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An Old Story
In the current isaue of "Plain Talk," Senator Nye, Re
publican, North Dakota, sees a wedge formed by a coalition
of the west and south entering into a long politically domi
nant industrial northeast. :
Declaring it is time the American people realized that
campaign contributions are "given for value received," Nye
warns that unless the east ceases to regard the south and
west as "colonies", these sections either would separate or
take over the country themselves. The former course, he
says is unspeakable and unfeasible, but he points out that
the west and south have the numerical strength in congress
to control the government.
While the "solid south" has been an obstacles in effect
ing such a coalition Nye says the west-south combination
now was beginning to show its head in legislative contests.
He continues: :
"If this favored group of states in the northeast persists, through
the use of exorbitant campalun fund contributions to dominate the
alfalrs of the nation, there is just one recourse open to the rest of the
country. That is to take from this section the economic advantages
which enable it to buy and hire parties and buy elections."
There is nothing particularly new abqut this proposal.
It was made back in the 70's by the Greenbackers, in the 80's
by the Farmers' Alliance and in the90's by the Populists
and Free Silverites. Bryan based his three campaigns upon
it, and lost. He painted the northeast as the "enemy's coun
try." In the present congress the farm bloc in its clamor
for farm subsidy in the guise of a McNary-IIaugen bill, has
revived the old delusion.
The appeal to class and sectional prejudices like that to
race and religious prejudice is doomed in the long run to fail
ure for there is enough intelligence and patriotism in both
parties to unite in opposition to political heresy and defeat
it. AH of it is the fruit of permitting the government to be
perverted for privilege.
The south and west are no longer purely agricultural.
They are becoming as industrial as the northeast and what
affects tho industry of one section affects the industry of
tho others. The south has become as great a textile center
as New England, the middle west a greater manufacturing
region than the Atlantic states, and even the Pacific coast
is dependent upon its rapidly expanding industries for pro
perty. Their interests are more or less in common.
No national election, except that of 1916, has been won
without New York and adjacent states, and this exception,
due to the war, only proved the rule. New York remains, as
it has always been, the keystone in the political arch. With
out it, success by either party is a fluke.
Unprofitable
The libelous attack upon Judge John L. Rand had the
mmtrarv effect from that intended, for while the chief jus
tice of a supreme court, from the exalted nature of his of lice
cannot participate in a political campaign, the shametul as
sault aroused his friends all over the state and insured his
nomination bv a large plurality.
The election totals showed that Judge Rand, outside
of Multnomah county, which is Judge Rossman's home, re
ceived approximately 53,000 votes as against the latter's
' 48,000, carrying a majority of the counties, and it was only
the 17,000 plurality given by Multnomah that put Judge
Rossman in the lead on the ticket.
Irresponsible character assassination and mud-slinging
has been resorted to many times in political campaigns, but
while it may influence certain types of mind, always ready
to believe evil, it is rarely successful. Usually it has a boom
erang effect and is generally regarded as poor politics.
If a candidate cannot be put over on his own merits he
seldom can be by slandering his opponents, for unfair tactics
merely arouse the latent instinct of fair play that exists in
the electorate.
TRADER fcv
By ALFRED ALOYSIUS 1 10 UN and ETIIELDREDA LEWIS
CHAPTER IX.
THE MYSTERY OF THE WHITE
OODDESS.
Tills portion of tho river near the
native Josh House belonscd to the
Hlack Gummas or Nkomls. The
King or these people who were
numerous wns Kcmb IiiJoru. the
elenhnnt of the Cammas, his
younner brolher was Isotii, which
means the huck. isogi was n Bien
clev and sickly man, always com
plaining of his sufferings, whilst
Jlemb injoRU was stout. Always in
good humor and always half In
toxicated, A regular King Lear.
His wives and children wero many.
Ho was always laughing and pas
King jokes, and had no cares or wor
ries, and was greatly loved by his
people.
He was a perfect opposite to his
wailing brother, Isogl, who was nl
ways attended by witch-doctors
whose Incantations could be heard
by night and day, Calling on the
- various deities to ward off the evil
spirits that bewitched the chief.
NINA.
The next day I was busy making
firewood contracts giving orders
lor largo canoes and buying Inrin
co, dried fish, to. I was greatly
assisted by my boy who was very
intelligent, honest and really loved
mo as I did him. I had taught him
- to-frpcttk and rwt KngHsti- As h
was the son of a cammas cinei,
who lived near the Ben, he was the
owner by birth ot a salt claim
which we found was being 'worked
by his brother, a stave trader.
It had always been my custom to
nay a prayer before going to bed In
t'"r evening, he would kneel down1
also, he always slept near me. If
we were In a dangerous locality he
would sleep near me, he woujd rise
on the slightest call, wake my cook
and attend to me hand and fcot.
We naturally discussed Izaga.
was she a white woman, she was he
answered, because he knew her
father who always went U Princess'
Island to meet the mall steamer
which called about three times a
year. He had come to Cape Lopez
when my attendant, who was
named Henchoro, was a boy. His
wife who came with him on a small
steamer was whiter he said, but not
so white as the daughter whose
name was Nina.
