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THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS AND TIMES; THURSDAY, APRIL 1(5, 1914. NO MISUSE OF FUNDS AT THE UNIVERSITY Chief Justice Powers Refutes Charges of the Car , negie Foundation Senator Morrill's Concep tions of the Land-Grant College. Tho following address was ilollvcii'il by Chief Justice George M. Powers of tliu Vermont Supreme Court at u discussion of tho Carncjlo Foundation repot t be fore the Young Men's improvement class of the Methodist Church and thn Brotherhood of thoCungrcgutloiiul Church, held in the Universalis! Church In Morris rllle Sunday evening: 1 do not coino here ax a lawyer, to de fend another charged with an offence, but I come to defend myself. For, as 1 hap- ilut.tr Ich or life, and to facilities for such Instruction." It may bo admitted that this language Is somewhat less liberal than that of tho first act, hut I submit that it Is compre hensive enough to cover everything usually toupht In American colleges, ex cept foreign languages ami the Intellectual and moial sciences, and, of course, medi cine, law, theology and the like. The Car negie report shows on page 1(S that we have used this money to teach engineer ing natural and physical science botany 13 There has never been any change In thol clear and lucid expression. Lot mo qi.ntn I their Intelllttcnce, to say otherwise Is to -. . i.ivov .i.rnii.iuius. 1 01, in; ins nun .... nun. me address mrieaeh t ho r ntcutliv pen to be a trustee of the University of, and zoology, nKilculturo, mathematics, A ermont and State Agricultural College, 1 am the pilsoner at the bar." At least, I am one of them; and standing In the dock with me arc M. II. Buckhnm, E. J. Pholns, Senator Proctor, Senator Morrill, Judge Wale,-, (1. . Hcnedlct. II. II. Pow ers, John Converse, Governor McCul lough, D. P. Klngsloy, Senator Dilling ham, Senator Page, Governor F. 1). P.oc tor, and the long line of Illustrious and patriotic Vcrmontei s, living and dead, who have, at dlffcient times, served our State as trustees of Its highest institution of loam up, -the University of Vetmont and State .grlcultural College. It Is customary In criminal : dais to read the Indictment to the jury, that thcy'may know of what tho respondent stands ac cused. So I will read tho charge which I am here to refute. It appeared, a few weeks ago, in our own paper, the Morrls villo Messenger, and In this editorial lan guage "Those of our readers who have careful ly read and considered these reports (the Installments of tho Carnegie Foundation report) as printed In this paper, can Judge for themselves. One thing Is certain: the V. V. M. faculty has made no attempt to explain why State and federal funds In tended for thL Agricultural College have been used othi rwise. An Institution that ptands convicted b. Its own books of nils use of funds had better keep still." This false and libellous statement, and others of like import, appearing in a few othci State papers furnish my excuse for taking part In this discussion. I may say at the outset, that the faculty at Burlington hove nothing to do with the expenditure of the funds referred to. The v ponslblllty Is wholly with the board of trustees. Nor Is any question raised In tho Catnegle report or elsewhere regard ing our expenditure of the State approprl economic science, and EnUlsn The Kelson amendment, which carries an additional $25,1100 per year, specllles that this sum shall be "applied only for the purposes of the Agricultural Colleges as defined and limited In" tho first and second .Morrill acts. I need not stop to enquire whether or nyt, under this act, we could apply any or all of this appropriation to tho teach ing of foreign language."!, ancient or mod em, or to Intellectual or moral science; for we have not, nnd do not Intend, thus to use It. This money has been e.pended for teaching tho subjects enumeiated, as Is shown by the lablo on page U of the report. Every dollar of this expenditure is with in the acta. And tills seems .so plain to me, that I suspect the honesty of him who nsseits or Insinuates the contrary. It Is a matter of common knowledge, however, that from time to time, a sus picion has existed, mostly among the political agriculturists, that the Institu tion at Burlington was misusing these federal funds. Such a suspicion was spread abroad in 1S71, nine years after the, passage of the act uniting tho Agricultural Collegewlth the I'nlversity of Vermont. It resulted In the appointment by the Legis lature of a joint gpccl.il committee to In vestigate and report "whether the act In corporating the I'nlversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College has been prop erly complied with by the officers of said Institution, and whether the funds here tofore paid to the Institution have been expended In accordance with the act of Congress which created tho fund." This committee consisted of James K. Tobey, I). S. Stoirs. and Edward 1). Dana, on the part of the House, and 13. P. Walton and Simeon Allen, on the part of the Sonate. On Xov. IS, 1ST J. this commlttco filed Its mo race of the fnicunlnu- facts, nil of which were known to the gentlemen of the Foundntlou or Should have been Known If their Investigation was any thing more than superficial, they tiro so ungracious ns to say that these expendi tures "may or may not" be legal. The fact Is, they arc legal by tho plain, unequivocal terms of the nets of Con gross; they arc legal by the lepeated ap proval ot the legislative depal tmcnl of our State; they are legal by congressional npp.oval, and by the annual approval of the government at Washington for more than 20 years. This ought