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.VOLUME 6, NUMBER 24
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Editorials By Commoner Readers
S. T. Herod, BateBville, Miss., draws
; attention to an article In. a Memphis
' newspaper In which it is said: "Since
' tho present session or congress opened
the'ro has been much talk about cut-
ting tho rural delivery service down
one-half, with the view of ultimately
doing away with it altogether. This
is "because the postdfflco department
has shown a deficit. Postofilce of
ficials generally, do not believe this
action will' bo taken."
Mr. Herod adds: "Seems to me they
commence at the wrong end of the
' line to economize."
i ' G. W. Mills, M. D., St. Anthony, la.
, In shrill crescendo the voice of the
casuist is again heard in the land. A
1 storm of editorial pros and cons has
been evoked through Mr. Bryan's res-
To Get More Strength
from Your Food.
W
'HEN the Bowels are filled
with undigested food we
may be a great deal worse
off than if we were half
starved.
Because food that stays too long in
the Bowels decays there, just as if it
stayed too long in the open air.
Well, when food decays in the Bowels,
through delayed and overdue action, what
happens?
; The millions of little Suction Pumps
that line the Bowels and Intestines' then draw
Poison from Jhe decayed Food, Instead of
the Nourishment they were intended to
draw. '
This Poison gets Into the blood and, in
Ime, spreads all over the body, unless the
Cause of Constipation is promptly removed.
That cause of Constipation is Weak, or
Lazy Bowel Muscles.
When your Bowel-Muscles grow flabby
ignation from tho board of trustees
of Jacksonville, 111., college, to any
one familiar with Mr. Bryan's ethical
codo, it would seem that there was
but one thing for him to do. That
thing he did. The acceptance by uni
versities, colleges, and other organiza
tions of large money donations ac
quired through predatory methods,
must result in a dangerous anaesthesia
of the public conscience. It means a
muzzling, a moral obligating of di
dactic Instructors. Logically the re
sults are disastrous upon the plastic
minds of the thousands of young men
and women who sit at their feet. They
go out into the world morally per
verted. Their attitude is apologetic
They suffer from mental astigmatism.
Some say that questionable largesses
can be accepted by educational insti
tutions and the donees still preserve
a perfect freedom of thought in teach
ing economic truth. The argument
will not' hold. Does anyone ever hear
a denunciation of railroad iniquity
from the legislator who accepts a
pass? Never! Do we ever hear from
the- Chicago hall of learning the voice
of a LaFollette or a Folk pro
testing again3t Standard Oil op
pression? Never! Is it probaWe that
from the Jacksonville institution we
shall ever hear a caustic criticism of
the steel tariff robbery? Hardly!
Better that a collegiate institution
preserve its freedom than take on the
shackles of a servile bondage.
Better if its students are taught that
being clothed in the battle of life
with a panoply of truth is far more
effective than being clad in policy
veneer. Better that proffered mil
lions, acquired through holdup meth
ods, be absolutely . refused, if, their
acceptance means a widespread soul
prostitution.
prices anywhere in tho country, but if
they buy American or European man
ufactured goods they are compelled to
pay1 European prices with the Ameri
can tariff added. The tariff law is not
just. It is a fact that money men have
governed this government for thirty
years. There was a time between '60
and '73 that they did not. They did
not dare to let the president, congress
men, editors or common people know
that they were going to stop the coin
ing of silver. Their object was to
raise the value of legal tender money
by reducing the quantity. Reduce the
crop of wheat and tho value increases.
They are now trying to retire the
greenbacks and to make silver re
deemable in gold. Their motives are
the same as in '73. I am not only a
Bryan democrat, but I am a prohibi
tonist. I believe the law should pro
hibit everything bad. Making drunk
making gamblers, making prostitutes
and making smokers and chewers all
should be prohibited. If not prohib
ited it should be as free as milk and
marriage. Legal license and money
dividends does not lessen the curses.
I am ready to do my best with
tongue-, pen and -ballot for all these
improvements and blessings of the
common people.
H. W. Hardy, Lincoln, Neb. To
start, allow me to publish that I am
a Bryan democrat. I voted for him
twice for congress and twice for presi
dent. He was the first democrat I
ever voted for. I never was a Cleve
land or Parker democrat. I helped
tn nrpriTit'zo tVin vaniilH nt n nnrhv rmrl
they need Exercise to strengthen them, not am still a Lincoln republican. I never sider'able note, as you may be
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William A. Garretson, Lebanon,
Mo. I invite your attention to the
article printed in the Public, Chicago,
and Written by C. E. S. Wood, entitled,
"Glory." It is not pleasant reading.
