East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-26

DAILY EA
Portland a staunch republican and a
supporter OF withyeombe and Booth
in the recent election.
The Moser bill is vicious meas
ure-more 30 than people realize
and by signing that bill the governor.
a former college professor. has be-
come a party TO the worst wrong i'm
posed upon our big educational insti-
tutions in the history OF the state.
II II is partisanship TO point out
and expose such piece OF business
1t is a brand Of partisanship in which
the majority OF people will concur. II
submitted to the people the Moser
bill would never have been adopted
in a million years.
President Hadley OF Yale university
Is quoted as giving strange advice to
his students in a recent
Poor Men address on The Choice
In Politics. OF a Career He is re-
ported TO have said In
the course OF this address mo man
under present conditions in the Uni
ted States has a right 20 so into poll
tics unless he is Of independent
means" President Hadley is also rep
resented as having elaborated this
idea by explaining that men in poll
tics. with families dependent on them
sooner or later face the alternative of
doing something that is not right or
losing their Jobs.
II would be distressing indeed II
the conditions described by President
Hadley were broadly true in this
country. Men in political positions
no doubt often are confronted with
the alternative set forth by the presl-
dent OF Yale, but so are men in civil
life. It is only the weak. however.
who yield. Perhaps the pressure is
stronger on politicians, or it may be
that because they are in the limelight
the facts in regard to their vicissitudes
often become public. But to lay 1t
down as rule that poor men in poll
tics must be corruptible to win seem
ing success OF lasting sort would be
to indict our system OF government
and our entire civilization.
President Hadley's views on this
subject. If he has not been misrepre-
sented. are opposed to the spirit of
modernity. When England was more
aristocratic its political system was
based on President Hadley's theory.
but today members of parliament are
paid living salaries. Even in the Brit
ish army. aristocracy's last stronghold
officers pay has been increased so
that poor men may hold commissions.
What guaranty can DR.. Hadley ad-
vance that wealthy men in office
would be incorruptble? Money temp
tations are not the hardest to resist
Ambition for greater honors lays Of
ficeholders open to subtler forms Of
coercion than greed. Fortunately the
spirit OF public service as career is
growing in America 1t is the duty
OF such leaders as the head of Yale
university TO assist in advancing this
Chicago News.
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II applied TO the city of Pendleton
the Moser bill would give the mayor
direct control of
Bringing II Home. the public school
system. The may
or would have the appointment Of
the school board and the right to re-
move any or all members Of the board |
any time he saw fit to do so. The
board in turn would have the right
to remove any teacher at any time for
any reason they might desire. Po-
litically speaking they would all be
the servants OF the mayor
Would such a system promote eff
cheney in our school system?
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