to bo sufficient ovldonoo to convince the most skeptical. But we law- yeis like to have a corroborating witness. ho . propose to cull one, nnd I may bo permitted to proceed after the manner of the profession, and Introduce my witness by showing who ho is and whore ho comes from : Justin S. Morrill, In many respects tho most remarkable man our State has over produced. The son and grandson of a country blacksmith. A man who never mwnueu scaooi atier he was is. a man already referred to; "Tin, object ot the, It Is much to be deplored that these m, ounce., ,n m.i oi lm was to gentlemen could not have taken a more glvo n ihnt.ee to he lnd-t,il rhinos ' hopeful view of our State and our pro of tho country to obtain a iJCIIll L,ll(.a. I ,,, It mwh l() ,J0 legrvitoi tllat th lion, something mole than was bestowed did not take the time for nil attentive by our universities mid alleges ,n Rp mu,g 0f St,,mltlr Morrill's puhllo ..Iter ernl." And further on, In speaking of tho auces regarding our land-grant college, attempt lo separate the College f Ag- It Is a fair assumption that It they had, rlcnltuie from the unlveislty, .. au. they would lmvo nrtllllrf.fi unmn nf hla .now it seems mai uniler the late net (Second Morrill Act) giving fmthcr en dowment lo these colleges, jt H proposed to establish something tlmt wilt amount to nothing orc than an agricultural school fur our State. 1 should regard that as a revolution, and subversive of the whole Idea of the land-grant act ot 1SH2, which wns ot a much broader kind. It Included, to ho sure, tho Idea that ag tlculturo and tho mechanic arts were to splendid optimism, his Inspiring enthu siasm, his contagloun mental exuberance. 1 make bold to say, however, that tho Slate ot Vermont will continue .lo ad minister the affairs ot Its unlvcisily ac cording to her own conception of con gressional purposes and the needs ot her people undismayed, as were her plonee.s, by criticism or Insult from New York. And her College of Agriculture, and thu otheis of Its class, will, It T may borrow BURBANK SAYS HIS MISSING TEETH AID IN FEEDING WIPE'S KICKS MADE HIM THROW UP JOB Alleged Burglar on Hunger Strike Is Carried into Court on Stretcher. Her Chief Aim in Life to Bleach Hair and Doll Up, Say's Ex Manager of Hotel Vermont. poller, he said. "Only the Interest from the laml-gr.iiit fund on it be expended, and that must be i upended, flrM without ex cluding other scientific and classical studies-for teaching surh branches of ,..,.. Kon, ce urn not begin until In In an address delivered In the hall he was it. A man whose brllllnnt catecrof the lloute of Reprosentnlves at Mont- iii m.iu munciies oi congress, and par ticularly In the Senate, ls a proud "recol lection of all Vormnnters and loverw ot Vermont wherever located. A man whose broad, constructive statesmanship con tributed more to the happiness and pros peilty of the American people than that of any man of his time. A man whose simplicity and purity of character endear ed him to every person who was for tunate enough to come Into personal con tact with him Tho father of the land giant colleges A trustee ot tho Unlver-s-lty ot Vermont and State Agricultural College from Hffl to the date ot his death, December 2S, isas-n period of 33 years, an active trustee as his high attendance I1U.VU H i'""S '".- IMjeillOll, DUt It I MC Words Of Pros rlonf Athnrtnn ". also Included much more. It was tor tho 'crease In wealth, and Influence, and pub- Industrial classes, to promote their In-, He favor; but their most precious pos- structlon generally, and It wns not to session and their perennial sourco of I exclude even the classics." I power over tho young manhood and wo- , Buff"''. " April 12. Abraham This Idea was not new to Senator Mor- manhood of America will be found in the ' ,Jurbal formerly manager of tho rill, or expressed for the purpose of Its! examnln of the llfo n.t rhnrnr.or f .i,,,!, tIotcl Vermont In Burlington. Vt.. effect on the pending controversy. For, founder, Justin S. Morrill." ! who malrlc'1 1,1 BurlltiKton on -i.i i.j, nni, .irs. jiuruantt ewo nays following- her ellvorco from Warren Clark, Rave Important testimony here Friday in reply to his wlfo'a suit against him for a separation. After hearing the various witnesses Justice Wheolor horc In special term of su- IS BACK IN HARNESS I President Itctiims t,v Mrs. WnshlnKton Wilson (inlnn. Willi. S!ttl..l,,, (J.t...n. tr 1... , natl , f-lnii.,i ... -m.ui., n i.,. , .. . ... .7..,l"eni court ordered Hurhann to pay .ihih uiiuic nun i-i-i luiunii i imun ion nero ai u:ij'i,iu .,.lt llrn n,.. , ... ..... ,11,1111.1, j iccn, luu I uui Buffalo, N. Y., April 10.- -Sam Miller, nn alleged liutglar, who has been on a hungor strike at the county Jail ta a we.ok, wns carried Into the supienn" court to-day on a Ktrctcher by clfjht deputies. Ho icfuscd to answor nuea tlons put to him by tho court nnd tho district attorney, lylnp mute nnd motionless and with closed oyer, all tho tlmo ho was In the court room. "His eyelids move end I hcltove hi understands what 1 say." the Inlerpro tor told Justice Herbert P Blssnll "Rnter n plea of not. KuUty." tl court ordered. "I'll not tolerate faVcrs In this court. In tho meanwhile have, doctors feed him throur.h a tube- until he Is Btio.isr enough to appear for trial." The Jailer said that If it ware not toi tho fact that Miller 1ms two teeth out In front he would have been worse of than ho is Every tlmo forcible feetl li.ff vas tinned, lu, said. Miller close his Jaw tightly, but tho openlntf mad by the mlDslng teeth made It ponlhU lutely as the former. Does this look as official business permit he will return ;n, oj. ,-.,.,.w.,,n... . .. i -.. I . Ih.ml, U.,l- Mni-HU'e .. .