The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-02
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8Senator6Takes Exception to Re ~.
NJ ported Uttcranccs Of Dr.. Al Al.
IL .dcrinan i'll New York. !.
EXPLANATION. so d 1 DR. DR. I. PAGE 'I'IE:
Letter Declares President 9
University Has Been ! M l'l.ii11:
terpreted #by Critics. N
5trrom Our Regular correspondcntji

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(rrrom Our Regular Corrcspondtnt) E8..s
vAstI1NGTor, =. G, Feb. ! Senator t''lJ
Y Bailey, OF Texas, has declined to serve on
tho board to solicit contributions TO IN. hcf
University Of Virginia fund. Flo thinks isB
It would be OF doubtful nropricty for "
iran iii the public service to solicit lar asf
sllbscrptiona, even for the most worthy
Z objects, but he bases his declInation upon
speech delivered by Dr. T.. IL a. 4 der
man, president Of tho University, be-
\ fore tho Southern Society OF New York,$
moro than month ago. NJ II RI
Bailey's Letter.
H In tho course OF his address, DR. AZ \
dern1un, according to the publ slied res
ports, said, there were no trained men
t5ln public Ito from the South at TINS ~
H time," ind asked ass"where are the Eat "a.
4 l,ons and Clays OF other da - e aS ne
speech caused comment among oousA.
4 crr men in washington and Senator
a Galley wrote to Or. Thomas! N clsor rags
cha rinan OF tie committee to solicit SUB
scriptions to tho University fund, c:x-Ss
N pressing himself very Htrongly on ms SUD SUD
I iect Of Dr. Aldermans address. Senhtof
Bailey In his letter to Mr.. Page, sa ai 4;
7.tsome time ago you and others were "YeIt
good enough 70 designate me | y \. mem 1ta1 - a
bcr83of a. committee whose duty II is' 70
raise BY subscription Il suitable fund for
the University Of Virginia. I'D not ~
a that !tino accept the appointment 70 a
cause I doubt the propricty OF any man
while engaged In the public service SOIL
fling large contributions, n even Tor w! ING
most worthy purposes, butt did nor le'lt
It necessary to protest ga INST li l use
y ~ my ma me as a member OF that conf
1,px
z stance liz d arisen which conpels me 20
insist upon the withdrawal Of my name
from nl8connector with the work wins VII & ss
n your committee wns5 ended Il Q 5pronlote.4
,}2.Tlle circumstance to which ] refer IS
8t he speech which Dr. Alderman. the pre- !css't
\ ent head OF the UnLverFity dell cred pe-
K for the Southern society OF New q crk
n - which he make s a mean and wholly
unwa rranted reflection upon the Intellect
Il Southern senators and representatives
4 N Congress. E If II thought the estimate
& Expressed DR.. Aldernlan's candid ana
8s,nbiascd opinion Of the Southern men H
who arc now gagged in the service OF
sBihcir respective States, would reel les
recruitment, 4 but as 4 an: constrained ne
~, 4, seeding the favor OF those million
hires who are supposeh tc ahhor certain
principles and policies advocated ~
Southern, senators and representative
& find Eit IS Impossible to be patient I with
4 Ills criticisms. u .}E5 4. 3.
II cit would seem that those Of our. own
section who a. con,pla IN n Tia " tbs s'outn
10 longer supplies the public with sncn
r,e,, as ] ohnsC c. alhouii.f Henry Clay md
Jefferson Dtayl would also remnmbtrit hnt3
h ot her sect Ions no longer con tribute suchs
n,en a 4 Daniel Webster. Rufus Choate and
Il Abraham Lincoln. Without entering INTO
ii n explanation Of tho fact that changes
u In the habits and OCCUPATIONS OF oui,
,it.,t, II al
perhaps lower test OF excellence IN our
#l,blic servants, need ~ only remind
thoughtful and candid men that South
q crn representa- tivcs and senators OF LUIS
ii time compare as fayorably with 7 helrSS as.
sociates In intellect, chamberlain con:
duct as did their predecessors and II y
8bo true that the quality OF southern
leadership Is not SO higll as = was y,
the other days the same can be asserteu
With equal truth as to all other sections
with this fact obvious to every thinking
nan, i have scan respect for southern
I educators who unduy dlspraisc their
v own nelghbors.
'.Regretting beyond expression the cir *
c,lmstnnces which has rendered u -. IN Il
possible for me to corporate With you
q in your undertaking, have the honor to
MI Ssis -. w. BAILEY"
Dr.. Pages Reply.
Several days after Mr.. Bailey's letter
was written, the Following reply was re-
loets'u aW va .. e., Jan. 10. 1905.
Senator Joseph w. Bailey, United States
"Dear slr.-I have your letter relating
Z TO the newspaper report of the speech
RECENTLY delivered by Dr. Alderman, pres-
dent of the University OF Virginia.. be-
fore the Southern Society OF New. York,
81 and note what you say MS to the unfor-
4 tunate IMPRESSION created by his re-
ported criticism Of the public men OF the
South. . an 3, ,SG s Il
~i.Is beg TO say, in the first place, that
tho spcecll In question was del lvcred. not
before IL 5 Northern audience, though OF
course there were some Northern men
II present, as guests on that occasion. W hat
was said there was said, as 1T We're. u
tho family. In tho second place. would
q siy{fthat While the address contained
what lI and other devoted Southerners
who heard 1T considered perfectly sane
and reasonable criticism, not OF our pub.
lid men, as you have heard 1T, but OF
F ourselves, the whole address was u line
might say Neutrality-suspicious. of the South.
3 I was not less amazed than DR., Alder-
man to ind how q few sentences, picked
out because they We're critical, and .dl-
q yorced from their con text, have been dis
torted and nlisnterpretcd. 4ts
H mo ono knows better than yourself
how a paragraph or nttcrance, thus sep