Black fists smacked for emphasis on open pinky-grey palms. Rich voices rose in unctuous metaphor.
An electoral campaign was being held throughout the 36,834 square miles of the 80-year-old Free and
Independent Republic of Liberia, founded on the West coast of Africa by onetime U. S. slaves.
As candidates for the Presidency, there stood forth Publicist T. R. Faulkner, onetime U. S. citizen; and President D. B. King, now completing his second term as Chief Executive of Liberia. Beneath hot sunbeams, balloting went forward enthusiastically, for the Third Term Question had roused...
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