The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-19
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bridgeport a Mr. Thomas Dowse. who car
ried on the respectable occupation OF leather
dresser. Being prosperous man and a
bachelor, he accumulated good property.
He built a handsome house ON the main
street. In which he had an apartment on
the second aoor where he lived. IL was Gus
tomary in those days for tradespeople 10
put in front Of their shops some image
which typihed their business
Mr. DOwse had a figure Of a sheep in full
fleece, erected on q high column in front Of
his building His manufacture of leather,
chiefly sheepskin. was carried ON in the rear
Of his premises. He had fondness for ac-
cumulating books in fine binding, mostly
ENGLISH classics At the time Of which
speak be had quite a large library, and the
corporation and overseers OF Harvard uni
versitv. thinking that they could induce
him to bcqueath his library 10 the college,
made him an IL. ID. l fancy that the
worthy man did not know much about the
inside of his books, nor do remember what
disposition he ultimately made Of them.
one Of the college wags dubbed him Lit
erary Leather Dresser
About the same time there was a dean of
the Theological faculty in Harvard who, be-
sides being "A man Of small stature, was
also very unpopular. lie was made a
ID. ID. ut first and afterward an Ii. ID. The
same facetious undergraduate translated
his degrees to mean, I'D Dirty Little
Dean"
When General jackson was president,
during his first term Of Office, he visited
Boston, attended commencement at Har-
ward and received the degree Ct Ii. ID.
This was very much ridiculed at the time
by some of the Wings, who said that Gen
eral Jackson was an illiterate man, and
that he could not write an English sentence
correctly This was not true. have seen
autograph letters of General Jackson writ
ten as well in point of style, spelling and
punctuation rs any Of the public men of
that time were accustomed to write. In
these letters there were very few erasures.
/ do not suppose that as president he wrote
his messages and other state papers. His
famous proclamation against the nullifers
was written by Edward Liyingstoa, his
secretary of state The president, however,
always corrected such papers carefully with
his own hand.
On one occasion the public printer brought
him proof OF one of his messages in which
the proofreader had changed certain ex-
pressions which quite altered the meaning.
NO, by the Eternal Old Hickory eX-
claimed, print it as / wrote it,, or will
turn You out of Office"
Passing now from small things to greater
things, the proceedings which took place
i'm the First congress relative to the title
proper to be given TO the president Of the
United States afford curious illustration
OF the tendencies of some public men at
that period.
On the 23d Of April, 1859, the senate in
structed a committee of three Of its mem
beers to consider and report what style or
title il viii be proper 10 annex TO the Offices
OF president and vice president Of the
United States, if any other than those given
in the constitution" This led TO confer
ence on the subject with committee of the
house Of representatives, and the result
was a disagreement.
The president had in the meantime been
iuauguated viz, on the 30th of Aprl-and
in the address in answer 10 his inaugural
speech. presented TO him boy the house ON
the 9th of May, he had been addressed sim
ply MS George Washington, president of
the United states" ON the sth of May the
senate appointed a new committee Of TO-.
own body TO consider and report under
what title d. would DE proper for the senat,
.
on the 14th proposed as a title. Ills high
I ness the president of the United States and
/ protector of their liberties" But without
proceeding 10 the adoption Of a title that
/ was certain 70 De rejected by the house
/ and that would have led 10 "a difference il
/ the practice of the two bcdies, the senate
/ proposed the following resolution:
"From decent respect for the opinion
/ and practice Of civilized nations, whether
under monarchical or republican forms o.
/ government, whose custom il Is TO anne,
/ titles of respectablity TO the Office Of theil
I chief magistrate, and that, on intercours,
with foreign nations, "a due respect for III,
majesty of the people Of the United state.
/ may not be hazarded by an appearance %
F siuguiarlty, the senate have been induced
10 DE ol opinion that ~ would be proper Z,
annex "a re-pcctable title 90 the Office o
president OF the United States, but the sen
ate. DESTROYS Of preserving harmony will
The house of representative, where IN
practice lately observed in presenting al
address 10 the president was without th
addition ct titles. think it proper, for tn
present, 90 act in conformity with the praC
F tice Of th1t house Therefore, resolved
+ tuat tine pre- sent address be To the Pres
dent Of the United States. without add
tiou of title"
This method Of receding from the p,
stion that had been taken by the senat
was resorted 20 in consequence Of debat
which took place ia the house on the lit
al Mayupon proposition made by the sci
ate for "a further conference in regard to m
future mode az addressing the pre-iden
A. the house had already determined tia
DO would not be- proper 20 annex any oth'
style or title TO ANY of the Offices than thi
given in the constitution. aud had, in az
dressing the president acted ia pursuan'
OF this decision opposition was manifesto
10 further consideration o. the subject
But after ana earnest discussion, whiC
/ exhibited no difference Of opinion Ola a
question OF additional titles, the house col
scented 90 tine appointment 81 uew cou
mitfee Of conference. and Dir Madison vi
placed 40 the head 81 DO. The couierru
between the Two committee was held, bit
on the l4ih the senate WAS informed th
the disagreement remained. Tie -rua
then adopted the resolution which D. t8u
qu0tsd. aud frgm that time the matter
titles Was allowed 20 sleep George 4 81
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