The new era., 1911-07-20

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racy's Mississippi chieftain (now United States
senator), then turned tSs eyes to the then sub
chieftain. Champ Clark of Missouri, and sad
II wish to read few words of Thomas Jefferson"
The chteftain looked more than a bit startled.
Il read from the Complete Writings of Jeffer-
son. by Ford" went Mr. Boutel slowly. ut
appears from this letter that Adams Just
about to go as a business agent of Jefferson to
London and after giving him several commits
sons, he writes:
lone further favor and 1 am done to search
the Herald office for the arms Of my family l
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
Stearnes word for it 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 1t 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 glancing Finally. Mr. Suzer. the East side
statesman. recovered sufhciently 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
lntonation 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 Dig enough 10 8o
round among his neighbors with apprecable
share OF each. It 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 20 to show that he was a trifle more eQuaF
than his neighbors and the blow was like unto
that of a bludgeon, because 1t was shown that the
supposedly mpeccable one had more than fnti
mated that a counterfeit coat was as good as
a genuine one If only 1t were nobly embazoned.
The Republicans had rare time of 1t over the
Democratic discontinue. When It comes to fun
the galleries are gloriousy nonpartisan. The
humor of the thing to the people aloft well
worth the knocking Of prop from the third presi-
dents pinnacle. Things might not have been 80
altogether bad for the cause of Mr.. Jefferson and
his house disciples II Mr. Boutel 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 geWga"s'
Yes" said the Chicago man. at was five years
before the revolution. Now just before the revolu-
ton on August 25, 1775. 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 thas
letter he uses this expression:
'"r am sincerely one of those who would rather
ha In dependence on Great Britain. properly linn
no nation"
The last nve words of this Jehersonian pro
nouncement 1t would seem. II language means
ANYTHING point to a desire on the part OF the
yirgnian Democrat that the colonies should nave