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DECEMBER 2, 1904
The Commoner,
A LESSON FROM COLORADO
11
One of the most notable results of
the recent, election was the defeat of
Governor Peabody of Colorado, by the
combined votes of the republicans and
democrats. "His defeat," says a cor
respondent, writing from Denver, "is
a repudiation of lawlessness In a state
administration that rode rough-shod
over the constitution and bill of rights,
and substituted the brusque intoler
ance of military intolerance for the
sober justice of civil courts; It Is a
reproach to organized capital, whoso
lawlessness led to its use of gold in
the legislature; and, lastly, it is a
protest against the lawlessness' of
trade unionism, that, organized on
What Sulphur Does
For the Human Body in Health and
Disease
The mention of sulphur will recall
to many of us the early days when
our mothers and grandmothers gave
ns our daily dose of sulphur and mo
lasses every spring and fall.
It was the universal spring and fall
"blood purifier," tonic and cure-all, and
mind you, this old-fashioned remedy
was not without merit.
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable, and a large
quantity had to be taken to get any
effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palatable, con
centrated form, so that a single grain
is far more effective than a tablespoon
ful of the crude sulphur.
In recent years, research and experi
ment have proven that the best sul
phur for medicinal use is that obtained
from Calcium (Calcium Sulphide) -nd
sold in drug stores under the name of
Stuartjs Calcium "Wafers. They are
small chocolate coated pellets and con
tain the active medicinal principle of
sulphur in a highly concentrated, ef
fective form.
Few people, are aware of the value
of this form of sulphur in restoring
and maintaining bodily vigor and
health; sulphur acts directly on the
liver, and excretory organs and puri
fies and enriches the blood by the
prompt elimination of waste material.
Our grandmothers knew this when
they dosed us with sulphur and mo
lasses every spring and fall, but the
crudity and impurity of ordinary flowr
efs of sulphur were often worse than
tl disease, and can not compare with
the modern concentrated preparations
of sulphur, of which Stuart's Calcium
Wafers is undoubtedly the best and
most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles and cure con
stipation and purify the blood in a
way that' often surprises patient and
phvsician alike.
Dr. R. M. Wilkins while experiment
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium wa3
superior to any other form. He says:
"For liver, kidney and blood troubles,
especially when resulting from con
stipation or malaria, I have been sur
prised at the results obtained from
Stuart's Calcium Wafers. In patient3
suffering from boils and pimples and
even deep-'seated carbuncles, I have re
peatedly seen them dry up and disap
pear in'fd'ur or five days, leaving the
skin clear and smooth. Although Stu
art's Calcium Wafers is a proprietary
article, und sold by druggists, and
for that reason tabooed by many phy
sicians, yet I know of nothing so safe
and reliable for constitpation, liver
and kidney troubles anjl especially in
all forms .-of skin -disease as this-remedy."
At any rate people who are tire'd of
Pills, cathartics and - so-called blood
"purifiers,". :,wlll drndrJn Stuart's Cal
cium ?Wafers; afar?safer,;more palat
able and feffectiyepreparation. ,
trust lines and under the dominion of
a regular cliquo of leaders, sought to
establish itself through the teaching of
anarchistic misrule."
According to this correspondent, the
reign of lawlessness in, Colorado, which
so disgraced the state, had its origin
in the shameless purchase of legisla
tors to defeat the constitutional amend
ment providing for tho eight hour
law.
By a majority of 48,714 the people of
Colorado In May, 1902, adopted this
law:
"The general assembly shall provide
by law and shall prescribe' suitable
penalties tor tho violation thereof, for
a period of employment not to exceed
eight hours within any twenty-four
hours (except In cases of emergency,
where life and property Is in Immi
nent danger), for persons employed in
underground workings, blast furnaces,
smelters and ore-reducing works or
other branches of industry or labor
that the general assembly may con
sider injurious to health, life or limb."
He alleges that when tho bill came
up large mining corporations sent their
agents to tho legislature, and, by a
generous distribution of stock among
the members, under the promise that
if tho measure should fail tho stock
would greatly enhance in value, the
amendment was defeated. We shall
not discuss the merits of this measure,
but the people had expressed them
selves in favor of it, and it was mon
strous and outrageous that their will
should have been defeated by tho cor
rupt use of money. It is no wonder
that a reign of lawlessness should have
followed. It tho law-makers of a state
are themselves violators of the moral
law, as well as the law of the land, and,
for the sake of money, defiantly defeat
a measure which tho people themsel
ves havo approved, it can not bo ex
pected that citizens generally will re
spect the law.
But that was not all. As we pointed
out at the time, Governor Peabody, un
der a decision of the supreme court of
the state, set aside the sacred right of
habeas corpus and substituted tho mil
itary for the civil authority, against
the distinct provisions of the bill of
rights. He and his military chief,
General Bell, tore the civil law to tat
ters and substituted government by
bayonet. It was a costly experiment.
Twenty lives were lost that could be
accounted for, and many men besides
mysteriously disappeared. In the two
years of Peabody rule $4,408,000 was
expended, as compared with $1,900,000
under the former administration of
Governor Adams, who has now been
elected to succeed Governor Peabody.
For the military alone there was ex
pended the enormous sum of $800,000,
and it was charged th-t one-third of
this sum was wasted. This does- not
take into account the enormous losses
sustained by business men, by mine
owners and by workingmen, who were
thrown out of employment.
