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Show B, THOMAS JEFFER80N Hb( In Saturdays Issue of tho Telegram, Editor C. HB C. Goodwin wrote ag follows on Thomas Jefferson: Hb' Tomorrow Is ono of tho saint days of tho HB Democratic phrty. They bavo but two. To- Hj'j morro? will bo tho Jefferson day, which they HBf most revere, especially when they wish to ho HB dlgnllled. Later will come Jackson day, which HB ' most of them love best, Jefferson wroto the HB great declaration, but It was Jackson who pro- BBm mulgntcd tho Immortal scntlmont that "to tho BBa victors belong the spoils." And just nt this sen- BBJ I son of this partlculhr year, all that Is high In BBS science, nil that is sublime in Investigation, all HB that Is beautiful In art and poetry, Is embodied HB In that Immortal maxim. HB Hut tomorrow la n sacred anniversary. When BBl tho powers that ruled decided nt last that tlicro BBS wan no hope for man suve by a new dispense- BBS tlon, nnd determined, on the virgin soil of the BBJ new world, to plant u government founded on a . BBS new theory: that whereas heretofore one rani! BBS had been the power nnd tho people hhd been BBS subjects,' there would be a right about face of BBS the universe; that tho divine right of kings SSJ should no longer be ncceptcd, but thnt the worlds BSH ' sovereignty should bo In tho hands of the world's SSJ BBV To make thht change needed some prelimln- HJ nrles and among them It was especially needed HB thnt a few men should bo born. One of these HB nB Thomas Jefferson, nnd so his coming to this HJ world wns but the fulfilling of n destiny. He HJ wns great In nearly all the essentials ot n great BfeBj man. Ho whs a fair lawyer, n wonderful writer, BBS n profound scholar, but ho had a little streak BBS Of the demagogue In him. On festal days ho m liked to show off, Ho early took Id the full SK j meaning ot the fact that U tbls wag to be a gov- B'i eminent ot tile people, to bo controlled by the B ' voto of tho peopcl, then the successful mnn BBS; , must bo tho man who could get that vote. And K so from tho first he, sincerely or otherwise, pro- fessed h wonderful lovo for the people BB Then ho went off to Franco as minister and B thcro ho picked up n whole lot o red Republl- BBJ can Ideas, nnd took It Into his head that the fl troublo with tho world mostly was that there BBJ were too many laws, and that If the people could BBJ have a full show they would do about the right SB thing. BBJ Then, there were some little envious spots K In the back of his brain. Ho hhted Alexander IB' Hamilton, chiefly becauso he know thnt Hamll- H ton was a great soldier, a great statesman, BBJ a great writer and, moro especially, B lie was tho ono whom Washington leaned B on most. And so, when Anron Ilurr killed Alox- ! ander Hamilton In a duel nnd went to Washing ton, Mr. Jefferson, then president, gavo him n bj - state dinner nt the White Houso. B Wo mention this merely to show thht there H wns a time when ho wns not a saint, when ho H was Just a man, and Imbued with some ot tho H great httrlbuten of a great man, some of tho less H commendnhlo attributes of a common mnn. BBBJ "ut bis enk points never eiunlled his s'rong BBJ ones. He wns essentially n statesman In n thou- 1 HBJk sand ways. His patriotism was never question- fl ed, beyond thnt he wanted to sco lila country- BBf .men all better off. One of his characteristics BBj was shown when he went to Italy and found tho Igrnln called rice. Ho tried to buy some, enough to mnko a start In Amerlch, hut thoy would not BHB sell It to lilm. So ho stolo great coat pockets BB full of it and brought It back to America, and BBl from that tho rice crop of this country started. BBJ Ho wanted tho land better cult'vnted; ho BBJ 1 wanted manufactories established and hence he BBl favored H protective tariff, thnt some men with B money might bo encouraged to build a manufac- BBJ torles and teach somo of tho people how to run B them. He wanted the shipping of our country BBl to advance until It reached a point where It BBJ would bo Independent of tho earth oUibUIo. And B I so Jealous was he of tho honor and the manhood B and the texture of tho people that at one time he B V wished thht It might bo posslblo for a sea of fire M l . . HHHjr bbbbbbbj BBBBBBBBBBBBmi, - s -wsancasMptnmt """"J" SBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHV--"- j-tiiwM e-.msiiissmwmmbbmM" to roll between our cpuntry nnd all others, to 'keep away (he unwelcome Immigrants. And so ho lived an. esteemed citizen; so ho filled tho highest places thnt his countrymen could nsstgn to h'm, and died universally rcvCrcd. Hence we-do not hlnme tho Democracy of Utah for gathering around their altars nnd burning Incense to his memory on his nntnl day. It will make them better to- do It) some of, them will forget some petty things while they nre engaged In that jvork and so manifest Is thlsUhat wo Join with them In extending our all halls to the memory of tho great original commoner. z |