The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-10-16
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WHY NOT JETFERsONl

WHY NOT JEFFERSON
 The Junslu school bolri has adopted Q series of anniversaries as flag days Among these, a considerable number ore the birthday anniversaries of eminent Americans. Tbls Is all very we'll and quite appropriate. q, Is well by this means as we'll as otherwise 10 tslch Tevsr- sn,s for American institutions and for American literature.
 But why the Juneau school bond, ir the selection or ,hc famous men whose names and works it Is proposed Co inprss upon ths minds of usrsing generation at that pllcs, should overlook tne nlme o' the man to whose credit, unless Wssbing ton Is excepted, Is due more on account oi the present greatness of our country thl1 to any other man. Thslr list includes c. e names Of Franklin, Webster, Lincoln a0t seward, ln addition to that of Washing ton; bu, thlto of Jefferson, Che author ci the Declaration of Independence, whose an powerful Influence secured the ad1iuu of the B'u of Rights Go Che American con. sutu,ion, whose great brain conceived tb. plan tor the greatest empire among Che oa- tons oT tbs earth f5r his peorls, and who, ln furthsrlncs ( that plan, caused Che sN- panslon Of his country across the cond. nent, Is overlooked
 M N. Estss the great lawyer art writer of law text books in narscsnt mag azins article, ald thlt Jefferson was oo, only the greatest statesman the United States ever produced but ths greatest t-- vslope5 In the his, " ot the wor.i. Hr went so flr -s Co say that he had lsit Q greater Impress upon ths Amsricln n5tior that had an of ths statesmen of his ums combined. The United States as !, stands todly, the mos, poPul,us Che wsl.,h.es', Che most powerful of Che nations of ths world, would nsye- have been sucb had r not been fo, the splendid work o, JsfH- son. lt was he who recognized aoi used ths opportunity to make the Louisiana purchase. Hs it was who secured @ t'ot- hold on Che PlcIfc o,,l0 by sending Cap ,lins Lewis and Cl1,ke aaoss Che con.- nsnt slrIy Io Che las, century and th-s made ths subsequent purchase oi Alaska practicable. l,was the Influence of Jsf.- son with M5nroe's administration ths, in- tucsi the pur,brs, of Fiodi1 and had he been alive during Etelst tlys oi the fI1 half of ths 10th century, ani Che sane controlling Influence that he WIS during the drst quarter -f ths ,.n,ury trs whole Pl,i6, coas, north ,f the MeNI,ln ur. would toily be- American. Yet ,hs Ju- n,lu s,hool board rrs',rs ,5 commsmor ,e Che birthday anniversary oi Wscs.sr wl used his powerful. Influence to undo ths work oi Jefferson, who proposed the Rocky mountains as Che western limit f- civilization, and who v1s more hrn lu. other man responsible lrfxlng ths north sn boundary Of Che JaI,st States a, Che 4o,h parallel of hurIs, Co ,bst ot ,hs great man.
 In al his cacsr Jefferson WIS making room In which ths American people eout grow. a. was ib. architect who planned the American union as it stlnts today, ar during his lifetime hsw mls.sr mschan Ic as well. He overlooked nothing In h., work as a oatI'n builder, from mixing s.- cure the prJpsr safeguards tor the pergstu- alton of the liberties ci ths people to Is extension of the rausna, bouojlri at every opportunity
 To DO mln's msm-v, except it De W5shing,1n's, not excepting 'ha, f thr Immortal Lincoln. do the American uec. le owe 80 mu.h as Co Che memory of Thou J-ftsrson.