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" Herbert, C. Hoover
' By 06WALD OARRBOH VIIXAHD In The Nation
Herbert Hoover U qualified to be political president
i of the United State. I say this because thirty-one years of
' Journalistic observation of men In political life has forced
' Die to the conclusion that certain qualities are to found in
'.- almost everyone who reaches our highest American office.
The ability to play politics, to compromise, at times to de
ceive oneself and the general public ; the ability to wear one
?: aspect today and another tomorrow; the ability to be bravely
I hucnaoe and peace-loving one day. and to send American
youths to their deaths in some foreign country the next; the
r : power to talk Incessant platitudes and ardently to defend
the golden rule and the commandments against all comers
and then to keep silent in the presence ot national sin, ana,
above all, to be able to prevaricate when necessary these
are some of the attributes that carry men to final political
success.
. Mr. 'Hoover has these attributes in such marked degree
that he is surely completely qualified for the presidency,
. Like Mr. Hughes, Mr. Hoover sat in the cabinet with
Fall, Denby, and Daugherty throughout the period when
they sold out the oil lands. If he did not know what was
happening in the naval oil reserves, Senator LaFolIette did,
and told the senate bo more than a year before any senatorial
action took place. Newspapermen in Washington knew
about it.- Old Mr. Hoover act? He did not. Did he resign?
He did not, any more than he has protested against the
' wrongdoing of Colonel Forbes, Jess Smith, or the other mem
. bers of the Harding entourage. His friends indignantly de
- clare, as George Soule has pointed out in the New Republic
that Mr. Hoover is not the custodian of public morals, or of
: those of his associates; that he is secretary of commerce,
not president, and that he cannot be resigning every day
when something that he dislikes happens. Yes, but Mr.
Hoover has stood before the public as something more than
a mere politician; multitudes have felt that in Belgium he
expressed great moral indignation; that he then did com-,
bine conscience with administrative power. They looked to
him to express these same things in the political life of
America when he entered it. He even said himself (June
15, 1920) that "there has come to be demand for a better
justice and a higher) standard of political conduct, and it
would be well for the old-line politicians to pay heed to this"."
And then he went into the cabinet of Harding, and al
lied himself not with a hlsher standard of political conduct,
but with the lowest we have known. Even before that (March
: 1011920) he declared: "I still object as much to the reaction.
" ary group as I do to the radical group in the Democratic
party.' . And then he was, content to be a part of the two
most reactionary administrations in our recent history. His
fame and standing were loaned to give a cloak of respectabil
ity to men whose deeds have now found them out. He called
himself once an "independent progressive" Diiteny opposed
to the "manufacture of officials by machine methods," and
a year later took office under the president who had been
manufactured solely by machine politics in an upper room of
the Blackstone hotel, with whose nomination the members
of the Republican party, and the convention itself, had ne
more to do than had the natives or tne Hawaiian islands.
Promotlv he found that the reactionary Harding platform
was "constructive and progressive. Nothing prevents the
compromise planks on labor, the League etc., from Ming
given a forwaitf-eooung interpretation, un tnarcn 4, ivz.
having long been in doubt as to whether he was a Republican
or a Deaaocrat, be chose to be a Republican and entered the
cabinet.
When It cones to the ability to turn a complete seiner-
sault Mr. Hoover obviously leads all candidates.
A matter rf fact ktr. Hoover has become marvelous
aelf fvertteer and publicity expert. His speeches are end
less; his department's press releases come like flakes of
snow in a neavy itccn, and they do not forget to mention
, Mr. Hoover. .. Situation like, the' MisaUaippl flood have
piayea into bis hands precisely as did the Belgian relief, and
justly so, for he deserved .the credit, and being the head and
forefront of the undertaking, he naturally took the spot
light. But even in periods when he was not doing one of
his magnificent pieces of relief organization, Mr. Hoover
won tne nrst page ol the newspapers so often that Mr. Cool
Wge was known to be distinctly nettled. Some men would
have resigned after such a rebuke as the president gave him,
: but when it comes to resigning Secretary Hoover is not in
terested. This is the more curious because with regard to
critical publicity he is the thinnest-skinned man in Wash
ington. Mr. Hoover is, like Woodrow Wilson, apt to be bitter
ana imoierant toward an wno take Issue with him a trait
tnat win oe iniensmed H lie enters the White House..
