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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-10

Congressman Lewis has written char
acteristic letter to State University Re
gent Davis. in which he discusses the uni
versity embroglio and storms the citadels
OF the critics of the board In a volley Of
language that Is as picturesque as 1t IS
vague Mr.. Lewis a great length argues
that the regents ARE at the head Of and
govern the University of Washington"
In conclusion he says:
II again suggest to you that the way TO
save This university from either he charge
of politics IN It's management iucfliclency
IN its administration. or lack Of standing
as compared with other schools Of the
same degree. IS to place such men at It's
head as by their character and standing
will Of themselves wholly rcfute al false
charges and OF themselves be a sufficient
assurance Of the general excellence and
merit Of the university"
Il Mr.. Lewis means that the regents
should place a president and faculty OF
high standing and approved capabnIty "at
the head Of the university" he destroys
his own argument II he means that the
governor should place such men on the
board OF regents. he has run the risk Of
making himself offensive to the recipient
OF the letter and the majority OF the pres
ent board. OF course. Mr.. Lewis could
not be so impolite. SO what did he mean
The most reasonable solution OF the d.
Iemma IS that Mr.. Lewis did not himself
know
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4 Dream.


Set to Music by w. Balfe.
1 dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls,
Where the old wooden courthouse now
stands:
The odor Of horses came not from their
stalls,
And the jail was removed to new lands
Taxes were coming in faster than Sam
Rathbun could write out his name;
But I dreamt what pleased me more than
il all
Dave Mckinley was there just the same
l dreamt that 1 walked on the campus
ground.
Where the college boys reveled IN play;
There were Corbet and Jacsol and Reese
and some more.
But l didn't see Johnnie r. Fayl
The regents were fighting TO make new
place
For teachers who bore their name.
But mid all the cousins and sisters and
aunts,
The boys were ahead Of the game.
I dreamt that rode UP Profanity hill.
But the courthouse was no longer there;
1t was down IN the city, where lawyers
could still
Find excuse for occasion 20 swear.
Ladies refraiEed from attending the court.
Deferred by q feeling OF shame.
But dreamt what pleased me more than
IL all
Tha, we loved them sim the same.
I dreamt that Seattle was streeted In gold
And Frank Little had filed I'D the holes:
Nobody suffered from hunger or cold.
And the sidewalks were freed from poles.
The high school was put where 1t had rs
own hall
And the pupils had TO one 70 blame:
But I dreant what pleased nas more than
80 all
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Cnnnevilla Islander.


