Evening star., 1895-04-25
LOOKING FOR OTHER PLACES
Teachers at Stamford University Fear It
Will Close.
The Governments Big Suit Against
.pon.lD,e ser The Trouble.

~pon"iDle ser the Trouble.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 25.-The Bulle-
tin says: The teachers at Stanford Uni
versity are looking for positions in other
universities in the impression that the
university founded by Leland Stanford will
soon close it's doors. They fear the college
will close because there Is no money in the
Stanford estate to pay for its maintenance,
the estate being tangled up in suit with
the United States, which is going on in the
federal courts. The probate court has no
power to use the funds Of the state to keep
the college on firm footing.
Some time ago the estate began to sell
the brandies and wines that have accumu-'
lated in the wineries Of the estate, and the
money derived from the sale was to be
used In defraying the expenses of the insti-
tuition. Meanwhile all the expenses of the
university have had to be betrayed from
the private income of Mrs Stanford
Just as the Stanford properties were be-
ing put on first-class business basis At
torney General Olney started his big suit
for SIS, 100000 against the Stanford estate.
This had the effect Of checking proceed
tribution of Senator Stanford's estate, and
tying up things generally. 1t was this. so 1t
is said, coupled with the previous feeling
of unrest, that has prevailed to greater
or less degree ever since the Senator'S
death, that stimulated some Of the edu-
Gators to seek openings elsewhere, and set
in circulation the report that the university
is likely to be closed for season.
Mr.. Lathrop, brother of Mrs. Stanford,
lays all the trouble to the government suit
against the estate.
'.It has postponed the distribution" he
said, land seriously embarrassed US. There
was talk of temporarily closing the Uni
versity. I am glad to say that has been
settled satisfactorily. Meantime great
deal depends on this government suit We
are making every effort to have 1t deter
mined as soon as possible.
'It must be remembered the university
cannot pay its own expenses, for the in
stitution Is free. The board from the de-
partment managed to pay its own expenses,
but that has nothing to do with paying the
professors. There are now somewhere be-
tween 1.100 and 1900 students connected
men in the faculty."
President Jordan stated at Palo Alto that
every arrangement had been made to keep
open the college during the year 1896.
The Federalist and Local Suffrage.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
Your correspondent, ~. V. K.." in quot
ing Madison on the constitutional provision
concerning the seat Of government, should,
in common fairness to the "would-be suf-
fragists'' of the District, have quoted the
whole paragraph from which he has culled
part in aid of his argument! Please al
low me to complete the quotation. which
Is taken from the,E4Sq paper of the Fed
eralist. take it up where y. V. K" broke
off: MI
And as 1t Is to be appropriated to this
use with the conssntsof the state ceding
1t; as the state win no doubt provide in
the compact for the rights, and the con-
sent of the citizens inhabiting 1t; as the
inhabitants will find sufficient Inducements
of interest, to become willing parties to
the cession; as thsy y,rWill have had their
voice in the election OF the government.
as a municipal legislature for local pur-
poses, derived frodh their ewn suffrages.
will of course, be allowed them: and as
the authority Of r. legislature dq tns Of sns
derived from the whole people of the state.
in their adoption of the Constitution, every
imaginable objection seems to be obvi-
ated.' 49,
The above passage and the signifcant
fact that the moment the population OF
the District warranted 1t local govern,
meHt based upon suffrage was established
at the seat of the national government
and continued for seventy years. seems to
the unprejudiced mind pretty conclusive
evidence that whether the trainers of the
Constitution intended the people of the
District to participate In the affairs OF
the national government or not they GER
tainly did not intend to deprive them OF
a voice in their local or municipal govern
ment.
1t is a little unreasonable to insist. also.
as ~. V. K" seems to do, that persons
&C ming to the District must be held as hav-
ing done SO with their eyes open and conse-
quently that they have waived their right
to object to taxation without representa-
tion." Now, while this may r : true OF those
/ iii hAr-a fa <Nrytfn
respectable proportion Of our popula-
ton which, through no fault Of their own,
first saw daylight in the capital city, and
there are number of citizens. the vic
tins of their parents peregrinatfons, who
were brought here without being consulted
in the matter and at an age when Ameri-
can citizenship possessed neither value nor
| attraction for them. and, unfortunately.
of learning that it is either valuable or
attractive
~ v. ks" experience with the Districts
representatives in Congress must have been
extremely fortunate, else he would not
have exposed himself to the incredulous
smiles of those who find it necessary to
| humbly beg little attention for District
legislation from some ignorant and bump
tious committeeman and get snubbed for
their pains. by asserting that the District
| is represented (?) in Congress. The congress
sional end Of the District government is
almost universally conceded to be wretch
ed failure, ~. v. K" and the Commission
ers excepted.
a. " K" and Prof. Sumner of Yale
will have difficulty in correcting the popu-
lar error (0 that the principle of no taxa
tion without representation never had any
pertinent application to the colonies in
the war of the revolution" Whatever may
be the historical fact, 1t Is hopeless now to
attempt to uproot the belief that the war
of the revolution was fought to establish
this principle Of government in America.
Finally. is 1t fair to assume that the
ffv,cr cricfa nfofD
ment for the District that Is to contain all
the elements of weakness that make so
many of the municipalities of the country
a national disgrace? F. L. SIDDONS.
To the Editor of The Evening Star:
The Belt street railway management has
had q fair share ofstpublic attention for
| some time past. but ali of the criticisms de-
served by that cornaAa tion do nof annear