The Washington herald., 1907-02-24

THE WASHINGTON
ton. your cultivation, viii not help you
If you make the mistake of thinking that
it is a substitute for. instead of an adj
dition to, those qualities which in the
struggle of life bring success to the ordi-
nary man without your advantages.
Your college training confers no privi-
lege upon YOU save as tested by the use
you make of it. 1t puts upon you the
obligation TO show yourself better able
10 do certain things than your fellows
who have not had your advantages. If
It has served merely TO make you believe
that you are to be excused from effort in
after life. that you are TO be excuse
from contact with the actual world Of
men and events, then it will prove curse
and not a blessing. IT, on the other
hand, you treat your education as d
weapon the more In your hands. weapon
10 ~ you to do better In the hard stTug-
gle of effort, and not as excusing you in
any way from taking part in practical
fashion in that struggle, then il will
be a benefit to you.
Must Learn the Give and Take"
Let each of you college men remen-
Der in after life that in the funda-
mentals he Is very much like his fellows
who have not been TO college, and that II
he is to achieve results. instead Of con
filming himself exclusively TO disparlg=-
ment of other men who have achieved
them, he must manage 10 come to some
kind OF working agreement with these
fellows of his. There are times. of course,
when it may be the highest duty Of
citizen 10 stand alone o. practically alone.
But II this Is mans normal attitude
II normally he is unable TO work in COM
binatou E'ith considerable body Of MS
fcllOws-it is safe TO set him down %
uniit for useful service in a democracy
In popular government results worth
having can only be achieved by men who
combine worthy ideals with practical
good sense; who are resoIute to accom-
plish good purposes. but who can accom-
modate themselves to the give and take
necessary where work has to be done. as
almost all important work must neces-
sarily be done, by combination.
Results, Not ManIfestOeS.
Moreover, remember that normally the
prime object Of political life should be
to achieve results and not merely to issue
manifestoes-saye, of course. where the
issuance OF such manifestoes helps 10
achieve the reults. II is very bad thing
10 be morally callous. for moral callous-
ness is disease. But Inflammation of the
conscience may be just as unhealthy 50
far as the public is concerned: and If a
mans conscience is always telling him to
an IA r.
mistrust its workings
The religious man who is most useful
is not he whose sole care is TO save his
own soul. but the man whose religion
bids him strive to advance decency and
clean living. and to make the world a bet
ter place FOR his fellows TO live in. and
all this is lust as TRUE Of the ordinary
citizen IN the performance of the ordi-
nary duties Of political life
Real Political Reformers.
During the last few years much good
has been done 20 the people Of the Phil
iipines. but this has been done. not BY
those who merely INDUCED in the person
al luxury Of advocating for the islands
doctrinaire liberty which would have
meant their immediate and irretrievabIe
ruin, but by those who have faced facts
as they actually were. remembering the
provero that teaches Us that I'm the long
run even the most uncomfortable truth is
a safer companion than the pIeasantes.
falsehoud
II IS these men, the men who. with
shortcomings and stumblings yet did the
duty of the moment. though thar duty
was hard and often disagreeable. and not /
the men who confined themselves 10 IDLE
talk. OF no matter nov high-sounding p /
nature who have done real good to che
Islands These are the men who bav, !
brought justice as between man and man. |
are building roads: who have intro |
1uced schools; who, gradually. with pa
,lcnce and ilrmness, arc really fitting the /
ISLANDERS for seif-gOvernment.
states Rights and Corporations. /
SO it is with the great questions
which group themselves round the con- /
troll Of corporations in the interest Of !
he public. There has been a curious re-
.lval Of the doctrine Of State rights in
connection with these questions BY the
people who know that the States canno.
With justice To both sides practically con-
rol the corporations, and who. therefore
advocate such control because tbev do
not venture to express their real wish.
which Is that there shall be no control AZ
H.
Honest and fair-dealing railway cor
'oratons VIII gain and not lose by ade-
luate Federal control; most emphatical-
y. it is both the duty and the interest OF
,ur people TO deal fairly with such cor
)oratlons. and 10 see that a premium IS
.ut upon the honest management Of them.
md that those who invest in them are
imply protected But those who involy,.
he doctrine OF State rights to protect
state corporate creations in predatory ac-
ivities extended through other States
ire as shOrt-sighted as those who once
INVOKED the same doctrine TO protect the
pecial slave-holding interest.
The States have shown that thev have
lot the ability to curb the power of syn
Heated wealth. and. therefore. in the in
crest OF the people. it must be done bv
latlonal action
when States Rights Are Good.
Our present warfare is against speciaI
privilege. The men-many of them. I am
orry to say, college men-who are prompt
o speak. against every practical means
which can be devised for achieving the
'bject We have in view-the p7oper. aad
4equate supervision by the Federal gov
rnment OF the great corporations doing
n Interstate business-are. nevertheless.
Iemselyes powerless to so much as out
Inc any plan OF constructive stateman-
hip which shall give relief
Il have watched for six years these
men, both those in public and those I'm
'riNate ..fe, and though they are promDt
o criticise every affirmative step taken
have yet to see one Of them lift finger
o remedy the wrongs that exist. So il is
n every field Of public activity.