The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-10-23
JOS-A-KEED DAVIS.

HOW HE BEATS HIS DRUM AND
SHAKES HIS RATTLE.
Editor Representative:
Among the Indians there is character
called Jos-a-keed, who juggles devils or
Me-me-dos out Of a sick Indian when
the Medi as grand Medicine man has
given them up, after a persistent use of
drum and rattle. The Medicine mans
practice is bad enough, for he gets down
on all tours after having Invested him
self of all superfiuous clothing, which is
generally all Of it, and sucks the spirits
through series Of four tubes made of a
wild goose's thigh and which are a half
inch in diameter and four and a half
long. He sticks one into the asophagus
and then by a series of gentle pats, sends
it down at a single gulp. He continues
to swallow these one after another, until
the last one sticks out of his mouth.
This mouth piece he applies to the exact
spot where he has previously located the
baneful Man-e-das, then sucks them out
of the patient, when he rises, and vomits
up the bone tubes and the spirits with
them.
Sometimes these spirits refuse to come
forth, and then the JOs-a-keed is called
on to juggle the spirits out of the patient.
Any and every sort Of trick he can play
off on these spirits, is not only honora bic
but praiseworthy A spirit that doesn't
eat and drink is inconceivable to an In
dian, hence all have an appetite when
the right sort Of food is presented
Therefore, he concocts dish that would
see that of the witches of Mac Beth and
60 it several better. This dish is set be-
fore the patient after an almost famish-
ing fast, and the spirits leave for the
time, their incarnation to eat out Of the
dish. When they get nicely feasting, he
closes the vessel on them, and disposes
of them to suit circumstances II they
are water spirits, they are burned. #
they are wind spirits they must be
drowned. If wood nymphs they are
banished to the prairie, or if prairie spr-
its must roam the trackleSS Willis, of
forest. The aim and intent of the JOS
a-keed to make the future existence of
those spirits as uncomfortable as posi-
bic. Now Jos -a-keed Davis ex-governor
Of Minnesota, now United States senator
and possibly a future candidate for pres
ident is just now in United States court
juggling the law for Jim Hills benefit
Jim isn't sick, nor are the people man.
e-dos: but the Jos-a-keed is not limited to
merely trucking spirits. He can fool
people as we'll, and wnen we get such
prize for judge as Sanborn, it is an easy
matter If Davis was only an attorney,
it would be different but he uses in ad-
dition to. his ability the might and IN
f1dence of his great Office to aid his jug
oil ho 10 liyoct no hot
is his contention?
That the law of 1856 passed by set of
Adventures, very large part of whom
came here for the very purpose of getting
elected to the legislature for the Forty
Thieves" of these days, and then go back
to their old homes in other states, can
bind for all time, irrevocably our pres
ent population forty times as great The
territory had barely fifty thousand peo-
pie In 1855, when the legislature of 1856
was elected. while the state has now
1,574.000 Is not this even more pre-
posterous and absurd than the doctrine of
the Rule of Kings by Divine Right"
Ye Gods! On what meat does this our
Jim Hill feed, that he doth bestride the
continent like a COLOSSUS? And Jos-a-
keed Davis with his drum and rattle.
and spells and waving palms and jug
Cling in general yelps out in answer.
Vested rights"
vested rights" as Davis uses the
term has less to stand on than divine
|sfights.a'o nOften a throne has been es-
tablished by the most apparent provi-
Dental success. While a government of
the people, by the people. and for the
people legislates and rules for the well
fare of themselves, and not to enslave
their posterity. No honest man who
wants to see right and equity in the land
would stoop to argue Or defend the pre-
posterous idea in this late day of vested
right, for one that is worth preserving
is class legislation, and one form of steal
ing, providing it forces one man to pay
tribute to another for private gain.
In 1874, the legislature passed a law
to stop consolidation On parallel lines
and as Davis was then governor. it is
presumed hs signed the bill. He must
have thought the state had the power
then, as he in his inaugural message
excoriated the railroads for their extor
lions, and reckless entertainments upon
the peoples vested rights
Now, right here, is where Jos-a-keed
Davis gets in his work. The Northern