The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-23
Wednesday. August 23. 1893.
LEADERS AND RULERS.
How some Common N;.ns-s and Titles Came
tn he Applied.

HOW some Z &b1s1tluh tsts III AItbcDA
tn BE Applied.
There are heaps Of history in titles.
For instance. ta:e that of the prince ..
Wales" This title Is always given to
the eldest son of the ruler reigning over
England, and it came il this way:
Wales is now part of the kingdom Of
Great Britain. as Ireland and Scotland
gre. But once for a long time Wales
was IA separate kingdom. At last the
English conquered it. and then after
that there were always plots and rebel
lions among the Welsh people. By and
by an English king went with his queen
into Wales to see if the Welsh We're i'll
treated, and if they We're to try to make
things easier and pleasanter for them.
The Welsh ncbles and leaders all came
together to meet their English king anu
to complain to him.
But the king gave them no chance to
speak. He rose and told them he had
heard 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 lot able to speak at all. Ever since
the e lest son of the English royal fami-
" has been called the ''prince of Wales.
That ruler deserved his own title liking,
for king is a word that comes from
tx 5enig." which means a wise" or
knowing man" | suppose the fit,t
rrler>-the heads or kings Of small tribes
came TO be so by knowing more" b.
being wiser" than the other men of the
tribe.
s'CZar" and kaiser both came from
the Latin word caesar" the title of tie
great conquering Roman rulers. whose
only law was t,leir own will.
The ear of Russia and the young
Kaiser William of Germany lave mucl
more power over their subjects than tn
queen of England has over the people oi
Eng. I'd. sultan" i another such title,
and it comes from an Arabic word.
which means absolute lord"
Grover CIcveland's title. president
means one Appointed TO sit before OF
over others. 1t comes from the twa
Latin words pre-" which means ''be'
fore" and ''sideo," which means Ito sit.
The title shows that the presidents bust
ness is to sit before or above the law.
makers and carry out and execute thu
laws they frame. This is why the presi.
dent is sometimes called the chief eX
ecutive."
CAPTAIN means head man. 4
comes from the word 'caput.' whici
means 1.-The head" Colonel" come,
from the same Latin root word as "col
umn.' and the title no doubt rose fro,,
the regimental practice OF marching o1
ATTACKING III column with their com
mander at the head.
As to the two titles democrat an
republican, when a small boy hear
them he generally thi Is Of II or tn
other of those politic..i parties as tn
people who are not III his fathers wa
Of thinking. 1t will do him no harm L
know exactly what each Of these part,
titles really means.
democrat" comes from the Gree
word Demos which means 1.-The pee
ple,' and from ''kratos," which mean
''power.' So a democrat is one VIII
believes in the power or sovereignty o
the people. each acting as nearly as ma.
be for himself.
Re, ,ublican'' comes from the LatiI
words res publica,' which mean ''fo
the common good."-Chicago Int