The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-14
CHANCELLOR DAY AGAIN.

CHANCELLOR DAY AGAIN.
Chancellor Day OF Syracuse UniveT-
sity has a very pretty gift Of speech
when he takes Roosevelt as his subject,
and the gist of his remarks comedies
with the general opinion Of the chief
executives peTvasive buttinskincss. At
the same time, remembering Lhat the
chancellor is a beneficiary Of ArChbOId,
Of the Standard Oil, it is hard to believe
the Syracuse educator is entirely dis
interested.
1T is to be hoped" he says, that we
are not so dazed and so daft by an Of
fee that has grown great with our
greatness, that it may be permitted to
set aside courts, senates and congress
es." Amen TO that. Also, 1t is to e
hoped We are not so dazed nor so daft
as to accept as our guide, counselor
and friend, a pastor who believes the
Standard Oil company is a proper
source Of inspiration for a great educa-
tionaI institution intrusted with the
training Of the younger genera ton
Roosevelt does set aside courts and
congresses, he is about as obnoxious in
his of1ciousness as a man can be; but
the Standard Oil buys courts and brides
legislators, debauches the employees Of
competing concerns, Overrides the law,
amasses wealth illegally and Expresses
a nation.
What sort Of a spokesman for reI-
gion and education is the man who will
defend a Rockefeller or an Archbold,
accept their personal sponsorship and
boast Of his subserviency to them? How
can a denominationaI university, teach
ing religion as well as secular branches,
hope to preserve the respect of the peo-
pie and at the same time defend the
practices of the most vicious monopoly
in the country? Why should there be
wonder that the common people drift
away from the churches when the most
conspicuous churchmen fiaunt an alIi-
ance with criminality disguised as a
business organization?
The truth is that Roosevelt and Day
both represent extremes which threaten
injury to the national life Roosevelts
precipitation. his anxiety to accomplish
[ ends regardless of means, his utter dis
/ regard of constitutional limitations, and
his wanton defiance Of legitimate re-
straint have carried him to executive
! excuses never dreamed of in presiden-
! tiaI Office before Beside him, W. ].
/ Bryan Is a conservative Of the conser-
vatives-and Bryan was denounced as a
| dangerous radical by the very men who
{ elected Roosevelt.
7 On the other hand, Chancellor Day is
/ the tncarnate type of the men who have
/ condoned criminal responsibility and
/ brought disrepute upon their cloth, who
/ ALLEVIATE the very classes TO whom the
} message Of Christianity should be most
/ acceptable In his way, the chancellor
! is doing a vast injury to spiritual in
/ terests by associating in the public
mind a union Of organized church ac-
tivity and organized commercial crime.
] Even If the union is not actual it is so
| apparently true that no argument pro-
ceeding from Day or his kind can carry
weight either in defense of the Stand
ard Oil or in promotion Of a higher
/ spiritual life.
It would be well If Day could be
made to realize that as between the
public welfare and the welfare Of the
! Standard Oil, or its kindred, there as no
middle ground; and that If he means
to continue his defense Of the trust he
can serve his religion best by retiring
from any official connection with his
! church.
Eat your dinner at the Mack Smith