New-York tribune., 1895-06-25
PERILS OF THE REPUBLIC.
sr1RRING ADDRESS BY SUPREME couR1
JUSTICE BROWN. !.

THAT MUNICIPAL COhtUfIlON, SonronAI6
GREED AND THE TYRANNY OF LABOR
MENAcED THE couNrRY-A
NOTABLE DAY AT THE
NEw-HAvEN coll
LEGE.
New-Haven June 24-More alumni Of the Yale
Law School back for commencement tnan have
besn here for years and a successful anniversary
celebration was held by that department OF the
universty this afternoon. About noon the gradu.
ates assembled and a reception was given In the
new Law School Building. which was opened last
ApriL A collation. was served ana the annual
alumni meeting held. Dean Francis Wayland pre-
sided At the Law School alumni dinner Judge
Ieu,s presded and introduced Dean Wayand -
toastmaster The Dean called up Henry Barnard
and Judge Shipman and various professors OF the
school.
The seniors faculty and alumni then marched u
n body to Centre Church. where the Iowhsend
prize speaking and anniversary oration by justice
BROWN of the United States Supreme Bench. took
place The Townsend speakers were +. f. Dom
nelly. oxford ~ " F. s. Rector, Circ!eville. Ohio
and n. X. Smith. Hartford The decision of the
Judges will not be made public Till Wednesday.
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
The address by Justice Brown followed HIS
subject was THE Twentieth Century, and In the
course OF his remarks he said;
The important changes OF the twentieth CEN
tury promise to be social rather than legal or
political While the signs of the mater,al ard deye0p-
nere more auspcions % than at present II is not to be
doned that the tendencies OF the iast thrty YEAR,
nayr nayri PrUmu"f m FOR its future tranquility The pro-
cesses OF combination have GRABBED nahuiactuIlng
on among themselves by the creation OF trusts.
Upon the other hand aSor beeae ''I less sue ne
gent and aert its own interests IS graduailIy
Consolidating its various trade unions, with the
a
tho productive and transportation Industry OF the
co cSunTy fhs srre sniis be Between capital and labor re-
Cancellation be possible Is the great social problem
stage stage Of firi professional lie; - - -,
That the solution OF this does not lie IN the de.
tbe Civilized world viii not barbarism.
National socialism has never been S
sa55s 5sys na: s0sss. Sssn assy sg ss.
olire ori PROPERTY OF their neighbors While ! feel
assured that the social disauletude o, wncn
nriyate property 1t Is not improbable that II VIII
result In the gradual enarsemen OF t1e tune,Uni
M nbc or sempubc charaeter requires
sc'a soH Of powers SUCH instance
tho SDe % nnd S for the a
rails pipes or wires. there would seem 10 De no
SOU sound ws s"o9 OF hs p"c
exercised directly by the public Such Is az ssaTc sas,
hshy ths isn@fHHy cHzed STATE but our own where great
corporate Interests hy p1Tadns tne aanse n secur ..
inS franchises which properly belong to the public.
THREE NATIONAL DANGERS.
While have no doubt of the ultimate settlement
OF our social problem upon reasonable ana 'u-
| dicious basis there undoubtedly certain perhs
which menace the immediate future OF the couh-
try and even threaten the stability OF It's lnsulu,
lions The most prominent OF these are municpdi
corruption. corporate greed and the tyranny OK
The activities OF urban life the pur-
suit Of wealth or OF peasu 3 o public ar
fairs while. upon the Other ne eApenMda,uaf,ss M a,si
Illicit gain so manifold that the municipal essls-
than the average OF those who elect them. fall an
easy prey to the. designing and unscrupuSoua iSN
are solely responsible for municipal mlsgovern-
the % s sea
OF society. Universal suffrage. which. 1t was con-
% poor man + 50 skfuy manipulated as to ryet his
chains. and secure TO the rich man preao,naS
system. Probably in no country in the world is the
d period OF Of c os Il been
than now u. j.. s.,..
upon rretexts rather than upon reasons 70 wreak
their vengeance upon whoe c:asses OF society: eI
great riot than the sympathetic strike or last sum.
mer but back OF It were substantial ~ bonesty
In the OF us power It VII have no reason N 10 ex
who resist its encroachments.
have spoken OF corporate greed as another source
Of peri! 10 the State The ease with which charters
are procured has produced great abuses corpora.
tons formed under The avs OF one state 3 9r sne
built in under charters r S
y ss se ses! sst to s
greatest frauds are perpetraed IN the construction
guse OF construction company, another CORPORA
ton to which is turned over al the bonds mort;
COS, OF the road The road is equipped in the same
lxrhts ltf,s he rO'li
road so that when inevitable foreclosure comes the
stockholders are found to have been defrauied for
sf SSas' for or the the Of the a ire Prop
rality does not stand in favorable position to in
vok the aid OF The aw for Its prStee0mb roe o.,
corporations in so-ca!ed trusts TO limit production,
lie The extent to when this has Already been car
red IS alarming: the extent TO which i may mere. ere
the entire corporate legislation OF the country 4.
sadly in need OF overhauing. but the difficulty OF
states 6 nsSpsrnSs the third
and rI0m most immediate peril to which have called
your attenon-the tyranny OF labor. II arises from
celve that the rights he exacts he must also con.
cede Iaborng men may defy the laws OF the land
| and pull down their own houses and those OF their
employers about their heads but they are powerless
to control the laws Of nstIre-that great law ,Ns OF
tries arise. flourish for season. and decay. and
both capital and labor receive their appropriate
| reward.
COOPERATION POSSIBLE.
The outlook for permanent peace between capital
! and labor is certainly not an encouraging one. The
/ conflict between them has been gong on and in
creasing bitterness for thousands OF years. and
a settlement seems further off than ever. compul-
| sory arbitration is a mlsnomer-a contradiction IN
! terms. one might we'll speak OF an amicao'e
murder friendly, war. II Is possible that a
compromise may finally be effected upon the bass
OF cooperation. profit sharing un-er which every
aborsr shall become. TO certain extent. capital
| list. Perhaps. with superior education. wider eX-
perience larger intelligence. the laboring man
OF the twentieth century may attain the summit
| OF his ambition In his ability TO command the en-
tire profits OF his toll.
| | have spoken TO you thus briefly. but frankly,
upon the dangers which seem 10 me TO environ the
future OF the country not because believe them
be insuperable, but because desire to press upon