The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-06-25
For Which All Public Officials
Must Learn to
Strive.
RPEECH OF YALE PRESIDENT
Makes a Profound Impression
HadIey Attacked Trusts ManIpu'
l9ted for Selfish Ends.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 2i.-Presi-
dent-elect Arthur Twinlng Hadley delIv-
cred his first speech since he was made
the official head Of Yale. before the grad
uatlng class Of the HllihOuse high school,
Of this city. and made a profound I'M
preston. Professor Hadley attacked
trusts. praised the navy and criticised
the army. He said In part:
The currency. Interstate commerce,
foreign relations the aftermath OF the
late war and the era Of colonial expan-
siona which is a strong possibility, are
only a few OF the grave questions which
our national executive must solve and
solve speedily.
IN We are to handle millions VT need
NOR arithmetic than when we handle
only hundreds We need more languages
Il We are to deal with foreign nations.
We shall need to read more II We are 20
Understand the conditions, the attitude
and the manner OF thinking of alien
races. This is essential TO a fair and cor
rect Judgment Of foreign affairs, Their
habits Of thought must be known to US
II we are to handle and deal with those
races. i"'
I'VE are governed by public sentiment.
We read OF abuses by trusts. That phrase
has far greater significance than many
who use it realize, When business gets
so large that II Is necessary to monop-
Ollie it. the man who turns II about so
as TO further his own ends. selhshly
abuses his trust and is just as much a
wrong does to the public as the man
who deliberately robs the widow,
And where men prefer party to coun-
try, and the interest of their district to
the country; where men look upon im-
perialism as a means to enhance their
own interests as against the beneht Of
the races involved, it is a grave wrong,
England has policy which We may
well initiate Her public men find their
forte in the advancement Of the whole,
not as they did 100 years ago when they
went to India TO grasp and gather up a
fortune. They now so to do good 10
India and help build up the great indian
empire.
III you want an object lesson from last
years events Of what mean by this es-
prit de corps in public service, consider
the work ot our navy as compared with
the different record of the army. In
the navy each officer is as eager for dis
tinotion and promotion as in the army
but each considers himself part of a
whole glory is greater than any which he
as an individual can gain. In the army
the scramble for commissions wrought
much havoc and the record of that
branch is not equal to that of our mag
niHcent lighting navy.
Eve are very far from the ideal in
pratical politics, but it is toward this
that We must make our way. The al
tentative is destruction. The nations
whoese rulers have made sport of them
for their own arrogant gain have gone
to pieces.
"By what means then, shall We purify
our policies, civil service reform may be
disputed as to its practical workings,
but the idea which 1t contains of public
office as a public trust must prevail. And
It must prevail within generation, now
that We have embarked on an imperial
career"
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