Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-03-20
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A paragraph In washington pa
per says that Senator Page Of
Vermont has grandson who on
his mothers, side is q NJ cousin of
Aaron Burr" II Speaker Champ Clark
were asked about this matter he prob
ably would say that to bela cousin OF
Aaron Burr may carry certain
amount Of distinction because Of the
blood relationship, but that Aaron
Burr's cousins are like the blossoms
of the apple tree In May In record
breaking fruit year. .zl5 b.
Speaker Clark has been a 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 q good many things
of which he was not guilty and that
he was q 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 .
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; it 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 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 ono
American family. The name is not al
ways Edwards. of course, for In fact
the Edwards OF the female line out
number those Of tho 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 name. N
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt is direct
descendant OF Jonathan Edwards and
80 1t is said Is former President Eliot
of Harvard. The Dwights have the
Edwards blood In them and compare
lively recent president Of Yale uni
versity who held the Office for many
years was Dwight and an Edwards.
He, however, is not included in the
six college presidents who at one time
held Office and were Of the Edwards
kin. The most recent Yale Dwight
was of course OF younger generation.
s., Army Worried About Horses.
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, chief
OF staff, United States army. who
as surgeon was stationed with
. cavalry regiment in the south
over the growing difficulty Of securing
good horses for the service. General
Wood and some other officers with
him say that the laws against betting
on horse races in many of the states
are responsible in way for the grow
ing scarcity OF good horses for the
service.
It must not be understood that
General Wood either personally or in
his capacity as the ranking officer OF
the army upholds betting. He SIM
ply states what he thinks ID fact
and deplores the effect II not the
cause. When American cavalry Of
ficers recently went to England to en-
gage in contest of horsemanship, In
GLIDING high jumping, with the officers
OF cavalry regiments Of European
countries, they lost most Of the events
because it is said their horses were
not the equals of those used by the
foreign officers. .5s Il. 4
August Belmont, who Is chairman OF
the American Jockey club. at dinner
in New York night or two ago, point.
ed to the serious menace which threat
ened the cavalry and field artillery
branches OF the United States army
"in the depletion of thoroughbred
horses by reason of cessation OF
racing" Mr.. Belmont has suggested
the formation OF nationwide asso-
ciation to be known as thee National
Cavalry and Artillery Remount asso.
citation, to be created from all ranks
of sports and agricultural life with
the center of the organization at
Washington, to keep register OF
mares inspected and found suitable
for breeding remounts and artillery
horses. Gen. Leonard Wood and Col.
Theodore Roosevelt have expressed
willingness to become. vice-presidents
of the association. 1t is expected that
inducements will be held out to horse
breeders in all parts of the country
to make a specially OF animals suit
able for the army service.
American Record Rides.
There has been a general belief
through the years that the foreign
cavalry horses were better than those
of America, and yet there are records
in the United States service OF long
hard rides the horses coming through
in good condition, which never have
been equaled by men and horses OF
the foreign service. The army has
records of some of these rides and 1t
fears today that the deterioration OF
the American horse may prevent their
repetition if the service should de-
mand strenuous efforts on the part OF
the cavalry horses Of the present and
of the, near future.
clear the Inhabited country OF the