The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-12-04
Tn. Donkey And Tho Elephant.

The Donkey And Tho Elephant.
Mr.. Bryan made notable speech
in Washington last night.
His opening effort was to give the
donkey the place of honor over the
elephant, as party emblem.
His argument was that the donkey
is found everywhere; he is not an
an aristocrat; he serves the masses;
he is patient. persistent and always
at work.
"The elephant, on the contrary"
suggested Mr.. Bryan, sis only to be
found in certain latitudes and is sell
dom seen except on dress parade. If
greatness Is to be measured by ser
vice instead of by size or appearance
the position of honor must be given
to the faithful donkey" concluded
Mr.. Bryan.
This argument is not at all con-
vinoing. Regarding the two animals
in the light of all their traits and
not in the hashlight Of but few, the
palm, we think, should 60 to the
elephant.
First, the elephants size. Measur-
ing it with the donksy's the differ
snos is about that of the length of
service by the Republican party
since it was born as against that of
che Dem oorstic party during the last
fifty years.
Next: What the elephant can
accomplish. He does great things.
He moves huge timbers; he pushes
ships of their ways into the sea; he
carries an hundred times the burden
that the donkey can.
And then his spirit: He won't be
imposed upon. II his keeper abuses
him he il liable to throw him over
some high fence. II q small boy
mixes pepper with his peanuts he's
liable 70 strangls him in . water
spout.
True, the elephant is most often
seen on dress parade, but . party
emblem should be fitted for dress
parade - we'll as for service.
The world is buster with dress
parsdss than with actual work.
Without dress parade the public
would grow dull. But We admit
there is q lot of work going ON.
What We don't like about the
donkey IL bis lack of spirit. Es has
no temper. The urchin stands right
by his side and bslsbors him with q
club; he never kicks. His driver
wslts him over the head with a
blsoksnske; he only blinks. About
the best thing in the way of spirit
that he does is to get stubborn.
Stubbornsss appears to he his only
weapon Of resistance, but he uses the
weapon too often where there is no
reason for it.
In stubbornsss, patience under
abuse, lack of spirit 10 resent it,
we've thought that perhaps the
donkey was fit emblem, but that
DOESN'T mean that he's the premier
emblem a. against the elephant.
And the donkey will eat anything;
and he Is usually fed upon scraps.
To be sure, he likes the suoculent
grass and the fattening oats, but if
he doesn't get them he'll be satisfied
with dead cabbage leaves and old
bootlegs. He appears to live on
without being fed at all, apparently
hoping that there is an earthly para
disc for the donkey somewhere and
that if he lives long enough aud
watts with becoming patience he'll
enter into il at last.
The Democratic party has been
fed for q good many years upon that
sort Of q political diet. It hasn't
been nourishing. The party is, how
ever, making an effort to get into
the green fields and at the corn
,erib-but will it suoceedH
The mule, one remove from the
donkey, would be q better emblem.
The mule will kick, and that one
virtue is q saving grace that every
party emblem should seem 10 possess.
Denver Times.