The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-01-11
ALL MEN puRcnAsAnLr.
Bishop Potter Says That Ia the Almost
Universal nellet,

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. iO.--Rlahop
Potter, In hls address az the Academy
OF Music last night, saids
Nobody who has Followed the hla.
tory. Of this republic can be lnuenalhle
to the enormous change IN the relation
OF the population of this land 10 lts
great business centere. Two leading
ciues OF inferior slAe, Ia the state IN
which | live during the last decade
have actually lost IN population and
the communities surrounding them have
lost still more largely. The growth on
the other hand Of two or more large
eentera OF population Of America IA
enormous. These are startling facts IN
our history In other words, the drift
OF the most active mon and OF the
youth OF the land for educational or
other purposes " increasing 10 those
great centers. Morc than ever they
strike the note more than ever they uet
the pace.
II want to speak to you about the
relations Of such factor AZ this to
communities IN our municipal and na-
tlonal life, which ough, 10 be remcm.
bered One OF these | believe 10 be the
curious decay In that llfe. whether Il
II national or municipal. " the innu.
encc and power of the individual. That
great political revolution which began
In France. which had for It's masters
Rousseau and the rest, stood for the
emancipation OF that older world, for
.,a,e freedom OF The Individual life and
mind.
rraerr has been al work during the
last twenty-five years In the United
states. prominently, | think. certain
Capitalization of power, You see II In
the domination ot capital. IN honest ag-
gregationa Of money. which make Il
possible for three or four individuals
In the back OF some bank "a create In
half an hour eonyulsion In the tnan-
clal markets Of the world.
you see Il In the concentration ana
organization Of the great Industrial en-.
terprlses which have startled The world
not alone with their enterprises. but
with their genius and ability,
THE dlfllculty In modern lie II with
the organized forces that touch the
individual llfe They are ~ grcat and
so rich and 30 many handed that FOR
the individual 70 stand up against them
Is something more than ordinary cour.
age viii dare % attempt That u the
whole tendency 90 our modern life.
"As the result OF Il conviction has
come 10 pass, which exists widely, not
only IN such communities as yours and
mine. but an over the land. that there
does not exist a man who IL rot a
purchasable man.
About a year ago there came into
my study In New York some one whom
had never seen, stranger whose
name upon his card dld not rcccg'
nlze and whose errend ! could not d.
vine
Sir. said he. 4 am from such and
such a part 0f the country, In that
part OF the country a fierce political
campaign Is now In progress, one N
your clergy (it vas In a territory and
not In clly) Is attacking from the
pulpit the moral character and moral
standards AZ q gentleman of candidate
there for a very high office, whom
represent
II said, I have not any elergymen
out In that part OF the world. have
no more Jurisdiction there than you
have. He said: Perhaps not IN the
sense you mean. but 4 is one of your
men.
What do you wan, mo to do1'
said I.
"T want you to stop H. @id he,