II the new board OF regents of the state
university had Systematically sought to
discredit the chief educational institution
OF the state In the minds of the people OF
the state who have sons and daughters
whom they would be glad TO educate,
they could hardly have accomplished more
to it's injury than they have done in the
brief time that they have had the man
agement of its affairs. The regents re-
Gently proceeded to lay down arbitrary
rules for the government OF the faculty.
and virtually usurped the authority prop
erly belonging to the president Petty
1ealousies and contentious have kept the
institution in a turmoil and shaken the
confidence of its best friends. 1t has been
made the puppet OF a narrow school OF
politics by Populist governor who either
could not appreciate the Importance OF a
broad and liberal policy in its manage
ment, or who was and is really worse than
Indifferent to it's welfare. Now the fusion
board has summary removed the presi-
dent of their own selection a few months
ago. on account of his objections TO GER
tain rules of their adoption, and particu-
larly to their unwarranted PRONUNCIATION
OF an order making gymnasium attend
ance compulsory and allowing for il
most unusual number of credits. Appar-
entity II is the intention of the regents that
the president shall be a mere fgurehead.
and that II he has the temerity TO assert
any independent Views OF his own he
shall be accused OF INSTRUMENTATION" and
removed. 1t is really a most unfortunate
state OF affairs. and one keenly regretted
by all true friends OF higher education in
the state.
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Rev r. n. Condit, of Walla Walla,
delivered an address before the Pres
byterian synod Friday night, in which
he took gloomy view Of the future Of
the Christian ministry IL present
methods OF eduation are not radically
reformed. DR.. Condit's position is not
perfectly understandable from begin
ming TO end, but 1t may be assumed
that he is attempting TO voice the SEN
timent OF his church in the desire to
make Christianity and Christian edu-
cation attractive to young men, so that
they will the more willingly accept its
doctrines and consecrate themselves to
the cause they represent. For instance.
DR.. Condit says:
THE theory Of secular education ignores
the existence and functions OF conscience
defining conscience as a belief in a per-
sonai God and the dread OF Divine dis
pleasure. and reverence for Gods laws"
II DIR. Condit meant this as his own
definition of conscience, and not as the
wonder as to how he came TO make so
serious a blunder; but he seems to i'm
ply that the theory of secular education
ignores conscience because it is a be
lief in a personal God and the dread
OF Divine displeasure, and reverence
for Gods laws" Secular education as
signs no such place or functions to
conscience, but regards it simply as in
tuitiye perception between right and
wrong; the sense of moral obligation:
the impulse which directs ones actions
in proper channels; that quality which
interprets and discloses duty. In these
two defnitions-the religious and sec
ular-is very finely illustrated the diff
ference between the Christian theory
of education and the theory and meth
DDS now widely followed in sectarian
schools and colleges of the country.
DR.. Condit's real grievance is that the
text books do not define conscience as
he defines it. If they did, all else
would follow, and there would be no
schools or universities in the country
free from the domination of the Chris
tian church, and Spencer. Huxley and
John Stuart Mill would have lived in
vain.
Or. condit is further reported to have
said:
Modern science a. taught in most Of
our secular institutions Of Iearning-there
are few notable exceptions altogether
eliminates God from His creation. az wen
as denying 20 man his moral nature"
This is altogether too sweeping an
assertion. and in its essence it is not
true. II is correct that modern science
does not fully accept God as the Gre
ator; but IL does not deny to man his
moral nature" indeed. Or.
Condit's definition Of mans moral
nature" and conscience" are the
same
Preachers and other good men are
still hopeful Of conducting science to
the altar OF Christianity. where she
may be baptized in Chrlstianity's
spirit, and with authority and power
from on high" The church as a
whole has seen the solution OF the
problem with clearer eyes than men
like Or. Condit and has, in very large
measure. reconciled itself to modern
science. The result is that we have
more enlightenment. more tolerance.
more intelligence in the church, and a
broader. stronger. better and even
pIrer Christianity than we had before
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THE UNIVERSITY MIDDLE.
How q Populist Paper Regards lie.

West Coast Populist.
The great mistake has been IN appoint
ing men who are not broad enough 20 rise
above their own narrow, religious convic-
tons, and recognize the fact that the pub
lie institutions of the state have nothing
TO do with the individual religious senti-
menrs OF the citizens. That men who can
not rise to that broad ground are unit for
members OF the board OF regents
When Clark Davis concluded 10 accept
q salaried position from the board OF re-
gents he should have resigned as regent
He cannot serve two masters. himself and
the state. He cannot represent two inter-
ests, his own and the interest OF the state.
This proposition IN q lesser degree is APP
plicabie 20 John p. Fay. who should never
have permitted his dsinterested position
moved by becoming interested in his sister,
in-law. or any other relative occupying a
position as teacher in the university. The
result has proved the unwisdom OF such
an act
That Gov. Rogers appointed man 70
the board of regents who has hardly
become a resident in the state can have
but one Specification. and that is, that ii
is q political appointment. one Intended 10
make himself strong politically with one
81 the daily papers Of this city.
The best thing that can be done now in
the interest of the university would be 10
remove Clark Davis, John p. Fay and Col
Blethen from their positions as regents
and Ill these positions with leading citi-
zens IN the state, outside OF the county or
King.
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WHAT BECOMES or THEM,

Occasionally In the gossip OF news
papers there creeps out an auusion 70
some woman who has become famous
through her beauty or intrigues. She
forms DO part Of the history OF nations.
YET her influence cannot be altogether
disresarded by the veracious chroa-
iclec q bis times. The mystery at
teading such characters piques curios-
i,y, and the suggestion Of lavish dis
play. luxurious residences and more or
less agdacity in assuming a semi-so-
cial Sovereignty serve TO further the
ends Of butterflies which futter FOR q
time IN the favor q princes.
They are soon forgotten. The most
notorious 81 them 1--we but an ephem-
srd existence, and then pass into oh
byion. There IS no age ia which thev
have Dot thrlven for time. and few
great names have escaped deserved or
uudesevYed association with them
What becomes q them Mana is no,
a type ot the most exalted among then,
bat her miserable fate is usually theirs
The courts c. the Georges and the
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How VIII Ii All Endf
Seattle Argus.


