Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-31

Election OF oricers of tho American Social
Science Assassination


Science Association.
At the evening session the American Social
Science Association at Saratoga. y. Y. elected
.he Following officers; President. II. l. Way
land. Philadelphia; first vice president. Andrew
u white. Ithaca; vice presidents. Francis way-
land New Haven; Daniel c. Gilman. Baltimose:
Vim. /. Harris, Washington; Carroll D. Wright.
Washington; Mrs. John +. Lidee. Boston; Lucy
NJ. Browne. Brooklyn; Mrs. Carolina n. Dali.
Washington; +. Benjamin Andrcsss. Proyi-
denee; Grace Peckham. New York; Henry 4.
Baker, Lansing. Mich: Dorman h. Eaton. New
York Henry Willard. New York: p. Holbrook
Curtis, New York; John NJ. Gregory. Washing
ton; r. A. Holland, ST. Louis. No. ard John
ESton, Washington; general secretary. D. b.
Phelps Stokes. New York.
Directors Charles A. Peabody New York,
= j. hingsbury. Waterbury. Conn: Dr. J. NJ
buckley. New York; John ". Carter. BOSTON;
1harles A. Collin. Ithaca: Seymour Dexter.
hlmira; T. J. James, Philadelphia; John l..
M,IlIlean; Allegheny, Pa; :. ". Hotchkiss,
hartford. and W. II. Foulke Richmond Ind
An address on The Trimming 81 the Mentally
detective In Childhood" was read by Dr. Isaac
1 y. hearlin OF Pennsylvania and the annual re-
port OF General Secretary Sanborn wac sub
United.
1 PREsTDENT wATLAND's PArER.
The general meeting OF the association
opened on Monday evening with an address nv
he president II. l.. wayland. DID. Of Phil
sielphia; subject. HAS the State AbdicAtelg"
nc speaker referred 20 some Of the causes
widespread suffering and calamity. among
tiein strikes and lOckouts. leading TO great los-
ne entire community and not seldom 20 hlood-
So ana lnciplent civil war: the oyertaxing Of
rnway employees leading 10 accidents: the
Maiteration OF food 10 the amount Of s700 co.,
~ annually in America. the accumulation OF
vast fortunes IN few hands. with a tendency 10
disappearance OF the middle class: the
monopoly Of great tracts Of lands not unseldom
gained nv fraud; the coal combine. &c ana vet
TN state Is silent. He would have the state. as
enoodying the entire community act for the
general welfare and take steps for the correc-
tlea OF these evils. Objections are made. This
is iaternallsm; II is socialism" But We are too
ole TO be frightened by names s'But this il
oelroying the right Of property" No. IL may
be disturbing the right OF possession but not ~
property, which is very different thing. Ones
life his character, his liberty are his property.
buihis land and money are but possessions
anc there Is no sacredness about this Society
has always assumed the right 20 subordina- e
therlght Of possession 10 the public good
charging on the principle. be urged that the
commonwealth OF nations should exercise its
| rigf of interference when any one state II vio-
latifg the sacred rights Of humanity and j. in
| jung the human race, as in the case Of the
slav trade now carried on by the Arabs In Cci.-
trad Africa. He trusted that MIR. Gladstone
woui not evacuate Egypt, where the influence
/ OF Great Britain had been 50 immensely bene-
/ ficiA
N officers Of the association were instructed
to convey to the Hon. Andrew ID. White about
70 lez on his mission minister 10 Russia its
high ppreciation of his valued services in con-
nectn with this association. as well ~ his Ia
bors pr the promotion of pure legislation and
good government. and the interests Of America,
bothst home and abroad