New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

| TO show itself to the utmost. The explorer wh'
ssas sntiated from him who journeyed for freedom
rhs m e o aa9
from him who would hazard that enjoyment ,rfs 10
eipies OF human government. II was because Eng
land had men Of the latter type that her snbsequen
the Pgrtan who b susjeeftng MS power mad adS
once more we come similar parting of III III
witnessed an extension Of the geographical o9pn pun
dares Of mems Interests comparable "a only m b 20
| OF Queen Elizabeth II Is for the next generator
Shall ii be to sratify ambition, commercial ans m
or shS is 1t BE 70 the S
human racer Shall enter upon our new y, pos ss.
sers n e be ,fe ura The conet between these
two views win be the really important Issue In tn tn.
half century which is 20 come The outcome m %, Of
this conflict likely to determine the course OF tne
| worlds history for ages Thereafter
PROBLEMS IN INDUSTRY AND WEALTH.
Nor is 1T in international politics and in problems
OF colonization alone that this issue is arising e
pleasure and those who regard il as place for the
exercise Of trust The deVeop,nent oI niIuea, more
sharply before us In the ordering of our life at
Of a could be trusted to regulate prices
or when few simple principles OF conlmereiar iam
in matters of trade The growth of large industries
and Of large fortunes enables those VINO er use bam
possible in ages previous Il also t pnc
spondnsy WaG hns neafeT sry no system Of legislation
is likely to meet this difficulty The outcome gu con bI 1e
s By bs RFs e shs shs S
ysrsrs or 6y m se means 81 Of and
mercial power as playthng to be used IN game
%hieh come into our hands az trust to be exer
ed for the he BENEFIT Of tss ReGPd nd Ghspansy
fnsnr m r0o 10 assoaats sRase with others it,
hnoe no rgR' dgF t4 Descent e from the Pilgrim
Fathers II we have any DOUBTS eonce,e ad son, on
that Side Of the industrial question which proves proves
us worthy of Puritan ancestry-the size WE Wsict ~
The Whole fc people and in the furtberance of the
Of nd 0d I'd he%e he issue is defining itself
we have the chance to prove whence we sp5andE paHds
we celebrate: but We can help to carry their work
one hstorie step further toward this accomplish d Ise.
appropriate now than IN the day when they were
fon s fo be Dedicated to the great task
remaining before that from these neeoeu n wbe
here highly resolve that hese dead nSar sna od oi' sha
have a new birth of freedom that government NJ 81
the people. by the people and for the peopie si"''
not perish from the earth.
PROFESSOR WILSON'S SPEECH
..r..r,,sr,sr~ - ss,a the president after the ap-
ulause for President Hadley's speech had supsloeo
I'VE thank God that one of the old universities Oh
New-England rings true to-day. he tnen reao
letter of greeting from the New England society
OF Orange which dined last night at orange, ana
introduced as the next speaker Professor WOOD
row Wilson. on ''The Puritan Example in Letters
and Affairs
Professor Wilson began his speech by remarking
that it "a whimsical fortune that scoteh-
Irishman should be brought here to contribute TO
the New England dinner
THE Scotch-Irishman is not fond OF contrib
uting." he said, and then continued with running
fire of salIies at New-England and stories which
kept his hearers in shouts Of laughter. He contin-
ued in part follows:
When 1 look at the character of those Puritan
men IL seems to me that they stood for one single
princple-a very splendid principle allow @ s,s you.
line, Of order Of poty It was for the discipline
thority It was for cruchxion Of the things which
did not comport with fixed and rigid creed. These
for 6e dSR pa W h hTs pq
IN some Of the most momentous things @ that have ave
% thSse Of ID duty X Theh @ It they G read out Of
cut in definite pattern, not allowing elasticity Of
interprstatiSnS and forcing men to settle In differ
with each other a they @ had to go and live some
with each other,
ST. CLAIR MKELWAY'S SPEECH
St Clair McKelway spoke The New-England
Spirit in Press and Pulpit" What was the New
England spirit?' he asked at the opening OF his
address, and proceeding to the question, he
explained that on its mental side 1t stood for IN
quiry and reason, and on its moral side il stood
for conscience. Continuing, he said:
We pay tribute tonight to those who dared
distance, desolation danger and death for an idea
Certain Of eternal f II life En- credit they to the race
sndow them wi with qualities they did not know they
them were the Everlasting Arms. That suficed
for them. They did not know that the Arms would
State. That concerned them not For them was
DUTY Not for them were consequences, even though
Can the old spirit be maintained without the old
1nceuEVeSg Persecution q Persecution
is no more 1t has dropped into oblivion from the
but hoe S has Changed to
was the search but 1t has ts been and d is
pointer to monumental achievements The begin
s os IR e nef e 9h the e ss e
brother OF the Pilgrim Prosperity is the heritage
Kept alive under the new factsY w W ''N mo -
@ m e IS Us b see se @ha5 and ree ho anS IL
faiths, instead OF the preserve OF one Far better
tansm itself has divided into orthodox and liberal
theology; Jonathan Edwards Is not alone in the
Claiming nudges and neighbors him here-and
s sbT p er s
the centuries But with those who accent cSodhood
both. let none doubt, is equally well pleased In
both was the New-Engiand spirit-the conscience
today day there there is nc slavery under the heavens, be-
George e ' And il va the Pilgrim conseience
i s. fYS5yShsTs ls else Under the new facts burns the
We must see that the old spirit becomes not a
mere tradition The old order has changed giving
place unto the new. but the old spirit in the new
order must be the salvation OF the times that are
and of those that are to be When the spirit was
plicsty obligatory. Then plain living was neces-
sity Was high thinking product Of il a protest
against II? We might differ about that. But we
cannot differ the fact that high living carries
in II the temptation to sordd thinking Against
that we must set ourselves. For spiritual thinking
altruistic thinking. VIII be the best antidote to
Journalism OF polished heartiessness. TO time
serving art TO diabolieal or decadent literature
and 20 an attitude of education toward money as
1 cringtnK as that of authorship in not remote