New-York tribune., 1905-01-28
HENRY STATUE In ALBANY
WOULD HAVE 1T BRONZE.
Bryan, at Syracuse Alumni Dinner,
DenOuRces Wash Sales.

The New-York Alumni Association of SYRIA
cuse University held its annual dinner last night
at the Hotel Astor. over two hundred persons
were present. DIR. Harry L. Taylor, of the Edu-
cational Department at Albany, who was one of
the speakers announced that New-York's Com
I missioner at the St Louis Exposition had OBJ
tained the statue in staff of Joseph Henry first
director of the Smithsonian Institution. for the
Albany Institute Historical and Art Society.
and that the society would ask the legislature
to place the statue in bronze. at the eastern
entrance of the State Capitol William j.
Bryan made an address on The Appeal of the
Democracy TO the Cultured Classes"
Stephen B Ayers, president of the alumni
association, who acted as POSTMASTER, intro
dUced Dr.. Taylor, who said;
On an Albany streetcar this morning fell into
conversation with bright NTH year pupil Of the
asked French English and history he answered
1leatin? Ia ?, No; begin that next year.~ What do
| Haven't got to him yet the prompt reply.
And the State of New-York has not got to him.
Yet but 1t is time she had and we want you to ac-
A6a6P aeRg an IN e d Of the eafhgr t e6t of hS
by experiments in the Albany Academy discovered
Morse in the development of the telegraph. Henry
ep9Rt6lnqed his his lnTestiSadons while professor Of
The St Louis Universal Exposition recognized his
Electricity Building New-Yorks Commissioner Mr.
Institute Historical and Art @ SOCIETY," ' Which G ipa now
plans to ask the legislature to place this statue
bronze on the north side of the eastern entrance
Why should New-York State recognize Joseph
the nineteenth century and States have ever recog-
seientif,c q vord ~ % racoi1ad 90 ars; because me
TTnivereal TJositio Inoi+ ms Baea8nees ana the
the nation recognized his worth. and the ct
Gaudens statue of Henry adorns the grounds of the
Because
ato has pedestas for statues of her ustrious sons
such recognition viii stimulate scientific research
VIII aWake9 aamIratIon for noble character, will
dulcken historical study. ana may prove an incen-
tive to the one hundred thousand secondary stu
State ''i' "''Ds'''sS anu ihEh S'hOOls IN this
Mr. Bryan said that he had lost no oppor-
tunfty in recent years to make the acquaint-
ance Of the people of the East. He had been
reported In 1896 as having characterized It as
the enemy's country" From the returns. he
added, it might properly be so designated; but
he did not feel that he was not at home in any
portion Of the United States, or that any sec
tion was unfriendly to any theory he might en-
tertain Mr. Bryan continued:
Professor Ross. in a recent address spoke of the
character Of modern sin and pointed out that the
sins OF burglary and murder and yet were guilty
or the sins OF modern type no less injurious or
Mr.. Bryan then spoke of the adulteration of
safety appliances TO save human life, and char
acterized them among the modern sins. He
spoke Of child labor and the shame that il
should be necessary to invoke the strong arm
of the law to prevent the dwarfng of human
life. Referring 20 a recent washing of stock
sales. Mr.. Bryan said:
Men OF respectabty and high standipg f
soe!ety otten engage in these enterprises Men
trained IN education and possessing presumably
nlotaI principles work TO increase dividends by
methods that would be called criminal if fudesd ~,
any moral law Officials often down dividends
ana MAKE more speculating the stock Of their
employers than their salaries amount to- -''4
Speaking of the struggle for wealth, Mr.. Brvan
said the great gambling houses in the market
places were but the little gambling houses multi
piled hundred and thousand fold He said
fault was found with the man who sold his vote
for So. but not the who spent $1,000 for the
thousand votes.
The following officers were elected for the
coming year: Stephen 3. Ayres president
Frank j Marion, vice. president; DR. Harris
Houshton, secretary. and Roy e. Schafer treas
urer.
Shortly before adjournment the following reso-
luton was adopted
Resolved That we. the members and guests of
the New-York Alumni Association of Syracuse
University. commend the action of the Albany
Institute Historical and Art Society," and prom
ise loyal support to their proposition.
The speakers, besides those already mentioned
were Chancellor MacCracken John D. Archbold
president of the board OF trustees Of Syracuse
University, and Chancellor Day. of the univer-
sity.
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