- ......... l-.l.i... . ., " v "... oi.ii t.i.ii vui.v, win V. wit . , r, . weok unt" thc reparation proee-dlnl 15 VERY BONE BROKEN, with .Mrs. Wilson, who remained behind Ure settled. 1 -juviiuh, though Senator Morrill's Idea was to as slst the fanner alone? Dues It sound aa though the act of 1SGJ was to be limited to such merh.itiir arts as are related to ag- m-niKiu wiiu ner iwo eiaugnters, .Mrs. ..jjor tirlnelnnl .il.tm.i In 'Ifo tit- . Francis Hnwes Sayre and Miss Margaret . .t 1 J" ,f ?.eJ.Y. "Plwt Koch. -.trr Man dnmr, 3ia lleulture'.' TI.e senator then goes on:, Wilson. Mrs. Wilson has Improved In properly hlcachad, adorn' herself vlth Vt . lltnlh mi Mi(k. "Obviously, not manual, but intellectual j health since she has been here and an-, low-city and fine clothes." declared Mr. Hochester, .V Y.. April 12. t.ppoc- Instiuetlnn was the paramount object. ltother week in the mountain air Is ex- Bui-bank, "an.: bo constantly on the 'ont because ho hod lest h's poi-ltlon v.a. not provided that agricultural labor I pected to hrlnif buck her Htiength anil move, but awa from her home." wlth a k,cul lntal ln&nufa.nurinH- in tlif llnli. !linlild ho rif.-ietlot.llv. immlil ho.itth I t. .. .. ... . . 1 si .. roenrrl nniio n . , .....m..., ( conic ui me more imporip.ni poitns -.ne v""" ""Ji ";uii,K wviiian, yeai3 ncorei ampl.v proves He was born In a run- n.oi-o than that, the liHx-han.out ir,..i The trw,i,t,. rn., : ... .i. f 1 1 - . . ..... . .. .. .-.u,.. .... .... ......... . "aihingtin. Upper moist In his mind atvifo here in court were the following-. i"'ft.ue bridno this iftcmoon and nur present an- the Pannma tolls conUoverry ! irvpT i T,inni iv hattt snnvi veyed the waters ot the Genesee river .mw .in- iinii-iiiii. prtitfriwii. r.u jceis ronlldent that tho exemption clailso will ' be repealed without amendment 1:: the ntion So I treit the references to these leport completely vindicating the Institu- ns edltoral Inadvertaneles tlon. Tho eommlttee leported that it had When T called the editor's attention to f,,iiv oomnlled ..m, ,,., ,,e ft. -i,r. tho falsehood of hi comment, ho referred ter, and that It had expended the federal me to the published utterances of the funds In accordance with tho act of Con Poundation and Its ofllcers, and Insisted gross. This, ot course, related nnlv to the that his statement was thereby warrant- fnds received under the first Morrill act. od. U inning to these I am obliged to ad- s,s it was long before the second Morrill mlt that neighbor Thayer finds therein act was passed. On page 7 of this com eomo Justification for his charges. For. mittee's report, we find this significant on page 163 of the report, appears this language: "Some of your committee en Btatemcnt: ! inmi ,mn iiiin !,-..!., j.v.. This expenditure of the federal appro- and .siisnle.lnn...- tliov .,nv i,n rnn,i prlatlons on subjects other than ag.lcul- to find these doubts and suspicions re turo may or may not bo strictly legal." moved. And In conclusion, we all unite Tho natural, and no doubt intended, ef- in asking for the Vermont Cniversltv and feet of this language is to creato the lm- state Agricultural College the favor of the predion that, in the minds of the Carnegie sons nnd daughters of Vermont who de- experts, the expenditure is illegal. giro the boM education for the nractlc.il But this ls not all, nor ls it the worst, business of life, ami enmnmnri thn ineiim. In his letter nf February 7. 1014, pre- ,on to the eonfldenee and fostering' caro pared for publication bv Mr. Clydn ot the State." Furst, secretary of the Foundation, in Not a very bad endorsement for a hos- Blimmarlzlnir ,ho runnrt 11 tu ci.,1 tint. .11.. , .... .. " ... .,. i.-uiiiimi.iqe, J SUDmit. ine report snows tnat the University ot In 1S7S. the Institution wn mm In lnvo. Vermont neglected agriculture and used tlgated hy a committee, .in.l .hornm-hu- ts nnmnr n t.nn fr.- n ni..,llrw.i ni,nnt .... .... ' - - " .-..v.. nn 1 mi ii-ii 111111 rninnmniipn. .,iri univn ,, i legislative committees, between that time Small wonder then, that neighbor and lSfin. visited tho intitttn ., i imi.jer ae-ouses us ot tne misuse or funds; every case commended It. And in the for he was Justified in understanding that year last named, the biennial report to the Secretary Furst was charging us with Legislature .showed In unmistakable terms using an appropriation Intended for agrl- Just how we were interpreting the Morrill ulturo for the support ot our medical do- acts. "s auMjimeiy jaise. 1 no 1110 eg s at v e flrht. lo.l In th.. linn.. 1... veak and unsatisfactory explanation mado our Morrlstown representative. Ied B little inland town In Vermont, amid tho modest surroundings of his humble par entage. He died In Washington, and there gathered around his casket all the notables ot the nation: the president of the United States and his cabinet: the Justices or the Supreme Court of the Uni ted States; the general of the army and his staff; representatives or foreign gov ernments; senators and representatives in Congress-all to give silent expression to genuine grief at the loss ot a personal friend. This man is m.v witness. The Carnegie report quotes Senator -Morrill as saying that his motive In In troducing tho land-grant bills was a de sire "to do something for the farmer." So It was; but not In tho narrow sense of tho C'amesle report. Senator Morrill took a much broader view, and was equal ly solicitous for the artisan nnd mechanic. His purpose was, not to educate the boys ot our State in agricultural lines alone, but to give them that liberal education w-hlch would bo of larger benefit to them, and fit them for