Show A LESSON IN americanism the report that president Pre aident harrison Har rleon after the expiration of his term of office will become a member of the faculty of the stanford university Calli california ornis and deliver a course of law jaw lectures may or may not be true but the rumor itself is interesting as suggesting a phase of american republicanism that cannot but be profitable as aa an example to all the nations it will seem strange to the sub ejects of kings and kaisers keisers that a man who recently occupied the highest governmental ern mental office in the world that in ia the chief magistrate of the greatest government under the sun eun should be able without loss lose of prestige or dignity to resume the ordinary walks of life and employ the talents lately exerted as an national executive in the humble balli g of a college professor they can scarcely conceive of one whom i they esteem a ruler peacefully laying down the reins of power with them death mental or bodily disability or force of arms are the only known agencies of effecting a change most moat of all are they amazed that in the one who thus vacates the chair of state there la Is no suggestion ot of busy intrigue and restless eu deavor to regain the place to which another has seconded ascended A great object lesson IR in this which the united states of america thus show from time to time before the world of mankind this choosing from the sons none of the country one to act for a season as its highest officer and then relegating him to the ranks again and to the credit of recent ex dents be it said they have done much to make the lesson lemon year by year more effective of not every instance la in our history can as much be said there have been oases cases where the retiring official has so BO completely disappeared from public sight eight and mind as to give credit to the belief that his election was an accident indeed there has been a disposition in many quarters to regard an ex president much as a worn out shoe and worthy only ot of remembrance for what he had been not for what he was but of late years there has been a marked change not only in the cn induct duct and course of life of the men themselves but of their fellow citizens toward them one olle need scarcely mention the name of grant whose place in the peoples peopled heart could never be usurped by an other and whose popularity increased to the day of his death notable too tor for bib high demeanor and worthy americanism during what proves to have been merely an exile from the white house was ex president and now president elect cleveland and there is in no kind of doubt that president harrison when the time comes for him to stop step out will carry with him the loving esteem and the hearty loyalty of the great body of the people whether lecturing on law before a class of students in california or practicing his profession as an attorney at his own home he will do nothing to create in any honest heart a feeling of disappointment that he was once the unions president it is right that it should be so and it is to bo be hoped that from this time on it may so BO continue thus shall ahall the nations of the earth have constantly before them two great ideals to be sought for in every perfect common wealth the patriotism patrio tiem of the individual and the constancy of the masses |