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The Commoner.
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take, wo are largely the creators of
our destiny, whether our destiny bo
good or bad wo the people aro wholly
responsible for it.
I. E. Barker, Naples, Maine. This
is a pertinent question for the times
as wo are having, tho high cost of
liyjng and the one-sided state of af
fairs. It is we tell you what you
must pay at our shop for what you
want and we will tell you how much
you can get for your products. It is
we and has been since the party
leaders of both parties joined hands
to impeach President Johnson. It
cannot truthfully be said that the
people have ruled since. There is
too much hypocrisy practiced for tho
people to know who to trust. We
have many politicians but few states
men, but what are carried away with
party name regardless of principles
or candidates. The leading princi
ples usually have named the party.
Ever since James Otis, prior to the
Declaration of Independence, public
ly stated "that these colonies ought
to be free and independent states,"
and the public or people applauded,
ever since then there has been a dem
ocratic party. -It has not always had
a trusty leader to call them to the
front and there are so many who can
see no good only in self and self
interests. , They want no law against
their interests, but one to down the
other fellows. By the name "demo
crat" we should infer that the per
son believed, In that form of govern
ment in which the supreme power is
in tho hands of the people. There
is too much deception' practiced by
old party leaders. They are not
willing to trust a' new man in the
office no matter how good a charac
ter ho has. It is time to bid good-bye
to the old party names when they
are past being mended and have a
new party on .conservative line3 to
conserve the interesta of- the: people,
and free them from the special in
terests that are bound to enslave the
people to their will. The United
States Is claimed to be a republic; if
so, where are tho representatives of
the people? Tho power should bo in
representatives elected by tho people.
Now every device is used to fool tho
people and change their votes, eithor
with rum or money, or if Bryan is
elected business will bo at a stand
still by a threat to ruin public interests.
How to Get Rid of
Catarrh
A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way, and it
Costs Nothing to Try
Those who suffer from catarrh
know its miseries. There is no need
of this suffering. You can get rid of
it by a simple, safe, inexpensive,
home treatment discovered by Dr.
Blosser, who, for over thirty-six
yeaTS, has been treating catarrh suc
cessfully. His treatment Is unlike any other.
It is not a spray, douche, salve,
cream, or inhaler, but is a more di
rect and thorough treatment than
any of these. It cleans out the head,
nose, throat and lungs so that you
can .again breathe freely and sleep
without that stopped-up feeling that
all catarrh sufferers have. It heals
the diseased mucous membranes and
arrests the foul discharge, so that
you wilj not be constantly blowing
your nose and spitting, and at the
same tinie It does not poison the sys
tem and ruin the stomach, as inter
nal medicines do.
If you want to test this treatment
without cost, send your address to
Dr. J. W. Blosser, 144 Walton
Street, Atlanta, Ga., and he will send
you by return mall enough of the
medicine to satisfy you that It is all
he claims for it as, a remedy for ca
taTrh, catarrhal headaches, catarrhal
deafness, asthma, bronchitis, colds
and all catarrhal complications. He
will also send you free an illustrated
booklet. Write him immediately.
B. F. Shields, Seattle, Wash. Tho
reason that the people do not rule is,
in my mind, very clear and has been
for the last few years. Men hang on
to their political faith tho same as
one does to his religion, there lies
the reason of losing control. After
the war in tho eastern and central
states it was not popular to be a
democrat as that at once connected
one in the minds of eastern and middle-west
people with tho confederate
or rebel cause; it was shot In one's
face all tho time and those who did
their own thinking, soon made up
their minds that it did not pay to
go contrary to the popular Issue.
They were all Lincoln worshippers
and the immortal Lincoln was held
up In every campaign as tho cross
of our crucified Saviour is unto the
sinner, to bring him to repentance.
This being, tho case the money men
were not slow to grasp the situation,
they turned' the trick that wins; they
gave their money to installing their
friends in the po,pulaT camp and in
return were given special and class
legislation. Newspapers were given
to understand if they wanted the
support of the big Interests they
must como In out of the wet and get
in the band wagon, which they did.
Our country was new and undevel
oped with a world of wealth await
ing the touch of men with a small
amount of money. That soon Btarted
the blood to flow, it always flowed
toward the center as the blood does
to the heart. While we wore all
.building, up our country and were
being given free homes we were
bound to be more or less prosperous,
not on account of the republican
party in power, nor of their policies,
but in spite of them, all while the
octopus was growing fat on the
yielding and good natured people.
Not until we are more independent
in our politics and less partisan will
the people rule, and this Is a task
more gigantic than most people com
prehend. There is only one way to
it, vote against the party that has
fostered and allowed this octopus
to exist. When parents allow a child
to do as he pleases, as he grows older
he becomes more bold and harder to
govern and finally tho parents lose
entire control, so it is with tho In
fant in war times, he has outgrown
his. parents (the republican party),
and now rules them. They aro pow
erless and unable to strike back and
must be turned over to new hands,
to a strong party who can say "Thus
far and no further." In my mind,
that it is the democratic party who
has constantly, in season and out of
season, warned the republicans that
they were fostering and protecting
an octopus that would finally ruin the
'country by sapping the life's blood
from our 'yielding people. .
TIIEUE IS NO DEATH
It was tho odd and pretty idea of
Mrs. Diana Conloy, tho 99-year-old
pioneer woman of Omaha who died
Sunday, that her passing was a inar
rlago and not an occasion to be ob
served as Is customary with funerals.
"I want no crepo and no funeral em
blems used when I dio," said tho
aged woman a few days beforo her
death. "I want white used to drape
my chair, and instead of pallbearers,
I want bridesmaids."
Her wishes were carried out, and
when her funeral was held Wednes
day at tho Pooplo'n ohurch, by tho
Rev. Mr. Savldgo, tho draperies wore
all of white. Six young women at
tired as bridesmaids acted as at
tendants. Just beforo tho coromonlcs, a
couple seeking Pastor Savldgo for
the purpose of being married entered
the church, and were not deterred
when Mr. Savldgo told them tho dec
orations were for a funeral and not
a wedding, as they inferred. So as
tho bridal party passed out, .thq fu
neral party followed it. Omaha
World-Herald.
PRIZE WINNER
During the civil waT a captain of
a company which had sixty men in
its ranks, nbne of whom were as en
ergetic as the officer thought they
should be, hit upon a plan which he
believed would cure their habits of
laziness. One morning after a roll
call the captain, addressing his com
mand, said: "I have a nice, easy job
for the laziest man in the company
Will the laziest man step to the
front? Instantly fifty-nine men each
took a step forward. "Why didn't
you step to the front?" inquired the
commander of the one man who did
not come. "I was to lazy," replied
the soldier. Philadelphia League.
CAN YOU RECOGNIZE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
when you seo It? Or do you wnlt until opportunity passes nnd then
wish you had acted when your own Interests prompted you to? Shrowd
men never do; they at once Batlsfy thomsolvcs and act.
Did you seo our announcement in luBt week's Commoner? It tolls
about a wonderful, bona-fide opportunity for homcscekorH or investors
in our Laramie Lands In Wyoming, located between two paralleling
rivers, where one great reservoir Ib being Uuilt that will irrigate 135,000
acres. This land can yet bo purchased at $12. GO to $25.00 per acre, is
worth double tho price, and selling on easy terms. Wo sell tho land with
out tho water and you buy the water at $25 an acre, if you wish, and pay
for it in 10 to 20 years. Irrigated lands in this and adjoining states
sell for $500 to $1,000 per acre, because thoy produce crops that py.
Watch our ads. in Tho Commoner and write us for particulars.
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