Quite the reverse, but the htfrrible in
stances of this policy of imperialism
can not be fittingly or adequately de
scribed in terms to make pleasant
reading. And you will doubtless agree
that if the American conscience is
ever to be aroused to the pitch that
will roll back the tide of imperialism
that has so ruthlessly swept over us,
it must be, at least, in part, by having
its horrors depicted before the mind.
The experience of the last seven years
amply proves that no honest means
can safely be left out. We must appeal-
to sentiment no less than to
reason if the principles of liberty are
to be recognized. Mr. Wood is
a lawyer of Portland, Oregon,
and is a writer and orator of con-
There's only one kind of Artificial Ex
ercise for the Bowel-Muscles.
Its name Is "CASCARETS," and its
price Is Ten Cents a box.
So, If you want the same natural action
that a six mile walk in the country would
give you, (without the weariness) take one
Cascaret at a time, with Intervals between,
till you reach the exact condition you desire.
One Cascaret at a time will properly
cleaase a foul Breath, or Coated Tongue,
A coming Headache can be warded off
in short order, and the cause removed.
Don't fail to carry the Vest Pocket
Cascaret Box with you constantly.
All Druggists sell them over ten million
boxes a year.
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Chioago or New York. ompimg'
about as bad as the whig and demo
cratlc parties were in 1852. It was then
South against the North, it is now'
East against the West. Our best
citizens are not controlled by party
names as much as they were a few
years ago. It is now the best candi
date on the best platform that will
rn Tr 4-V-h nlA.il. . .n -4 i r r
uimj uue tjieuuun. ui j.yuo, ana our
state election this fall will play the
same tune. it is a fact, the
government of the people by the
people is gaining ground all over
the world. I will not promise to
vote the' democratic ticket, or any
other ticket, unless it is all right, and
if there is no ticket all right I will
vote for a yellow dog. It is a fact
that our national government has been
controlled and directed unjustly thirty
years, and it is equally unjust so far
as our state government has reached.
It is a huge injustice for national laws
to give manufacturers an advantage
over farmers. If European markets
govern the price of farm produce, it
also ought to govern the price of
manufactured goods. The manufac
turers should pay as high prices as
farmers. Then the railroad companies
should be compelled to do the same
amount of work for every person at
the same price. If they let one man
ride free they should let all ride free.
If American ship owners should have
a subsidy so they can pocket more
money than the European ship own
ers, then the American farmers should
have a subsidy so they can pocket
more money than Euronean farmers.
The American farmers have to sell
6f the slaughter of the six hundred
Moros in the crater, with a vein of
irony that amounts to the most force
ful sarcasm. I have seen nothing so
forceful, and I am habitually looking
for such things. It ought to be printed,
with an explanatory note, so as to
bring it within the understanding of
the most simple minds, in leaflet form,
and distributed in millions."
proclaiming his wonderful friendship
for the dear people, and advising con
gress to pass some measure detri
mental to the interests of his best
friends, those who placed, and hope to
keep him in his present position,
namely the tariff protected thieves,
I have noticed that you have at times
tried to take him seriously. It requires
no great memory to recall the said
Roosevelt's speech four days previous
to the last national election, in which
he so vehemently rebuked the late
unlamented Parker for insinuating
that money was being given by the
great corporations for the election of
the said Teddy. Think of Loomis, of
Garfield, of Morton; of his Great
Northern Securities fiasco; of his won
derful beef trust whitewash; of his
remarkable stand on rate regulation,
and his still more remarkable retreat
from the same. Think of all these
fakes and now read his message con
cerning Standard Oil. The editor of
The Commoner undoubtedly under
stands that the trust created Roose
velt is being used as a halter, to lead
a hero worshipping people to elect a
congress of trust promoters. You cau
do the people a great favor by un
masking the hyprocrisy of the entire
gang.
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I have been an interested reader of
your paper for the past year, and feel
that you are doing a great deal of
good, but am inclined to think that
yqu either try to lean to the side of
mercy or have been greatly deceived.
Whenever Mr. Roosevelt comes out
with one of his remarkable messages,
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