The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-19
POLITICS NEEDS
SCHOLARLY MEN
Secretary Daniels Declares Gov
crnmcnt Is Lacking in Well
Trained leadership.
HE APPEALS TO STUDENTS
Thinks Change Is for Better and
Toward ideals OF Jci
ferson.

Cleveland. Ohio. April 1S.-Appcai
for the enlistment OF wcll-traincd,
sch olarly men in the cause of clean
politics and better government was
made to-day by Secretary Daniels, in
an address to students Of Western Re
serve University. The leader of the
future. MIR. Daniels said, would he the
scholar-thc man who stood fearless
of the sneer of the boss"
II bring you this message that you
students in this historic institution OF
learning are making the leaders of
the future the secretary said our
country has suffered too much from
the lack of the scholar T.: n"litic9
Our system OF government. with its
Legislative, judicial and executive de
partncnts. is ideal, but these three
departments should not look with
jealous eyes upon the other, hut should
their respective functions.
To this end we need scholarly, well
trained leadership. our statesmen
have stood too much in fear OF the
snecr Those literary fellows The
idea of the schoolmaster in the Senate
or the House or the White House does
not appeal to the boss, for education is
III" enemy of hossism. The failure TO
send the scholar to tho Legislature
and TO Congress has aided much in
the lease of power which the boss
has all too long enjoyed
For Bcneht OF People.
The educated men ami women Of
our country have not fully realized
that their study should have been for
the benefit OF the people. and not mere
~ Tor tho qualification of their own
minds or for the advancement merely
|of individual ends. y good education
lis Il public trust. As long as there Is
an unsettled problem that threatens the
public welfare; as long as there is an
unrighted wrong in public lifc-and
God knows there are yet many evils
that need to be corrcctcd--tlc pcopl.
need the leadership and the influence
OF every man and woman who has been
blessed with higher training
after YOU have expended upou max
ing a living for your family what is
necessary. you will have a surplus OF
educational power left which SHOULD
I've placed ut the disposal of the pub
lie good. Washington put his fortune
as well rs his sword at ;he disposal
of his country. Robert Morris poured
out his wealth freely into the treasury
OF the battling colonies.
Mass" chusctts gained world
VIDE fame for many years for kccpiu;:
IN the Senate two OF the most scholar
~ men in America. George Frisbce
hoar ana Henry Cabot Lodge. Il -
TO the glory of Mississippi that she
Keeps in the United States Senat. that
"lclder Of "a Damascus blade john
sharp Williams, Of the University Of
Virginia, and iicidclbcrp
We arc beginning To mend our
lmethodS. and return To the ideals OF
Jefferson. tho most scholarly Of all
the Presidents, unless il be The pres
ent occupant OF the White liouse-nnel
IcHerson gloried not In the public
positions of trust which he had held.
as he did in the authorship Of the M :
honal declaration. the Virginia bill OF
rights and the establishment OF the
University Of Virginia.
II cannot but commend 10 YOU who
arc on the threshold OF life q study
OF INC scholars In politics. and besccch
YOU to realize that YOU are needed In
the world work with your splendid
preparation and your upliftcd ideals.
and set about beforehand here i'm tho
university yielding these qualifications
20 thc good OF NoMr follow: mon