Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1913-09-05

in art, literature and science. They
think those things, but we continental
lists know differently.
1T is true no Italian singers can be
imported to please the ears of the
wealthy; 1t is true that we cannot add
ancient pictures to our collections of
masterpieces; it is true that the
yachts OF our rich cannot make a tour
of the Mediterranean; but compare
our losses with our gains!
"Since the isolation we have Great
ed our American art! Does not that
alone pay for our Isolation?
"Our singers sing the airs Of our
country; our artists paint pure, be-
loved objects and scenes known to all
Of US.
Look at our magnificent, lofty ar
chitecture. our terraces and roof gar
dens at our reversible street covers.
at the swinging gardens, tube and
aerial roads. These are our own
these are not Influenced by foreign
education. We created them our
selves"
She stopped for moment, stretched
out her shapely arm and continued:
Before the isolation Of our cont.
nent, we were mixture Of all the na-
tions Of the world; today we are a ma
tion complete in ourselves. There are
no English, Irish, Dutch, German. Ital.
ians CT Spaniards left. These nation.
alities have merged and produced the
citizen Of America"
Her voice sank lower and yibrated
with emotion.
"A new item has sparkled through
the country, q bit of news even more
heart-breaking than the news of the
departure of the greatest man our
country has produced. l mean the
news that our stronghold is near its
breakdown, that European scientists
have discovered the way to invade our
isolation. pray that the news is un.
true. but should It be true, then we
will have to prepare for defense.
"Compatriots, true citizensl Who
can fill the executive chair more salts
factorily than the one who, throughout
her whole life, has been prepared fol
It? / call to you and ask you to give
your best judgment for the cause and
with one heart and one thought nomi
nate for the continentalist candidate
the daughter of Prudent, Astra Pru
dent"
Here she was interrupted by heavy
voice laundering:
mo female rule for me-"
That was all he could say, as hii
voice fiattened out behind q healthy
slap delivered resoundingly on the dis
turber's mouth. The hand and arm
that administered this rebuke belonged
to Napoleon Edison. With q stronl
jerk he turned the surprised mar
toward the door and he was carried
on and on as II he were a wreck be
ing tossed by stormy waves. Whel
order was restored, the speaker con
tinued:
with all my heart trust Miss Pru
dent will be the nominee of the cor
tinentalists. Those who agree witt
me, kindly stand up!"
As one body the audience rose an,
$4,000 voices thundered "Hurrah! TO
the continental nominee!"
Then the oratrix sat down.
Astra, in her own room in the crys
tai palace, saw and heard through tn,
electro-stylograph the whole proceed
ings Of the New York continenta
party in the Hippodrome. She ha,
raised her hand to disconnect her ma
chine when a man from the audience
asked for the right to speak.
| According to the rules of the party
all who desired had the right to maxi
an address. so this request was readil,
granted. Since no one asked for .thi
mans name, 1t was not disclosed. HI
walked calmly forward. closely fol
lowed by a short, fat man VIII,
stopped only when his tall frien,
mounted the platform. This tall mai
was dressed in gray travelling suit
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