There IS. 40 say the board of regents, a
vacancy in the state university-"a steady
Job for the right party"
The successful applicant must be
nonentity in every sense Of the word. lie
must have no ideas of his own. for they
are dangerous. IIe must know nothing.
do nothing. see nothing. He must be
mere fgurehead-a name. an cit" He
must be under the immediate supervision
of Regent Davis, who in turn must do as
the other regents say or run the risk OF
losing his Job. He must wink at all ir-
Irregularities. turn his back religiousiy on
gil jobs, and bow and scrape TO all fakirs
and confidence workers. He must expect
to be the head OF the university in name
only. He must be absolutely owned and
controlled by a board OF regents but one
member Of which ever saw the interior
Of any college or university other than a
reform school.
Who viii apply for the job7 Where is
there n man whose manhood and indie
pendence are at such low ebb and whose
reputation ia 80 poor that he can afford
TO accept Il? When he Is found. and there
is no question that he exists what kind
OF a circus will he run? What will a
diploma from the state university be worth
after It has been secured? OF what will
the faculty consist? VIII every man with
a political pun who may turn up be given
a situation7
How viii this all end, anyhow?
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SNAPSHOTS BY THE WAY.

Mr.. Low continues willing 70 allow all
the other candidates 10 withdraw.
Eugene v. Debs spoke TO empty benches
in Chicago the other day. The benches
had 10 stay.
Mrs. Craven stin thinks that where
there's a Photographic will, there's a way
TO make il stick.
The more Mr. Croker looks over his
hand the more convinced is he that Mr..
George led a sneak.
OF course, Mr.. Cleveland IS qualified 10
fill seat in the United States senate.
Two seats would be nearer his dimensions.
Vanity Fair thinks America is "a mere
baby" Anyway. unlike some others.
we've got our second childhood to look
forward to.
1t probably occurred to Mr.. Cleveland
that a seat in the senate has strong ad-
vantages over a seat in the house. Tom
Reed is not here.
Mr.. J. Lawrence Sullivan says It is
million-to-one shot he won't be elected
mayor Of Boston. But Mr.. Sullivan is
glad that the mayoralty belt Will remain
In America.
The latest newspaper sensation In San
Francisco is the charge against a preach
er for heresy. This shows how hard up
the yellow papers are for hot stuff. 1t is
a long fall from DR.. Brown.
If Gen Blanco is as mild as Gen. wey-
Ter Is bloodthirsty. the sensational press
may have TO hunt new game But any
old general will do as long as he is I'M
able to strike back with a libel suit.
George Fred Williams. the free silver
Democratic nominee for governor OF
Massachusetts. was showed under last
year for the same Office by 10000 major
ity. It would be a hard job for anybody
but George Fred to increase it.
Speaking Of the United States district
attorneyship. Mr.. Gay Is still undecided as
TO whether il would be more becoming to
look wise and say he knew it all along.
or to spring a beautifully worded letter
expressing his establishment and gratihca-
ton.
A man in Southeast Missouri writes TO
the St. Louis police asking that they ar
rest his wife, who has left him and fed
10 that town. He says she can easily be
apprehended because she is stoop-shoul-
dered. rides a bicycle. chews gum and can
play the mouth organ" That man ought
10 be prosecuted. RE has made half the
women OF ST. Louis subject TO arrest
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wana wana rrnlon

