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HYSTERIA, PAST AND PRESENT.
The oil hysterit will live long in the
memory of men as a remarkable illus
tration of mob psychology in its in
credible phases ,and yet it is no more
inscrutable than some other instances
v.so '.Lnuulness. During the recent
world war, for example, the Pro-Or
man hysteria became so violent that
any man v.ho failed to subscribe for
as many Liberty Bonds as his enemies
thought he ought to buy was under
suspicion so strong as to put him un
der the necessity of proving himself
innocent of treason. Merely to point a
finger at a public man and hiss “Pro
German” was all that was needed to
set the pack barking at his heels or
rending him in shreds. Many persons
impoverished themselves buying bonds
at 100 cents on the dollar to sell at 85
wheen necessity pressed them.
Perhaps the earliest instance of con
tagious hysteria in this country was
witnessed in 1692 when the Salem
Witchcraft hysteria seized upon Mas
sachusetts Colonists and befert even
the most conservative and deliberate
men of all semblance of mental stabil
ity. Let any woman commit an act
liable to make her amenable to pun
ishment. and she set up the defense
she had been bewitched by a neigh
bor. The accused were condemned for
refusing to confess their guilt, and if
scared into confessing were hanged
for their confession. Fathers permit
ted their own daughters to be executed
as witches because they feared to gc
against public sentiment. Anyone whe
had the good sense and courage to pre
test against the proceedings was im
mediately considered a witch, anc1
their punishment was certain.
The Massachusetts hysteria was sue
ceeded by other hysterias, each as
foolish and as deadly as its predeces
sor. In late years we have had the
war grant hysteria, the pro-Germar
hysteria, the oil hysteria, and the ta>
dodging hysteria. We shall always
have hysteria because we are a hyster
ical nation.
Fortunately the only evil spirits we
have with us today are those made of
Icornmeal and raisins, with a little
I y oast.
In the midst of the -present chaos
due to dethronement of reason, it is
„cll to remember the words of Kip
i1 i n g:
“If you can keep your head when all
| about you are losing theirs and blam
ing it onto you,
If you can trust yourself when all
men doubt you and make allowance
for their doubting too—”
Fortunately these hysterical streaks
which sweep over the country do not
last long. The nation is too large to
keep the wave of sentiment in view,
and it is soon forgotten in the l'ush of
other matters.
WHY ISN’T IT?
! Chairman Johnson of the House
j Immigration Committee dropped his
guard the other day. He made an ad
mission. He is quoted as saying that
I “a poll of both Houses of Congress
shows the majority favors a more
rigid restriction of immigration than
has ever been written into a bill.”
That being the case, Mr. Johnson,
why do you not write that more rigid
restriction into a bill ?
Congressman reflect the sentiment
of their communities. They are not
leaders of opinion. It is not their bus
iness to be leaders of opinion. They
j may help make opinion, just as edito
rials, lack of jobs, the high cost of
[living, pulpit preachments, make opin
j ion. But the true job of a Congress
| man is to do what the folks back
home want him to do. That is why
he is sent to Congress.
Very well, then. Hostility to immi.
| gration has been growing in this na
tion for foriv years. The first Con
gressional action was taken in 1S66.
The first general immigration bill was
passed in 1882. Tluce Presidents
[Cleveland, Taft and Wilson—have ve
toed laws for the restriction of immi
; gration pas ?od by Congress. Another
. bill was permitted to die on Mr. Wil
son’s desk.
, Today Chairman Johnson says that
1 the sentiment in both houses is in fa
wujiihum.™
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THE PET OF THE HOUSE
George Herman Ruth, otherwise
“Babe,” the King of Swat, photo
graphed at his home at Sudbury, Mas
sachusetts, before he left for Hot
Springs, Ark., preliminary for his
spring practice with the rest of the
Yankee players. Babe is holding the
pet of the house, which really means
the property of Babe’s little girl,
Dorothy. Babe claims he is in won
derful condition and is living up to
his promise of a year ago to bust a
few more balls.
vor of a move rigid restriction. Presi
dent Coolidge has not only spoken for
restriction, but in favor of a registra
tion of the aliens already here.