-
But Herbert Hnnve,- mill tlfttaV m air A win ftsAntnl aai.l
against heavy political entrenchments, nor batter himself
-'"- atone wau, nor even stand up to a good public give
and take. He likes best to be at his desk pulling the strings,
a person of Immense resources directing gigantic enterprises
and getting all the credit for them ; wielding enormous power
5rrn,or.?f,tbe Bnk of England, who has been able
to affect the destinies of a people on the other side of the
globe by a single word.
Super - decisiveness, super - industriousness, super-bust
"f.Xup?wJe1tJjeM are tne qualities generally and rightly
attributed to Mr. Hoover. To my mind they'combine, with
others, to make him a glorified engineer and a superb super
salesman to the American people. Those who wish a man of
this type in. the White House will need no urging to vote for
Mr. Hoover. He wffl fulfill their highest expectations.
There will be no drones In the White House or in the depart-
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THE CAPITAL JOUKNAL HALKM. OREGON
.-" THURSDAY,' JUNE 21, 1928
TRAC2Rr
m$ AirmiD auhstcs bokii rbbldbtda ucwu
CHAPTEX XZXVt '
V '' AN AMERICAN SAINT
"Of all aw Bwmorlaa ot the riven
tne wnltt Ladr ahlnee Uw clearest
White, abe was. Ma'am, Mailt
thrMub to her heart and with no
more tear than Stanley on a can
nlbal river. Aye, It vai my aad
pleaeure before I left the ooast to
take her body from the FalU to Oa-'
ion.
"When I heard aha wai dead
aid, Another victim of that old
Iaorga the church.' I had to take
her quietly to her last retting place.
Not wtahlnf to offend the natives.
They naturally would eonatder nich
a line woman above oar as mutt.
They'd not long have been able to
aaep tneu hands off her. But her
power after death could not have
excelled the tnnuenoe of the living
woman. n- y
THE PRESBYTERIAN FLOWER
'An. Churchea. . . . Man. aa w
know, at the flower of an creation.
nut nei only a flower when
i to oa animal. That's what
mat lady was. , ra Oatbotte.
rm not tn Catholic as to think weYe
tne only onea can raise a taint, rm
not sTudgmf her to the Preaby
terians. Tney'va lot . feUara llaa
amclalr to contend with, waste not
aoras 'era much credit.
"This Christianity. Whan you've
alf ted It 'n' analyaed It, Ma'am, what
is mere ant in the alftlna of all the
churches together, but a little bit
told dust. And that humanltv.
the essence of life. I've found more
ot that essence on the ooast then
than ever I noticed :n London. Sun
day or week-days. It doesn't take
tne metropolis of the known world
to make a Christian. Twaa on tnv.
rivers I found that fine lady.
"i-wo voyages sne nad with me.
All eyes, she was. that tint time.
But the second it seemed that an
eyes were looking at what I carried.
Boggarts and voodoos. . . : Every
mile, of that river is haunted. The
most sacred river In Africa.
kingfishers. Ma'am, with their
bright toppings. And some of 'em
Jewels no bigger than, a bee. But
they must hare their fish Ilka the
Biggest ana finest.
'And hadn't mv Renchom heard
of goM? I know .humanity. Ma'am.
Boouana xara I was, aad knowing
London for what It was. I found as
good as tne neat tn Africa.
now. beautiful is that sum.
Row beautiful a mission atatim
would ne on that hllL Mr. Bom.'
Aye, abe want where du Chlllu dare
not go. . oreet big idols and painted
.... uiving tne aids sweets,
is, and smiling. . . Puttra
rellgkm aside she was a good
"The surf was bad. but we cot her
.S'.fe onto a vassal. One mere spot of
.nl MM , ah. .ha'
"No, Ma'am, there's nothing sne.
dal the ' matter with me. Only,
every year I get more tired.
count the steps now. you may say.
