The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-25
HARDSHIP BETTER
I HAN HAPPINESS
Senator Dolliver Says "Law of
Strength" Controls Oppor-
a tunity.
ENTERTAINs BIG AUDIENCE
ENTERTAINs BIG AUDIENCE
1owan Discusses Sociology and
Economics With Much Humor
and Rare Insight.

dlIu INdlC IllolSlll.
Beginning with humorous renec-
tions, reflections on the newspaper re-
porter which were not entirely compli-
mentary, and other reflections Of vari-
GUS sorts, Senator DolIiver, of Iowa,
last night entertained an unusually
large audience In the Academy of Music
on sociological and economic questions
In general and present day opportu-
nityefor young men in particular.
Tho lecture was rich With rare hui
NOR, finely mixed with common sense
views of latter day questions concerns
ing current events and sociological
studies, and to those who garnered the
gems of pure, serious reflection from
anecdotes personal and general and
humorous wanderirgs into side issues.
was highly interesting and beneficial.
lsenator Delivers main point In his
sociological discussion was that what
he termed the law of strength" was
greater factor in personal and COM
munal success than the blessings OF
riches. happiness or content, basing his
conclusions on proofs as afforded by
historical subjects.
How Success Must Come.
with this as his argument he showed
that success is achieved. not by con-
tent, happiness or riches, but by the
attempt to do--that is, that sinew and
muscle and brains are made and
strengthened by work. In exemplinca-
ton OF his views he skctched the life
OF William Mckinley, the life of Abra-
ham Lincoln and the lives of others
whose capacities we're developed
through hardship and poverty, and who
thrived. not on what they had. but on
what they did not have at the begin
ming of their careers.
Other particular examples were
Charles NJ. Hayes and William Van
Horn who, starting on the bottom
r,ing OF the ladder had risen to the
prcsidencies of two of the largest
railroads in the country. He thought
them better off because they had
nothing to start with hut their brains
and energy than the young man to
whom some obliging parent has be-
aueathcd fortune of $4,000. saying
that the problem in the latter case
Was the separation of The heir and the
$4,000.
As a further example he cited an
instance OF a young man In Canada.
who. while twenty-four professors OF
economies are trying to solve the
problem OF capital and labor. had un-
consciously solved II for himself on
wages of 5000 a year.
How He Solved II.
He kept books, which, not like most
young mems books, showing merely
an account OF what had come IN anc
gone out showed what he had saved
al the end of i've years. He had be.
come a capitalist.
.Some say" lie went on, that CAP
ital represents the unpaid wages Of
labor. but capital is represented REALLY
by the savings of earned wages az
maintained that 1t is thrift that counts
and not what is termed the unearbec
increment.
And In Illustration of his views
as 10 communities and nations. he citcc
the examples Of Greece and Judea ane
the British empire, whose bequests u
the world had come through hardship
suffering and labor and SAID that ths
greatest. beneficiarles of the human
race had been those whose backs
were bent with their toll. AS ior tne
openings of this generation Mr.. DOM
yer said that all the presidents. All the
bank presidents, directors ana othel
men of high Importance would be dead
In twenty years. and would leave theil
shoes to be filled by others. Ever,
man cannot be President. he said. bu
every man can run. He himself hac
been chosen by few friends to aspire
20 a high Office but he had been de-
feated by unanimous consent.
High Tribute to Daniel.
Towards the conclusion Mr.. Dollive,
paid his respects to Senator Daniel
who is to be reelected United States
senator to- day, and the house rocked
with cheers. He thought it time t.
finish. but was urged to go on from
cyery corner OF the theatre 1t re.
minded him of a time when he wa!
in a Western city to speak. The hote
keeper with whom he was accustomed
to stay was In jail-for keeping bee:
within the corporate limits-. t Wnlc'
nc refused to pay the fine. Ehe pris
oner addressed q letter to the mayor
asking that he be released two hours
to hear his friend Dolliver.
Tho mayor Endorsed the letter, ant
wrote on the back that the hote
keeper was to be released after tn
two hours 80 you can't fool me-.
said Senator Dolltver. However, h,
continued for while. taking the tim
to accentuate his views and to I'm
press them deeper on the minds OF nj
hearers. He drove home his argu
ment that there still remain oppor
tunities for those of the younger gen
Grafton and that the 'law%oft strensth
would bring every man his reward
even though it might not be presi
dency.
Senator Doliver was introduced b
Ex-Governor A. J. Montague. His lee
ture' was much enjoyed. as much 70
It's hpmor. It's touches of pathos,
for the deeper and more LASTING
thoughts he conveyed. and was on
OF the best attractions offered by tn
Radcliffe Lyceum Bureau this season
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