Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-21
WHAT SALEM is Doing.
The Signs Are in the Air For Great
Growth.


gun or in process of construction.
Several miles Of new streets are
being opened through virgin soil
and forest.
Ten miles of electric railroad are
under construction, and one-half Is
nearly ready for the cars.
Twenty new business houses built
last year, are all taken,and still there
Is demand for more.
The largest canT cry in the state is
nearly completed.
The BIG DEBATE.-The Aka
Hesperians and Philodorians met in
battle array in the university chapel
Saturday night to see who should be
declared the ablest debaters, over
the knotty problem of nationalism
as presented 10y the statement in
volved in "Resolved that national
ism as portrayed in BeIlamy's
Looking Backward Is to be de-
sired" The Phils took the lead for
the affirmative, Mr.. Fitzgerald
speaking. He stated the claims
made for nationalism aud showed
how strikes and starvation would
disappear if Bellamy's theories be-
came realities. Napoleon Davis
delivered volIey of arguments in
return for the negative, arguing that
the Bellamy business was nothing
new, it having been tried by such
venerable individuals as Lycur-
gus, and other back numbers, and
that it would destroy all incentives
to individual excellence. Mr.. Will
liams took it up again for the stu
dents and portrayed the slavery of
labor to capital in the present day,
and dilated upon the glorious eman-
cipation Of four million slaves and
that the Be'iainy plan would
make all men equal in the same
way. Mr.. Williams was polished
speaker. The next man to expostu-
late was Mr.. Crandall, who ans
wered the preceding speaker, and
asserted that instead Of only four
million slaves, individual freedom
would be utterly destroyed; he fur
ther asserted that two-thirds would
be continually idle, AS the nation
would he able to guarantee every
man the qualification of his wishes.
Mr.. Rounds followed for the affirm
ativo decaiming against the
money-power as 1t now exists.
Under the Bellamy system there
would be no money, and no monop-
olles would be possible, all incentive
to crime would be abolished. Mr..
Brown opposed with an argument
10 show that by nationalism all fam
lily life would be destroyed. Each
individual upon birth became the
ward of the state. Mr.. Collins in
troduced quotations from political
economists to show that competition
us now conducted was the foe Of en-
terprise; while one succeeded the
many were driven TO the wall and
destroyed. Mr.. Vandersoll resumed
the negative, and showed that the
Bellamy theory was inconsistent, as
IL asked no title to success in life,
and that doing and not being was
the only title to an existence. MIR.
Ailshie sustained the affirmative,
assailing the present system: the
love Of money and pursuit of prop
erty, wers the root of all evil. At
torney Carson took advantage Of II
statement by Bellamy that human
nature remained the same in all
ages, and said that the proposed
system would not change this.
Rev. Thomas applied his theo-
logical hand in an effective manner,
reading press notices favoring Bel
lamy. Mr.. Starr succeeded in dem
onstrating several clinching and
concise arguments. The conclud-
ing speeches were now made by
Messrs Davis and Fitzgerald. The
judges, Messrs. Corwin, Jeifries and
Burnett rendered decision for the
negative aud were unanimously for
that side Of the debate. About 500
people were present, and felt great
interest in this dry subject. Mr.
sitryker, president of the Philo's, pre-
sided.