greater service. The Foundation further Intimates on page 170 that when thc first Morrill net was passed Senator Morrill did not have "any clear Idea of what sort of Institu tion was to be developed for tho benefit of the people on the farm." The record of tho congressional debates from lS.'S to IV,; does not seem to bear out this state ment. Ho certainly seemed to measure the sort of service they would render. Surely no one who eve,- exchanged a wonl with him on this subject, which was the one nearest his heart and one ot which ho most delighted to speak, will give the slightest credence to the Foundation's statement. No man over had a cleaier concept of an institution than Senator M01 rill had of what a land-grant college ought to bo. Indeed, it was given him to see. a full half century In advance ot tho times, that "there ls no logical stop ping place between a public support of elementary ..duration and a public sup port of the highest university education." And I want to ho recorded as one be-Hevlng-the Carnegie Foundation to the contrary notwithstaiidlng-that Vermont win never have an Ideal nor adequate system of education, until a law ls pass- of a carpenter or blacksmith should be taught. Secondly. It was a llbeial educa tion that was proposed. Classical studies won; not to lie exeluueil, nnd theiefore must be Included. The act of l'i.' pro posed a system of broad education bv col leges, not limited to a superlleial and dwarfed liallilng. such a might be had at an indust.ial school, nor a mere man ual training Mich as might he supplied hy a foreman of a workshop, or by a foreman ot an experimental farm. If any would have only a school with eepial scraps ot labor and of Instruction, or 1.1.1... . .. , . , 1"'" f"ot below. Suddenly ho leaned o..a ium so ,rIul aL,our nine mings oVf.r thB rallnn. nnH ,n ,. ,u "... . . rl ...... .(1,1.1, Uq i;f,j ne was compelled to give up bis position Senate as It was In the House. With re-1 ns """"Ser of the Hotel Vermont in gard to trust legislation he expects to confer with Representative Underwood and other Housh leaders during the pres ent Week, The President has transacted no olllclal business here. He has enjoyed a nulet rest and his own health has benefited greatly by the short vacation. The fam- somethlns other thin. onllon,. ,h..e I ".vJ vvlth thc exception ot Mrs. Wilson, at would not obey the ti.itliin.il law." And1'1'1"1"1 services at the Episcopalian again In the same nddiess. Senator Mor-iV'l'T''1' t"",lay: ,n the afternoon they went rill says: "The fundamental idea was to offer an oppoitunlty in every State for a liberal and larger education to larger numbers, not merely those destined to sedentary professions, but tu those much needing higher Instruction lor the wo. Ill's business, for the Industrial pursuits and profes-ilons ot life." That these views were not born of a temporary enthusiasm appears from Sen ator Morrill's address at tho commence ment exorcises In 1M. "In some St.Uex." he says, "there may have been establish ed colleges, so-called, where Instruction in agriculture is provided for, with veiy little else, if so, It is to be regretted, ns it would bo a non-compllaneo with the fundamental conditions of the net ot IMi. All farmers and their sons should properly resent the false Imputa driving and then took a long walk. Those who left with the President to night were Secretary McAdoo and his fiancee. Miss Kleanor Randolph Wilson, Francis Howes and Dr. Cnry T. Grayson, I" S. .V The party went aboard the pri vate car which was attached to a tialn due in Washington at 7;3i a. m. to-mor-10 w . WRECKAGE IS FOUND. I'lnnttnc DchrU llrllcvcil to He from l.o Senior Siiuilirrii Cross. St. Johns. N. F., April 12. Floating vvieckage believed to have come from the missing scaler Southern Cioss was reported hy the sealing steamer Blood hound which arrived to-day. Tho Bloodhound passed a large eiuantitv ot vvreclcn 2P S.'ltllril.-lV nrrnrilfinn nl.m.l tlon that it Is with their approval that j Km miles; southeast ot this port. It .-.... . :.,,, .wiiei pmpuse 10 nave, nail apparently been washed from a national land-grant funds so expended sealer's deck, but as the crew of tho ns to wholly exclude from Its benefits all Bloodhound had not heard of the loss other pursuit and professions but that I of the Southern Cross, no effort wus of agriculture: and they should also rh;-; made to identify It. The steamer Kyle which has been searching in the vicinity of Cape Race, was notified by wiroless to-day ot the oroiifly protest against the mockery and pretense of substituting for a liberal ed ucation, instruction solely related to ag riculture, as though fanners should have j Position of the wreckage and started only one Idea, and be contented with an Institution having less equipment than a college of oven the lowest grade.' Claim ing tho lead and the primacy for agricul ture, yet they know, .is subjects of Im portance, to borrow the language of the turf, that there are many 'good seconds' le.