Date:  Wed, 13 Apr 1994 15:42:05 -0600

From:  Larry Davis <DAVIS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]WSUHUB.UC.TWSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: The Great Unwashed



Mathews, DICT. OF AMERICANISMS, cites the following from Brewerton, WAR IN

KANSAS (1856), p.136:



"He [the governor of the Kansas territory] was sitting upon a white horse a la

General Taylor--or as the 'great unwashed' delight to call him, "Old Rough and

Ready."



From the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 23 June 1901, 1345/2:

Status: R



"The Democratic party...have been long known as the 'great unwashed'."