The sun., 1910-02-09
HUGHES ON NAN AND MACHINE
REGULATION nv THE STATE 4
PERIL IN HANDS UNFIT.

The Main ThIng u 20 Set the Average
| Man to DO the Right Thing In HIs Job
-SchIn Says at Free Synagogue Dln.
ner That Liberalism May Go Too Far.
The third anniversary OF the Free
Synagogue was commemorated by
dinner in the grand ballroom OF the Hotel
Astor last night which nearly 500 men,
bers OF the syna Eogue attended. Speeches
extolling the work OF the pastor. the Rev.
DIR. Stephen 8. Wise, we're made BY Gov.
Hughes, Senator Chamberlain OF Oregon,
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. the Rev
DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. Jacob II. SchiM
Abram I. EllSus and the Rev. Dr. J. Leon
ard Levy.
Il realize our Indebtedness to the
strong and virile ministry OF your leader
said Gov Hughes I'VE need such men
in New York. We need their message,
their fire, their capacity to communicate
enthusiasm, their ability to generate
moral resolution. their devotion TO good
work and their sincere desire to be OF real
benefit to their fellow citizens.
Now. you know, every public officer
in these days reads Epictetus; and also,
il he is wise. he reads the Hebrew proph-
cts. In their vivid words we read our
own problems. 1t may not seem irrev-
erent IL I say that my attention was called
the other day to the fact that they were
fully alive to the dangers and the pleasures
and splendors OF the automobile.
in Nahum believe you will find these
words: The chariots shall rage in the
streets; they shall j9stle one against
seem like torches; they shall run like the
lightnings' land the question Is OF couEfe:
what kind OF a bill is to be passeivl.
But the one thing the prophe: with all
OF righteousness as the foundation 0!
the state
~You have made in your race great
contributions to science. TO every line
Of honorable effort; and you represent
in our community alertness. knowiedGc
and ability in commerce, in finance and
in all the varied undertakings OF our
complex life. But there 10 one thing
that Israel has stood for in tho past aud
must always stand for IL It IL 20 have
its preeminent distinction and ia place
as the teacher OF men and that is for
right conduct enforced by fidelity to
God
The longer 7 deal with questions Of
public importance the more convinced
am that after all the problem Is not eglsla-
tive or distinctly administrative, but Il
problem OF character. The problem is TO
educate our youth to be true, honest.
honorable; to know no lie.
Eve are developing our mechanism cf
government to meet extraordinary emer-
gencies. The more complicated our
system becomes the more depends upon
the men who administer it. Nothing Is
more fatal than to suppose there Is any
virtue in systems or in legislation as
such. We crowd upon our men N great
executive and administrative offices a
burden almost too great for any man to
bear.
~In these circumstances the funda-
mental moral question becomes the more
important. II we ever develop q great
system Of legislation and supervision OF
our activities we shall find it only Frank
enstein to mock us IL 1t is not entirely
under the control or moral purpose. re-
enforced by the Intelligent sentiment ei
the community, which constantly holds
its ideals Of character higher than any
possible material benefit that success in
any line OF eHOrt oan secure"
Gov. Hughes said that he wished the
boys and girls leaving school knew more
less to forget OF useless knowledge. He
said there ls nothing more pathetic than
the college or university graduate who
has ignored the questions of municipal
binders. seeing only the duties OF his
own work save when he INDUCES in ex-
uberant enthusiasm over questions he
knows little about"
i am not in favor OF church or syna-
gogue or other religious body going into
politics as SUCH" said Gov. Hughes, We
can't carry matters of faith into the po-
litical arena with safety. Religion is
nothing save as it ID expressed in men
The main thing is TO get the average man
| to do the right thing in his job. and ninety
nine times out OF 100 he knows what the
right thing is.
There is a suggestion OF your freedom
! and unfettering that like the sound Of,
but must not get into any controversies
over things with which have no concern
The Lord knows have enough now.
let US realize in the face OF the i'm
possibility of attaining our ideals that
we muet hold fast TO our conceptions
OF righteousness as they were enforced
by Israel in the past and as hope they
win Do by the Israel OF the future. said
the Governor in conclusion.
Jacob H. SchiH said that he didn't
know whether the phrase Rich as q
jew ever had its Justification, but II
80 it is different in this age and in this
metropolis. He said that far too little is
being done for the Jewish masses Of New
York
IF I, who adhere to more conservative
religious principles than DR.. Wise and
his associates in the Free Synagogue, am
with you Tonight he said. -it sbeoauss