The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-07-14

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racys Mississippi chieftain (now United States
senator) then turned his eyes to the then sub
chieftain, Champ Clark of Missouri and said
II wish to read a few words of Thomas Jefferson 3"
The chieftain looked more than bit startled.
II read from the Complete Writings of Jeffer-
son. by Ford" went Mr.. Boutell slowly ut
appears from this letter that Adams was just
about to go as business agent of Jefferson to
London, and after giving him several commits
slons, he writes:
lone further favor and l done; to search
the Herald office for the arms of my family.
have what l have been told were the family
arms, but on what authority / know not. 1t Is
possible there may be none. If so, will with
your assistance become purchaser, having
Stearne's word for 1t that coat Of arms may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat
so here we have the founder Of the Democratic
party just dabbling, as 1t were, in syncophancy-
not very truculent yet"
There was no quick recovery the part Of
the Democratic members from this blow, which,
while directed fair at their idol hit them hard
In g:ancing. Finally Ir. Sulzer, the East side
statesman, recovered sufficiently to ask in what
year it was that Jefferson had commissioned a
man TO buy the coat of arms On learning that
1t was in the year III, Mr.. Suzer said with an
information that showed he had found a grain of
comfort in the thought That was five years
before the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
morsel apparently was not big enough to go
round among his neghbors with appreciabe
share of each. 1t bit hard to learn after
many years that the who wrote the immortal
document beginning with ringing words about
equality had been trying to buy something which
would go to show that he was a trife more equal
than his neighbors; and the blow like unto
that of a bludgeon, because it shown that the
supposedly impeccabe one had more than init
mated that a counterfeit coat good
q genuine one if only it were nobly emblazoned.
The Republicans had rare time of i. over the
Democratic discontinue When t comes to fun
the galleries are gloriously nonpQrtisan. The
humor Of the thing to the people aoft well
worth the knocking of a prop from the third presi-
dents pinnacle Things might not have been so
altogether bad for the cause of Mr. Jefferson and
his house disciples if Mr. Bouel had been content
TO STOP for everybody recognizes the weakness
that all human nature-even that sternly simple
type-has for crests and other family gewgaws
Yes" said the Chicago man, 1T was five years
before the revolution Now, just before the revolu
ton on August Is. 1775 the great founder of the
Democratic rarity, the introducer of 'truculent
sycophancy' into our national administration.
wrote 10 John Randolph from Monticello urging
a reconciliation with Great Britain, and in that
letter he uses this expression:
81 am sincerely one of those who would rather
he in dependence on Great Britain, properly linn
tied than any other nation earth. or than on
no nation"
The last five words of this JeEersenian pro
nouncement II would seem, If language means
ANYTHING point to a desire on the part OF the
VirEinian Democrat thai tbs colonies should have