Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-02
ANDREWS ASKED TO STAY,
Brown University Now Wants to Keen
Ius President.

Brown University Now Wants to Keen
IJs President.
The corporation of Brown University met
today and voted to request President +.
Benjamin Andrews to withdraw the rcsig-
nation which he wrote as the result of n
letter written to him by committee of the
corporation asking him to refrain from the
public utterance of his views on the money
question The vote on the subject was
practically unanimous and was taken after
speeches had been made by nearly every
member of the corporation.
After the report of the committee was
received a statement was read from DR..
Andrews. which was in part follows:
Gentlemen of the corporation: Wishing
TIC retain your esteem as far as 1 deserve
II, L beg to submit TO you the following
statement, the purpose of which is not TO
defend my administration of the university,
but to explain few points in which 1 am
told the propriety Of my personal conduct
has been called into question.
None of the criticisms upon the corpor-
alton in which various parties have SO free
ly INDUCED proceeded from me or awaken
ed an echo in my spirit l have sought
only peace, feeling that If the corporation
and myself could no longer cooperate
amicably we could at least separate AMIGA
bly,"
IF In spite of my best endeavors 10
prises of these weeks have betrayed me
into any lack of Gently toward the cor
poration or any member thereof. l here
and now sincerely crave pardon pleading
conscious rsctitude of intention"
Referring to his conference with the
committee. President Andrews said that
he die not, during the conference, evolve
a purpose to resign.
My mind" he continued, was not yet
made up. After reflection. however. 1
saw only one open path and this / took,
but / made the choice wholly without any
spirit of defiance, anger or vindictiveness
Il reasoned in this way: The corpora
ton must have known the facts; they can
rot mean to deprecate my advocacy of
International free coinage Of silver, for
probably to man they voted for that.
therefore what / have been doing for ma
tional free coinageinsignificant as 1t
seems to me-they must somehow regard
more seriously as PRONUNCIATION of that
heresy.
They wish change. but how can
change? How do less than in the ras.,
without maintaining entire silence on the
subject. in private as well in public?
Il confess that such request amazed
me. but l had been abroad eleven months
and could not tell how far political rancor
might not have invaded the academic pre-
cincts.
to me SO extremely desired, / decided
peaceably to surrender my Office, and
deemed it my duty to proceed at once, in
order to give the corporation all possible
time to elect a successor.
If the action bore the appearance of
haste, this was wholly in consequence of
my desire to regard the university's inter-
est. AS little am l in fault touching the
publication of the conference committees
minutes, for this did not proceed from my
motion.
Il ami not a repudiationist. No member
of your honorable body not a citizen of the
republic insisted more strongly than have
always insisted that the principal and in
terest of our public debt shall be paid in
gold dollars of present legal weight and
fineness or in value equivalent thereto.
Moreover, in all that ] have ever said
or written for international bimetallism.
the doctrine of the ST. Louis platforms
doctrine which 1 admit to a certain extent
have publicly advocated-I have always
held that gold. as well as silver should be
basal money in this country.
ANY proposal which in my Judgment
babe fair to place the country's finances on
a monetary basis of silver alone / should
discountenance, and in any movement by
our country to restore silver to its ancient
monetary character / still insist that 1T is
desirable to have the cooperation of other
nations, no less than I did previously "a
1885, as earnestly as any man who voted
for the St Louis platform"