" A&tA " AttA Union.
James Hamilton Lewis delivered A
speech at North Yakima October IA
which he touched on the financial qtIes-
ton. condemned injunction rule ana ar
ratgned tia trusts that are sapplng the
vitality OF the nation" That snacks
somewhat q reports which come from
anarchist meetings. Being NOW a member
o. congress. Hr. Lewis can have an oppor-
tGnity OF showing his sincerity on those
matters by his ersrtions in formulating
laws which VIII AID IN eradicatfnr cor.
porata trusts. The meeting was held IN
DER the auspices o. some organization hav-
ing the higa-soundiug name Of Patriots
o. America The patriotic act whi-h in
spired ths azsEaEnp tion Of the tile IL as yet
unknown. It Is more than probabis that
there are American patriots who DO not
assume all the patriotism OF the nation.
and unlike the Patriots os America. favor
American IL preference 10 foreign inter
eSts.
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: Tamrany nayor.-New York Mall and
Express.
TIE Southern states should adopt some
resolutions % thanks 20 Indiana Tor civest-
ing the whole iynchins evl Of its sectional
cha-acter.-Nsrsas City Journal.
Bismarck has not lost al interest N me
world His remark that Lord SALISBURY
Is 3 wooden lath painted 70 look Ike 1roA
IS worthy OF his best days.-St LOUIS
Globe-Democra+
II this country ever goes 70 war WIZ
England = should first be stipulated thAt
We shall be allowed the use or Canaoiah
dry docks whenever cur ships happen %
need rspairS-Chtcago Record
II the LuetGsrt experts were 20 eXanins
the bones OF some Of the men who are Nv
ing today the public would not be sur
prised Il there was 4 difficulty IN distin-
gushing them from hog bones--Chicaso
Record
Grover Cleveland United States senator
from New Jersey Just imagine. II you
can, the extensive smile thai overSpread
the features Of James Smith. Miles Ross.
"Bin' DAILY. Bob" Davis. Allan l. Ne
Dermott. Billy Thompson. Tom Flynn
and the other owners OF the Democratic
party, when they heard this Mr.. CleVe-
land is just as likely 10 be senator as pTesi-
dent for third term.-New York Tribune
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viii this all end. anyhow?
The Conflict Goes On.
Chehalls Ren

Chehalls Bee.
Gov. Rogers "Irrepress bic Conflict" goes
on Saturday there was a big row al the
Washington state university at Seattle
and President Edwards was removed.
The regents called members OF the facuI-
" names and brought on a row that will
inture the school for years All these
things might have been expected. how
ever. Of the class OF men which Populisrn
has drawn TO It's support for all imagine
they are born leaders and that they know
how 10 run things. The result Il that
there eventually comes clash OF these
great minds. and the state institutions
suffer from their wraugiiug. Having been
so sadly disappointed thus far. the gov
ernor Will do himself credit and save him
self lots Of sleep n he holds tight rein
on his present board Of control and beats
back the hungry horde Of place hunters
eager 10 snatch Up any crumbs that NAV
be I'm sight.
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EDITORIAL sPARkLEs.

