Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-01

The UEited States Marine Band, under
the leadership of Mr.. Santelmann, began
the evenings musical program by playing
the overture from William Tell, and sew
eraI numbers were rendered while large
portion of the audience endeavored to pro-
tect themselves from the rain.
Distinguished Guests.
Among the distinguished guests on the
platform with the president and faculty of
the university were Judge Peele of the
Court Of Claims. John A Kasson. special
commissioner of the State Department;
Prof Moore, ex-assistant secretary of
state: Dr. Robinson of the Catholic Univer-
sity. Supt w B. Powell of the public
schools of Washington; DR. George Samson
and Mr.. Binger Herman, commissioner of
the general land office.
The exercises were opened by the singing
of Praise God, From Whom All Blessings
Flow" Mr.. Percy S. Foster leading the
choir of thousand people, who mingled
their voices in the volume of song. Rev
Samuel II. Greene offered prayer, and DR..
Il. l.. Whitman. president of the university,
delivered the address of the evening, his
subject being The Task of Patriotism
President whitman's Address.
DR.. Whitman said:
The citizen of a republic needs to be a
man Of many parts. Warrior, diplomat1st.
statesman. beZ-rer of burdens in common
ways every man in a republic is bound to
stand four square TO the world The secret
of this obligation rests not IN the trappings
of time and place and outward circum-
stCrceS but in the nature of the repuDhC
and in manhood. The foundations of the
republic are laid in the conception of equal
ity Of rights and equality OF obligations
Difference of circumstances does not count.
The whole power Of the republic is pledged
to the welfare of each citizen Service to
the limit Of his ability is required OF eacn
citizen What each shall do is determined
by what the republic needs TO have done.
To be brave on the field OF battle; TO be
open-eyed in the courts, where the world
political web is woven: TO be iarge-minded
in matters of public concern; TO be clean
and strong and true in the ways of com
mon toiI-every service faithfully rendered
is an offering of the citizens devotion
And every offering in which the heart OF
the citizen speaks is counted a precious
thing
We greatly mistake when We fail to see
-tIfs- More than is well We are mlsled by
badges of place and power. The spear still
ranks the pruning hook, the sword ana
piowshare are still used IN the same old
way The misfortune is that sword and
spear are what we mean when we speak OF
ths symbols of duty and of glory. Safety
lies Only IN the larger thought. No single
hundredth part OF our national strength Is
spent in war. To limit loyalty to good
fighting is 10 lose sight of the bulk of life
where stout heartedness tills the soil, opens
the mine operates the factory and builds
the home Berrack and mining camp may
De equally the abode of loyalty. The hum
of industry echoes the national voice as
truly as the roar Of cannon Inc DAY OF
election tests a nation no less than the day
OF battle. To vote straight Is as sacred
duty as 10 shoot straight
This does not mean that we are TO be un-
mindful of those who bear arms in the ma
tfonaI defense. The republic deserves 10
perish that day when she forgets her de-
lenders on land and sea. II means simply
that when we have exalted their ValOr We
shan begin to ask whether their loyalty
ID , he - i- ralr a
atty in the ways of peace.
Tested by this principle. the facts warrant
grave concern Men come TO the birth as
citizens IN the grandest nation the world
has seen and by consent ignorance bar
ter their birthright. Intelligence and char
acter are discounted in whole ranges of po-
litical endeaSor. Place and office are the
reward OF audaCiouS hUmbug. only the
virtue inherent in free people saves the
higher tribunals from the humiliation COM
mon TO further down. The low grounds of
life viCiOusly prolific The philosophy
of life AZ the bottom is startlingly simple.
Enough TO keep soul and body together to-
day-what more would one have? Nor is
the political creed at the bottom more en-
cOuraging. Law, ordinance TO Cypress
the iowiy, police regulation, the most gall
Ing exhibition Of law; property. the product
OF theft, virtue. the pretenSe of hypOcriteS;
state. the organized body Of oppression;
church. a device TO exploit mems souls in
the name of God for the service of the
devil. these are articles of political faith
with thousands.
When misconceptions Are Unknown
Higher in the scale grave misconceptions
are not unknown Defalcations, embezzle-
ments. malfeasance in ofice-these high
sounding terms only roughly conceal crtmi-
nalty of various forms Slipshod divorce
regulations only partially cover the peril Of
legalized prostitution. Careless administra-
ton of Inadequate naturalization laws
makes hIr vi,
that would put the collection of a menag-
erie to shame Gain Is counted for godf-
ness State power is regarded as strong
arm TO be invoked indiscriminateIy to club
the tough into righteousness or In ranrsss
the strivings Of intelligent labor in behalf
OF honest work and honest wages Church
premiership Is looked upon as talisman
whose magic displaces the line drawn hard
between saint and sinner Thus all too
much the interests that lie nearest the life
OF man are tortured into sinister meaning
Religion, the expression OF the sDrifuaI in
Eunct. Is made instrument of ,Inrieht
eousness. disappearing God and man
business. the daily concern of the WORKER
is made tool OF oppression comDaItino
unbro;herly relations Politics tba -,
tession of citizens. is made a synhoi Of
trickery, until clean man stakes his ran,,.
taIion When he Undertakes to do his duty
rms Is a great and sore evil What cav
be dOne2 To deny is not to change To
isrore is not 10 correct. Indifference cures
nOthing. General finding of fault ayails
totilAHS- lHlS u the common solution
@ark Twain says: Nothing so needs re-
forming as other people habits A blind
rush into the task of reform accommodates
nothing but to prove how much more com
mon zeal is than sense. We cannot move
FASTER than nature. II was one of our
American huMorists who suggested that
II would save a deal of trouble If a man
married his second wife first. That how
ever, Is not always feasible. Sometimes W..
nave to take things as they come. IL is
better to do what can be done today toward
realizing an ideal than spend life in a
cream Better patch the old coat than cut
new one o0t OF Q rainbow. Disregard OF