The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-15

The Chicago Republican looked at the Democ-
racys Mississippi chieftain (now United States
senator), then turned tvs eyes to the then sub
chieftain. Champ Clark of Missouri. and said
Il wish to read few words of Thomas Jefferson"
The chieftan looked more than bit startled.
II read from the Complete Writings of Jefer-
son. by Ford" went Mr. Boutell 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 am done; to search
the Herald once for the arms Of my family.
have what l have been told the family
arms, but what authority know not. 1t is
possible there may be none. II SO. will with
your assistance become purchaser having
stearne's word for 1t 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 dabblins a. 1t were. in syncophancy-
not very truculent a. yet"
There was no quick recovery on the part Of
he Democratic members from this blow, which.
while directed fair at their IDOL hit them hard
IN glancing Finally Mr.. Sulxer. the East side
statesman, recovered sufncently to ask IN what
year II was that Jefferson had commissioned .
man to buy the coat Of arms On learning that
. Il vas In the year Ill., Mr.. sulzer said with an
Ftntonation that showed he had found q grain OF
lomfort in the thought. That was i've years
Pefore the revolution"
The New York representatives consolation
moreel apparently was not Dig enough 10 go
round among his neghbors with appreciable
share of each. It was 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 q trif1e more eQuar
than his neighbors; and the blow was like unto
that of a budgeon, because 1t was shown that the
supposedly impeccable one had more than inti-
mated that a counterfeit coat as good as
a genuine one II only 1t were nobly emblazoned.
The Republicans had a 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 aloft well
worth the knocking Of prop from the third presi-
dents pinnacle. Things might not have been SO
altosether bad for the cause Of Mr.. Jefferson and
his house disciples II Mr Boutell 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. 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
sycophancy into our national administration,
wrote to John Randolph from Monticello urging
4 reconciliation with Great Britain, and IN that
letter he uses this expression:
"r am sincerely one OF those who would rather
be In dependence ON Great Britain properly linn
tied than any other nation on earth. or than on
NO nation"
rhe last nye words OF this Jenersonian pro
nouncement II would seem, II language means
f0ything, point to . desire on the part OF tne
Vrs1nian Democrat that the colonies should have