The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-10

4. Public service should be directed
towards providing the greatest good to
the greatest number.
3. The commandment, Thou smart
not steaI,'' should not be applied merely
to the, property Of individuals.
s. The boodling of a franchise through
city council is no less dishonest than
the burglary of neighbours house
Z. The corruptor of an official stands
no higher in the sight OF Cod nor
should he stand higher in the eyes or
man, than the official who betrays the
public confidence by the acceptance OF
a bride.
The evils of American city govern
ment are many and apparent. The
blame for these conditions may fairly
be laid at the door of commercial polit-
les. What is the cause of commercial
politics?
Commercial politics exists because it
is worth while, because money is to
be made in it, because it opens wide
field for predatory exploits. More than
this, it exists because the class Of men
who should devote at least a part of
their education, training and character
to public affairs instead resign them
selves exclusively to business and the
pleasures of social life, leaving the
great engineries Of politics in the hands
and under the sole guidance of those
who have the time to spare and the at
tention to give because that time and
attention pay. 81 a.~5@55j 49,
There are two methods of Kidding the
country of the commercial politician
The one way is to crowd him out. The
other method is to make his calling I'M
productive. The latter is the better
method of the two. .s4,
Commercial politics can only exist
as long as it is worth while. @
A large proportion Of municipal cor
ruption is directly attributable, first, to
the method of performing important
| municipal work by the contract system;
and, second, to the giving of control OF
! public utilities to private hands. /
Moreover, the civil service law should
be made to prohibit the organizing Of
| public servants as public servants pure
and simple for the purpose OF securing
personal advantage at the cost Of the
service. ....&.... .E.s54,s <.s-sss4 4
/ do not think it going; too far to say
the, EQUALITY of politics in our cities,
| towns and villages is a safe criterion
| Of the quality Of politics in the greater
spheres of the states and the nation
Local politics affords the training
school in which the officials who gov
ern states and sway the destinies of the
republic receive their preparatory edu.
| cation. I'LL
| If the wish be to bring about a re.
| vival of the days of a generation age
when there were giants in both houses
OF congress the work must begin al
| home. ~ < s, *
To the young man going out into thu
world fresh from the schools, strong q
heart and buoyant with hope and am
bilious aspirations. the republic sends
message. This message says: NeitheI
professional reward nor financial gain
constitutes the highest good Of life
American citizenship Il not a mere per
auisite; it is not all pure gain arlt
profit; the advantages it confers de
rnand return, the opportunities it offer
4 carry their obligations. The messagt
1 SAYS even more. What the father
\ have done for you you shall do for pos
terity; ii fulfill your full duty YOU mus
make yourselves a vital force in you
communities; You must accept tn
i cares and obligations Of your citizen
4 shin: YOU must be Americans! The re
1 public appeals to you and to the othe
thousands like you in all the school
and colleges of the land, Shall the ap
peal be made in vain? It'll
| Mayor Harrison was elected last eve
| ming to honorary membership in tn
Yale law school political club unde
whose auspices the address was given