The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-24
PUBLIC SENTIMENT,
Says President Eadley, is the Great
Governing Power

New Haven. Conn. June 24-Presi-
dent-elect Arthur Tyv1ninS Hadley oe-
uvared his first speech since he was
made the official head Of Yale before the
graduating class OF the Hill House hlgn
school OF this city and made profound
impression Prof. HadIey attacked
trusts. praised the navy and criticised
rh= army. He said in part:
The currency. interstate commerce
foreign relations. the aftermath OF the
late war and the era OF cOlonlal eNpan-
sion. which is strong possibility are
only q few OF the grave questions which
our national executive must solve and
solve speedily What IS the new educa-
risu which We must have IN order 10
meet these greater and wider needs
IF We are 10 handle millions We need
more arithmetic than when We handle
only hundreds We need more languages
II we ara 10 deal with foreign nations
We shall need TO read more if We are
70 understand the conditions. the atl-
tude and the manner of thinking OF
allen races This is essential to a fair
and correct judgment OF foreign affairs
Their habits Of thought must be known
20 Us 7 We are TO handle and deal with
those races.
But. on the other hand. too much
study Of the machinery Of government
Is positively detrimental TO correct
training. for unless We have an excep-
riOual teacher the pupil IS likely to be
oveCW helmed by too much machinery
and get but little Of the spirit that
drives IL Excellent as the constitution
Ii is not because of il. nor because of
our jury system and our free press that
this country is governed and, on the
whole. well governed We are gov
erued by public sentiment
We read Of abuses Of trusts That
phrase has far greater significance than
many who use It realize When a bust
ness gets 50 large that IL is necessary
70 mOuOpOIiZs il, the man who turns it
about 50 as 10 further his own ends
selfShly abuses his trust and IS Just as
n NH 10 he
man who deliberately robs the widow.
And where men prefer party TO
country and the interest Of their dis
rriCt 10 that of the country. where men
look upon Imperialism as a means TO
enhance their own interests as against
the benefit 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 one hundred years ago
when they went 10 India 10 grasp and
gather up fortune They now go to
do good 70 India and help build I'D the
great Indian empire
If YOU want an object lesson from
last years events of what I mean by
this esprit de corps in public service
consider the work Of our navy as COM
pared with the different records of the
army In the navy each officer is as
eager for distinction and promotion as
in the army, but each considers him
self part OF a whole whose glory is
= eater IMAM any winch ne in
diFidual can gain In the army the
scramble for commissions wrought
much havoc and the record OF that
branch Is not equal 70 that OF our mag
nidCent fighting navy
We are very far from the IDEAL in
practical politics. but il is toward this
that We must make our way The al
tentative is destruction. The nations
whose rulers have made sport of them
for their own arrogant gain have gone
70 pieces
y y nat Insans-then, shall We purify
our politics Civil service reform mat
Be disputed as TO its practical work.
inEs. but the idea which II contains Of
public Office as q public trust must
prevail And il must prevail within a
genera ton now that We have embarked
on an imperial career