Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

cate, to The STAR representative at Wizards
'.are a peculiar people. and. unlike other ma
tives of the tropics, do not mingle with the
whites, holding aloof, for that matter, from the
other natives.
Originally from Africa, they still mainta ain
their tribal relations and singular customs
Physically they are fine race, being coal black
and very muscular. Their language is harsh
and cultural. its vocabulary consisting of only
about 700 words. They can count up to three
IN their own tongue and above that mum Der
count In French. 1t is almost impossible to
learn their language. They are nomadic and
60 from place to place along the coast. Some
families have half n dozen homes in rs MANY
villages. Some of the young women are COM
paratively good looking and all have most
graceful and erect carriage They carry
water pitchers on their heads very skillfully.
1.-The women do all the work and carry bur-
dens on their backs that would crack the YER
zebra of strong white man. The men are
idlers. The women have no standing in the
family relations and the wife does not eat with
her husband nor do any of the females with the
men. They are as much at home in the water
as on land. and the women paddle the dugout
canoes. The babies learn to swim almost be-
fore thew can walk. As a race they are wonder
o
when the mornings work is over they are very
neat in their scant attire.
They are very filial. however. and when
one goes fishing the first fish caught is for the
grandfather, the next for the father and so on
down the list until the fisherman comes to him
self. They will not sell their fish to the whites
or other natives until their own families are
supplied In brief. they are one of the few
races in the world who have refused to inter-
mingle with other people.
British Honduras is a crown COLONY and of
its 80 900 population there are about 800 whites
mainly English There is an American colony
OF about twenty people at Toledo engaged in
sugar growing and rum making. They are
mainly from Kentucky, and it is a prosperous
colony. The country is healthful for tropical
country. and there has not been a case of vel
low fever in several years. The principal pro-
Duct Is mahogany, and it will be years before
the forests are exhausted. Great quantities of
logwood are also shipped to Europe. We ship
only bananas and plantains to the United
States, shipping last year 72S.0OO punches of
bananas to New Orleans. The great problem
with us is labor, and we import natives from
the West Indies. We need immigration, and
Sir Alfred Maloney. the governor. is a very
progressive man and is doing much to bring
us to the notice Of the world. We have no
railroads beyond a tram way drawn by mules
penetrating the plantations for about six miles.
There Is not telegraph instrument or line in
the province and only short telephone line
between government buildings. We have no
money OF our own, but the silver of sur
rounding republics. which is so DEPRECATED
that 80 In American money is equal to $3.50 of
the money in use."
]. L. Rawlings, who will represent Utah as
Delegate in the Fifty-third Congress, is at the
Riggs. Mr.. Rawlings is a lawyer at Salt Lake
City, and this is the first time he has held of
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Cannon. son of George Q. Cannon, one of the
great leaders of the Mormon Church. He was
beaten by $500 plurality.
My vote, said Mr.. Rawlings, "was 16, 900.
Mr.. Cannon received Il. 500. and C. L. Allen.
the liberal party candidate, received $500,
which gives a fair estimate Of the political
strength of the territory. The liberal party
represents the Gentle element. who are op-
posed to division on party lines believing in
maintaining the old, status of NJ ormons or anti
Mormons, holding that the church is yet too
powerful for a division.
''There are still between $500 and 5000 dis
enfranchsed Mormons in the territory because
their polygamous relations. though the church
has renowned polygamy and it is not prac-
tlced. An example would be in the case of "a.
man who years ago had plurality of wives and
while now living with but family may sup
port another former wife and family in another
town.
The Mormons do not wish to re-establish
polygamy, are generally opposed to it and are
glad 1t has been suppressed. There is no
danger that it would be reestablishedif the ter
rltory was admitted. The liberals, however,
fear that the Mormon Church leaders would
endeavor to control their people in politics. but
my case VIII serve as an instructive example on
this score.
1.-The Mormon leaders made strenuous efforts
to defeat me, appealing to their people by
various means Mr.. Cannon is the son of
George O. Cannon. the councillor to President
Woodruff. and as the latter is eighty-four wears
OF age he is practically the head of the church.
Yet the son was Overwhelmingly defeated. The
progressive Mormons resented this church in
reference and voted against him. In one Nor
mon community during the campaign they
displayed banners with inscriptions like these:
Let the Church Leaders Keep Their Hands Off
and NO Union of Church and State showing
that the Mormons are evincing tendency to
break away from the dictation of their leaders.
So strong was the feeling against the leaders
that they were fearful of their hold on the
people. and at the recent conference they
publicly announced in the tabernacle
before congregation of $1,000 Nor
mons that they regretted their inter-
ference and promised that they would re-
frain In the future from meddling in politics.
Certainly all this has a great bearing upon the
ern people and our people also that the church
will devote itself to ecclesiasic matters. In fact
the leaders were afraid they would lose their
power and there was much discussion. think
that church domination in politics IN Utah is
at an end. and we are all glad of it. 1t would
be detrimental TO a candidate hereafter to have
the support of the church.
The democrats have a good organization in
the territory. and 1t is strong party. The
younger and progressional element of the Nor
mons has allied itself with the democrats while
the older and conservative element has gone
over to the republicans. If the territory is ad-
mltted by Congress in season to vote in the
fall, L think that it will 20 democratic The
appointment of Gov. West and Judge Judd as
district attorney have been well received.
Now that the Mormon question is settled the
territory is going ahead very fast and we are
all looking toward statehood"
"There are verv few advocates Of anne xation
in the Canadian maritime provinces" said H.
W. De Forest merchant of st. Johns, N B.,
at the Arlington. land the number in New
Brunswick is less than 10 per cent.
1--WE would like, however, reciprocity with
the United States. We ship a vast amount of
eggs, poultry and produce TO Boston in spite of
tine duty of cents dozen on eggs but nothing
like the quantities formerly shipped. Our
fish shipments, which are very large to the
Boston and New York markets. have not been
affected. The horse trade between Prince Ed