The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-21

as question of paramount importance. There are times without doubt when it becomes absolutely necessary to ignore parties and make new departure. But the problem soon returns, can inde- pendent administrations perpetuate themselves? Excellent administrations have come from both methods but par ty administration seems to be the one that survives.
 A greater problem as it seems to me relates to the question Of suffrage. Shall man with a family to support, with children to educate. with prop erty accumulated and carefully guarded for these purposes, have no greater voice in the selection of city officials than a man with no personal interest in the welfare of the city. Such con- dition represents an unequal govern mental partnership which may receive more thought in the future than it has in the past.
 Tn mentioning some of the items which constitute the budget for the City of New York for 1902, there is one to which I have not yet referred. It is the amount appropriated for public llUic iltllitlS popf,VVu. liio eo iiiJ mind, is the weakest point. in the bud get. I commenced by saying that edu- cation and discipline solved the first great problems of the American people. believe that this agency will continue to be the most helpful power in solving all of our problems, no matter whether they are national, state or municipal. Our schools are excellent and of course indispensable, but in our cities our chill dren leave them at very early age. The library facilities should commence where the school ends. and to be so established and maintained by the use of branches as to be within the easy reach of all our people One million of dollars spent for library purposes will continue the education of all the chill dren for which nineteen millions is yearly expended It will do much more than that. It will carry Knowledge ln- to every home, educating and strength ening and comforting every toiler in all the ways of labor and life. The schools we have, the libraries we are to have. not in great monumental piles. com- panions of state houses and city halls. but distributed throughout the com munity the same as our schools, and sustained with the same devotion and the same pride which we give to our schools.
 Andrew Carnegie is to-day helping to solve the problems of. municipal gov ernment. He is preparing the minds and the hearts of the people and from that source only can good government come and be permanent
 And just one thought more. can never forget that the Angel of Heaven appeared and declared to that city on the plain that if ten righteous men were found it should be saved. In our great cities you can find to-day men and women by the thousands and the tens of thousands who are dedlcating their lives to the improvement Of their felowmen. The fires which they have lighted are ever burning. The 1nstltu- tions which they sustain are ever teaching and ever saving. Under the influence of our schools and our librar- ies and the devoted lives of our citizens, our cities will grow in strength, in use fitness, and in honor.
 The next s2eaker was Rev. Frank Woods Baker, rector of Trinity Episco- pal church, who spoke to the toast 'The Ethics of Trade" Dr. Baker said that if human needs have moral character then the supplying of these needs must have a moral character so morality is of necessity closely allied to trade. If by ethics we mean the philosophy of morals it follows that there is an ethics of trade. He spoke of the magnificent advance in the ethics of trade since the middle ages and told number of stories and incidents to point his re- marks He thought, however, that the ethics of trade were far from complete and will not be so until a man can find in trade as high morality as he can find in his home. He spoke of the great combinations of capital in the trusts and said that none could tell the moral and ethical results of these tremendous trusts, much of whose stock has no real value, but gets value from inn agined future prosperity. Was this one step towards a time when the govern ment would own those lines of trade? He wondered whether or not we have been growing up here in democratic America an aristocracy of wealth which would endanger our democratic customs If we cannot express in trade the highest manliness then we come far from expressing in trade that ethics which we would seek. Truthfulness must be worked out in trade before there can be perfect ethics of trade. General Guild was introduced as a general officer of the guard of Massa- chusetts and the inspector general of the Seventh corps in Cuba. In response to the toast "The Army and the People" he said:
 It is almost like bringing owls to Athens or coals to Newcastle for the citizen of another commonwealth to come to Connecticut with an address on the deeds and needs of the army. Wher- ever the tale of brave deeds is told men rehearse the story of the Sixth and Seventh Connecticut with Terry at Fort Fisher. Whenever the army needs a champion in or out of congress the first name in mems mouths is Hawley, of Connecticut.
 The United States is perhaps the most militant and the least military nation | in the world. We are almost abnormal lv sensitive in regard to alleged insults to the flag and infringements on the Monroe doctrine. Yet as people we habitually neglect thorough prepara- tions for national defense and close our ears to Washingtons words, still faint