The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-31
CHANGE COMING.
DR.. Benjamin Andrews, Presi-
dent Of Brown University,
Talks to 'JOurnaI' Reporter
About Politics.
DOCTOR IS CONVINCED
That Radical Changes in Our
Form of Government
Are Coming as Result of Social
and Industrial
Inequalities That Now Cry Out
N
DOCTOR IS CONVINCED
Inequalities That Now Cry Out
For a Remedy.

DIR. E. Benjamin Andrews, president
of Brown university who was dsciplin-
ed by the trustees of the institution
last summer for expressing his private
opinion of the financial question, has
not changed his views, although the
sound money trustees relented and re-
called their edict which was about to
terminate his services with the insti-
tuition.
Discussing existing conditions, DR..
Andrews said today:
There is today all over this land a
wide feeling of distrust. 1t is not con-
fined to Kansas. but pervades the
most remote corners of the east, where
a large majority of the population is
thoroughly settled in the opinion that
the plan of government and financial
policy advocated by the opposition of
the party in power during the last ma
tional campaign is not practicable, and
believe it Will be followed by repudia-
tion and disaster.
There is something wrong. That is
universally conceded. Many who do not
stop to solve the problem and who do
not care to spend their time in re-
search, do not pretend to explain what
it is that is wrong; neither do they Sug-
gest any remedies, but they are drift
ing into the channel where are eddyin 8
the undercurrents OF social disturb
ance and political dissa tisfaction.
THE solution of the problem is as
indefinite as it's causes. What has
brought this condition upon US, and
how will we escape it, are two ques-
tiOns which are uppermOst in the minds
of many people today [ do not pre-
tend to say that the people of the Unit
ed States are dissatisfied to an alarm
ing extent, but L do say that there is
in this country, a feeling, vague though
it may be, of unrest. There is a strug-
gle among the people to free them
eo1 ff-fgr77 ha nj q
bind them hand and foot. Intellectual
lethargy is not responsible for the fail
ure to discover an explanation Strong
and active minds are at work suggest
ing q way out. On the other hand,
minds just as broad, are demonstrate
ing that the way out has already been
discovered, while others declare that
the way out, suggested by one faction
or by one party, if you please plunges
the country deeper into the nlire-
1.-The outcome of these conditions can
not be conjectured. Perhaps the time
will come when the difficulty is remov-
ed We may see it, and it may not be
upon us until the coming of the next
generation, and what it will be, no man
can tell
To-day it seems to me that the sys-
tenn of business is largely responsible
for the discomfort. Men who have been
Influenced by their environments to
embrace new theories of finance and
government. have frequently done so
without considering the principles OF
the proposition. They are simply forced
to assume the position. I have positive
information that some of the large
New York banks informed their CORE
spOndents with whom the eastern in
stitution was Indispensable, that fur
nishing aid to the opposition. or silver
campaign. meant an immediate cutting
off of favors. Thus is exhibited the
system under which we are living.
THE New York banker tells the
banker of the west what principles he
must follow politically and in d bust
ness way. The New York banker is sub
iect to the dictation of London. We are
like a fan. From one center London,
comes the edict to New York. From
there it is distributed to the various
parts of the United States, and the peO-
pie are subservient to system, the
fountain head of which is in England
the active body in New York and its
tributary element in every city of the
United States"