If they were leading me back over
some of my old tracks rd be con
tent to count them.
"Just a little home backing, same
as itnoaes naa. ana ae urazza, and
I'd 'a battled through to those head
waters, uoc in before the French.
Open up the Lake Chad road for
trading purposes. Ivory and skins
ana copper.
I was ton dog of tne river then.
Me, with my two big revolvers fac
ing them two-handed. I could have
gone on and battled through.
"mat's line adventurous country
i nere manomet meets tne cannibals.
Aye. Rivers without names and
countries without maps.
roiOANM Or LAKE CHAD"
"When the French became a wh
ite nutsanoa on the west ooast a lot
of us old-timers there went up to
mama to get away mm tnem. a
good many Mahommedan brigands
in oetween. am onea I found my
little outfit ot armed natives being-
waeenea ay tnese ieuers. They were
Interested tn watching the French
troops trying to pot ut off across a
deep ravine. Aye, for anyone with a
ou ot muginatkm, plus rules, in a
grand nit of country.
Tie somewhere un then that
George T 's son disappeared.
Nina's brother. After Josef Kariela
was kUM the ptrate that adopted
bun when the fattier died a good
feller to him, too he's supposed to
have left the aea and gone into
asanomrnwisn country with the Drl
a lad iitt-Qeorze T ?
son when turned back by providence
oaca: to tne up oi nature would na.
turauy turn to arms, lis a gentle.
man's nrofeation. Aye. It depends
on no man s tavors.
The Brigands of Lake Chad.
Twould be a grand title. They used
to catch the women going to Fes
to the harems. The Brigands of
Lake Chad.' ... I sun could have
woven some good books If rd al
ways had the leisure I have now.
"Caravans and Camels' would be
snappy. But when youTe young you
want to be always turning the next
cover. Books dont grow when you're
louowmg tne trau.
'Aye, and behind the Cameroont
there's things living wo know noth
ing about oould V mad books
about many things. The Jago-Nini
they say Is still in the swamps and
riven. Oiant diver It meant. Comes
out of the water and devours people.!
Old menu tell you what their
grandfathers aaw, but they stm be
here ITS there, mam aa the Amall
its aiwaya taaen it to be. rva
the Amaht footprint. About the
m good frying pan in clr
oamfennot aad three claws Instead
e' five. Then are acme very bat
lakes behind the Oaauroons. Used
t. k. f,.n , iM .. Tn tm I
aunga, iney can it. . But the Jago
Nlnl's wiped 'am almost out, the old
natives say. Pigmy elephants then
uw, ana croeoaues tnat never kill
humans. The natives up theia cA
ot some Big Water. And what I say
is they must have come from the
Nile.-
"What but some great crejture
like the Amall could account for the
broken ivories we used to come
across in the so-called elephant
cemeteries? Fine old Kreen ivory
that's valuable for inlaying- wood.
Snapped right across in the thick
est part and left in splinters. Aye.
There's places In Africa when you
get visions of primeval force. And
not so distant, either, as when you
picture the prehlstorics in Europe
BREATH OF THE PAST
" was prospecting one time In
lortda at the river mouths far
mastodon bones. Nothing handier
for phosphates. But lis a thing of
the dead past there. In Africa the
past has hardly stopped breathing.
You. get fancies then it rouTe any
mm ws a man mats not nomo atul
tua. . . . What with the talk of the
natives and the sounds vou hear at
I ght And every swamn and moun.
cam cave caning you to come a bit
lurtner. .
7 men an tunes wnen only a
ver seems sale. Ke mmim in a
river. Never still and never allimt.
Human as a man, and that's why we
nun on. jiyo, ine savage u sing
on a river when he'd be trembling
on -land with the fear of aomethlng
m. natures idea zor a
Hil ties Mieai -
The Sins of Innocence
By VtAIBI POMKROt
--teeeeevi
CHAPTER U
LtaneJa
... THE BU8HMKN
That Amall. I told you I've seen
a drawing of him in those Bushman
eaves. I chiselled one out whole.
once and gave it to President Orant
i or a souvenir, tie naturally took a
great curiosity In the west ooast.
seeing that 'he Civil war he'd been
so busy over ted ruined an old trade
wen.