-orvlng their attention, and that tol- Itumediately for the scene. iy me perreiary nimseu, maites too state nent wholly unnecessaiy and mennlng- ss for everybody knows that the State noney used for the medlcnl college Is ox iressly appropriated for that purpose and 10 either Not a penny of federal funds Ter went to the support ot the medical ollege. Federal funds come to the so-called griCUILUr.1I CO. eiro from throe .ennrron- 1. Tho net of Congress of lwa, known hroughout thu country as the "First Mor 111 act." The act of Congress ot ISM, known In Iko manner as thn "Second Morrill act." The act of .'ongress of 1907, known as he "Nelson amendment." I leave out of consideration tho agricul ural experiment station, which was es ibllshod and ls suppeuttd by other acis. t claim is made that any of the experl- leni smiion iunns navo iiecn diverted, I eed only say that tho federal department f agilculture makes an annual visitation nd inspection of the station, nnd a "rigid xamlnatlon ot nil thc expenditures from ,o federal Hindu In connection with tho ork which Is conducted," anil that "only tier approval of these financial reports the payment of funds to the station lUllUUCU Under the llrst Morrill act wo leceive ,lflO per year. This sum represents the it rsi on me av.iii.s oi I i i inn serin. hlch was sold and tho funds received lorefor turned over to the State as trus- i . ,ie- ,i.i in in iui-b nun Linn init'iecii am in nie eiiuinvineui, support, id maintenance of at least ono college here the leading object .shall he, without eluding other scientific and classical Jdlcs, and Ine hiding military tactics, to o.i, rai.u ni.tmue.s oi learning as are lntci! to ngrn ultuie and the mechanic ts In order to promote thc lib- oi .inn iuniiii.li ouucatiou oi me inuus lal classes In tho several pursuits and i il . c.Tiii nr. ill ill.. .fl 11 ITU 11 HO COIllfl 110t Ifl IT,,,,. I, ,,.r.. enensivu. ii is irerjuentiy and conoetly ill mat lireiut, iitln or Snn.serlt could taught under this grant. The Fonnda- ill i j'jn tri in ti.-n Mil.-, nun noes HO, O.UCS- rt ot tho federal funds. Indeed. further and convincing evidence 'ID ,o i-n i ii .its iii urn nnie si'uiiu the Instruction permlssiiblo under tho H'lrtl him ui i"u, ii inu. in- iiiuim 111 luu , c . l . i t ie,- ii 'o. with mi loss it mini llinti Justin SI jrriu. ine miner in me w in e iiioveiiieui chairman, net forth the proposed rourso study for the erllege founded under the n..lll ri'l.l.. Intl. trim. ,ln nPAl. .-r.n..,l nt,A Ittln.lf,i,tl1. uM- llfl! w-r,,, t,,U ... i.lli. I I 1,1 1,1 v -..,- n. IHTiifnaspM and literature.. no Butuuu -uuiiiii nui, wiuuii iiiuviuija .OW a year, also specifics tho purposes which the money therein appropriated iy he ii.ied, These, are "Instruction In ....i .i.. ....i.ni.. ... .1... gllsli language, and tho various ui' Ins of matin ma Ileal, physical, unt il and . 'oni ni science, with special wTiii'u to their iiiiiilKaUuiia lit .thu InwllkU and approved, Dlvlngston, to separate tho Agricultural College from tho University and establish It elsewhere. Whatever the fact had pre viously been, thu expenditure of the fed eral funds ira. then thoroughly brought homo and explained to every member of the House and Senate. The attempted separation failed, as some now present well remember. No similar attempt has since been made. Nothing has occurred In legislative halls, and little outside, Indicative of distrust The action of 1SW. together with the Inaction of the succeeding 23 years, may bo safely Interpreted as an unmistakable ap proval of our Interpretation of the sev eral Morrill acts and of our use of the funds. In H71 Congress investigated the Agri cultural Colleges, ours with the rest. Mr. James Monroe, a professor in Oberlln Col lege and a member ot the House, intro duced a resolution, which wis adopted, Instructing tho committee on education and labor "to enquire into the condition nnd management of the agrlcultiual and other colleges which have received grants from the United States under the net of July 2, 1S62." Mr. '.Monroe was opposed to these colleges, and the move was dis tinctly hostile to them. The leport was surprisingly favorable to them. This was tho first and last movement In Congress which Indicated the slightest distrust of tho work of these institutions, and it is n pleasuro to add that Mr. Monroe himself was so convinced or their value that he became nnd remained ever after one of their steadfast friends. One of the provisions ot the .second Mor rill act (isno) required nn annual report lo no mane both to the secretary of agri culture and tho secretary of the Interior, containing statistical Information concern ing the receipts and expenditures. This has been faithfully compiled with. The gentlemen of the Foundation or nny one else of an enquiring turn of mind ought to understand that with this requirement In force there could bo no misuse of these funds, unless the college administration committed perjury. Government, blanks nro sent to tho treasurer of the In stltutlon, Hon, C. P. Smith, on which In great detail Is recorded the expenditures of tho federal money. Ono ot these Is be foto me. Kvery penny Is accounted for, and In such a clear and understandable form that the federal authorities cannot fall to see every particular of the expen ditures. Thnt the official examination of these reports Is both Intelligent and thor our.li Is short n by the fact that In 1010, and ngaln In 1911, certain Items were dls allowed ns outtlde the acts of Congress. One ot these was a chaige In connection witli the "Better Fanning Special Train," and the othej-s covered several small Items for equipment which we thought came under the head of "facilities for such Instruction," hut which the gov ernment thought did not, The icpoits for 1912 it ml for 1913 vveie "iixamliifiJ ,iud found gulls fa dory." fly a liillnit made In 1J2 wo are now icqiiliod "to make full report of the expt'iidltnriH under the first Moulll I'd ' Two of these icpoits have been oil thn, n-lu . .1.1.. l , . .. ' , ' "-.. ooj norn on wmte lf.Bes siu,i, mn, nit- timid horses, have Hoiks J.arm, well up on the side nf.i.iin.i... . ........ .. . , , . ",,ie.,-,n ii, iiiinii-i tiivin irmu M-eiim auv- -teriini. Mountain, beginning with tho thing on either side nf them, while men r.rnTry,r ',tf,.,''''SS alnn,T up throUR" ' vrywliere are reaching out in all dlree- L s.""".nar ann nign tlono for wider knowledge. .inn iin-iue on inrouRii college to a graduate degree all In Institutions supported at public expense and without the expendltuie of a penny for tuition. This conception fs neither now nor or iginal. Jefferson conceived and advocated It years ago; Senator Morrill hoped to live long enough to see It accomplished. It is a gratuitous and undeserved Insult to the youth of our State to insinuate that they do not deserve this. 1 insist that the hoy from "White Rocks Farm"- and It is from Just such places that w get some or our mnt virile manhood should, so far as educational possibilities are concerned, stand on a. level with the noy whose father pays an income tax. The chances are that he will deserve nnd appreciate his opportunity more than the latter. The mere accident of birth should not be nn educational handicap. (educa tion at public cost Is not undertaken for the benefit of tho Individual, but for the benefit of the State. If good citizenship depends upon education In any appreciable oegiee, me Host Is none to good for the Vermont born boy. I oltnply refuse to believe that our cir cumstances will not allow us to adopt such ii system as I have suggested. In deed, we are altogether too poor and too proud to do less. It may have been noticed that 1 havo spoken of these colleges as land-grant colleges. This is tho name which Sena tor .Morrill used in referring to them. Ho occasionally rcferre-d to the "so-called Agrlcultiual Colleges." In his address ,c. fore tho legislative committee in ISftfl, during the contest already referred to, ho spoke of ' what are o-dlnary called tno Agricultural Colleges. went on to say: may sav that .ho In ilex maker of tho Congressional Oloho In 102 gave them that title, and It has seem ed to HtleU over since; the colleges were emphatically land-grant colleges." So persistent Was ho this view, thnt in tho title ot a bill Introduced by htm in lTO, he leterred to these colleges as "na tional colleges for tho advancement of Kcner.-il scientific and industrial educa tion." It Is Idle to say that they were to be Agricultural Colleges, exclusively. As we have already seen they were to promote tho liberal as well ns the practical educa tion of the Industrial clnshos In the sev eral pursuits and professions ot life. The debates in Congress show that whllo ag rlculturo wns most talked of and may have been of first consideration with most of the mentbeis, it was well understood that tho funds appropriated would bo avallablo for other purposes. The asser tion of the Carnegie report that the term "mechanic aits" was originally Intended to cover only those Immediately associated with agriculture h wholly unwarranted, anil, coming from a loss conspicuous snuico, would lie ildi'Ulous If that was what Congress meant, win did not Con l .i "i k.iv so" It .s IUI unwarranted m. One further quotation from Senator Morrill, and I will dismiss him from tho witness stand: "May I not be pardoned," bo says, "for exhibiting some personal solicitude In behalf of the complete and enduring success of the land-grant col leges throughout the Union, and especially ot that ot my native State? As estab lished under the acts of lv.j and IW. they were the best thoughts 1 was able to formulate soo.l enough to be adopted by CongTe.s and the first approved bv President Lincoln. some other man doubtless might have constructed ., different and better measure, but doubt less lie did not think of it 35 years ago, and, unfortunately, may now be too late for anything except to decorate with some scorn and detraction the college we now have, and cover the .scheme ot a proposed substitute, In whatever time, place or shape It may have an untimely birth, with bis entire approbation with out money or price. Asking per- i-oually for nothing, and yet not so n'd n' to Mi earn drenms,' trust it may be be lieved that I have aimed only to pro mote 'the greatest good to the greatest number.' and to lonstruc the college act of 1M12 In lis true sense and meaning, by which only can Its greatest usefulness nnd highest service to our State and the whole country be fully developed and pre served." Compare this language, if you please, with that of the Carnegie report. It al most seems that Senator Morrill had a premonition of the Carnegie criticism. As for present conditions and requirements, the experts may bo in a better position to Judge; but I submit that Senator Mor- And then lie j rill and his associates were In a posi tion to hotter Judge the requirements of their State and limes. How menu and unworthy do bin critics nppcar. and how false and undcscived do their words sound, In tho face of the convincing state ments of tlhit noble character, whose far-sighted wisdom gave us the land erant college. The simple fact Is, and, In spite of expert criticism from within or without, will continue that the Burllnnton institution was always Senator Morrill's Ideal of what a hind grant college ought to be. It was so from the beginning. Its courses were arranged with his as sistance us 1 have shown earlier In this paper. Thev were modified from time to time with his appiovnl. He never tired of praising it Ho loved It with all thc aidor of hs gentle nature. He was proud of It Ills long, useful and active service as trustee snlllelelilly attests then- facts. It anyone Is "convicted of the misuse ot funds," Senator Morrill was the chief offender. Inuuudu is otteu more damming than direct accusation. Its poison is frequently more Insidious To say that the gentle. men of the Fuuiiilutioii roully lell the POLL SHOWS 3.'58 DELEGATES FOR REPEAL MEASURE Washington, Apt