The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-31

America and can recall no
greater words in any Grafton than
ing sentences in which, after paying his
own State grand and well-deserved tribute
he. in terms of endearment. claimed Wash
ington, Henry, Marshall, Jefferson, Madi-
son and other distinguished Southerners
the noble patriots of New England. He
expressed in that wonderful speech the
true sentiment of this campaign, the domi-
contest This is the spirit that should ami
mate every young man In the country, in
tional spirit-a broad and comprehensive
patriotism, a genuine Americanism. If ]
could give the young men OF the United
hear and heed it would be: Stand up for
America; devote your life TO its cause; love
your homes and prove worthy of
our cherished free institutions as they are
worthy of your allegiance and service.
Let not the high standard of national
honor raised by the fathers be lowered by
their sons. Let learning, liberty and law
be exalted and enthroned. You come from
the great educational institutions of the
land and / dare say love to contemplate
with me their great and increasing impor-
lance. Each is for his own, but proud of
all. and there none but would give
honor to the great public school system of
the country. Our common schools are in
many respects the best in the world and
may be said to Surpass the high standards
OF other nations in almost every particular.
WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION COSTS.
The wonderful provisions made by the
people of this country for public education
tells the story of the advantages of the
Republic better than any words of mine
We expended for the education of the
youth of the country in our public schools
s63 900 in 1870, SIS, 600 600 in 1880 and $14o-
100000 in 1S90-an average increase OF nearly
A,WD,Oc0 per annum. Three-fourths of the
expenditure was for salaraies of teachers
ana every year we are getting on the whole
better instruc ors and broader instruction
The value OF public school property in
this country in 1870 was s1300do,O00; in 1885,
S2e9 goo, 600. and in 1890 $342 0o0, 000an average
annual increase of 100000 for the whole
period.
In addition to this great outlay by the
Nation, America has just reason to be
proud OF the private benefactions which
Our phllanthroDic citizens constantly
making to our colleges and universities.
Ihey nave fallen or, is true, in the last
three years. and they will be still more
reduced II we are ever so unwise to en-
proposed, or any other schemes of false
finance. In the foundation of public libra
RES and in the aid of higher schools, the
amount oil these gifts from 1871 10 1881 a
period of twenty years exceeded S. 600 900
or more than S4.00V.00o Il year We have in
the United States III addition to our public
schools more than 400 universities and col
reyes, with 5000 instructors, $1,000 students
ana properly valued at nearly, $15000 1000,
ana libraries containing more than A. 900, 600
volumes
w nat mas been the result of this unpa-a
teled expenditure and munificence? Are our
schools worth what they cost? Yes | an
sWer; all that and infinitely more. They
are objects of patriotic pride and solicitude
TO US ALL We behold most satisfa ctorv
progress in the public schools whose an
I ,a enrolment mt OF pupils has now reached
more than l3.O00000, or % per cent of the
entire population, a greater percentage
than that of any other nation in the world.
out it's treasures in support of OUR schooIs
man now: We spend for education per
OF Great Britain; three times that of
france and ten times that of Italy. Our
our clVilization that 81 per cent of our
total population over ten years of age can
read and write. cloud cheers) What a
splendid citizenship this will make and
now much it means for the future of our
These are some of the results of tho
matchless system of government under
, which ", we live and which must in future
viii you guard them? sacrediy. I am su p~
Iair,1,hIuiiy and honorably. 1 am certain YOU
sovereignty by. voting to violate pubic
nd nt. OF ny substituting for, the glorious
view or these facts. l believe it can he
t thsuthnIuiy said that in the advancement of
sne United States no other nation can
science and the useful arts or in fbo
g gasl , of its charitable work Its prog
ent 10 our people, but rich in benefits 70
the world, and If we consider that 70 20
gion ,es college in the country is not vet
Sov Years OLD. we may indeed congratulate
ourselves on the record made
TEST OF TRUE MANHOOD.
iouls gentlemen, the country has need
OIL patriots and statesmen now and viii
need them in it's future years / beg Won
10 pear In mind always that the contests
"nieh you must meet are largely inteliec-
'uai ana moral, not material, and that no
Iiv~.s<
cially you have just as good a chance to
WIN as anybody else if you apply your
selves properly. There is the test of trne
American manhood. DO your dutv man-
Iuliy, cheerfully and hopefully. and do If
at all hazards, and, whatever your en-
oarfassments you are bound to win The
youth OF no other land are so blessed as
ours Give your country your answering
allegiance and loyalty; give it your hearty
ssupport and unselfish love; give it your best
thoughts acts and devotion There never
was country that exacts so little from
its citizens and there never was a country
gave its citizens much as ours
In the pending campaign some men have
actually advocated the splitting Of our
great national family into distinct divisions
on Classes. as they are pleased to call them
They have said to the working people ,itei Of
me factories mines and mills: You go off
farmers, gardeners. dairymen and other
iou SO OIL INTO another
crowd But the wool growers they have
left out altogether as the wool growers
fully appreciate. Then they have turned
10 professional and college men merchants
Rnd manufacturers and railroad presidents
Sturning to DR.. Chauncey NJ Depew of
New York. amidst loud laughter) and said:
You will not follow us, so, of course YOU
must stay together
There would be something comicaI about
Rll this travesty common sense if it
were not for the fact, the serious fact they
present. of carrying the bitterest feelings
of each community, the arraying of labor
Hgainst capital, of the poor. less fortu-
mate against the rich, or more fortunate
and the creation. for the first time in our
history, of harmful and destructive social
divisions. If the teachings of these men
We're followed TO their logical conclusions
they would threaten the very foundations
OF the government. But they are all wror z:
Fundamentally cruelty wrong for there
never was a time (and never will be- or
can be a time), when the interests of la
Dor and capital were not identical and nu-
tlially beneficial.
Young men of the colleges, I adjure YOU
denounce these things wherever you en-
rc,lnter them: speak against them and
s-o.e against them; teach your children to
bbhor them: for they opposed to Amer
Jean national institutions This glorious
Republic is full of the splendid examples
of the poor young man who has made by
force his merit known, and lived to clutch
DEGREES. and shapes the whispers of the
throne 1t gave us Andrew Jackson, Il
young hero OF the revolution and Abraham
Lincoln. the martyr of liberty. Their
names will be repeated with honor so long
Rs the history of the United States is read.