Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-10-18
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terest than that Of the personality OF
the presidents. The chief magis-
trate is the symbol OF national unity.
tie Is the repre- sentative % ever!
nan, wo nan au,i child. lie has Il
or points OF contact with all
citiz ms. \ majority Of theu ave
seen him or taken him by the b nd,
practically all have read Of Lirn, have
looked III his picture and taken pride
tn his achievements. In his person.
HlitY he epitomizes the national lie.
tie is pia .ed before the world rs the
embodiment VI American ideals and
aspirations.
Despite the fact that we are u
peace.lovmg people, u majority al
presidents have been soldiers. All
II :hese have come fnm tie array.
Notwithstanding our long lit OF
naval heroes. We have never allow.
ed d sailor TO run the ship Of state.
or the tUeniy five, only lwent,
have been elected ny the people. the
other ive beng vice presidents who
succeeded to the oil &c.
When the present term is com
pleted tire period will have extended
over li6 years. Il little over four and
Il hall years to each man.
New York aud Virginia tie, each
having furnishtd live 81 tile Der
o. ,hese, one from Virginia. Tyler.
md three from New York. Fillmore.
Arthur and Roosevelt. IN Ue zane
presidents through the de ith II their
chief. Next Ia these states come
Onio vi II tOu-, Tennessee with three.
II Of slle,u, Johnson, Il vice pref
dent; limos two, Massachu setI-
two and New Hampshire. Pcnnsyi.
vdnia. Louisiana and Indiana one
each.
Nine Of the number came from
south Of Mason and pixun's line pud
sixteen from the north. All of tile
sou,herners held office before the
civil WA. eX:cpt Johnson. Nome of
Uur chief executives have come from
vest Of the Mississippi river.
La politics, two we're tede. nlis,s.
five were WhII-, il John Qdncy
Adams eau he 20 class ID; urue we u
democrats and nIne were republicans,
Only sever helI office eight years
Washington, Jrtfersnn, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson, Giant and Cleve.
land. Five died or were killed IN
office. two Of these, Lnculn and Me-
knley, being on their second terms
Tie presideuis have been long ON
neither whIskers nor names. Only
eight Of them INDUCED i'll hlrsute
conccalment. or these, Lincoln
went smooth faced nearly all OF hi-
life, but had IL partiui heard Will.
pref tent Cant, Hayes. CART Id anu
hnrri~on hal full boards. The
courily Arthur supported a Side
whiskcr, while Cleveland and Runse
welt are content with u mustache
In this connection II 10 worthy al
note that hardly my of the number
have been bald.
The anne Of the presidents fur,
nish Il rather interesting study. III,
numerous Smith, Jones and Brown
families have not been represented al
all. Nearly all the names have been
rather unusual. Ten Of them ended
il IN" Must OF them are ra her
conrily and ~euplrnninns i'll sound, al
but four, PulK, Pierce. Grant und
Hayes. having Two s~yilableI or more
Only seven Of the presidents had /
midIle INITIAL, the second Adams, tho
first Harrison, Polk, Grant. Hayes
Garfield nnd Arthur. All the resi-
were burdened with but Oh" Chri-
tan name or the entire numbcr
james leads with II 'e, john iuiiowt
With three, Andrew and William
have two each, and Grorge. Thomas
MaItin, Il ichary. Willard, franklin
Abraham, Ulysses. Rutherford, Cnes
ter, Grover, Benjamin. Theodore Ina,
each its one All Of whicL rcmindi
you that il you want your son to b,
president, don't lJnd INN down will
mitials.-Dcnver News.