II 12. First returns from a poll which Senator Gore U mak ing of delegates to the democratic na tional convention at Baltimore on the i .null tolls !s.io wore announced to night by the democratic national com mittee. They showed S3S in favor ot re pealing the clnuso ot the canal act exempting American coastwise shipping tiom tolls, (ii against repeal and 11 non eommlttal. Debate nn the administration's repeal I'ollcv has lentoied largely upon the declaration of the Baltimore platform in favor of free tolls, and two weeks ago Senator Goto addressed personal letter to each ot the thousand-odd delegates to the convention asking for an expression of opinion on the Issue-. "Up to date the returns are alike as tounding to the chnmplons and oppon ents of the repeal," said the announce ment to-night. "Only two States, so far as the votes have as yef been received, have declaied unanimously In favor ot the repeal, notably Texas and Pennsyl vania. In Illinois the vote to date Is 21 to 2 In favor of repeal." HALF-MILLION FOR NEW YORK CATHEDRAL New York, April 12.-Freeleiick O. Bourne, a wealthy manufacturer and capi talist, once a choir hoy In Trinity Kpisco pc.l Church, has given $."(),i0 to the Cathe dral of St. John the Dlvino for the endow ment of the choir school. The gift was announced to-day at the ISoster sen-Ice. Mr. Bourne's only condition was that he bo elected a member of the Cathedral choir. He was elected iinanlmovjly. Burlington and come to Buffalo, She kept an Ice-box In her halh-room containing liecr and whiskey. In the summer of 113 she stayed out late one night and they quarreled. The next morning Burbank found on his bed silverware, a cedar chest, a glove box pictures and a note which read: "I wish you would take the things out ot your trunk belonging to me and put them In this box," The following day there was this note: "I want those things out of your trunk as I am going away." Burbank claims ho purchase, for his wife ono tailored black gown, $50; one-piece dress, J2S; purple gown, $28; ormlno furs, $110; three hats, $35; morning dress, $12; and $25 for re pairing furs, and In addition to thl3 wardrobe, he says, she had a set of mink furs purchased in New York city for $229.50. "TVO CENTS" TO RUN HOUSF.. Mrs. Burbank took breakfast In her room every mornintr about 10 o'clock and dined with him only one-third tho time. On Sunday, Docember 7, his wife left for him a letter which read in pnrt as follows: "I wonder what you think I can do with a large amount of from ten to twenty cents a day and you drawing two hundred and sixty a month. I have done the wash ing and cleaning ot this house long enough and unless you leave the money to have It done I shall let It go dirty. 1 have not had any money in over two weeks. The furs you told me to get were, taken away yesterday because the balance of $1." was not paid as promised. The icemnn will not leave any more Ice here until he is paid. His bill ls over a dollar and I don't blame him. You go around with a prwket. full of money while I have two cents to take care of a house on. "P. S.- I hardly think It necessary for you to take both keys as It inconven iences me very much." Burbank claims the matrimonial ac tion brought by his wife wns started for pecuniary gain after she learned he was to Inherit an Interest In real ouiiu in i-iiisnein, .Mnss. no says her former occupation wns manicur ing and hair dressing, and believes she once was a chorus girl in the Florodora company. Burbank ad mits his wife is attractive. "She Is a strong, healthy woman and is well able to take care ot herself as well as I am," concludes Burbank. at the water's edge. Every bone In his body was broken -nd death was instantaneous. Owing to thc steep bank on either side of the river, morsuc attachei pondered as to a method of recerverlnK the remains. Fire Captain David Lev I, of hose No. 10, fastened a rope about his waist and a dozen muscular police men and firemen lowered him to th river's edge below. There he unfas tcnod the rope and tied the body ot Newmnn in a secure manner The body was then hoisted to the bridge above, and afterward the fire captain was hauled back to the bridge in the same manner. Hundreds of people witnessed the spectacular incident. GIRL ASSAILS REV. DR. PARKHURST SAGAMORE HOTEL BURNS. Schenectady. N V.. April 12 -Tho Saga more Hotel, the best known of tho I.ako Ceorge summer hotels, was destroyed by file this morning. The tire was discovered by n man at '.'tie. o'clock. He notified the Bolton telephone operator, who sum moned help, but there was no means of fighting the flames and the structure which was of wood, 'was burned to the ground In nn hour and a half. The many cottages nearby were saved. WOULDN'T DO. "Why did you break your engagement to ('holly ?" "lie has one ot these wlnskluoom mus taches that kept briiBhltiK my complexion off." Judge. A LAW SUIT. "Isn't Deeds, the lawyer, r nther ex travagant man?" "By no means. I've known him to make one suit last for feveral years." Boston Transcript Loops Loop 8 Times. Iiii Angeles, Cat., April 12. Do I.Ioyd Thompson "looped the loop" eight times here to-day, breaking Tn coln Beachey's previous AmorlcEn rec ord at San Fianclsco of seven loops. Thompson was less than 2.000 fret above the ground when ho started his downward .light, nnd made his lust loop when within r.'