Evening journal., 1915-02-27
SATURDAY FEB. IT, 1915
SOLDIER. sTArEsMAN AND LAWYER!


WYE kowtow to Major Chauncey P Hocomb OF
w Delaware, deserving Democrat who Just has
received from Secretary of State william Jennings
Bryan the $4,000 post Of United District Attor
ney at Shanghai, China.
May the gallant majors shadow increase with the
honors and emouments that have been bestowed upon
him. May his honorable queue never grow less May
China receive him with open arms and keep him safe
while the Treasury OF the United States nourshes him
with tender in his environment May he
never become almond-eyed a result OF watchfully
waiting or his monthly pay check May he shed
lustre upon the American legal fraternity, many of
the members of which did not have the slightest idea
until the appointment was announced that he was a
lawyer of the shining lights OF the law department
OF the Lake Forest University OF Chicago and
who had hidden his legal lamp carefully beneath
the political bushel that he had been admitted
to practice in his home State
Once more we kowtow to Major Hocombl May the
breczes of the wusung and the Yangise- Kang cool
his great legal mind and keep it in constant state
OF working eficiepcyl May his arrival in China be
hcralded ittingy in the official columns of the Shh
WI paol May the Shen Pao and the Tsun-wan Yat-po
treat him with the greatest possible kindness and
sderaon in their local and editorial columnsl May
sun CHA Mai. Assistant Grand Secretary and Chan
conor OF the National University in Peking, take
prompt cognizance OF the fact that the jurisprudence
of the Flowery Republic IS TO be lighted IN future by
10000 candle-power legal luminary of the Foreign
Devil type and that il is to be by American
storage battery of legal energy that will operate for
indefinite number Of kowatt hours If it be fed with
one hundred good American dollars each week. with
deductions for lost tmo
May Major Holcombs eloquence when expoundng
the intricaces Of the law reverberate like music
through he hills and valleys surrounding Shanghai
May his knowledge of Blackstone of national and
International law staggcr the legal representatives Of
other great Powers who arc stationed in the rich
alu,al valley of the Wusung May the fact that he is
soldier well a lawyer. and a statesman well
soldier be carried by the birds of the air the
fishes OF the TO Picking. Tiontsien, Hankau Can
ION. Hongkong Ningpo singan-fu, Chang -chou-fu
Wuchans Chung-king, Foochow. Hang-chow, Chink-
fang. wu-hu and Knkang to gladden. the hearts Of
Celestial millions! May the printing presses in Lieu
chang, the Park Row OF peking, working night and
day heralding the tdings that of the greatest
events that has boialen China since Gonghis Khan
captured Picking and overthrow the Tsn dynasty is
about TO occur
May Major Holcomb's arrival in China, where pa
riotsm is superstution government is religion and
religion is demonism have enlightoning effect upon
republic that still is in i's swaddling clothes after
having spent centuries in preparing to rid itself the
Tartar dynasty May chop-suey with his hon
orabe stomach May rice appeal TO his honora-
bic paatel May the gclatnous strings of bird-nest
soup never entangled IN his honorable wisdom
teeth, May his honorable chop-sticks slip May
Celestial demons disturb his honorable sum-
borsi May he find consolation in reading Confucus
May the benign spirit of Iii Hung Chang hover
and protect his person with the Yellow Jacket! May
the gallant majors honorable digestive apparatus be
spared the strain that would accompany entertainment
by Chang Iumei! May his honorable eyes be glad
dcnod by the friendly smiles of Kung, Tseng and Wen
slang and may his honorable tongue speak words Of
sympathy to those former favorites of Hien-fung!
And finally. Major Holcomb is deserving Demo-
crat;' he recommended for a $4,000 legal po
sition in the Federal service by Senator Salisbury
Democratic lawyer; he selected for the place
by Secretary OF State Bryan Democrat as that Sc
lection approved by President wilson a Democrat
and as the major thereby has obtained national and
International recognition lawyer would II not be
meet for the Democratic members of the honorable
Delaware bar TO speed the parting beneficiary OF Demo
cratic bounty by giving farewell dinner his honor
AT IL his worthiness deserving Democrat" his
erudition member OF the bar. and his gallanry as
soldier might be oxolled. In addition the First Regi
ment Band. screened by bank of flaming Manchuriar
popples might play. slowly and softly. that grand old
national anthem God Save China" while the grea
fiery dragon, horns and scales down. beats time Will
his tail and bellows body 70 the melody that noat
upon ether that pulsate upon the eardrums o
the adulatory diners and their parting guest.