The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
THIRD Term
QUACK PLANK
Fraudulent "BIanket Policy" o.
fered for Protection of
Health and Life.
IN INTEREST OF TAKERS
Theodore Rex Promises to Shield
Them Against Discrimination by
Educated Physicians.


The political tentacles of the third
term candidate have been extended In
every direction from WHICH might be
gathered voters irrespective Of sex,
race, color or previous condition, Of all
vocations, factions and trades into the
Progressive fold. BY specious prom
Uses cunningly adapted to each the
colonel beckons them to follow with
bleating approval wheresoever his bell
wether adjutants may lead in order
that Theodore Rex may again sit in
the White House.
Tempting bait is thrown to the work
ing people in the minimum wage, to
the Socialists in the enlargement of
government ownership, to the wom-
en- in the furtherance of suffrage as
pirations, to the farmer In blissful bet
torment of rural life, etc. Now he ap-
peals to the quacks, those true and
hitherto despised men Of predatory
wealth, offering them tenderest regard
and freedom from prejudice TOR or
against" The following blanket pol
icy' is offered for protection Of our
most precious possessions-health
and life:
I'VE favor the union of all the exist
mig agencies for fundamental govern
ment dealing with the public health
into a single national health service
without discrimination against or for
any one set Of therapeutic methods,
school of medicine Of school Of healing,
with such additional powers as may
be necessary to enable 1t to perform
efficiently such duties in the protection
OF the public from preventable dis
eases as may be properly undertaken
by the fundamental authorities, in
Guiding the execution of existing laws
regarding pure food, quarantine and
cognate subjects, the promotion OF ap-
propriate action for the improvement
Of vital statistics, the extension Of the
registration area of such statistics and
cooperation with the health activities
of the various states and cities Of the
nation"
Thus would votes for Theodore Rex
be multiplied.
Insults Educated Physician.
This quack plank OF the Progressive
platform not only insults the intelli-
gent voter, but wounds the educated
physician, in that it places the latter
in the same category with empires Of
high and low degree, rubbers, sun
ourists, magnetic and other healers and
all other pretenders who fatten upon
the credulity of the helpless sick and
their terrified relatives. The Sun has
adverted to the outrageous violation
of propriety and justice which charac-
terizes the medical laws of several
states in the Union, tho last instance of
which we deplore in the medical reg
ulations of the canal zone and which
the bull moose platform threatens to
inh1ct upon all the states Of the Union.
These legislative enactments require
all persons who propose to become
physicians not only to pursue a more or
less thorough course Of preparatory
education, but also to be trained in all
branches of medicine and, besides, to
be subject to rigid examination by
appointees Of the state All these serve
to protect the public against ignorant
pretenders and would be perfectly fair
Ald mt tho vorv Same ana ctmanfS or.
empt the latter from the provisions ap-
plying to educated practitioners.
Favors for Cormorants.
Thus do our sagacious legislators
stultify themselves in the interest of