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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH Fiction andfad Ask for fur ibi Department auppiied by ib merit an Lesion New Service.) (Copj POST TOASTIES A FID AC REPRESENTED IN ALLIED COUNTRIES The Federation Interalllce des Coinhattants. or FIDAC, as It Is commonly known, an organization of the veterans societies of the allied countries In the World war, and of which the American Legion Is the member society from the United States, will be of particular Interest to Legionnaires this year because of the Legions trip to France for the annual convention next September. Many of the 30,000 Legionnaires will visit Italy. Belgium, England atid other of the al lied countries where their former com will welcome them. Each of the allied countries has a FIDAC vice president The vice president for the American Legion In the International organization this year Is Henry D. Llndsley, of New York, past national commander of the Legion The vice president for France In the FIDAC Is Jean Deshons. Deshons was born In the Upper Pyrenees on June L 1S9L lie is a barrister at the Court of Paris and a Knight of the Legion of Honor. He volunteered In 1914 In the Infantry, was made prisoner, but escaped the very same day under the shots of bis guards. lie then led a most adventurous life In the Ardennes. He fell by accident on to the kaisers general headquarters at Charlevllle and succeeded In hiding there, despite the severity of police control. While lie worked at various crafts, Including shoemaking, he combated propaganda of the Gazette des Ardennes. German newspapers, through the aid of a woman who had relations with the kaisers escort, furnished copy" com flakes that stay crisp in milk or cream An-den- s rades-ln-arin- iSKcwTmttdE&zz$5Q7r JXRorp mp2x&Amxroir By ELMO SCOTT WATSON 8K the average American what took place on July 4, 1770, and he, with a somewhat vague recollection' of what he once learned In the history books at school and a similar remembrance of what he saw In the painting "Signing the Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull, probably will answer you In something of this fashion: Why, that was the day that we declared our freedom from England, when Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote that Immortal document In which he said that all men are born free and equal. After he had written It he presented It to the Continental congress and John Ilancoek' signed It In that hold handwriting which the king of England could read without spectacles. Then the members of congress, Washington and Franklin and John Adams and all the others signed It After that they read It to the people outside Independence hall and the patriots cheered and rushed away to ring the Liberty bell until It was cracked." That, of course, Is a rather free translation of a composite American Idea about the historic events which gave us our greatest national holiday, the one hundred fifty-firs- t anniversary of which Is being celebrated all over the country on July 4, 1927. Like so many other composite Ideas, usually characterized as popular beliefs," It Is also a composite of fiction and fact Despite all that has been written about the Declaration of Independence and the signing thereof, few Americans, unless they be professional hisIdea of just torians, have a clear-cu- t what did take place on that day. And even among the professional historians there Is some disagreement, caused by difference In the Interpretation of words and phrases. Here are a few facts nnd a bit of chronology which may make the matter clearer: Richard Henry Lee certainly has some claim to share the title of "Author of the Declaration of Independence with his fellow Virginian, Thomas Jefferson, for on June 7, 1770, he presented to the Continental congress his resolution which begins: Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of rl?ht ouprht to be free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain Is and ought to be totally dissolved. This, ns one historian has pointed out, was a pure declaration of Independence. It was promptly seconded by John Adams of Massachusetts, but when considered by a committee of the whole, no action was taken upon It because some of the members felt that the colonies were not yet ready for so radical a Btep. On June 10 congress voted to postpone final action on the resolution until July L On June 11 a committee composed of Thomas Jefferson, Benjumtn Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert It. Livingston was appointed to prepare a formal declaration of Independence and have It ready in case It was wanted. It was at the time of the postponement of action on a resolution of Independence that Franklin uttered one of his most famous sayings, Wien the postponement was proposed, In order to give certain delegates time to receive Instructions from their colonies ns to what their attitude toward Independence, should be and to make sure of the necessary unanimity of r.ction on the matter, Franklin remarked dryly, We must all hang to HONESTY For. to concern ourselves In other peoples affairs Is a delicute matter. Yet Chremes, a character In Terence, thinks that there Is nothing that can befall mankind In which he does not think he has a concern. Meanwhile, bfonuse we have (he quicker perception nnd sensation of whatever happens unfavorably or unt.ownrdiy to ourselves, than lo others, which we see as it were at a greater distance, the . gether or assuredly we shall all hang separately." When the committee came to decide who was to write the Declaration, It was finally agreed that Jefferson should do it It is said that Jefferson explained to Franklin the reason why he, as their senior, was not asked to write it was that it was feared he could not resist the temptation to put a Joke Into It, and the Declaration was serious business I Although stories differ on the manner of selecting the writer, the fact remains that Jefferson did write the first draft arid the desk upon which he wrote It (shown above) Is still preserved. It Is Interesting to note that this desk was for a long time In the possession of a man named Coolldge, John Coolldge of Boston, and at his death by his will It passed Into the custody of congress. This first draft of the Declaration, which is often reproduced, shows also the handwriting of Franklin and Adams who made a few minor corrections In It Jefferson later gave It to Richard Henry Lee and In 1825. his grandson presented it to