The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-02

is true But, whne il IS great pleas
ure % feel that ! large nHmher 10
young men win be helped Is a better
start III life ly means Of this college,
this is not my primary object Neither
is the elevation of the profession
which love - mHgh and regard S.
highly IN AZ my planning Tie ehief
end I had III view was the welfare of
the Republic Il VIII be the object
Of the college to make better Journal
lists who Viii make better newspapers.
which viii better serve the public IT
viii impart knowledge not for IT'S own
sake but to be used for the public
service Il viii try to develop char
acter but even that win 10 only
means to the one supreme end the
public good We are facing that hith-
erto unheard Of portent an innumera-
bic world Wide, educated and self com
scious democracy The little revolu
tions Of the past have been effected by
a few leaders working upon M ignor
ant ponalaee, conscious only Of vague
feeSngs OF discomfort Now the masses
read They know their grievances and
their power They discuss in New
York the position u labor III Berlin
and tn Sydney Capital. tod II deyel-
oping d world wide class feeling 1t
likewise has learned the power Of CO.
operation.
What viii be tile state al society ard
Of politics in this republic seventy years
hence when some of the children now
iii school will be stil living Shall
we preserve the government ~ The
constitution the equality Of I'M citizens
before Tie law and the purity 90 Jus
tice, OF shall we have Tie government
of either money or tie mohg
The answers 10 these questions VIII
depend largely upon the kind Of in.
struction the people Of tliat day draN
from their newspapers. the text books
the orators, the preachers Of the
muses..
II il not too much to saw that tue
press is the oniy great organized fore
which Is acttely anu as a body uphold
ing the standard Of civic righteousness.
There IRE many political reformers
among the clergy Int THE pulpit as an
Institution is concerned VIII the king
dom Of heaven, not with Tue gepublic
Of America. There are many public
spirited lawyers. Int ING Dur as \ proc
fesslQp works for lts retaineeS sa4 ~
law defying trust ever came to grief
from dearth Of legal talent 10 serve
il Physicians work Tor their patients
and architects for their patrons. Tile
press alone makes the public interests
It's own what IS egeIyboag's bust
ness Is mobody's business, except the
Journalists 1t Is his by adoption. But
for his care almost every reform would
fall stillhorn He holds officials TO
their duty He exposes secret schemes
Of plumber he promotes every hope
full plan of progress Without him
public opinion would be shapeless ana
dumb He brings al classes. all pro-
fesslons together and teaches them 10
act ia concert en- the basis Of their
common citizenship.
The Greeks thought that no republic
could be successfully governed IL ii
were toe large for an the citizens to
come together III cue place The
Athenian democracy could all meet in
the popular assembly There public
opinion was made. aud according IS
the people listened to a Pericles or 6
d Cleon the state aourshed Or declined
The orator that reaches the American
democracy is tile newspaper 1t alon
makes if possible 70 keep the politiesl
blood in healtifui circulation III Tire
veins of i continental republic.
Virtue said Alontesauieu. IS the prin.
clple O. a Tepubliei and therefore q RS
public which in its purity IS the most
desirable PC all forms of government, II
the hardest 81 ail t8 preserve. FOR there
Is nothing more subject 10 decay than
virtue.
Our republic aud its press VIII rise or
fall together An able. DISTINGUISHED
public spirited press, with trained Intel.
Iigence 70 know tue right and courage
to do Il can preserve flat public yir
tue without which popular government
Is sham and nockery 4 cynical
mercenary demagogie press VIII pro
duce il time people a. base Us itself
The power to mold the future 81 the