The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-08-10
SATURDAY. AUG. 10.
EDITORIAL.
DR.. Nash Called

III WASH o@iiou lister reports that at
to Lombard meeting of the Trus-
tees of Lombard University. held Mon
day, July %, Rev. CHARLES ELLwooD
NASH. d. D., of Brooklyn, N. Y, was
formally rendered the presidency of. the
University. There were fifteen trustees
present and in conference with DR.. Nash
the whole situation was thoroughly dis.
cussed and an understanding arrived at
as to the condition of the University.
DR.. Nash was not prepared to give an
immediate answer and will take time to
consider the question.
The Register adds that DR.. Nash
made very agreeable impression and
it is hoped his answers will be favora-
ble." Galesburg is not alone in the
hope thus expressed The denomina
ton, East and West, are interested in
Lombard University and would heartily
welcome favorable decision from Dr.
Nash. We defer comment pending the
acceptance of the call. simply affirming
our conviction that if DIR. Nash be-
comes President Nash, he will have what
is essential to his success in the i'm
portant position, a unanimous Western
constituency to give him an earnest and
hearty support.
SOS
WHEREVER Mr.. Theo-
A Civil Service Re- dore Roosevelt goes
lornef' the professional poll
tician, the chief article of whose creed
is that to the victors belong the spoils,
feels much as a man caught out on a
warm summer day by an unexpected
"cold wave" The work of Civil Service
Reform has no more redoubtable cham
pion in public life than the young man
to whom Senator Hoar, himself an ora
tor, remarked after his recent great
speech assailing machine politics and
machine politicians in New York, "Your
speech is the best speech that has been
made on this continent for thirty years.
1 am glad to know that there is a man
behind it worthy of the speech" Since
the death of George William Curtis,
Civil Service Reform has had no ADLER
champion than this bold. aggressive, in
dependent man in public life, whose ut
terances have drawn upon him the at
tack of almost every spokesman in the
country.
Courteously, courageously, he fought
in Congress for the despised cause of Civil
Service Reform until by his indepen
dence and ability, and practically,
united to charming personal character
istics, he may be said to have won the
day and there is no longer any hope and
scarcely any attempt on the part of its
opponents of repeating the law, or Of
Gripping its work by cutting down the
appropriation for the commission. Con-
gressmen and Senators as they aim to
understand the law better and realize
that they themselves are capable and
trustworthy, will be infinitely the gamers
by its application; while the people will
be better served and are fast joining the
ranks of those who zealously upheld the
law and are moving for its extension in
all branches of the public service. And
in bringing about this desired consume
ton, Mr.. Roosevelt has been. and is the
chief figure in recent years.
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LORD SALISBURY
The salisburyPoicy has defined his policy
toward the church. religion and educa-
ton with sufficient clearness when he
says in regard to the church (which in
the case, means, Of course, the Estab-
lished Church of England). "endow.
ments should be preserved for those for
whom they were originally intended"
AS to education his words were not less
explicit, and seemingly frank when he
dwelt upon "the supreme value of reli-
gious education given according to the
religion which the parents themselves
professed." This might mean that nom
conformists as we'll as Established
Church people are entitled to the privi-
lege Of educating their children accord
ing to the religion they profess, but it is
doubtful whether Lord Salisbury would
care to follow the principle thus laid
down to its legitimate conclusion; other
wise it is difficult to see how national
system OF education can be made effect
i've. Manitoba is at present furnishing
a most effective object lesson as to the
difficulty Of reconciling ssctarian educa-
ton and the general duty Of the State
as respects the education of youth. Our
plan in the United States seems to work
better. A general education by the
State for all itsyouth. irrespective Of de-
dominational influences. with privilege
to all to educate their children in de-
nominational schools when they are
able to do so.