'Aye. the little fellers that rim
those creatures, and manacled slaves
ana so on I tola you about, were
not ordinary savages. Thev sure
were paieouuiw men irom tne north.
iney wen remembering things, on
mow wain. Processions and so on.
bought a nice ivory from them
once, carved with leopards and ele
phants. Nice little fellers, round
aoout lour leet and a little over
I hy as buck, until they'd had a good
look -at you. A living example of
the survival of the fittest. Most
gifted conjurors In the world. Use
flint for weapons. . Most harmless
race, but they've had to flee from
the French rule same as others.
They've gone Into the Cameroons
for safety. Rven the Arabs dont
stone of the Brandon residence.
three at a tune, ana ne rung tne
doorbell with total disregard for that
Instruments future uselulnass,
The bald head of Mrs. Blderx
husband appeared at the door and
he peered meekly at the tall young
l.
wish to see Mist Llda Brandon,
said Lyal sternly. "Tell her Mr. Lyal
Is calling."
The hour was shortly after 8 and
callers wen rare at this hous of the
night. Callers wen ran at any time
In this strange household.
Rider ushered the young man into
the hall and on into the seldom used
parlor, dark and somber with heavy
red draperies and massive lurnttun.
Lyal paced back and forth, his
hands deep In hi trousers pocket; a
frown wrinkling tus forehead.
"My child, what brings you here
at this ungodly hour?" Llda stood
in the doorway, her hands outspread,
her plpquant face raised In mod
wonder...
"I want to talk to you,'" he an
swered shortly, ignoring her mock
ing eyas. "Oct your hat and coat and
come out with me." "
"O-o- oh, masterful and every
thing!" abe said In awed tones. "AU
right, I'd just as soon. Like a little
fresn an anyway.'
They took a taxttab and beaded
for Central park and neither of.
them had spoken more than three
or four words. They agreed it was a
peach of" a night and 5th Ave. was
know the back ot the Cameroons.
to the Lovaxiuirr
"Well, Ma'am I'll have to finish
up what happened to Nina and my
friend. Peru. Did I tell you that
she tossed a coin for a husband?
It's sun a bit of nfreehment to
tell about Africa. I could 'a' told
;hat happened to Nina In two chap
ters, out it wouldn't oe literature.
Coordinate your material, George
Bussey says, tin there's neither
waste nor paucity ot Interest.
Come from Lima that feller. The
only feller I couldnt lick at school
Twas silver mines made him rich.
I could lick Johnny Greeley, though.
Aye we must have our love in
terest in. Supposing something hap
pened -to me and I hadnt finished
it? Twould sun be a disappoint
ment to those who look forward to
the lovellght. If rd been tn love
with her myself twould a' come
easier. But then was always a lit
tle Annie K at the back of
my mind. Peru havjng Ince blood
he'd naturally understand a girl
like Nina. Lancaahelr held me when
love was concerned."- -
(Te Be Centime) -
nice -when there watnt a lot of
traffic.
VerwWMtwmritirnsTrwhnit
uaa snaaeniy enangea ner mind.
"Hate riding in park," aha said.
"Let's go on the loose, I feel two
natures struggling within me, both
of them devilish." - -
He winced.
"Where d'you want to go?"
"Places," responded Llda. "Wild
places when people an disgusting
and Jazz Is unrefined. Any old thing,
Just so it's exciting,"
He protested but she rounded on
him with a contemptuous; "All right,
then, go borne and cry. Take me
home first, though."
He grated his teeth and clenched
his hands tn a fool's agony, genuine-
ly angry. John Lyal had a temper
and a mind of his own, but Llda was
not at all Impressed. She glanced
down at the clenched fist and fell
back In pretended horror.
"Ah ha I So you would strike me,
you brute?"