the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, which later entrusted it to the custody of the patent office In Washington. After Franklin and Adams had made their changes on the first draft, Jefferson wrote a second copy. Incorporating their amendments, and presented It to the committee which reported it unchanged to congress. On July 1, the date set by congress for considering a declaration of Independence, the original resolutions offered by Richard Henry Lee first came up for consideration before congress acting as a committee of the whole. The formal vote was taken the next day, July 2, and the resolutions s were approved by a vote. Delegates from Delaware, Pennsylvania and South Carolina voted In the negative and those from New York, having no Instructions from their colonies, did not vote. So under one Interpretation, July 2 should be Independence day, for It was on that date that the colonies declared their Independence and the declaration of Independence which they adopted through two-third- their representatives was that written by Richard Henry Lee instead of Thomas Jefferson and was not the document so revered by Americans at -- all I In fact. If the suggestion of John Adams had been followed, we would now be celebrating on July 2 Instead of July 4. In commenting upon the momentous act of adopting Lees Independence resolution, Adams said, "The second day of July, 1770, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. It ought to be commemorated, as a day of deliverance, by solemn acta of devotion to Cod Almighty. It ought to be solemnised with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from tills time forward, forevermore." July 3 and 4 were spent by congress In discussing the draft of the dechr ration of Independence presented by Jefferson. acting for tho committee. There was a lively debate which ended la the striking out of the paragraph f "piratical accusing King Ceorge warfare and a few other comparatively unimportant lines. Then on July 4 the delegates from 12 colonies who had been authorized to vote for Independence agreed upon the final draft, after the amendment had been Incorporated, which was to be printed that night in the form of a poster by John Dunlap, a printer, for public distribution. The significant feature of this poster, according to one historian, lies ... the fact that Franklin changed tha V in united" to a capital, the new nation the United States of American, instead of the united States of America. As to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, there is where the "popular belief is most at fault. This In small making Declaration, adopted on July 4, 1776, was signed by Just two men, John Hancock, president of congress, and Charles Thomson, secretary. Charles Thomson never heard of him 1" the average American would say. Yet for all that he Is neglected by history he Is an Important character. He was secretary of both the First and Second Continental congresses. And It was he who first read the Declarrllon to a group of patriots. According to ono story this took place on July he stepped outside the statehouse, as soon as he and Hancock had signed the document, and read It to a handful of citizens who stood around and who made no extraordinary demonstration thereat According to another account, this did not occur until July 8, after congress had sent copies of the Declaration to the various colonies. Pennsylvania, of course, got her copy first, and at noon on July 8 Thomson stood on a wooden platform In the State-hous- e yard It had been placed there Incidentally In 1769 to enable an astronomer, one David Rlttenhouse, to observe a transit of Venus and read the Declaration to a vast crowd of citizens. These citizens cheered the reading, then sped away to pull down the royal arras In the courtroom and to ring the Liberty belt As for the fiction of ringing the Liberty bell until It cracked," that mishap, however, did not occur until 1835, when It was being tolled for the death of Chief Justice John Marshall. Now, for the actual signing of tha Declaration of Independence. After it had been adopted on July 4, an engrossed copy on parchment for all the delegates to sign was ordered. The man who held the pen and formed the letters on this copy the one which Is preserved today in the national shrine In the Library of Congress was Timothy Matlack, the best penman In the office of Cbarles Thomson, secretary of the Continental congress. It was completed by August 2, and on that date was signed by 54 delegates. Two others signed later. They were Thomas McKean of Deleware, who was absent with bis regiment in the Continental army at the time of the signing on August 2, and Mntthew Thornton of New Hampshire. Thornton was not elected to congress until the autumn, bnt In November be was permitted to sign and thus made the total of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. As for the ether errors in tbo statement of the average American quoted at the beginning of this article: The phrase All men are born free and equal" does not occur In the Declaration. That phrase Is often confused with the statement All men are created equal," which does appear In the famous document The "born free and equal" wording is In the constitution of Massachusetts, framed In 1779. and no doubt Inspired by the statement In the Declaration. George Washington, of course, was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence. At the time the Continental congress was In Philadelphia declaring independence, be was la Cambridge, Masa, welding together that Contiqyotal army which was to make good the Declaration. He was a signer of the Constitution after the Revolution and the fact, no doubt, on this Imthat his name appesr-mortal document leads to the Idea that he was also a signer of the earlier . s ut document Judgment we form of them Is very different from what we form of ourselves. It Is therefore a right maxim, to do nothing when yon are doubtful whether It Is honest or unjust; for t, whatever Is honest is but doubt Implies suspicion of Injustice Cicero, De Officlis." try It on the light; the chances are it may do service for several months longer. The fine wires of the filament have a hahlt of becoming disconnected. By shaking It the parts come together again, making the bulb as good as new. Light Bulbs Men are April when they woo, December when they wed; maids are May when they are maids, but the sUy You changes when they are wives. 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