Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
NEW YEAR SYMPOSIUM
Prominent Men Tell What to
 Strive For In 1906.
HIGHER IDEALS IN PUBLIC LIFE

Governor Hoch of Kansas Says Thera
 k . Demand For Civic Righteous.
 ness In Every Department of Gov.
 ernment = More RePose Needed h
 American Life, Says Bishop Cole. man of Delaware.
 What is the one thing above all 0th
 CTS that the American people should
 strive for in 19oG:'
 Such was the timely question submit. I ted by the Christian Herald to nun.
 Der of prominent and active workers In various fields of endeayor through out the United States. Answers were received from twenty-five or more well known Americans. Special effort was made to secure the opinions and advice of the presidents of universities in widely separated parts of the land, l with view to helping especially young men and young women The efforts in this particular field were highly sue cessful, and we are sure that in the let ters from the heads of universities printed herewith young people will find much that will aid them in making the year 1906 happy one ... SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REFORMS NEEDED.
 Dr. Alfred N. Haggard, dean of the Bible college, Drake university, at Des Moines, la:
 I iT7y ycr eta fr political conditions, better care for the poor and more justice for the laborer: in arbitration and peace among al nations, in the rights Of women. in L>ttsr divorce laws, In abolishing the saloon and in spreading the gospel to the ends of the earth. If l read the sign Sos the times cor rectly, there is . consta4liy widening and deepening tide involving ali these inter- ests and bearing US into a better age. This conviction enables me to answer your question. The one thing for Amer leans to do is to widen and deepen this tide and give it greater momentum than ever before. Individually each one of us should make ourselves count more than ever toward this end by voice, by pen by contributions, by ballot and by splen- did personal example. The channels which are especially inviting for com- bined effort are those of education, es- pecially higher; our great reform move men's. such as the W. c. T. U., the Anti salt league, with many others: mission work at home and abroad and, lastly, a better and more practical application of the gospel of Christ for it is the heart and circcmference of all real progress
 FOR HIGHER IDEALS IN PUBLIC LIFE.
 Governor E. W. Hoch of Kansas:
 In the great movement that is coming up from the hearts of the people the de- nand is for higher ideals in politics, for greater official integrity. for greater re- spect for law-ln a word, for civic right eousness in every department of govern ment. Christianity is the basis and in- spiration of this movement, as it is the hope of the world.
 FOR A RETURN TO OLD IDEALS.
 Congressman Marshall Van Wrinkle of New Jersey:
 Simple living and high thinking-a re- turn to the old ideals The American people have now struck twelve" in ma terial things Their chief concern and the thing they should strive most for above all others is to avoid decline and to preserve tfeir poise. and to that end they should pray daily during the whole round year Of 1905: Lord. let not my head grow dizzy; if my foot besinneth to slip, may thy mercy hold me up
 HALT THE MAD RACE FOR WEALTH.
 Congressman Hiram R. Burton of Delaware: The greatest evil with which the Amer ican people have to contend today is the suk Fsaur far a--f1 a canker, Is rapidly eating its way into the very heart of our American institu. tions. Wherein lies the solution? can. not say. but it seems to me that l@s l should find the American people working shoulder to shoulder to check this evil. ! which sooner or later. if left alone. will prove a menace to the very foundation of l our government. DRIVE OUT RULE OF GOLD AND BRING IN I
 GOLDEN RULE. Congressman James Francis Burke of Pennsylvania: Drive dishonesty out of the business | and political life Of this country. Every 1 honest political organization should ban sh from it's counsels the individual who ions the party uniform 10 pilfer the pub I lie purse. and every commercial body in I the land should put the ban upon him 1 vho dons the garb Of the business man to cheat his competitor by conspiring with | or 10 rob widows and or. | phans of their rights by betraying the rust imposed in him by the silent inmates 'f the grave Repeal and reject the rule ,f gold and re-enact and re-enforce the yolden rule. and the moral house clean ng which our country Is just witnessing rill be enduring in its results.
 MAKE WAR IMPOSSIBLE
 Congressman C. H. Grosvenor of Ohio: I am in favor Of the widest and most