The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19

ment would b REQUIRED for thu siishtss,
change Of diction; and. secondly, that one
OF the reconstruction amendments them.
selves. to-wit, the thirteenth. ID careful
to make United states- . plural noun.
In the chapter on Education ADD Science
Mr.. Wilson says that - university In
America does not generally mean what
we lCansdiansl regard - . univnrsity.
Does he really intend to assert that In
Canada there are any institutions oosn'
parable from any point Of view 10 hslf
q dozen America universities that We
might name' IL he not aware that Prof.
Goodwin Smith. than whom ne witness
could be more competent, hes testified that
the education nov obtainabls - Harvard.
Tor example, Il equal TO that proourable at
Oxford tn respect Of the olassics, OF mathe-
mstios and Of history. and superior IN 70
speot OF tho physical soisnossf Thsrs u
foundation. on the other hand. for Mr..
Wlllsoa's assertion that very fSw Amsricau
names figure IN the record Of scientific
discovery. II h tia practical application
OF sctsutiAc disoovsrtss 70 industrial and
commercial purpose In whioh Americans
are most widely aad desply Interested.
We must also admit Il 70 b probable that
our shortcomines IN the Geld Of scssotihc
discovery may b imputed In some meaSuss
to the fact that until lstely thsrs was no
adequate endowment for ressarch. The
lack Of sndowmsut has recently besu made
good to . notable extent BY the Carnegie
Institute. which hes bsen founded st
Washngtoa. which. - our author points
out, VII have ct IL disposal every ysar
about ~ much money - the members Of
the Roysl Institution have expended IN .
century. Unqusstionab)y the fsots have
hithsrto warranted Mr.. Willsoa's charge
that our national altitude toward the dew
otess OF pure science hes besu unsym.
pathetic. Touching this point, b quotes
Prof, Newcomb's lament that tho idea
OF celebrations IN honor Of science and
scientidc men IL % foreign 70 our notions
In the United States that Il y hardly likely
TO present itself for generations TO ccms.'
By giving to onsof his chapters the
caption His ErcelIsncy. the President
our author shows himself to be unaware
OF the fact thst this particular title IVES
deliberately withheld from The Preident
when the official mods Of addressing our
Chief Magistrate was discussed and settled
tn The First Congress. which convened
after the present Federal Constitution BE-
came operative. II y equally Incorrect TO
speak Of the White Houss - the sPresl-
Dental Palace II 10 . mistake to aay
that Mr.. Roosevelt 10 .tbe only President
who ever eat In the Chair a STATE that has
served a apprenticeship In one Of The
great Departments Of State Thomas
Jefferson was Secretary Of State before
he became President: 20 vac Madison:
20 was Monroe; % Wa John Quincy Adams:
% was Van Buren,: % was Buchanan. After
quoting some Indifferent verses psaned
by John Hay, our author says: Go over
the ron Of American Secretaries Of State
since Hamilton, and see u you can and
among an thess mediocrities one with
the ability to write such hnes.' In the
first place. HAMILTON was never Secretary
Of State. In the second place. II seems
incredible that any intelligent man would
avow . belief that, In comparison with
Mr.. Hay. mediocre Ia the term applicable
to such men - Thomas Je6ersop. John
Quincy Adams. Daniel Webster and John
c. Calhoun. Mr.. Wilson also trips when
he asserts that Mr.. Roosevelt differs from
most Of the previous Presidents In that he
ts Q gentleman BY birth and brseding.'
The applicability Of the term gentleman.
In the strictest and most technical senss
OF the word. to Washington. jefferson.
Madison. Monroe. Tyler, John Quincy
Adsms and both the Harrisons has never
before bean disputed. We further road
1T has often been remarked that the early
careers Of the Presidents have not qualifed
them to lead the world Of fashion. aud this
remark extends to their wives. with the
exception Of Mr.. Cleveland and Mrs.
Roosevelt IL 1t possible that the suthor
has never heard Of Mrs.. Washington, Of
Mrs. John Adams. Of Mrs. Madison and
Of the second Mrs. Tyler'
Notwithstanding the almost indiscrim-
mate admiration expressed for Mr.. Roose.
Welt In the chapter on His Excelency.
the President the author makes II clear
In another chapter that, ~ regards the
negro problem. his sympathies arc with
the Southern whites. though. OF course.
he does not approve Of lynching. He
secs that. III the black raoe is to acquire
the full benefit Of contact with the oivilixa-
tion Of the white. II must be Ia the absence
Of political hostility between the two rsces.
The prejudics OF the whites against the
black 10 IN evil. however. which Ill can
understand. but the prejudice which some
1ealots seek to foster In the black
against the white IL . far greater evil
He regards the notion that the negro b 70
work out his own destiny In The United
States By msans Of the ballot ~ pure
He holds that what the
negro must do h voluntarily to renoupos
The ballot merely q measure Of prudence.
He must work. acquire property and de-
velop industrialism.' Mr.. Booker wash
Ington's suggestion that oolored men should
Earn trades 10 pronounced . sound one.
md the most practicable solution Of .
diffscult problsm. Polytechnic schools for
The negroes and good negro carpenters,
stone cutters, builders and machinists
would certainly add to The material Asssts
u the county,
Mr.. Wilson thinks II would b veil Il
rome Of the test dwindling band Of partisan
Eealots In ths Northern States were 10 take
heir stand not upon thsir own vain imAg.
nines, but upon the dootrins propoundsd
oy Abraham lincoln himsslf. shortly before
he outbreak OF the Civil War. The follow.
nR passage 10 quoted from Q spseoh made
BY lincoln at Charlestown, H.. on Sept. 10,
1854: i viii say that am not. nor have
sver been, Ia favor Of bringing about In
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