The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1893-07-15

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How They Get Their Titles.
There are heaps of history in ii
ties. For instance, take that of the
"Prince of Wales" This is title
always given to the eldest son OF
the ruler reigning over England
and it came about in this way,
says Mccullough Williams in the
St. Louis Republic:
! Wales is now a part of the King
dom of Great Britain, as ireland
and Scotland are. But once for a
long time, Wales was separate
Kingdom. At last the English
conquered it, and then after that
there were always plots and re-
bellions among the Welsh people.
BY and by an English King went
with his Queen into Wales to see if
the Welsh were ill-treated, and if
they were to try to make things
easier and pleasanter for them.
The Welsh mobiles and leaders all
came together to meet their English
King and complain to him.
! But the King gave them no
chance to speak. He rose and told
them he had heard that they wanted
a Prince of their own, and that he
meant to give them one-a born
Welshman and speaking no other
language.
Then, as the Welsh joyfully
cheered as loud as they could, he
fetched out his baby son, born the
night before in the Welsh castle,
and, of course, the baby could
"speak no other language" as he
was not able to speak at all. Ever
since the eldest son of the English
royal family has been called the
"Prince of Wales"
That ruler deserved his own title
"King," for king" is a word that
comes from "Koenig," which means
"wise" or knowing man." sup
pose the first rulers-the heads or
Kings of small tribes-came to be
so by knowing more,' by being
wiser" than other men of the
tribe.
Scar" and "Kaiser" both came
| from the Latin word "Casar." the
title of the great conquering Roman
rulers whose only law was their
own will.
The Car of Russia and the
young Kaiser William of Germany
have much more power over their
subjects than the Queen of England
has over the people of England.
"Sultan" is another such title, and
it comes from an Arabic word which
means absolute lord"
Mr.. Grover Cleveland's title,
president, means one appointed to
sit before, or over others. 1t comes
from two Latin words, 'spre," which
means before, and "sideo," which
means ito sit." The title shows
that the Presidents business is to
sit before or above the law makers
and carry out or execute the laws
they frame. This is why the Pres
ident is sometimes called the "chief
executive"
Captain" means "head man."
It comes from the word "caput,"
which means the head. Colonel"
comes from the same Latin root
word as Column" and the title no
doubt rose from the regimental
practice of marching or attacking
in column, with their commander
at their head.
AS to the two titles, democrat"
and "Republican," when a small
boy hears them he generally thinks
of one or the other of those politi-
cal parties as the people who are
not of his fathers way of thinking.
It will do him no harm to know
exactly what each of these party
titles really means.
Democrat comes from the
Greek word "demos," which means
"the people" and "kratos," which
means "power." So democrat"
is one who believes in the power
or sovereignty of the people, each
acting as nearly as may be for him
self.
Republican" comes from the
Latin words ''res publica," which
mean "for the common good"
So a "Democrat" may be said to
be one who regards it as beyond
the power OF. the Government to do
anything for the citizen that he can
do for himself.
A Republican" may be said to
hold that it is the business of the
Government to do for all the peo-
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