| Show PARTISAN NON LECTURE BY PROFESSOR PROFESSOR PRO PRO- FESSOR ROYLANCE PROVES POPULAR LAR Many Unable to Gain Admittance The statement t that the University students have no interest in politics or have no exact political knowledge is being daily refuted When the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents learned that Prof Roylance was scheduled to give a partisan non-partisan analysis analysis ana ana- IY lysis is of the political situation the inte interest interest in in- te terest terest est became intense and this culminated culminated cul cuI in a full to over flowing house at the 3 o'clock meeting last Monday Prof Prof Roylance reviewed briefly the present administration and claimed that we would have a progressive administration irrespective of which candidate won After reviewing the historical development of the progressive progressive progressive sive movement he affirmed that such sucha a movement was a perfectly natural and normal growth in our complex political development Such men as Dolliver Bryan and Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt have only enhanced its growth Those who regard the movement as amere a amere amere mere bubble he be maintained have made a superficial study of the ques ques- tion He showed the folly of the theany theany theany any change would necessarily be forthe for forthe forthe the worse theory by citing instances under the present system where it is impossible to effect constructive leg leg- The trusts the tariff and the political political poli poli- question of direct government versus the representative system he regarded as the prime issues of the campaign On the trust question Taft and Roosevelt agree in funda fundamentals fundamentals fundamentals while Wilson Vilson maintains that monopoly is not right and can be remedied The tariff although quelled for short periods has been an issue since the seventies Pres McKinley although although although al al- al- al though considered the father of the protective movement in the last two speeches before his advocated ad liberal reciprocity measures This led Mr l Wellman popular political political political poli poli- prophet to declare that the Republicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans might continue in power indefinitely indefinitely in in- indefinitely definitely if they followed the advice In case they disregarded it they were to lose out in 1908 or 1910 The Democratic landslide in the national house of representatives in 1910 coupled with the present outlook marks Wellman as ha having hafting ing considerable consider able sagacity After mentioning the initiative ref ref- and recall he gave Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt the h honor nor of fathering the recall recall re call all of judicial decisions idea The fact act that such men as the deans of the Columbia and Cornell law schools favor the scheme is sufficient to show that the move is not supported entirely en by the rabble The fact of Roosevelt's attempted occasioned valuable re re- remarks remarks marks on the general effect of sentiment sent senti ment in politics This also offers a unique situation as it is the first instance instance in in- stance of any anyone one trying to kill a candidate for the presidency Another unique phase is the fact that a college col lege loge professor is in the race Prof Roylance ventured the opinion that even though Wilson fail fall to be elected he had established a record of clearness in argument knowledge of the questions and courtesy toward opponents during the campaign that would mark a turning point in campaigning campaigning cam can methods Wm J J. J Bryan he maintained was the one man responsible for starting the political ball rolling this year Although Although Although Al Al- though Bryan may never become president he will go do down n in history as one one of Americas great men People People Peo Peo- pie he declared had formed a wrong impression of of Bryan until last sum sum- mer A brief reference to betting as a reliable judge in prophesying election election elec elec- tion results closed the talk |
