Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-20

The hoart of regents of the rnivrr-
sity of WISCONSIN met In quarterly sCs
sion yesterday AFTERNOON, all the MON
hrrS hNtng present except State SuIs>r,
intrudcnt =, T., Wells and nr. Dale the
latter being detained at his home in
Oshkosh Wy tllueSS. The Sp,>Sal com.
mtttcH appointed 1T the last meeting
to investigate the charges made by
state superintendent Wells against
nr Richard I, ELY presented the fol,
lowing report,
TO the Honorable, The Board ur
Regents OF the University ur WistOu-
sin; Your committee appointed to in
Ncstigatc the charges made 10y Suprnu,
trndcut Wells against pr, Richard r..
Ely in his letter published in The Ma.
ton on tho l2th Of July, lS,A, and re-
published in the New York Evening
Post on the 10th Of July OF the same
year, report as follows:
we find that pr. ely did not at
his own house or elsewhere either en-
tcrtatu or consult with walking dele
gate who camr FROM Kansas city
somewhat more than n year ago to
counsel and assist the Democrat Print.
ing company strikers and he neither III,
rcrtlN nor Indirectly advised, aided, nor
Allotted this strike. The other strike
referred to in the letter of Supcrintcud
cnt Wells is one which occurred IN the
printing office nf Tracy Gibbs \ Co,
of this city. lr. Ely neither directly
nor indirectly advised. aided nor uhct.
ted this strike, he did not demand of
the proprtctorS of the establishment
that their office should I've made Il
union office nor did hr threaten Ia
take his printing away from this of
nee If il were not made n union office
This company continued to 40 his
printing ns long rs he was the srCrr,
tnrN of the association Tor which II
was done nr ily did not assert in
conversation with one of the propri,
rtorS Of this office that where n skilled
Workman was needed II dirty d,ssi
pntr,l, unmarried unreliable and m
skilled tramp, II II union man. should
be employed In preference Ia m In
,mstrious, Skillful. trustworthy, non
union man who Is the head Of !,
family neither DID he state that the
latter would have no ground Of com,
nl "a N hn II Ia.
objection TO him by Joining the union:
nor that conscientious Srruplcs against
joining the union would prov" the In
dividml Ia I've II crank
foundation N fact for the charge that
Professor Ely. director of the school
OF economies believes In strikes and
boycottS, iustifylng and encouraging
III" one while placticing the other,
or the charge that he Is an individual
who can say 10 citizens and taxpayers
stand and deliver or down goes yOul
business aud 10 lnhoring men join
the union or staryc with your fnmi,
les or the charge that Professor Ely
differs from Ely the socialist only in
the adroit aud covert method of his nd
vocary, or the charge that "A careful
reading OF his books will discover cs.
scnt'nlly III samu principles but
masked by glticring gencrnlitics and
mystical and metaphysical statements
susceptible of various interpretations
according as n too literal intcrprc'h
ton might seem for III" time likely
10 work discomfort or loss To- the
writer, or the charge that his books
are studiously indefinite or ambiguous,
or that they abound In sanctlmoniOus
or pious cant or 'pander to the pro
hibitiOnist or 'ostcntatiously symph
thiZc with all who are In distress, or
that tho careful student will discover
their utopian or pernicious doctrines
or that their general accrptanc" would
furnish Il seeming moral justification
or any justification for attacks upon
life or property
And finally we find that the charge
that "A sort of moral justification for at-
tacks upon life and property Is sup.
ported By the teaching or the practice
Of the University Of Wisconsin liz alb.
sOlutely false. The university Is sup.
ported by the law; II teaches and prac.
tees submission 10 the law. All OF its
teachings and all Of It's practices are
hostile TO anarchy. disorder and viola
lions Of the law The spirit OF IT.
teaching and practice IL well Illus.
tratad In the baccalaureate address de
liyered by President Charles Kendall
Adams at It's last commencement.
"Ip his sweeping charge against the
teachings and practices Of the univer-
sity Superintendent Wells may have
had reference only to the teachings
and practices Of DR. Ely, but his Ian
guagc In the letter published certainly
appears 10 give them n much wider
significance. We have been unable 10
find any teaching or practice OF DR..
Ely justifying attacks upon life or
property but we do find that he has
repeatedly and In the strongest Ian
guage admonished against both.