Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-09-11
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE


Doubtless the readers of this essay
will bc prompted TO say, What a rot
ten subject | readily admit the
fact, but it is an easy method of con-
veying my ideas, and the object to be
obtained generally justilies the means
employed.
! There are perhaps few who have not
been more or less afflicted with these
irritating, painful and annoying ex-
crescences on some part Of the corporal
system. They are natures efforts to
throw off the impurities and corrup-
ton of the circulating medium we call
blood. They are fed and nurtured by
hundreds OF tiny vessels whose func-
tons are designed by nature to per-
form the office of cleansing the animal
body OF poisonous, no1ious and corrupt
matter that would otherwise retard
growth or produce disease. Nature is
perfect In all her works and prompt in
enforcing her laws. She is contin-
ually tearing down and building up;
great amount OF the impurities is
thrown out through the intestines and
also through the skin by perspiration,
but 1t often happens that these organs
are unable from some obstruction of
their functions to perform the duties
required OF them and the result is that
some of this eiiete matter is deposited
on some part of the body and remains
there to irritate and annoy till it
bursts from its own volition or is re-
lieved by surgical application. These
hollis not only aiilict the particular
parts on which they are located, but
the whole body.
My friends, did you ever reflect that
hese boils are common to the body
politicY Well, they are. The polit-
ical body OF this country has been
afflicted with quite a number, only to
two Of which | shall call your atten-
ton. The first made its appearance
about the year 1920 as a mere black
speck and was 24O years in coming TO
head. At several periods during this
time it seemed ready to burst but was
scattered by remedial appliances, only
to gather at another point with re-
newed virulence until finally about
the year 1860 it had attained such
fearful proportions and became so in
tensely irritating and painful that
something had to be done to relieve
the patient or death was certain
There was very ordinary man ap-
peared about that time afterwards
justly celebrated) who said he could
open that boil. He was given the
opportunity and performed success
full operation, but it took him four
years to do it and during the time he
utilized many millions of instruments,
sacrificed million men and billions
OF dollars but the suffering patient was
relieved for time. 1t soon became
apparent, however, that the body
polite had not been thoroughly
cleansed, some pus must have still re-
manned, for 10, and behold another
OF those boils made its appearance e
even before the other had healed. 1t
appeared on the posterior part of the
body polite about the year '62, and
seemed to be very much more virulent
than any that had preceded it. 1t
grew much faster, which can only
be accounted for on the ground that il
had many more feeders. In fact the
vessels carrying corruption to this boil
are almost unlimited but / shall, for
want of space, mention few of the
most important, viz: The exception
; clause, avarice and greed OF the Shy
locks; national banking system, credit
Strengthening act, contraction, gold
standard and redemption. These are
the arteries or great feeders, rigur'
atively speaking, while the STANDARD
Oil trust, the sugar trust, the Goa
trust, the salt trust. the iron and stee
trust, the nail trust, at infnitunt ac
nauseune, may be considered the small
feeders but all conveying to the sam.
point, like the veins and arteries t
the heart, or the rivulets and rivers L
the great ocean, but producing oppo
site effects; for in the one case they
duced healthy life and vigor; in thu
other lassitude, irritation, disconten
! and complete prostration. This boi
is still growing and strengthening
with its growth; for the past % year
it has been assuming yellowish cast
- on account of the yellow matter pre-
Il dominating, and for this reason j
r supposed to produce greater irritation
i for the patient seems to be more rest
less, uneasy and dangerous than eve
, before. In fact at the present tim
!; this boil has attained such colossa
proportions and appears so yellow ant
ripe that it has been decided by uni
:, versal consent to apply e surgical rem
y edy, and William J. Bryan has beef
e selected to perform the operation
= with his silver lance. When he get
- through there will be none of tina
>. boil left worth speaking Of
y Yours muchly,
J. G. Coo.