Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-23
CALM REASON FINAL VICTOR
Governor Hughes Says E~ffervescenoe
Not American Habit.
5 MADE DOCTOR OF LAWS
New York Executive Speaks before
University of Pennsylvania, Eapd-
ing Honest Service as Pres
emit Day Requirement.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Gas has beer
its custom for nearly 100 years, the ami
versary Of the birth OF George Washing
ton was observed today by the University
OF Pennsylvania as University day" the
feature Of which was the announcement OF
a number OF gifts to the institution, the
comforting Of degrees and the address OF
Governor Hughes of New York. The exer.
cises were held in the Academy of Music
Governor Hughes was honored with the
degree OF doctor OF laws.
Provost CHARLES c. Harrison announced
that the medical school had been given
100000 by In unnamed alumnus to endow
a chair. the occupant to be known a.
1.-THE Benjamin Rush professor Of physio-
logical chemistry" The provost also made
known that in a few days the university
will come into $4,000 for the endowment
Of ten beds in the university hospital. q
Presenting Governor Hughes, Provost
Harrison spoke OF the governors courage
and disinterestedness."
I'm all our minds, in all our hearts the
provost said, "a great light shines forth
in the armament Of our country in the
character and personality Of the gentleman
who is about to address u.s."
Honest servIce Present Problem.
Governor Hughes said in part:
The problem OF America today is to Sc
cure honest and faithful performance OF
public obligation. Important questions con-
stantly claim our attention and it is easy
In the zeal OF political controversy and in
the debates Of policy. largely to lose sight
OF the simple requirements of fidelity in
administration But we cannot afford to
forget that whatever the merit of legisla-
tive proposals, the final test must ever be
found in the character and purpose of
public servants. We have been Bickened
with the corruption that rots public enter
prise and with the spectacle OF Legislative
halls and administrative offices turned
into market places, where the exercise OF
governmental powers is made the subject
of barter and sale.
w a representative government; but
how shall we improve the quality OF repre-
sentation save by i~nfusing the young mer
OF the country with the spirit of Washing.
ton and thus assuring constant and cordial
response to the imperatives of honor2 how
save by developing hat sense OF obliga-
ton and that invinoibie loyalty to trust
which made Washington not simply a mill
tary hero and a popular and trusted leader
In a critical period of history. but beyond
that the incarnation OF public virtue and
the type forever, in this nation and al
others OF the true public s~ervant-the idea
representative OF the people?
"The articles of political ~mAnipulators
were to him contemplate. Alike In defeat
and in victory, whether as military gen
eral or as a chief magistrate, nothing could
seduce or daunt or alright him or shake
that adherence to the principles Of fab
dealing and honorable execution OF duty
which made him the Embodiment of thu
cause Of liberty.
significant Feature of Today.
THE most significant feature of oui
present life is not the widespread existence
OF evil, but the organized efforts to check
It; not the resrettable display OF avarice,
but the determination to protect the publ,
Interest against overreachlng cdpidity; no
the waste OF lives In luxurious ldIeness
but the masnitude Of fruitful endeavor
not the prevalence OF vice and misery, buI
the extension Of reformatory agencies ant
the Organization Of philanthropy; not civic
Indifference. however lamentable may bt
Us scope. but the widening demands Of
public spirit and the more emphatic as
sertion OF community rights; not p~olIticaI
manipulation, but the Indignation OF the
people at its abuses; not faithless iegis-
lators ard administrative officials. bun the
resentment which they arouse and the mar
rowing range of their Illicit activities
we shall not avoid mistakes, but IN the
main neither inflRmmatory and demoeoR-
zeal appeal nor the dishonest arguments of
special privilege will control the final out
come. OF first Importance. Is that we
should respect the institutions of our coun-
try and love the ways OF calm reason
This, despite the occasional efferveseenoes
which Washington foresaw is. after an, the
American habit"