The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-01-30
GROVER CLEVELAND
SPEAKS BEFORE 7. N. C. A.
'CHRIsrIANITKD AND AMERr-
CAN RUSH FOR WEALTH.

Nations, Evading Moral Considera-
tons Involved and Taking Counsel of
Passion and Greed-Govcrnmen wiz
be No Better Than the People Make IT
Philadelphia, Jan. 2s.-Former Pres
ident Grover Cleveland was the princi.
Pal speaker to-day at the exercises in
connection with the celebration Of the
fiftieth anniversary of the Philadelphia,
foung Mems Christian association.
Three general meetings were held this
afternoon in different sections of the
city. Mr.. Cleveland addressed a large
gathering at the Pennsylvania railroad
department of the Y. M. G. A.: Harry
A. Garfield, son of the martyred pres
ident. who occupies the chair of Am
erlcan politics at Princeton university.
spoke at large meeting in the north
eastern section of the city, and prom
lnent local clergymen were the speak,
ers at the Garrick theater, where the
central branch of the Y. M. G. Al. OBJ
served the day.
w. a. Patton assistant to President
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania railroad.
presided at the meeting addressed by
Mr.. Cleveland. The ex-president was
given cordial welcome when he was
introduced. Christianity" was his
theme and among other things he said:
This occasion is full of inspiration
for those who delight iii the success
and growth of a good cause. The con-
temptation of the moral, intellectual
and educational results which the
Young Mems Christian association of
llte of fifty years are a cure for pessi-
mism, and serve to reihstate our be-
lief that the value our people place
upon the things to be desired is not
altogether measured by immediate re-
turns in money. AS we view the un-
lprecedented American rush for wealth
and trade advantages we are apt to
give entrance to the fear that patriot
i ism and good citizenship are left be-
hind in the race. We do not always see
through the dust and turmoil that the
linstrunlentality Of civic Righteousness
| is still holding it's own. We hear the
din and shouting of money-getting,
and we are not always certain that ia
the midst Of it all the steady voice Of
conscience is pleading for better
things. 1t Is well, therefore, that oc-
lcasions like that in which we ><fx,au
take part should be appointed, to the
lend that we should more fully know
THAT moral achievements should Be
added to phenoninal success in taking
an inventory Of our country's valuable
possessions. =
Mr.. Cleveland then referred to the
railroad department of the z. M. c.. "a. 4
He complimented the Pennsylvania
railroad for the aid it has extended To
the cause, and said that the moral ard
mental excellence of its employees, as
a result of this aid, are among the
lcompany's most valuable assets. He
took up the meaning of Christianity,
and spoke Of the part Christianity has
played in the history of the country,
| and continuing he said:
las a serious minded people, con-
Iscious Of the immense responsibility
resting upon us in the solution of the
problem of popular rule, we should be
a reverent people-not merely by lip.
service, but rugged, strongly reverE
lent. This is not to say we should bel
a sad and gloomy people On the com
itrary with free institutions and with
lequality Of rights and Opportunities
which no other offers, we should be
1.-THE most cheerful and light hearted in
/ the world.
In the complex relationships of
American life not one of us can live,
and live dutifully to himself alone.
and often wrong Judgment or prejudice
bring us all at times face to face with
idisputes and controversies. 1t is abb
fsolutely certain that in every such
lease there is somewhere more or less
easy of discovery factor of morality,
and Of justice and fair dealing, which
when found should solve the trouble.
| 1t is in every way disappointing to see
civilized men, as well as civilized na-
/ tions, evading the moral considera-
| tions involved in a controversy, and
taking counsel OF passion and greed.
ut is not worth while to blink, at the
fact that nations called civilized and
| even Christian are liable under strong
temptation to backslide to barbarlc
standards which permit war and
slaughter to count for a peoples great
ness and reckons ruthless conquest
among glorious deeds. There Is one
effective and constant preventive
against such danger, and that is the
sincere acceptance as guidance to ma
tional behavior, of the honor, the love
of peace, the devotion to justice and
truth, the forbearance and inviolable
good faith which grow out. Of genuine
civilization and Christian spirit. No
stream runs higher than its source;
and government by the people will
| be no better than the people make It.
II these qualities are to be recognized
as guides of national conduct under
1 our plan of rule, the people must com
mand their house servants"
The meeting addressed by Mr.. Car
| field was under the joint auspices of
the Kensington and Philadelphia and
Reading railway branches Of the Z. IA.
| C. A.
| Mr.. Garfield spoke of the response
bility of wealth and Christianity in as
sisting in maintaining good govern.
ment.
I General Mfstchenk0 W0unded.