Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-14
ABUSE OF power q
DECR|EDBY HUGHES
Wellesley Graduates Urged n
Make Sacrifices for Pub.
lie Welfare
SUREST BASE OF LIBERfl

Wellesley, Mass, June 14.-Cba,l.,
f. Hughes spoke today at the wellesIo,
College commencement exercises a,
"The Patriotism of Peace" In n,,,
he said:
"Unless we have in peace time th,,
dominant sentiment which prompts +,
continuous and self sacrificing devo
ton to public ends, the sacrifices Of no
triotism in war will have been IN
vain.
"It is a spurious patriotism TINT /,
linked to the triumph of any creed =,
class, or becomes the vehicle of bieotrv VI
The common good, rooted In the oS
sential institutions of justice and indi.
vidual liberty, is the national ideal.
Tendency to Abuse Power Decria
1--WE have too many evidences ~
readiness to take advantage of onnor'
tunity to establish autocratic adm;nis.
tration. The ease with which abuses
have arisen and have been condonoS
should give us more anxiety than wild
utterances which easily defeat them.
selves. The tendency to crave and ne.
sert arbitrary power, to use power
either economic or political power
ruthlessly, is more apparent with II,
than devotion to the cause of libertv
1T is in the orderly processes .,
constitutional government. that ;s
government Of law-with power So ad
justed as to secure protection fror,
capricious and arbitrary action-inI I tha
putting of principles and rules sane
toned by the people in the nlace AZ
tyranny-that we find the Securitv ~
liberty. Whoever seeks to subvert thoSo
orderly processes is the enemy asa;n.,
whom at once the entire power of a,
ganized society should be directed
There is, however. a great differsro,
between protecting the orderly nroo
esses OF government and the attpmnt 10
r,epress political opinion with which ws "a
40 not agree. 1t is precisely becarso
liberty must have its institutions bs.
cause liberty can only continue thronc,,
organizations securing government unon
the basis OF accented principlcs, thai tbo
institutions Of liberty are hopcicssly do.
fectivc and inadequate if thcy do No,
provide the means for the adaptations
which each generation must have m
guarantee its freedom.
The True Method
''rhc true method is TO trust N.
truth and find the remedy, Does a
grievance exist? If it does not. then
show that it does not. If it is cyas.
gerated, limit it to the facts. To t6s
degree that it exists, search for the
remedy. II wrong remedy is proposed
expose it. If the remedy proposed l.
worse than the grievance. demonstrate
1t. The motto for democracy must be
educate, educate, educate. You. can
find no other security than the intelli.
Sence and conscience of the people. But
you cannot at once educate and stihe
opinion.
THE practice Of putting large dis.
crctionary powers at the disposal Of Of.
ficcrs needs curb. The patriot in peace
demands government upon established
| principles, and he should. always Do
ready to contest oflicialism and bureau.
cracy."
President Ellen +. Pcndleton an.
nounced that Wellesley had received
from Charles f. Goodspeed of Wollas
ton, his Ruskin collection. said to be
| unsurpassed in this country. and from
the general education board promise
Of $500 900 toward an endowment fund
of 81 900, 900, of which the income is to
be used in providing permanently for in.
| creased salaries