The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-09
BENN CASES
 A SEgSATION  Trouble Brewing in Ma tional slitorial Meeting. MAKES A BITTER ATTACK His Comments on Penny
 packer and Quay. President Screws Delivers Annual Ad- dress and Mir. Carr Speaks on
A BITTER ATTACK
President Screws Delivers Annual Ad- dress and MT. Carr Speaks on
 "rhe Public School and the
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 Guthrie. okla, June s.--The action of James A. Benn, city editor of The Phil adelphia North American, in attacking Governor Pennypacker and the late Senator Quay in an address before the National Editorial Association here, caused a fight in the Pennsylvania de- egation which may be carried before the Association tomorrow. His action took Quay's friends in the convention completely by surprise.
 Tonight F. B. Mckee of Freeport, B. H .Harter of Bellfont, and F. s. Phelps of Erie. Pa. assert that they will pre- sent a resolution tomorrow condemning MT. Benn's course. Mir. Benn in his ad- dress on "Muzzles in Pennsylvania" re- viewed the organization of the socalled Quay machine" and the events leading up to the passage of the Pennypacker libel law. He blamed MT. Quay for this severe law, declaring that 1t was Quay's overnor that instigated It. He closed by saying: There never was n Quay or Pennypacker born who could form or invent a measure that would restrict the liberty of the press or ham, per it in it's constitutional right of public utterance.
 If the Quays of Pennsylvania desire unsmirched biographies tell them to leave behind them records free from stain. If the Pennypackers of Penn sylvania, or any other commonwealth In this Union desire to effectuafiy muZzla the press they must hie themselves to some other land than that in the fun damental law of which it Is written The freedom of the press ought not to be restricted
 President Screws delivered his an- nual address this morning.
 J. W. Carr of Anderson. Ind, spoke on "The Public School and the Press :" He said in part:
 Mir. Carr's Speech.
 Disregard for law is the most com mon, the most insidious and the most dangerous of all our sins. It is so widespread and affects so many classes Ithat if 1t is not kept down, 1t will be- come a positive menace to society. It manifests itself in various ways and in all parts of our country. Children in many homes defy parental authority. Demagogues are all too frequently elected to the office only to betray the people they are supposed to serve. Great labor organizations sometimes rush into unwise and unjustifiable strikes. resulting in loss of property, acts of violence and all too frequently terminating in bloodshed and murder. Some business men and so-called good citizens resort to bribery and all sorts or HneSSe III OTQeT IO ODldln NdlAdOAD franchises and other public utilities without adequate compensation to the people. Great corporations sometimes rise to opulence and power by resort ing to espionage, bribery, oppression and crimes of various sorts. But In whatever form, whether as riots, or mobs or whitecappings or 1ynchings or the evasion of the liquor laws, or perjury, or rebates to shippers, or tax lodging, or vote buying. or the prosti- tuition of official position, or the pur- chase of legislators. 1t is all one thing disregard for law.
 Now, if this national disease Is to be cured we must go to the very root of the matter. Children must be taught obedience and respect for law and con- stituted authority. There must be bet ter discipline in the home and in the public schools. I do not plead for the sternness, harshness and brutality or the oid-time discipline, but even that Is preferable to much of our soft sen timentality that causes us to be afraid to spank Johnnie for fear he will die or will never love us any more, but Johnnie will not die and he will grow onlv the stronger in character and love because his parents and teachers have taught him a wholesome regard for law.
 Must Have Discipline.
 "The public schools will fail. miser- ably fail. If there is not proper disci- pllne in them. Chicago mas oanlsheo @ the rod from tho schools, but she mas moi done away with the policemans s club and the fixed bayonets of an armed
 .srhe public press can assist greatly tn inc maintenance of proper discipline in inc schools. If the press insists that there shall be proper disclpllne' IT 1t refrains from giving undue pupnclty In rnagnIfied form to every little thing that arises. if it refuses to champion the cause of every callow youth who fails to pass in his studies or has been snanked or suspended on account or his misconduct, If it declines to give the use of its columns to Tom, DICK ana Harry in order that they might air their grievances or get even with their teachers-such a policy will aid teach CTS and school officials not only in the maintenance of proper discipline in the schools. but in the development Of citizen that will respect and obey the law after they leave the schools
 "While the public press can assist teachers greatly in training children to respect and obey law, yet it has still greater privilege and q higher duty to nerform-it is to demand that adults obey tho law, and that no class be privileged to disregard 1t. This duty and this responsibility can no more be evaded than the sentinel can avoid re- sponsibiIity for the welfare of the army while he is on picket duty in the pres ence of the enemy. I believe this prob lem to be of such importance that the history of our country will be affected hv the solution that, is given up.'
 Other addresses were given by Colonel John Dymond Of New Orleans. D, H. Tutler of Lincoln. ~Neb.. Miss Virginia c. Clay of Huntsville. Ala. F, sheldon of Chicago and ,J IL Potts of New York.
 The election of officers, the selecting of the next place of meeting and the odontion Of resolutions will take place tomorrow morning.
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