Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-27

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racys Mississippi cheftain (now 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 bit startled.
Il read from the Complete Writings of Jeffer-
son, by Ford" went on Mr. Bouten slowly. 1T
appears from this letter that Adams was just
about to go as business agent Of Jefferson to
London. and after giving him several commits
sions. he writes:
lone further favor and am done to search
the Herald office for the Of my family.
have what / have been told were the family
arms. but what authority l know not. 1t is
possible there may be none If So ] will with
your assistance become purchaser, having
stearne's word for it that a coat of may
be purchased as cheap as any other coat
80 hers we have the founder Of the Democratic
party just dabbling, as it WERE in syncophancy-
not very truculent 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 gancing. Finally Mr.. Sulzer, the East side
statesman. recovered sufficiently to ask In what
year It was that Jefferson had commissioned
man to buy the coat Of On learning that
Il in the year ILL., Mr.. sulzer said. with an
information that showed he had found a grain OF
comfort In the thought. That was Ave years
before the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
morsel apparently was not big enough to go
round among his neighbors with appreciable
share Of each. II a bit hard TO learn after
many years that the man who wrote the immortal
document beginning with ringing words about
equality had been trying to buy something which
would 90 to show that he was a tribe more equal
than his neighbours and the blow like unto
that Of bludgeon, because It shown that the
supposedly improbable had more than init
mated that a counterfeit coat was as good as
a genuine one If only Il we're noby emblazoned.
The Republicans had rare time of Il over the
! Democratic discontinue When t comes to fun
the galleries are goriously nonpErtsan The
humor OF the thing 10 the people aloft well
worth the knocking Of 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. Boutel had been content
to STOP for everybody recognizes the weakness
II 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 or August rs. IT'S. the great founder Of th'
Democratic party. the introducer of truculen
sycophancy' into our national administration
wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urginl
reconciliation with Great Britain, and in tina
letter he uses this expression:
Il am sincerely one OF those who would rattle
be In dependence on Great Britain. properly lin
lied. than any other nation earth. OF than Of
no nation"
The last Eve words Of this Jenersonian PFC
nouncsment It would seem. II language mean
anything point to a desire on the part OF III
r,,~,,-,~ot that the cofonioo uhoud hov