THE T - - - - - FAMILY.
The trader was an Englishman
and had died suddenly, leaving his
store atid everything to his wife.
He had lert three boys and one girl,
Nina, who was the youngest. The
oldest boy had -iled away on a
schooner and was nearly gro.n to
manhood and along with him went
Yousouf Carrinla, a Mohammedan :
slaver and dangerous pirate. This i
was after his stronghold hod been
shelled and burned by a British
gunboat. A slave-catcher was used
to patrol the coast.
The dead English trader's name
was T- - - The two other boys
died leaving only Nina and her
mother, Mrs, T . Shortly af-
w Mi (WU of hep mtbaim
had married ft famous witch-doctor.
This witch-doctor took little Nina
and her mother away? Was It Ni
na who was the big Izaga that nev
er died? He said he was not cer
tain but he had heard his father
say It was little Nina.
T.,., 3 slaves, ten in number,
came from Old Calabar and were
liberated on the death of Mr. T
They had since the death of then
owner lived on his plndl or plan
tation and as they all had wives
and children formed quite a little
colony and made quite a good living
gathering mangrove bark for tan
ning leather in the small rivers
They wre not allowed to make salt
as the real owners of the country
reserved the right for those who
wai'O Frwborn only
Where was Hon. T.... buried?
As all the white men who died on
this part of the coast were buried
on an Island situated at the main
entrance of the Ogowe river, I told
him we would visit this spot as soon
as we had finished our business at
Angola as I wanted to learn the
truth about Nina and her mother.
He said the best people to give me
an tne intormatlon were the liber
ated slaves on the plantation. I
xouna an he said to be correct.
WITHIN THE TEMPLE
Everything was quiet in the sacred
village. My boys who had been in
itiated the previous day all wore a
Sunday Smile. I had finished two
sections of my map and was highly
pleased when the Old Chief called
on me. He told me that after many
calls the spirits were pleased at my
request to join them, he also in
structed me to follow all his edicts.
This of course I promised to do.
as we entered the temple which
was then clouded with smoke from
the Yos or bush lights. (Igo. from
which the lights are produced Is the
bark or a vine loaded with gum,
commonly called Incense and has
been used from time Immemorial In
religious services, the smell produced
was delightful).
There wero three nests of sacred
Bees hung up one hundred yards
or so from the temple and also
under the roof and should you be
stung by one or these on entry it
was an omen which would prohibit
you from further egress. After pass
ing these, wild invocations, both
weird and fantastic were very aud
ible to me and X must say had a
weird and fantastic effect on my
TRADER HORN. . MON. May 21..
mind.
. RUBY AND CRYSTAL
On entering the temple which had
an ornamentation of human skulls,
and likewise two small pyramids of
the same placed on each side of the
doorway, I was confronted by a tow
of masked objects hideous to behold.
was then seated bareheaded on a
a nail seat composed of leopard skins.
There were two objects the Chief
called my attention to, one was a
square piece of crystal, the other was
peg-top shaped and pointed at one
end. He told me to place my hand
on these objects, and that one repre
sented fire (the red one) and the
other water. This I did but could
not help grasping the smaller one
which was very heavy, I came to the
conclusion it was a ruby ot great
value.
After this there was great voci
feration from the building, sup
posed to come from the spirits be
hind. The sounds were somewhat ir
regular and then again there was a
conglomeration of spirits of delight.
Now everything in the temple began
to spurkle and placing his hand on
my head, which I bowed low, he
announced In a loud voice. the en
trance of Izaga. He then said (Dana
te eo) Rest in peace or Don't be dis
turbed.. " '
I noticed on raising my head a
little commotion from those in
goggle-eyed masks who were at the
right and left of where I saw the
Izaga (or native God). The Chief
then ordered me to stand up and
approach the center mask and
whilst I was doing so the. mask dis
appeared from Izaga, likewise the
raffia hangings.
There stooc! the God that never
Dies, the most beautiful white
woman I had ever seen. Her eyes
were targe and had a kind and af
fectionate look. Although I thought
there was pity in them they had a
magnetic effect on me. Of course X
was young, she looked like Sweet
Sixteen, half naked there she stood
statuesque, dressed . where there
was any dress, in somewhat Egyp
tian style.
On -her head she had ft dieting
of white hairpins made of hippo
ivory inlaid with ebony. Her hair
was-auburn, and was plaited in cir
cles and pressed on to the temples.
Two ringlets ornamented with gold
and green tassels fell down on each
side of her sheuldors, whilst high up
on her forehead the hair formed a
diamond' shaped coronet. A short
leopard skin kilt ornamented with
snakeskin and dainty fur sandals
with black straps rormed the rest of
the dress of this Izaga, I was kept
waiting for some time, her large In
telllgnt eyes fixed on me.