If Congressional sentiment, which
reflects that of constituencies and the
President of the United States who
has the power to veto bills, favor a
more rigid restriction, why, in the
name of the Prophet, is not immigra
tion more rigidly restricted.
ANCHORAGE PARENT SUES
SON FOR ALLEGED LOAN
Chas. R. Metzdorf of Anchorage;
was plaintiff in a suit against his son
Dewey M. Metzdorf, for the re
payment of $555 aleged to have been
loaned the defendant. The boy admit
ted in court that he had owed his pa
rent the sum specified, but declared
it had been repaid. The jury found in
favor of the boy.
MEN WITH GOLD ARE
STAYING IN THE ARCTIC
McGRATH, Alaska, Mar. 11.—A
dozen men are living within the Arctic
I Circle on the Koyukuk river with for
tunes ranging from $25,000 to $50,
000 in gold each according to Capt.
Webb, an old timer, who after striking
pay came out this winter on his an
nual vacation. He said these men had
married native women and settled
down to enjoy their modest fortunes
far from the vanities of civilization.
They use the parcel post to procure
what luxuries their tastes desire from
the states. They have no desire tc
leave their Polar wilderness.
With no taxes, no embarrassments
by law and a tribe of rusky kids thej
remain monarch of all they survey.
PIONEER’S CACHE FOUND
VENTURA, Mar. 11.—When F. W
Barron, an indigent Canadian ex.sol
dier cut down an old /pepper tree neai
here recently he noticed a knothoh
with a piece of board nailed over it
Pulling the decayed board off hi
j found a piece of old burlap with :
| roll of bills tied up in it. Barroi
found $50, mostly in $1 bills, and al
of the date of 1841 and earlier.
WHAT IS HAPPINESS?
Is there any age limit to happines
in wedded life? It does not seem sc
We have seen a boy marry a womai
old enough to be his grandmother, am
apparently they were happy, or a mai
of 60 wed a flapper of 16 and star
off on the road to Happyville. It i
also true that a man can be seve
} kinds of a fool and still be happy, s
I there apparently is no set standar
for gauging the mental convolution
of the genus homo.
Gus Man they returned on the Nort
western from Latouche, where h
went with a crew of men to prepar
a pile driver for towing to Seward.
OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS
TO BONDING ALASKA TOWNS
R. E. Robertson, who recently left
Juneau as a representative of the city
in securing bonds for a new school
house, and to work for division of the
Territory, wires his constituents that
much opposition has arisen in Con_
gress over the matter of issuing any
municipal bonds issues in the Terri
tory of Alaska, and he is doubtful if!
consent can be obtained in getting per |
mission from Congress to secure mon- j
ey to pave the city streets.
Mr. Robertson also nounces that
he has encountered active opposition
from Delegate Sutherland to division
of the Territory or reapportionment
of the representation in the Territo- ;
rial legislature. It is said that Chair- ;
man Curry of the House Committee
on Territorial affairs is also opposed j
to division but favors reapportion
ment of the representation according
to population.
Mr. Sutherland told Mr. Robertson !
he would assist him in all things save '
the division of the Territory, or re
apportionmer.t, in both of which Mr.
Sutherland sees the fine political hand
of the fish trust. He said he favored
statehood for Alaska but would not
work for it.
Measles are sweeping the cities to
the south of Seward, many citizens of!
Valdez and Juneau being laid up with
this preventable communicable dis
ease. Unless Seward authorities are j
very careful, and we know they try to
be, an epidemic will ensue here. It is |
especially hard on the older folks. \
NOTICE
After this date, March 10, 1924, I
j will not be responsible for any bills or (
debts contracted by my wife, Mrs. R.!
A. Greenfield.
Latouche, Alaska, March 10, 1924.
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