The Washington herald., 1907-02-17

much better than going to Germany for
it, He told of how Johns Hopkins had
been the leader in research work In this
country. and how the fever had spread.
twenty-five years ago" he said, ''re-
search work was sporadic, now it is
epidemic" He said that research work
was needed in politics as well as
science that most of our misapprehen-
siOnS and disputes arose from ign0-
rance. and he said that there was one
. important discovery he had made that
he had not yet given 10 the world. 1T
was. he said. this; ] have discOv-
cred that the heat Of the disputants Is
inversely proportional 10 the knowl
edge OF the subject OF dispute"
Brazilian Ambassador.
Senior Joaquin Nabuco, Ambassador
from Brazil. spoke on Scientific Oppor-
tunity in Brazil" He told OF the vast
riches Of his country as yet unde-
veloped. He spoke. but haltingly. and
apologized for his English which he
said he was timid of voicing before the
Representatives OF over 100 colleges. a
! sort of living encyclopedia. He told
of the great work that remained to be
done in Brazil by botanists mineralo-
gists, biologists. anthropologists. and
others. The largest tracts of unknown
territory in the world were in Brazil
and they offered an inviting field for the
American scientist.
The Hon Adam Bede made a funny
| speech. in the course of which he referred
! TO Postmaster General CorteIyou as Cab
fraf Minister az largo said ffITbg
when Mr. C0rtelyou comes down town in
the morning. he just drops into any de-
pdrtment and runs il for the day" He
told of a man in Rochester who asked
him about the new monument in Wash
ingtOn-a monument depicting President
Roosevelt handing Noah Webster "a lem
on and he quoted a (perhaps) mythical
| person as saving that the whole coun-
/ Try Is being TheOdOriZed" He said 1T is
curious 7 should be asked 10 speak here
! tonight. for I'm not graduate of any
college Congress is the only college I
ever attended. But I want IL understood
right now that l got whatever culture /
possess from cattle, not from Congress
men"
In a more serious vein. he told the
| members that il there We're abuses in
Congress. the fault lay at the door Of
the educated masses OF the American
people. and that If the Senate was called
club for milliOnaires il was because
they had made the fees 50 expensive that
none but millionaires could pay them. He
declared that the most expensive things
with which a Congressman had 10 deal
We're the press and the pulpit
Mexican Ambassador.
The speech Of Senior Z. c. Creel. Am
| interesting disquisition on the silver ques-
ton. He stated that Mexico had pro
duced for the world more than four bill
lion ounces OF silver, more than was rep
resented by the total silver coinage in the
world to-day. he spoke Of the once uni
versal acceptance of the Mexican dollar,
and he said that Mexico had instituted
a monetary reform that was going 10
make her more prosperous than ever.
Mr.. Justice Harlan was the next speaker,
and he deprecated an extravagant lauda-
tion Of the university man, and took oc-
casion TO point out that our common
school system was the best in the world:
was so good indeed. that in one hundred
years one could not think to what posi-
biIiJies America would rise. He said
that AnglO-Sax0n ideas had travelled
around the world; had crossed the ocean
10 America, and had reached the Pacific
Coast. They were bound, he thought, TO
go marching on and come some time into
conflict with the Asiatic idea: and while
he was a man Of peace. ne wished that he
might be elected to Congress, that he
might urge a bill which should appro-
pirate S5l0 coo, coo for the Upbuilding of the
! American navy.
At the end of the speech OF the two
Ambassadors. the orchestra played the
national airs of Brazil and Mexico, and
as Nj, Harlan took his seat he asked that
his national air be played, for. he said
Il love my State as well as my country.
The whole club joined in singing My Old
Kentucky Home"
The Classics.
The last speaker of the evening was
/ Mr.. Justice ". F. Stafford whose sub
/ jet was "The Classics" He said:
What shall We do with our criminals?
/ For "a quarter Of a century the best
thought of the world has been devoted
/ TO the problem. few things it has
/ learned. It has learned to separate the
convicted from those who are merely
I accused. 1t has learned TO build ample
ana SttlhAdkA JAMS II mas learned pet
ter than TO keep men in idleness. It has
learned to establish real reformatories
for those who are under sentence. 1t has
begun 90 teach and train the idle and
vicious minds and hands. 1t has learned
to build up as wen as to tear down-uot
only to remove the choking weeds. but
TO plant in their places the sweet. sus-
tanning grain 1t has learned to hold be
fore the eyes Of sorrow and despair the
shining hope of a redeemed and respected
Hfe II has learned 10 Temold our laws
to these human ideas. For a fixed and
unalterable sentence pronounced by the
judge when the jury renders its verdict.
it puts a sentence whose duration is to be
determined by the conduct and improve
meut OF the prisoner himself as judged
by those who see and watch him year
by year. For the determined and in
cOrrigible criminal it says there should
be no release Why should we turn back
upon society its avowed and inveterata
foes? For the penitent there should be
the promise Of conditional release when
safe surroundings can be assured, and
a new trial ventured. 1t has learned
another thing, that even among grown