He tried to squelch bar by acidity.
"You're not the least bit funny."
She plucked down his 'bared head
and kissed htm reverently on the
"You've vindiealed rouraeU con
siderably by bringing me ben. A
daaaung night alub would save left
me quite calm aad undL curbed. Tills
lslln."8aaeowled.
"Oh, I know lota of worse place
than this If it's too tame ben."
Into, the speak easy, at Intervals.
drifted various rnt rose Individuals.
Shabby. down-at-.ieel . newspaper
men, acton ana writers oi various
classes and degrees of prosperity.
Men in dinner clothes, too, and girls
no older than Llda, but whose eyes
told an onlooker that they knew far
more of life than Llda even guessed
at.
"There, then. It's all right.
Mamma made it all better."
He wilted.
Then she laughed shrilly, '
"Oh. lord. 01 bet I got route on
your masstn brow. Here!" she wiped
his forehead vigorously with her
scrap of handkerchief. "You don't
even behave intelligently," he said
sourly.
"I know it." she agreed. "Come on.
lets go to night school"
-Ail right, by Jupiter." he sa d
determinedly, 'Til take yon to a
place that'll take some of the kick
out of you."
He gave the driver a number and
soon the taxi drew up before the
rear end of a dark theater, a few
doors away from a shabby residence
apparently empty;
Lyal said: "Hello BUI, to a. look
out patrol, and mounted the time
gnawed brownstone steps and nng a
btlL A wicket opened in the door
and one eye scrutinized them. In
stantly they were welcomed into the
vestibule of what had once beat a
fashionable home. The salon w
now a seedy dining room when
few solemn couples wen mumbling
together at various tables. The tat
proprietor shook hands with Lyal
and bowed obesely to Llda. Lida
took Scotch and Lyal took the same
to keep her company. Once, when
Lyal was not looking. Lida poured
some of her drink Into a capacious
brass cuspidor that stood conven
iently near.
'rm changing my opinion of you,
John, dear," she said when they
were seated at - the rough table.
Well, look who's here!" Llda half
stood up to greet a newcomer. Rich
Whelan, alone, and somewhat the
worse from liquor, smiled cheerily
across tho room at them. He lumber
ed to their table and sank down,
resting his face in the palms of his
hands.
"Most putrid show in history,"
he moaned. "Backed It, too. Stayed
through two acts and had t'get
drunk to stand that much."
Llda was all sympathy.
"So, you've been playing angeL
hey? Poor old chap darn shame!''
She patted him on the back and .
saw the anger in John Lyal's ayes.
-reu you wna veu no,-- sne saia
briskly. "We'll celebrate. Is your car
downstaln, Rlchr" '
Whelan nodded.
"Yes. but alnt got any chauf
feur. Fired him Jut' now for gettin'
drunk."
"That's all right," said Llda hasti.
ly. "I can drive. Come onl"
one lea tnem out oi tne place, ana
Lyal groaned Inwardly,
It was a limousine ot . English
make and the driver's teat was as
openly and obviously a place for a
liveried chauffeur aa anything could
be.
Get in," ordered Llda. Ill drive
this bus."
They both protested.
"You cant do that, Llda," begged
Lyal. "Youll be disgraced."
"Tain't safe," mumbled Whelan.
Llda was already at the wheel.
"All right,' she cried. "You lubbers
can go hang. I'm going for a ride
and that's all there Is to It" And
her foot on the selfstarter, her hands
firmly on the wheel, she meshed the
gears with reassuring skill and waa
off.
The two men stood then stupe
fled.
"Good heavens!" cried Whelan
thickly. "Jus happened to remem
berthe chauffeur I tired is Inside
the car sleeping."
John Lyal was worried almost to
madness and he could have throttled
the florid faced, sagglng-llpped man
beside him.
"You idiot," he yelled. "What did
you let her do it tor? Why dldnt
you stop her?" With a sob that ton
his throat like vitriol, he flung him
self into a taxlcab and started after
the fleeing limousine.
DUMB DORA
By Chick Young.
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