Show 5 S J i I i JUST HISTORY STRY If I a M 0 J 1 I By ALBERT F. F PHILIPS J i 6 0 I While fifty f ve dele delegates ates took toole took part in the task of ot framing the I constitution of the United States I only ony thirty thirty nine lne signed Jg d the completed ed document nine Twenty Iwen Ine of the delegates were college g graduates a three had been itt iri the stamp a adI act ad t congress a number had been in t the e I congress of ot 1774 a a number were sign signers rs of ot the Declaration o of Independence Independence Inde lode and others had won distinction dis dis- dis- dis Unction George Washington the most roost trusted man In America as has been said its president Ben Ben- jamin Franklin ll was the oldest Ben I and Alexander Hamilton the youngest while hile James Madison was called the Father of the constitution John Hancock Patrick Henry Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- uel Adam Adams and Richard Henry Lee did favor the tho convention Thomas Jefferson was absent from the country country country coun coun- try as minister to France while white JO John n Adams was minister r to Engl Eng Eng- 1 l land nd Adams finally assented to the i I movement Neither of th the six were selected delegates When the final II draft of ot the instrument w was s submitted submitted sub sub- 4 for or signature three of ot the delegates Elbridge Gerry George I Mason and Edmund R Randolph re refused refused re- re fused to sign thirteen were absent re-I re of which four were opposed to the constitution while thirty nine sign signed d the immortal document When the signature was being written written written writ writ- I ten Benjamin Franklin oldest delegate delegate del del- gate to the c convention said to those near lear him as as' as attention was Called to tb a sun blazoned on the theba ba back k of the Presidents President's chair I IJ 1 have ofte often and often In the course of ot the session and the vicissitudes i of ot my my hopes hopes' and fears tears as to Its IsI Is Issue Is- Is issue I I sue looked at that behind the president j I I dent without being able able- to tell whether it was rising or setting I but no now at length I I. I have the happiness hap hap- happiness happiness i to know that It is a rising risingsun sun and not a s setting sun BASSETT SIGNS I S Richard Bassett was the twenty- twenty S I third signature affixed to the con con- con j and he sign signed d for DelaWare Dela- Dela Dela 1 l war ware three others from that state having preceded him Basset was said to o haye been a religious a a Methodist and who desired to serve his country because It was the will win of ot the people that he do so He was regarded says his bi biographer biographer hi- hi as a plain sensible gentl gentleman gen- gen tl man mn modest enough to hold his tongue when necessary who wits was was' hel held in high by br the Methodist Methodist Methodist Meth Meth- odist denomination II He was thirty thirty- six six ye years rs old a law lawyer er b by profession slon sion a native e of Delaware was a United States senator from Dela- Dela Dela 1 ware are from March 4 1789 to March 2 1893 and was a presidential elector elector elec- elec tor in n 1779 having ha been selected by bythe bythe bythe the l legislature of ot his state He voted for or John Ada Adams is for or president H II H. H W Was s elected governor of Delaware Delaware Dela- Dela Delaware ware in 1798 and served until 1801 His death occurred September 18 1815 t t Jacob Tacob Broom was the last of the signers from Delaware His speaks of ot him as a plain good man some abilities but nothing to render him conspicuous He was silent in public but cheerful cheer cheer- ful and in private He was thirty-five thirty years ears of ot age when I he was sent as delegate to the convention con- con v yen tb n. n THREE FROM FROM DELAWARE There were three d delegates legates from Maryland who signed the tion the first to sign being Ja James nes McHenry cHenry who had been an ap aide decamp to General Washington and General LaFayette the revo revo- lution He lie was a native o Ireland born November 16 1753 He was wasI secretary of ot war In the cabinet of ot Washington from January Januar 1796 to toMay toMay I Ia 1 May 13 13 1800 He lIe was educated for fora a physician but turned soldier He was a man of sp specious clous talents and andI It was said of ot him hin that he deserved I the honor that was bestowed upon him b by his country countr The s second cond signer for tor Maryland was Daniel of ot St. St Thomas Jennifer I of St. St Thomas who had been ac active active ac- ac tive in pre revolutionary pre ments I He was a delegate from Maryland to the tho continental congress Jenifer Jeni- Jeni Jeni-I Jeni fet fei was a man of ot fortune always In a good humor It was said of ot him and one who never ne failed railed to to make his company compan pleased sed with him hin He lie HeI I always sat silent In the senate and appeared to be conscious that he was not a politician He was a a. bachelor In age he was five fifty-five years ears old and once served an anaide an ai aide de decamp lecamp amp to Major General Le Lee Daniel Carroll was the la last t signet signer for tor Maryland lIe He lIeas was was' a wealthy man of ot his state and had a wide In Influence In- In fluence luence possessed with good common com com- mon moo sense he was vas popular with his pe people who had honored him with witha with witha a a. place as HI delegate from Maryland to the continental congress congre s ami af afterwards afterwards afterwards af- af s sent nt him as their representative representative I Ito from Irom Maryland to the tho first congress as a Federalist Ho lIo took an active part in securing ing the establishment of 01 the seat eat of ot government gov gov- I and nod was appointed b by President Washington in one of tho thoc commissioners to locate the 1 District of ot Columbia and the federal federal fed fed- I eral city He died lied in Washington in 1829 From Virginia there were three signers George WashingtOn n who was president of ot the tho convention had already appended his signature first of ot all as president and deputy deput from rom Virginia the tho other othet two were John Blair and nd James Madison Jr Jl IJohn i iJohn John Blair appended his signa- signa I turo ture as second delegat from Vir Vir- ginia lIe He came from front one of the oldest families In the tate and was regarded as a wealthy man He Ha was one ont of r the judges of or the supreme court of Virginia and it was said of him that he had halt a ver very ery extensive extensive exten exten- sive knowledge of ot the laws Ho JIo was wasn n no nob il an orator but his good sense was said compensated for other de- de 1 He lIe was fifty flUy years of ot otage ag age when selected as a delegate He held no other public office than the one of ot delegate to the constitutional constitutional I convention 1 j |