It is promised that under the ad
ministration of Governor Adams peace
and order will be restored; but the
downfall of Governor Peabody has
been followed by the return of deport
ed miners of the Western Federation,
and it is said that the organization,
temporarily checked by military rule,
will shortly resume its normal
strength. As the feeling between tne
deported men and the Mine Owners'
association is of the bitterest nature,
it is reasonable to suppose that there
will be further4 trouble; but both sides
declare that they want peace, and will
make concessions to assure this con
dition; and it -is hoped that, the lesson
which they have learned will work
fnr tiflnpA nnd cood Government. It will
be a long time, "however, before ddlb-1
rado will have entirely recovered from
tno demoralization which Uila lo:s
regime of lawlessness entailed. . Men
who go on a dobauch may sober up
and resolvo to livo decontly, but with
all their resolves thoro are tho inevi
table "after effects," which time alono'
can cure. Richmond Timcs-Dlspatcli.v
Mr. Drynn'a Trumptt CeJI
Mr. Bryan's manifesto calls upon
his party to do exactly what the Inter-Ocean,
tho day before, had said It
would have to do after its overwhelm
ing defeat at tho polls. On one point
only does Mr. Bryan go beyond tho
Intor-Occan's prediction. Ho states his
case with more coherence and dignity
than he has shown on any provious oc
casion. Tho causo of tho party's utter col
lapse in tho recent campaign is glvon
by Mr. Bryan In a sentence. "It sound
ed," as ho truly says, "a partial rotrcat
when it should havo ordered a charge."
Mr. Bryan has taken tho only pos
sible course that can save his pnrty.
He summons it to downright radical
ism. He sees that only by offering,
not to ameliorate, but to destroy cer
tain things can his party hope to gain
power and popularity. These things
pertain to our present fiscal and com
mercial system.
Docs that system tax tho poor for
tho benefit of the rich? Docs it put
tho burden on tho weaic and sparo tho
strong? Does It enable tho rich to
close the avenues to wealth against all
save themselves? If it does, then can
these evils bo remedied without de
stroying the system?
Wo republicans declare that our fis
cal and commercial system does none
of these things. Mr. Bryan says it
does them all and must be destroyed.
He commands his party to destroy It.
His command will he heeded.
Tho republican party must be pre
pared to faco tho hosts of radicalism.
It must bo ready to go on proving by
deeds the fallacy of Mr. Bryan's words.
Mr. Bryan's manifesto !s a trumpet
call of inspiration to the discontented
of tho nation. It Is also a trumpet call
of warning to tho republican party.
Chicago Inijr-Ocean.
Victory or Defeat
Tho "reorganizes" have had their
innings and havo earned the right to
an indefinite outing. At tho conven
tion In St. Louis, Bryan and his fol
lowing were humiliated and repudiated
all because "we want the votes. We
want a man that can win. We are tired
of Bryanlsm and defeat." Tho dele
gates, dominated by tho "solid south"
and corrupt northern politicians, ac
cepted this silly talk as gospel and im
mediately thereafter tho democratic
party was gold-bricked with a "gold
telegram."
The methods used to accomplish this
result are well known to the people of
the country, and It Is needless to say
that the wholesale purchasing of dele
gates at St. Louis and in the local dis
trict convention under the leadership
of Hill and Belmont and Sheehan was
repulsive to the honest men of all par
ties. In tho light of events a "safe
and sane" democracy is one whoso vote
is so small that it effn be scooped up In
an ordinary seine and packed away in
a small-sized safe.
The democratic party is in sore
straits. Parker has received a smaller
electoral vote than did Bryan In either
1896 or 1900 and a much smaller popu
inr vnta. It has received a blow that
will necessitate interment unless these
political doctors who prescribed the
BRIBERY
IN THE LEGISLATURE
"Thi Massichnsitls Lijislaliu
Bithl ind Sold an Sushis
and Fish at tki Maikit
and Wfiarm"
This is one of tho many startling
statements mado by Thomas W. Law
son in tho Decomber installment of
Frenzied Flnanco" in Everybody's
Magazine for December, Just pub
lished. Mr. Lawson tolls of tho wholo
salo buying and soiling of senators
and representatives In tho great com
monwealth of Massachusetts, which
culminated in tho suddon and mysteri
ous disappearance of a Boston lawyer
and his secretary.
As back number of Kvcrybody'i
Magazine nro out of print, tho previ
ous chapters of Mr. Lawson's "Fren
zied Finance" contained in tho num
bers from July to November inclusive
aro republished In a pamphlet, nt 25
cents a copy. This pamphlet will bo
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dose and rammed it down the throat
of tho St Louis convention are imme
diately relegated to innocuous desue
tude. Speculation is idle and at this early
writing exact figures are wanting. But
it is safe to say that Roosevelt has re
ceived a tremendous triumph on tho
one hand, while on the other hand the
socialists and populists have similar
causo for joy, and between these a
upper and nether millstones, the dem
ocratic party Is gasping for breath. In
conspicuous isolation, the solid south
may continue to take pride In the label
of democracy, but it must learn to dis
criminate between the advice of tho
agents of plutocratic Interests and a.
democracy founded ori patriotic prin
ciple. The election has shown beyond per
adventure of doubt what has often
been said that there is not room for
more than one republican party in this
country. For safety's sake, there
should perhaps be at least two parties,
but neither of them should be a coun
terfeit of the other. The political lead-
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