The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-10-16

movements which make The history n
/ this country, aud WhnsO Influence viii
| iia uuwNrful fur good ur lInlillrnllY
namely, Tie ifHu studOnts ~ the college
| have utyor hoen discussed IN the luhlif
press, Ana ytt thH question al how
great strength tho Independent move.
nont hHs Developed there among Tho
students ~ an interesting one. Ia proyi.
Gus presidential campaigns, the cDlloR,
has tNufted IT, influence on tho side OI
the Republican party, almost "a u nnnr
/ aud n las been found oNttumD ~ aim
cult To tear away tho foot hold which
that party has gained, And yet some
dissatisfaction with tho dominant party
| there has been for several years, prlnci,
pdily for the reason that the Harvard
Professors of political economy have iuT
many years strongly antagOnized the Re-
publican policy of high protection, Toh
less extent the personal character of the
candidates has heretofore attracted con-
sidoraIiun, notably In lSSO, when the stu
dents were ~ opposed 10 both the load
ing candidates ior the Republican nomi
nation, Grant and blaine, that canvass
taken In tho spring showed that too
preference among them Tor president
was Democratic Senator Bayard. In tho
fall, however, the colleges stepped into
line and supported Garfield and Arthur.
Since then Inc independent feeling has
been growing, and to-day probably
three-quarters of the students are in
favor OF tho election OF Cleveland and
Hendricks. This Is II highly significant
fact, for these 1000 young mon come 10
college from all parts OF the country, and
represent In almost every instance the
.cading families la tho region they hail
from, the families which represent in
the highest degree the wealth and intel
ligence of the country. Thus the
change which has come 10 pass mt Iiar-
ward during the past four years In an
important sign oil the feelings of the IN
tellectual portion of our population.
So far has this feeling gone that an an
imated discussion is now going on over
the torchlight procession this fall. IL
has hitherto been the custom for the on
tire college To Join the ranks of the Re-
publican procession. This year the case
Is different. The students care more
about politics and large number, by
the way, intCnd In vote, which has been
the exception rather than tho rulo hith-
erto. However, the parade is still an
open question, and much interest is be
ing manifested in IL.
The iar-lamed Harvard indifference
in respect 10 public matters is
rapidly going out OF existence,
as is shown by the following
incident: In class-moeting the Other
night the question OF the torchiight pro-
cessiop came NJ Tor discussion. One OF
the men arose, and spoke nearly as fol-
lows; "rhis is u question which makes
no difference TO us. All that we 30 in
town for the night Of the procession is
To have Il glorious time, ana ii means to
most OF us an elegant opportunity OF
getting drunk. If we choose at all, lei
us take n decent procession rather than
n muckCrish one" His remarks were
here cut short by such a storm of misses
that he was compelled to take his seat
an expression of earnestness OF feeling
that has been very rare at Harvard Ia
the past few years.
Tho junior class have chosen mar
shals for the procession, rs they will
certainly parade in n DO iy. With
which party the majority OF the class
will probably decide this week.
On careful inquiry it has been asccr-
tanned that the hostility TO the election
of Blaine and Logan comes from the
personal character of the former, the
students acknowledging that on the
tariff question the country could expect
no more from the Democratic than from
the Republican party. But James q.
Blaine is not considered by them man
who is endowed with such courage and
nobility Of character as could rise above
party and act for the benefit of the
country, regardless of personal and par
t.Zan aims.
Cleveland has really very enthusi-
astic following at Harvard, who have
watched his course as governor as
closely as young men OF their type
could be expected to interest themselves
in serious affairs. Such are the dis
tinctions which are made at Harvard
between the two candidates by the ma
iority of students.