"YASI IZAGA
Now a conglomeration of pleaslna
sounds filled the building and this
was mingled with low music from
the ingombis or native harps which
are small, are made like the Egyp
tian harp but have only seven
strings. A sudden cessation of the
music and muttering was followed
by a voice which seemed to come
from afar. The spirits were pleased
and had made their decision.
Distinct command now came from
Izaga who said Rangasi. The Old
Chief led and I repeated after him
the words Yasl Izaga, at the same
time striking my left forearm with
my right hand. Although the sound
came from Izaga the mouth never
moved, the eyes were fixed on me as
before and never moved during the
whole performance.
(To Be Continued)
Book Notes
Emma-Lindsay Squier, author of
"The Bride of the Sacred Well," Az
tec and Mayan mythology, has sailed
for Guatemala to find the "white
horse" of Cortex.
The legend Is that the conqueror
left his sicl horse in care of the Az
tecs who. ignorant of horses, offered
It venison, sweets and other dainties,
with the result that the horse
starved to death. Pending Cortcz's
return they car.ved a likeness of the
horse in white marble and invented
a story that the horse, dying for
grief over separation from its mas
ter, was turned to stone by a pity
ing God. The statue is said by
Indians to lie at the bottom of a
shallow lake in the Guatemalan
wilderness.
Although there are no means of
communication, not even roads or
maps, Miss Squier, speaking various
Indian languages, will travel alone
and unarmed, with native guides.
into a region unknown to white men.
incidentally, sh is tracking down
several legends known to be current
among the Indians of the interior.
While searching In the police
archives of Vienna for information
regarding the earlier operations of
the main actors in "The Rise of the
House of Rothchild," Count Egon
Caesar Corti came across the f ol
loving naive secret police agent re
port, dated February 35, 1809:
"The Elector of Hesse has forty-
one natural sons, all of whom he
has decently provided for, but as the
fall oT the elector has disappointed
their hopes of a brilliant career, they
are endeavoring to reinstate their
father. As the defeat of Prussia"
(by Napoleon) "has deprived them!
of all chance of achieving their ob
ject by force, they have had re
course to a secret association wliicii
is intended to extend Us activity
throughout the whole of Gorir.MH
under tht protection of the Em H h
Masonic lodge at Hanover. nils
league will take a suitable orpji
tunlty to reveal itself in a public
consphacy in order to attain its
final object,"
The Elector was the same William
who sold Hessian Mercenaries to
England, Regarding the 'number ot
sons, mentioned in the report, Count
Corti finds that Vehsc, in his
Oeschich1 dor "deutschen Hose de
clares that there were 75 illegitimate
children in existence. Others put
the number even higher.
GAMS' NET
PLEASANT POINT
School closed here Friday with in
entertainment and treat by Princi
pal Todd.
Mrs. Leland Keithley of Mill City,
was a guest Inst week at the nome
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Mills. She was accompanied by Mrs.
D. Abels of Lyons.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Rossenbaum
are planning to sell :heir home and
move to Tennessee jq live.
Mr. and Mrs. Fayett Mitchell are
the parents of a boy, bo.n Friday.
He has been named William Caivln
Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mills and Mrs.
Susan Glradin were recent visitors
in Mill City with their daughters,
Mrs. Pancoast and Mrs. Keithley.
ONE OF THE FAMILY
Havana Houses arc so close to
gether here that no room is left for
garages. So many motorists keep
their cars in the front rooms of
their houses.
THRILLS
The twelve cuii.au .'n uiut.t'
Arthur Edeson, who phcograijinu
First Nationals "The Patent Leath
Kid" starring Richard Barthel
mess, and which tomes to the Elis
nors next Tuesde.1. following Its
seiiSatlonal Portland hit, got some
real thrills while making the battle
scenes.
Lying in a ptt, grinding a camera
while heavy tanks rolled directly
over them, was only one of the
stunts the ca mermen did in the
battle scenes.
Others shot the battles from the
tops of pine treej, sixty feet high.
They climbed to their perch by
means of frail ladders and swayed
In the breeze while grinding.
All the cameramen wore tin hel
n.ets while the battle action pro
gressed, as the mine explosions
threw rocks great distances.
But even helmets are no protec
tion from bayonets if you are
grinding in a trench while retreat
ing Germans pile Into it.
Some of the biggest thrills of the
"war" were received by the camera
men.
The picture was im.de at Camp
Lewis, near Tacoma, Wash.
THE RIDING GENERATION
Paris When a merry-go-round
accident Rent police hurrying to res
cue children, they found that or 30
victims only one was a child. The
rest of the riders were from 25 to 63
years old.
Omaha Judge J. E. Rait got a
letter addressed not with a name.
but with a photo of himself pasted
over the words: Omaha, Neb.
BRITISH AUTO TOLL
London Automobiles killed 4,719
persons in Great Britain in 1027
Ian increase of 373 over 1926.
DUMB DORA
By Chick Young.
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PRESENT OF "WIS BOOKON
LOVE TELLS MOW SALOME.
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By Billy l)e Beck.
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