The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-10-18
THIRD Term
QUACK PLANK
Fraudulent BLANKET Policy OF.
fered For Protection Of.
Health and Life.
IN INTEREST OF fAKERS
Theodore Rex" Promises 10 Shield
Thorn 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
fses cunningly adapted TO each the
colonel beckons them to follow with
bleattng 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 Socialist In the enlargement OF
government ownerships, to the wo-
men IN the furtherance OF suffrage as
pirattons, to the farmer in blissful bet
terments 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 "for or
against" The following blanket poll
cy" is offered for protection Of our
most precious possessions-health and
life:
1--WE favor the union of all the exist
ing agencies for fundamental govern
ment dealing with the public health
|
without discrimination against oryfor
any one set of therapeutic methods.
| school of medicine or school Of healing.
with such additional powers as may
be necessary to enable # to perform
efficiently such duties In the protection
of the public from preventabis dis
eases as may be properly undertaken
by the fundamental authorities. . in
Guiding the execution Of existing laws
regarding pure food, quarantine anq
cognate subjects, the promotion OF ap-
propriate action for the improvement
of vital statistics. the extension or the
registration area OF such statistics ana
cooperation with the health activities
OF the various states and cities or the
nation"
Thus would votes for Theodore Rex
be multiplied
Insuito Educated Physician.
This ouack plank of the Progressive
platform not only insults the tnte1l'
t gent voter. but wounds the educated
physician, IN that 1t places the latter
. In the same category with empires oil
high and low degree. rubbers. sun
: curists, magnetic and other healers ano
! all other pretenders who fatten upon
, the credulity Of the helpless sick ano
: their terrified relatives. The Sun mas
r adyerted TO the outrageous violation
, OF propriety and justice which charae
o terizes the medical laws or severa
= states In the Union, the last instance OF
j which we deplored in the medical reg
2 ulations of the canal zone and which
:, the bull moose platform threatens Il
q inflict upon all the states In the Union
( These legislative enactments require
b ell persons who propose TO becom'
a physicians not only to pursue more Of
e less thorough course Of preparation!
C education. but also to be trained IN al
;. branches of medicine and. besides. Il
t be subjected to q rigid examination, D.
o appointees Of the state. All these serv'
+ % protect the public against igncran
e pretenders and would be perfectly fai
o did not the very same enactments ex
q empt the latter from the provisions ap
!. plying TO educated practitioners.
Favors For Cormorsnts.
l. Thus do our sagacious legislator
y stultify themselves in the interest
, the cormorants to whom they gran
IS special privileges, because. forsootf
q they claim to heal" without med
r cines! There Is now no discriminate
D. against schools Of medicine" There
" fore tho special protection demande
y for them by the bull moose platform
y gratuitous and Intended only TO enra
ID votes. The "tealers" belong 70 n
n school. Now comes Theodore Rex an
r dignifies them by special provislo
of and, expressing q most tender reGar
y for their sensibilities, promises
d shield them against discrimination b
P. educated physicians.
re- This platform would raise the quac
and healer above the men who dali
70 eIemplify their personal and profe
IN sional superiority by some unseltis
v devotion TO the public veal. In h
n eagerness TO placats the infuenti'
e. horde Of empires Mr.. Roosevelt wonl
IN have Us oblivious OF the fact that III
ut educated physician is the only rel
,lt altrulst in the community. Instead {
10 arousing the public conscience Ct. II
r. favorte slogan) this self appointed r
&c former deepens the crying shame al
J. thus exemplifies again that under Z
J. circumstances" need be bs bound ;
n his prior professions.
nd President Taft has won the approx
~ OF tho quacks and heaiers by his noe
r. zeal regulations OF the canal zof
ar hence this Machiavellinn policy. /
IN ture generations viii substitute "Ro0s
hs veltian'H for -Machiavellian." Politi
an makes strange bedfellows indeed. l.
or hold Taft and Roosevelt under &
- lmme b,snksts New YORK Sun.