Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-18
HADLEY'S PLEA IS
EDUCATE PEOPLE
President of Yale Makes Address
at Golden Jubilee of Univer-
sity of California
FEW QUESTIONS FOR EXPERTS
Desire for Efficiency May Cause
Dry Rot in Governmental
Affairs
Associated PressI

BERKELEY, May 17.--"The large
combinations of capital are not in any
true sense the cause Of our difficult
ties or dangers today" declared Presi-
dent Hadley of Yale today In an ad-
dress at the golden jubilee of the Uni
versity of California. DIR. Hadley's $
subject was "'n Educated Democ-
racy," and the address was delivered in
the Greek tneater before a large gath
ering of students, alumni and distin-
guished guests. The educator pointed
out that the government has the two
distinct problems of social order and
business administration to deal with.
The first, he said, are matters on which
the people as a body can and must
inform themselves If the law is to have
behind 1t the necessary consensus OF
public opinion that will give it force.
But there is by contrast" he con-
tinued, another equally large and i'm
portant group of questions which l
have called administrative ones, on
which only small part OF the voters
can possibly inform themselves intel
ligently.
SOME QUESTIONS
"Such, for instance, are questions of
taxation, of banking and currency, of
railroad management and of corporate
organization. These are matters which
must in the very nature of things be
treated by specialists If they are to be
dealt with in a wise and far-sighted
manner. It is this vast mass of varied
business to be done which constitutes
the chief danger to modern democratic
government. The people under existing
conditions are brought face to face
with difficult alternative.
"If, in the desire to secure efficiency,
they leave the business of government
to the experts, democracy dies of dry
rot. If, In the desire to maintain the
old democratic conditions, they try to
do everything themselves, it results
sometimes in inefficient business,
sometimes in violence and anarchy.
ut Is commonly said that wealth,
and particularly concentrated wealth,
is fatal to democracy. This is, l am
convinced very inadequate concep-
tion either of the source of danger
or of The task and duty which lie be-
fore those who would prevent 1t.
CONDITIONS oUTGROwN
"The large combinations of capital
are not in any true sense the cause Of
our dangers and difficulties today.
They are symptoms rather than
CONGRATULATIONS that population has
become so large and society so complex
that their needs have outgrown the
framework which sufficed for the Older
and simpler conditions. Under these
circumstances, 1t is absolutely neces-
sary to separate the problems of the
people from the problems of the ex-
perts and manage each group in its
own proper way.
"The thing that makes the political
situation serious at the present day Is
that a number of public questions
have come into the foreground of a
kind not exactly foreseen by the franz
ers of the constitution; questions
where we need the evidence of special
lists, and where the particular special
lists who occupy our judicial OFFICES,
however great their learning and high
their character, have not always the
specific training which will qualify
them to decide these questions wisely.
1--WE must" he said in conclusion,
educate the people up to the point
where they will be content to leave
some things to specialists.