The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-23

'he" are without the books and aupnlr-
necessary for the good conduct 81 a school
Mat the buildings would NO, b. tolerated
| 10 subsidiary structures for a ~chu-l
or a iail IN a better conducted Common.
wealth. and pictures of -r'ne IL the luil,l.
ing- in use by these little children could
not he sent through the Unitsi States
/ mail
! Comptroller Prendsrgast traced the
| influence of Puritan government upon
government Of tn" pr~sent day her.
The Board 81 Estimate il TrallN "A town
meeting said he. He added that he
wanted to take issue with the person
who had said few hours befor that thi,
city was not competent To Undertake
the management of great business enter
| prlssss because the honesty Of the people
had not been raissd To that level that
would permit close mana cement and
honest management. The hanaueters
sat mp "a bit. understanding that the
Comptroller referred tn Mayor G,ynor
i can hardly Relieve continued RI.
Comptroller. that this sentiment was
intended in the liberal sense the words
convey. rather believe that the city
4 OF New York has demonri rated the pos
session oT the very higneas qualities IL
civic virtue and honesty tGreat APP
piaus". l do not believe there is any
enterprise that "A people can consistently
undertake that would not be safe within
the keeping and the mana cement OF the
Is needed is the selection of representa-
| tlves in public Office who will not petra y
the people. Applause
The Comptroller was applauded with
spirit unusual at public dinners.
Responding To the toast The Fore
fathers and the American Idea Darwin
: u. Kingsley said there has been dis
position to credit the Puritan with all
manner az virtues and 20 cha &c him with
little wlckeCin.ss and few errors.
hsa nal . h..
Puritan shocks US at first he went -
A We investigate and analvze impress
-ions derived IN part from history and IN
par from tradition and 'cgend ". rub
our ewes IN amaZement.
We have credited the Puritan with
an Intens. love OF liberty ". have
supposed some Of us, that he abandoned
MS home and faced tn" terrors II saw
az" country AZ IN. other end Of the world
because he wanted to establish. away
from corruption Of the aristocracy and
OF the Church, government dedicated
TO cIvll and religious freedom What
ar. the facts Tn. Puritan believed
IA liberty Tor himself and for those who
sbelieved exactly IA he dld. Tbe liberty
he allowed to others was the liberty TO
keep away from him and. TO such as came.
10 he gone a. fas: and a. far as possible.
lie built not free government but
theo"racy which IN u hIgotry. ts denial
OF the right ~ private judgmen; and IN
surpassed He not only established
state Church. he made the State sub
ordinate to 'he Church IN Massa ChuSeti-
h" rnlde Congregatlonalism statute law.
IN New Haven he 'b.ttsred the instruC-
Ion Of n statesman of our own day who
only r,,iiscover.d tn. Ten Command
m-ntS Tn. Puritan r.enacted both the
comma ailments and the Mosaic code.
The Puritan was bIgoted. unsympa
the,IC harsh even cruel but ne believed
IN hI- right TO govern himself and 70
worship God a. he saw 't and incident
Illy TO make everybody else do a. h.. did
Mir Kingsley paid this tribut. to- Gov
ornor elect Woodrow Wilson OF New
J,.r -av
One Of our distinguished educators, a
thinker and statesman lately said
America il not merely "A geographical
division OF the -aTrh. a union between
states. body II Citie- and towns ~ ~
an idea. an ideal. a vision America
was barely a vision for many centuries.
hvt the America OF to-day. with all ~
faults. is nobler. statelier structure
than any that lifted its front IN the dreams
Of the early lovers Of liberty America
was once an idea only. bat that idea -
now a reality and to nearly one hundred
millions Of people IL IL a. beautiful as his
dream republic was 10 Plato
After former Congressman James
Thompson Mct leary Of Minnesota had
spoken the new president Of the society.
Rowland Davis. was installed. The other
new officers are First vice-president
\ Barton Hepburn. second vi""-prcsI-
dent, Frank - Black treasurer Charlie {.
Burke, and secretary. Harry A Cushing