The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-01

ard supported tn the interest Of . con-
gregssson OF Presbyterian doctrine, ard
the president either change. his views or
wss ret in accord with the yaezs OF -.en
selected because Of their Conscientious
Cess 70 appoint q president ard 20 gov
ern the establishment. Liberty In re-
Ngious matters ts regarded as e~sn more
sacred than freedom IA expressing possti-
cal views. YET the trustees would rot hes
itafs to request the resignation OK TIE
head OF TIE faculty who should teach
heretscaI doctrine. Suppose "a ocserya-
tory should be endowed fer the purpose
OF furthsring astronomical investigation,
and the chief Of its staff snould choose
after being appointed 20 adopt the theory
Of the Rev. A-. Jasper, and insist upon
making hts calculations with the sole
view Of proving that the sun reToives
around the earth Would not the trEs-ess
BE- considered aeresdet IN their duty IL tsey
permitted the institution to Be run on
those fines7
Those who b@iseve Ia the sound money
doctrine an expoundsd during the last
campaign consider the free coinage idea
Of silver az the fictitious ratao-fully as
absurd as the astronomical proposition Of
this. Assuming that no man can tell pos
.sfveiy whether the earth foes around the
sun or the sun revoives around the earth.
or whether the free coinage of silver al
the ratio Of Is 10 ] would increase the
price OF wheat. yet the intelligence OF the
whole world for the present assumes that
Jasper and Andrews are wrong Jasper 10
quite sincere, and so probably II MI An
crews. and nobody Will interfere with
them in The fullest expression OF their
views from a public platform. With the
utmost respect for their conScisntiousness
branches Of education. We could not ex-
onerate the trustees OF Lick observatory
from blame if they should select Mr. Jas
per as director Of that institution: and IL
the trustees Of Brown university are sat
lshed that the political economy taught By
President Andrews is ridiculous, they are
TO De commended for considering FRS. the
interests Of the university. whose honor
and credit are intrUsted to them, rather
than the interests Of Mr.. Andrews. Con-
cisely stated. the trustees do not prohibit
Mr. Andrews p-omulgating his views;
they simply decline TO pay him salary
for doing that which they consider inim-
icai 20 their trust
We have gone through something Of the
same experience with the University OF
changed by = free silver administration
for the sole purpose OF removing from Of
fee men who were suspected of leaning
toward the doctrine that there cannot be
two standards for the same thing. We
have seen every professor from The presi-
dent down removed and replaced by men
who believe in the free silver theory.
Those who entertain the belief thar free
coinage Is fallacy deniore the effect that
this will have upon the value of the insti-
tuition as a seat OF learning. but they have
not abused the trustees. recognizing that
{, IL the duty of trustee to act in that
manner best calculated TO promote the end
ne Is appointed 10 serve. II public opin-
ION Is not with the trustees of the Brown
university or with the University Of
Washington, the institution will suffer;
au. that Is g matter OF judgment and not
OF fi6elity.
1t IS one thing 10 question the good
Judgment OF the regents of the University
OF Washington. or that OF the trustees OF
Brown. and another 10 question their
right to act as they did.