Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-05
ADDRESS BY JUSTICE DAY
Four Senator'S and Twenty-Three
Representatives Also Present.
SPEAKERS LAUD UNIVERSITY
Gov. Osborn Calls on It's Former Stu
dents to Lead in the
Nations Battles.


have done and have in process Of ac-
complishment in the life of the co,in-
try. At the capital table" sat four
United States senator's, twenty-three rep
resentatives in Congress and Justice Day
of the Supreme Court OF the United
States, all of them graduates Of the Uni
versity of Michigan with Chase 8. os-
born. formerly regent OF the ,miver-
sity. and now governor OF the state.
Special trains brought guests from chi
cago. Ann Arbor. Detroit. and many
other points In the west. One thousand
sat down to the table. and the balconies
were filled with invited onlookers.
The venerable James Il. Angel. preei-
dent emeritus, had a place of honor be-
side President Harry Il. Hutchings. and
IN introducing him Toastmaster Earl =.
Bast called attention to the fact that
in the seventy-f1ve years of her existence
the University OF Michigan has had only
four presidents. The program included
addresses by Justice William r. Day, 20.
Senator George Sutherland of Utah. 's3:
James F. rncis Burke. '93. representative
from Pennsylvania; Chase S. Osborn, Gov
ernor of Michigan, and President Emsri-
tus Angel.
Well Represented in Congress.
Toastmaster Babst answered the ques-
tion What Is Congress?" with the decla-
ration thax Congress is nothing more
than q University OF Michigan Alumni
Association
This witticism was one OF many used
by Mr.. Babst In introducing the speaker.
Mfr. Babst had fortified himself with data
to maintain his declaration, and addeu:
The people send nearly twice as many
| Michigan men to the halls OF Congress as
ft,av n fvsNp <~th~ 1hl
| has been true not only in the present
Congress. but for many years. At pres
ent We have delegation Of twenty-edght
Michigan alumni. four in the Senate and
| twenty-four in the House OF Repressnta-
| tives. The present Joint msmbsrship of
the Senate and House So 462. OF whom
2s9 are college men. One hundred and
represented. Michigan furnished az Per
cent of the college men. and H8 per cent
0 fthe total membership"
Some Of the sons OF Michigan Uni
versity who didn't 90 to Congress now
are occupying high ofaoes upon tne
| bench, Mr.. Babst declared He submitted
| a long list to prove this assertion.
In introducing Justice Day, MT. Babst
"The University OF Michigan always has
been a pioneer. It was the first state
university and the first university Of any
kind to unity and crown the work Of the
| public schools 1t was the first state uni
versity to open it's doors to women. We
| have good reason to be proud OF our uni
versity and of her sons. Illustrious as
were her founders, equally so have been
| her sons. We have gathered here to show
appreciation of the distinguished public
services Of some OF her sons. AS student.
| lawyer, statesman and judge. none has
reflected more credit and honor on old
| Michigan than William R. Day"
Justice DAYS Remarks.
Justice Day said. in part:
Under our system Of written Constl-
| tuition, everywhere obligatory, if tho
| reign Of law is to effectually displace the
| resort to force as means of settling
| controversies, the Constitution as the su-
| preme law Of the land must prevail over
a legislative act contravening its terms
! The Supreme Court Is not authorized, as
| is sometimes supposed, to annul the laws
OF Congress, except in the judicial ad-
ministration of private rights, when the
courts must choose between rights Great
| ed by the Constitution, emanating from
all the people. and an enactment of the
| legislature, which is but the voice Of the
agents of the people acting under
| thority Of the same Constitution. Tie
| duty of the court to give effect to the
Constitution, when upon fair construc-
| ton of All act Of Congress cannot hc
reconclled with it, Is 50 plain, declared
Chief Justice Chase, that it is impos-
| Sible to make ii palmer by argument
The Supreme Court of the United
States may summon to its bar and there
determine the conflicting rights of
sovereign states.
Il am not one of those who take a
| pessimistic view of the future of the
country. l believe we are growing bet
| ter and not worse / believe that prac-
tees tolerated in tho lives of public men
| "a generation ago would, If followed BY
| the men of today, lead to their complete
downfall. / believe that. with rare
ceptions. the conduct Of the national
government is in the hands Of men
Honestly striving to do their duty, and
| TO do it well. and in many cases devot-
ing their time and strength to the pub
lie service. where. If pecuniary reward
were the main consideration, they could
be more profitably employed elsewhere"
President Hutchins spoke on The State
J-niversity-the University of the People"
He declared that Michigan was the first
state to devise and put into successful op-
Grafton a complete and fully art!culated
system OF public instruction. embracing
primary schools. secondary schools and
a university.
Task for College Men.
Senator Sutherland declared that upon
college men would fall the task Of solv-
ing the problems now facing the coun-
try. Caution, wise craftsmanship and
sometimes the eAeTCisc VI luol SoufA ASt
which moves deliberately in the face OF
clamorous demands to make haste" were
essential TO the success of the tasA. he
said and added:
"IIpon the college-bred man more than
any other class of our citizenship will
fall the burden of solving wisely and
righteously the future problems of So
cietv and government. The right Of per-
sonal liberty, the right of the people to-
govern themselves. for which our fathers
eontended with the sword, have long
since become established as fundamental
I'm our scheme of government but the
nrohlem of how these principles can be
made most effective for the general good
is Incoming more and more difficult es
society increases in complexity- To the
Solution of this problem the trained In
tellect must hereafter be called.
lust now it cannot be denied that
there is much social unrest In the coun-
try. The demagogue is abroad IN the
land and confusion of thought results.
II is the day of vast combinations of
capital, of gigantic business and corpo-
rate enterprises The problems of govern
ment. of business, of society. crowd upon
us for solution from every quarter. There
are the questions Of conservation. rail
way rate regulation, national incorp0ra-
ton and score Of other matters Of