New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-16
yALE-PRINCETON DEBATE.
orn.TIME ANTAGONISTS MEET IN A NEW
FIELD.
PICKED ORATORS FROM EACH UNIVERSITY
DISCUSS THE DESIRABILITY OF POLITI-
CAL UNION WITH CANADA

.,,nceton March Is (Special). To night. for the
s-s, time In the history OF the colleges. Yale and
prInceton met In struggle where strength OF muscle
was exchanged for strength Of argument. and where
orickness OF thought took tho place Of feetness OF
umb Though there was no referee umpire to de
,sc which college gained the supremacy the struggle
vas none the less earnest. Princeton's first inter
Collegiate debate with Yale interesting affair
and 1, probably the precursor Of many more. The
town filing all day with alumni of the two
colleges and with the daughters, wives and friends
NJ the alumni. The Yale delegation arrived In n
specal train shortly after O'Clock, and were enter
tanned by the committee having the debate In charge
promply at 8 O'Clock this evening Alexander T.
NcGlr Chancellor Of New-Jcrsey advanced TO the
front Of the platform In the historic Second Pres
byterian Church. and in few wcllchoscn words
Introduced the debates TO an audience which cont
vletely filled the large building lie also stated the
question and explained the conditions OF the contest
The question was:
"Resovcd. that the peaceful annexation Of Canada
vould BE- beneficial to the United States"
Each debater was to make an opening speech Of
not more than ten minutes duration. TO be followed
BY five minutes rebuttal. Princeton had the
affirmative and Yale the negative.
The debate for Princeton was opened by Mr..
Donald Mccall '04. of the CliCsOphic Society, who
said the vital considerations lie along thee great
hnes-materlal. commercial and political. Canada s
area capable Of wheat production greater I'm extent
than the wheat area of the Unitcd States and will
produce mere bushels 10 the acre: Canadian forests
have In them timber enough T. supply all America
for years 10 come: the Canadian fisheries the
greatest In the world the Canadian mineral develop
ment promises 10 surpass any the continent. Mr..
Mccall finished his argument with brief cOnsdcra
ton Of the commercial and political advantages TO
b. derived from political annexation with Canada.
j. J. Chamberlain. %, lale's first speaker.
lie said annexation between this country and Canada
means the doubling OF territory ard the addition
Of five millions of people TO population
one million Of these French Roman Catholics. and
abSo lutaly control one province at least They
would be everything but desirable citizens. Besides
this. history teaches that crrit ,rial expansion and
political degeneration 60 hand In hand"
Jay f. Ewing. '93. of the American Wing Society.
was lrncetons second speaker. After brief
equalization OF Mr.. McCall's commercial arguments.
he proceeded 10 prove that these could not be
obtained by the United States except through political
annexation.
The second OF Yale's dcbaters W. ID. Lecper, OF
the Law school. lie showed that the issue raised
In the question Of anneXng Canada was distinctly one
between republican and imperial forms of govern
ment: and 1t is morally impossible for the objects
OF the two ever 10 agree. To incorporate any I'm
perialstic doctrine into the United states would
the death of free institutions. while ii is
practically impossible TO make Canada the republican
country the United States is. lie hit the keynote
Of the question when he said that political union was
BY no means necessary. The only advantage OF such
Q union would be the abolishing OF the present tarih
laws which exist between the two countries. Com
mercal union would affect this as well as political
union, without its attendant disadvantages
McCieady Sykes. '0i. Of the ClGsophic society
was the last speaker for Princeton. and to him Tell
TIE greater part Of the work OF rebuttinS Yale lie
said 1t was by mere coincidence that whenever
We have broken down the barriers that keep US from
larger growth. we nave prospercd beyond our
widest dreams We made no mistake when we an
nexed Florida. or Louisiana. or Arizona. or New
Mexico. Colorado. Alaska. Providence has
ordained that should live In wider field, In
freer air.
The last debater for Yale william F.. TtomS.
~ argued for homogeneity and organic unity within
IL United states such the United states and Can
ada together could never possess.
The peculiar feature OF the debate, the rebuttas,
followed.
: Immediately after the debates dinner given
In honor OF tire Yale speakers In university Hall.
James ". Alexander presided as POSTMASTER. DR.:
Depew being unable 10 attend Stephen a. Foster OF
New-York City. responded TO the toast Yale
We Tiger Macgrane Coke {" The American College
Man. Professor West; The Debate Professor