.O fe-l of the narth. New- York, April 12. Jane Est, a youno' woman sympathizer -with the doctrines of the Industrial Workers of the World, to day at the morning services of the Madi son Square Presbyterian Church inter rupted the service and was arrested. Rs. Ing from a seat in tho gallery of t'v church Just over the chancel Mis Es' started an attack on the Rev. Charles H Parkburst, the pastor. "I want to call your attention to an article In this paper." she said. It was Just as the prayer of consecration w.n about to be offered. As she spoke she waved a newspaper before her "This church," she added, "has a mlnisfr who repudiates CTirist " The organist, catching sight of tho speaker, began running his lingers gentl.v over the keys. Miss Est then essayed to pitch her voice above the melodv of the organ, but tho organist changed from tho treble clef, threw on the pedals and fairly shook the edifice with the sonorous vibrations nf the big pipes. Only a syl lable or two of what the woman was trying to say reached the congregation. Miss Est was taken to a police sta tlon. where she was charged with dls. turblng public worship. She slid to the desk sorgeant: "Nobody could be heard with that old organ squeaking." Dr. Parkhurst, who is ill. was not In the building when Miss Est began her Jiarangue. She was arraigned and held in $3X) ball for examination on Tuesday. Sho waj not able to furnish ball. THE SWEET THING. Miss Kupberidge I should Just like to see the man that I'd promise to love, honor and obey! Miss Peitly I'm sure you would, dear. Brooklyn l.lfo. GIlTY. They soy she has bad taste, and It's as plain as plain can be. I know that she Is Kilty for she wears fake Jewelry. Cincinnati Enqulier Children' DUen.en Very Prevalent. Whooping cough Is about everyvvlir. Meaeles and scarlet fever almost as bad Uso Foley's Ilonoy and Tar Compound for Inflamed tluoats nnd couching Mr men of the l-ounuutlou roully loit tli.j 1 1. c. Hostler, lltuud Island, Nebr saw doubt Implied In the fitut.Mii.nl "this i -i'?.ly three diildreu had severe attacks of petidituiv of the federal upproprlalUins on whooping i ough, and n very few doses of siiliir -In n. In r than nuri. ultui-i mm .ir I ...... . n .. ... -o w, stu aiaifiU'e cUy .fgrjLuuy. ml iu BttkUy lcCul,'U.tu Jkacj. W psullivMi. ' (Mtti PRISONER MAKES DARING ESCAPE Altoona, Pa , April 12. Frank C. Hohl, alias Frank Wilson, the confessed robber of the Union ban. of this city and who was confined in the Holldaysburg jau .awaiting sentence which 'vus to havo beni pronounced u1)0, ni, to-niortow, made his encape some time after one o clock this morning. An employe ur the jjii who want on amy at u:.Ji saw a rope made from u mattress dangling from the root to the sidewalk In ftont of the Jail. Onlng- inside ho found Hold's cell empty. The crime for which Hohl was await ing trial was sensational. The Union bank, situated in the heart ot the busl- nof section of the city was entered dur ing the noon hour uu March 2.1 by a masked bandit, who drove the cashier and paying teller tiom their cage at the point of a revolver and shni the cashier in me icb. ne men nuea a hag with nearly $3, In bills from tho bank's counter. A depositor who was entering the door was shot by the bandit as Ihe latter was leaving. He then terrorized a crowd on the street 1v driving a tusllade. of shots from his pIMol before dl.'appcailni;,ln a stolon tJ.xl ca b. Hohl was finally captured In Salem, Ohio, where ho had taken hi? v-rlfe to her father' home lie made several desper ate uttemptf to ecapc while belnc con veyed here by the detocllves In one of which ho thiew n clip of hoi coffee In the fui e uf his iiu.lor In a i-ntlroad leBtaurant at Pittsburg Hohl it is aliened confessed to prevent Ills wife who Is In deb. Jit health, fioni IrtillK srw un uu decompile". Dogs to Race 412 Miles. Nome. Alaska, April 12.-T1, world'i gieatest dog race, the all-Alaska sweep stake, will start at 9:C a. m. to-morrow, vvihen four dog teams, with dogs ant drivers, set out on tho snow trail ovot the course from Nome to Candle and re return, a dlstanco of Ui miles. Ft,,- w hours or more, with brief stops for rest and food at reporting stations, the dor and drivers will press on &m wwather of the last few days hardened the ftnovv r.nd conditions ure Ideal for fast time TOO OLD. Tho manager of an Important derwrt. mem in a downtown retail store swear that the following happened. "I heir thnt ycu have a little rev sis ter at your house," raid our correspon flent to a ernn1l boy "Isn't titit flno? Do you like her-"" "Ves, 1 like her," answered Willie, or whatever Ills name was, "but I druthrf.1 had .1 brother, so I could play bnll w'.tli him an wrastle with him an' teach him how to swim an' put up his dooks "Well, if you aren't satisfied, why don't you take her back and exchange her!" asked the shop man. "Aw, It's too late now," answered WI. lie, or whatever hid name was. "Wo (to ner a week ago, and ana's been laundere.'. a (oi.pl- of times already. N0 stor vvoti'.l exchange her now!' C1vUnd ' ' i ii Dealer. FROM OEOROIA. Down in Ooorgla a negro, who had his Ufo Insured for several hundred dollars, dlci and left the money to hl widow She Immisliitely bounht herself a very elabo rate mourning suit. Showing her pur chase to her trlend, she was v. n- parti -ular l.i going Into details as to price? and all Incidental particulars. Her frtnd wns very much impressi-U. nnd remark, ed: Them sho 1 tine cloes, but, befo' heaven, what U il' goln' to do wit all dls black umWwear?" The bereaved one sighed : "Chile, when I mourns, 1 mourns." filvr Comfort to Stout Person. A good wholesome cathartic that has a stlmulatlne effect on the stomich, liver and bcwelr is Foley Cathaxtic Tablets. Thoroughly eleanslnc In action, they keep you res-ilar with no Erlptnc and no un. Pleasant after effacts. They remove that eassy distended feeling o uncomfortable to stout poisons. j. O'SulUvan. ( dv A store is n far more Intercstim- pinea to a woman It aim haa.read Its very lutubl