Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-07-14

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racy's Mississippi chieftain (now a United States
senator), then turned his eyes to the then sub
Chieftain. Champ Clark Of Missouri, and said:
Il wish to read few words Of Thomas Jefferson
The chieftain looked more than a bit startled.
Il read from the Complete Writings of Jeffer-
son., by Ford went Mr.. Boutel slowly. 1T
appears from this letter that Adams just
about to go business agent of jefferson to
London, and after giving him several commits
SiOns, he writes:
lone further favor and I done; to search
the Herald office for the arms OF my family.
have what | 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 a purchaser, having
Stearne's word for it that a coat of arms may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat
so here we have the founder of the Democratic
party just dabbng, as it WERE in syncophancy-
not very truculent as yet
There was no quick recovery on the part OF
the Democratic members from this blow, which,
while directed fair at their idol, hit them hard
in glancng. Finally, Mr. Sulzer, the East sloe
statesman, recovered sufficiently TO ask in what
year it was that jefferson had commissioned
man to buy the coat of arms. On learning that
it was in the year 1771, Mr.. Sulzer said with an
information that showed he had found grain OF
comfort in the thought THAT was five years
before the f0VOluLIOL
The New York representatives consolation
morsel apparently not big enough to go
round among his neighbors with an appreciate
share of each 1t was a 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 trife more equal
than his neghbors; and the blow was like unto
that of a bludgeon, because it was shown that the
| inn
mated that a counterfeit coat was as good as
a genuine one if only it nobly emblazoned
The Republicans had rare time of it over the
Democratic discontinue. When It comes to fun
the galleries are gloriously nonpartisan. The
humor of the thing to the people alott we'll
worth the knocking of prop from the third presl-
dents pinnacle Things might not have been so
altogether bad for the Of Mr. Jefferson and
his house disciples if Mr. Bouell 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, "it was five years
before the revolution Now just before the revolu-
! ton on August 25 IT'S, the great founder OF the
! democratic PARTY the introducer of truculent
| svcophancy' into our national administration,
| wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging
q reconciliation with Great Britain, and in that
| letter he uses this expression:
"J am sincerely one of those who would rather
ba II. denendence on Great Britain properly linn
tied than any other nation on earth, or than on
no nation"
The last five words of this Jeffersonian pro-
,o,rooucent it would seem, it language means
rvtlirg roint to desire on the part OF the
| .~sri.0 Democrst that the colonies sAould have