Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-03-08

Aaron Burr's Cousins.
A paragraph in a Washington pa
per says that Senator Page o.
Vermont has a grandson who on
his mothers side is a cousin OF
Aaron Burr" If Speaker Champ Clark
we're asked about this matter he prob
ably would say that to be a cousin Of
Aaron Burr may carry a certain
amount Of distinction because Of the
blood relationship, bat that Aaron
Burr's cousins are like the blossoms
of the apple tree in May in a record
breaking fruit year.
Speaker Clark has been c great stu
dent of Aaron Burr's life. In a way.
and perhaps heartily. Mr.. Clark 10
something of a champion of Aaron
Burr, a sincere champion because the
speaker, 1t is said. thinks that Burr
was accused of a good many things
OF which he was not guilty and that
he was a man too much abused for
faults which he had not committed.
There are men who think that II
Aaron Burr had not killed Alexander
Hamilton many of the animosities
against him would not be in existence
today. There are other men who say
that the dislike Of Hamilton's ideas Of
government. held hereditarily by pol
iticians of today, are responsible in a
measure for the championship Of Burr
by men who otherwise would not have
loved his memory so much II they did
not hate the memory of Hamilton's po-
litical and governmental views more.
Many Descendants of Edwards.
AS for the matter Of Aaron Burr's
many cousins, let 1t be said that Burr
was a grandson OF Jonathan Edwards.
the great theologian, and one Of the
first presidents Of Princeton college.
Jonathan Edwards had ten sisters. all
of whom married and had large fam
lilies, The descendants Of Jonathan
Edwards direct and collateral, today
are numbered by the thousands and
everyone OF these descendants, OF
course. is a cousin OF Aaron Burr who
was Jonathan Edwards grandson.
Some one not long ago wrote a story
about the Edwards descendants direct
and collateral, Six Of these descend
ants. either grandchildren or grand
nephews, were at one time presidents
Of colleges, 1t is possible that more
men Of the Edwards blood hold promi.
nent positions In the world today than
men OF the blood Of any other one
American family. The name Is not al
ways Edwards, Of course, for In fact
the Edwards Of the female line out
number those Of the male line per
haps twenty to one. but the descend
ants of Jonathan Edwards sisters and
OF his daughters are just as much OF
the Edwards blood as are the people
who bear the lame.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Is a direct
descendant of Jonathan Edwards ant
SO 1t Ia said Is former President Elio
Of Harvard. The Dwights have thu
Edwards blood In them and a compare
lively recent president Of Yale uni
versity who held the Office for man,
years was a Dwight and an Edwards
He, however, Is not included In tn
six college presidents who at one TIM
held office and we're Of the Edward
kin. The most recent Yale Dwigh
vas OF course of q younger generation
Army Worried About Horses.
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. chic
OF staff. United States army. WHIT
as a surgeon was stationed will
a cavalry regiment In the south
over the growing difficulty OF securing
good horses for the service. Genera
Wood and some other officers witt
him say that the laws against betting
on horse races In many OF the state
are responsible In a way for the grow
Ing scarcity OF good horses for tn
service.
It must not be understood tina
General Wood either personally or II
his capacity as the ranking officer O
the army upholds betting, He sim
ply states what he thinks Is a fac
and deplores the effect II not tn
ause. When American cavalry OF
fcers recently went to England to en-
gage in a contest OF horsemanship, in
Guiding high jumping, with the officer
OF cavalry regiments OF European
countries, they lost most OF the event
because it Is said their horses wer
not the equals OF those used by tn
foreign officers.
August Belmont, who is chairman O
the American Jockey club, at a Dime
in New York a night or two ago, poinI
ed to the serious menace which threat
ened the cavalry and field artiller
branches Of the Untted States arm
"In the depletion OF t~horoughbTe
horses by reason OF a cessation Q
racing" Mr.. Belmont haH suggeste
the formation Of a nationwide asst
citation to be known as the Nationa
Cavalry and Artillery Remount assC
citation, to be created from all rank
: of sports and agricultural life wit
the center of the organization
, Washington, TO keep a register 9
+ mares inspected and found suitabl
for breeding remounts and artiller
horses. Gen. Leonard Wood and Co