The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-07-26
ATTENDANCE STILL GOOD.
Rain and Mud No Barrier TO the
Crowds.

Great crowds continue to attend
each service at the Chautauqua.
Yesterday afternoon Prof. High
gave another of his pleasing enter
tainments. Prof. High has made
himself quite a favorite with the
Chautauquans. His entertainment
yesterday afternoon was chiefly
ventriloquism, of which he is a past
master. Nothing has been more
thoroughly enjoyed thar bis effort
of last afternoon. His last appear
anee was made this afternoon at
$50.
DIR. Andre VS. was greeted bysa fair
audience last night. The heavy
rain setting i'm about $50 O'Clock
and continuing until late in the
night prevented many from attend.
ing Or. Andrews is a highly edu-
Gated gentleman and a progressive
thinker. His outspoken opinions
in 1896 on the financial question
brought him into national promin-
ence. At that time he was presi-
dent of Brown University. This
institution was In the very center
almost of the gold standard strong
hold of the country DIR. Andrews
public expressions In favor of the
coinage Of both gold and silver on
equal terms brought him into bad
grace with his trustees, and as
result be was forced to resign his
position. Later he was superin-
tendent of the Chicago public
schools. and here his advanced
Ideas as TO the management of a
great public school system made
trouble for him with his board, and
his resignation there was the re-
suit He is now chancellor of the
State University Of Nebraska
His subject last night was Prob
lens of Greater America" He did
not deal with any of the internal
problems now before the Amerf-
can people, bat confined his remarks
to the questions of international
Importance with which this nation
has now 10 deal. He divided his
subject under four heads. ( II Better
diplomatic and consular service. IL
Management of our dependencies
and colonies. (3l The Monroe doe
tFine as amended. a. Pacific coast
power. He stated that the United
States was not the equal Of other
nations In point of diplomacy, and
urged that the young men of the
present time prepare themselves for
this service by becoming thorough
lv acquainted with the theory and
practice of international law. Tn
der the second head he said that we
could not get around the fact that
we had colonies and dependencies i,
aud probably would continue to
have for all time. In our dealing
with Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines he urged that we do not
commit tue ltlAStAhF va I'll AFAiAN ~
trying to force the people of those
islands to learn our language, but
that rather we learn theirs and con-
duet our commercial relations in
the language of the natives. He
thought tins would go far in sealing
the friendship of those countries 10
us, and assisting In their develop
ment along modern lines. He held
the Monroe doctrine to be good in
preventing other nations from ae-
quiring power and territory on the
western hemisphere, but contended
that IL carried with ii the obligation
to assist the people of the Central
and South American states IN build
ing better governments and devel-
oping their, resources. He pointed
out that none of them had made any
material progress for almost a CEN