one trouble with TIE new woman IS that
she doesn't can much fruit--Cleve land
Leader.
The man who Is TOO lazy - register Is
too lazy 70 be 8 good citizen.-BaItimoEe
American.
II Hawaii were anywhere near Chicago
K would be annexed soon enough.-San
Francisco Chronicle
Mt. Low has demonstrated. nevertheless.
that even reforme= can do some lively
husgling When he wants 5ob.-DeEr04t
Tribune
The Popalist party s. a. opportQnist 70
a blouse. with shovel ever SIS shoulder
and a fre-brand up IS ve,-Louls-
vile Cogrier-Jourual
y new answers - an1le1. conundrllns
sre in order, We wish 70 suggest that waen
Irresistible force encounters an In
movable body the Eesuls Is very apt 70 be
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There is really 10 danger that farmers
viii pay OF their debts so rapidly and
completely that capital viii be at loss
for investment Il IS a dns thing. how
cages being lifted from farms has sub
stantial basis In fact. II Is in the highest
degree essential 20 he prosperity OF any
country that IT'S agrarian population be not
impoverished. II II Is. hard times surely
follow. So. II the farmer is well of. all are
benefited. and everybody ought 10 be
Sa
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reigns of the Bourbons OF France fur
rish many notable examples. Charles
I. of England had many faults. but they
were chiefly political, and many far
worse kings have lived TO a coed old
age. His son Charles, who was not
nearly so good a man as his father,
brought many scandals upon the
throne. and his intrigue with Nell
Gwynne, which fiction has aided in
placing upon permanent record. was
not the only one which stained his
reign.
In our own time, the morals Of the
courts have improved, or the censor
ship Of the press has proved more eff
cacious. The eldest son OF the queen
Of England has had TO face interroga-
tories before the divorce court on
more than one occasion, and even his
son has been accused Of secret mar
rage, but such escapades have not
been OF the character to bring into the
arena Pompadours and Maintenons of
an earlier period, or Cora Pearls and
Countess de Castigliones, who formed
so important a feature at the time Of
Napoleon III.
The fate of Cora Pearl is unknown.
With the fall Of the empire she dis
appeared, and several wretched women
have claimed charity or sought TO ben
eft by her past reputation Some were
denounced as impostors, but at length
a body was pushed into grave which
was said 10 have been that OF the no.
torious profligate who welded for a
time such influence over the emperor
as to threaten his domestic peace and
jeopardize his throne. Even more
famous than she was the Countess de
Castiglione, once extolled as the most
beautiful woman in Europe, and now
living life of abject solitude in Paris.
The richly furnished villa presented to
her by Napoleon has been boarded up
since 1870, and the House OF Mystery,
as it was called, is TO be torn down.
Even those in the vicinity scarcely re-
member the name OF its inmate once
well known all over Europe, and the
fact that twice within it's walls at
tempts were made TO assassinate the
imperial visitor is almost forgotten.
1t was of this woman Empress Eu-
genie was once so jealous that a di
yorce was threatened, and when the
war broke out and Eugene became re-
gent she at once took advantage of her
opportunity and had the countess ar
rested and imprisoned upon the absurd
charge of being spy.
The overthrow of the empire and the
flight of Eugene saved her victim, who
now lives in close retirement, only GO
ing abroad at night An old woman,
the wreck of her former self, lettering
about the street, noticed only because
of her eccentricity. is all that remains
of a famous beauty and a no less
famous intriguante.
Nemesis does not always overtake a
dissolute man, but is merciless to a
dissolute woman. The nature of their
ambition robs them in declining years
of all the sweet sources of satisfaction
which are open to a virtuous woman
The love of power or wealth or adora-
ton can only be gratifed while their
charms survive, and with their de-
cadence come neglect and poverty.
Even in their own unworthy arena
they find themselves displaced by fresh
youth and newer beauty; and the de-
scensus Averni is rapid and revolving.
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clean. straight. honorable ard notable II
IS gratifying 70 shiak that, notwithstaiad-
ing the opposition Of Seth Low. and the
recently nuEwuupei Republican papers
on ths enc hand. and Croker's Tsmnsny
and Henry George or the other, his
chances Of election are good WITH Tracy
and Low aside. Il viii bs a scramble be-
tween Van wyck and George. and the re-
suit VIII be simply survival OF the I'M
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Among other improvements In our val
ued contemporary. the Tacoma Ledger
We note with pleasure that &c now pub
fishes accurate shipping news. About a
week since the painful discovery was
made IN the Ledger Office that their ship
ping news was trife misleading and In
complete. The list as printed contained n
total of forty-fve errors. and something
Ike thirty vessels now on the Sound were
entirely omitted Due Investigation befnp
made u was found that the register o.
Puget sound shipping published in Mon
day mornings Intelligence WAS Alb
solu;ely accurate; and 80 thu Ledger
thoaghtfuly awaited itself Of The opDor-
tunlty 20 furnish correct information 70
shippers and others interested in oesan
commerce. To be cure. the list can only
Re revised weekly. after the Post-rnte,ri-
gc1cer q Monday has been issued ana
n week errors accumulate: but n. FAC,
that 81 IS q week behind does not w7r~v
the Ledser Il Is published IN Tacoma
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happy.

The West Coast Populist. organ Of the
Peoples party OF Seattle. IS very severe in
It's criticism Of the board Of university re-
gents. The attacks on the board are not
a party matter. Every good citizen is con-
earned. whatever his politics There are
not MANY who uphold the regents.
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There IS 20 very great likelihood rat
Grover Cleveland VII 90 % the United
staiss senate frozz New jersey. Mr.. Clsve-
lands fol friends seem 70 be worrying =
great deal more than he about his political
fa'nre he appears to Re happy to res,
ca RS past
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Secretary Cages address az Peoria m,
Friday. was a mastery effort. There Is
multitude OF orators who have been well
able 70 silence the calamity howli but none
has done II more effectively or cogenny
than Mr.. Gage. He IS a snan who Will