.
He is a D. B. Hill man a man who
declared he was a democrat still
very still.
Wichita (Kas.) Democrat: Wher
ever the republicans rule in these
western states, they are Increasing
the state debt at a fearful rate. Ne
braska is worse off than the rest of
them. The Iowa legislature, which is
about to close its labors, has appro
priated $2,106,616. The treasurer of
the state says that it is $700,000 more
than the taxes will produce. If the
people will insist on republican rule
they should learn to pay their bills
without grumbling. Let them levy
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