Show 0 m GOVERNMENT BY PUBLIC OPINION ION President Hadley tindley of Yale Discusses the tile Subject at the tile University of California Charier Charter Day delegation Berkeley Cal Ca March arch 28 Charter Day was celebrated hero here today tOlla the occasion being tim the sary of ot the time founding of ot the tile University of California Tile The faculty in cups caps cu s and gowns assembled at 1030 1080 a n in mn and marched across the college campus to the tim gymnasium where liure the exercises were held helt The rile oration oraton was IS delivered by b President Arthur T Hadley ladle of or Yale whose subject was us as Government by b Public Opinion lie le said There are arc two theories of democratic government the Individualistic which relies relle on the t Ie self Belt Interest of ot the tue var various ious bus citizens acting Independently Independent antl the socialistic which relies mainly on onU tim thu U votes otos of ot those citizens acting as a 3 body Neither has hus wholly holl sat satisfactory st satisfactory Self Sel Interest being an inadequate sup support port for tor or political and order oer and andover andover over legislation an evil evi worse wor orse e titan than that which It undertakes to cure CIr we must go back to the time true principle of or self government government based on pub lie le sentiment Tills This Is a n which is I often used but generally misunderstood stood Whenever a large number of or people want a thing we hear heur It sail that there th rc Is u n public sentiment In It IB Its favor This Is not necessarily true tru Even the tho fact that a majority may ma be willing to vote ote for tor a n measure does docs not prove that It iota has this basis The Th desire may mn bo 10 simply the th outcome of ot wide widespread widespread spread personal Interest Much though not nol till nil 11 of ot the objection to trusts Is II based laBed nn on the fact tact that the critics do not notown noton notown own on they hail find themselves R at atthe lt atthe the wrong end of o certain e transactions Instead of o at the right end If a man unan really believes that a trust truet I Is a bad thing and on an would refuse reuse to countenance Its Is pursuits If It he lie were their beneficiary en he ho can call his hula opposition to them by the tho honorable title tto of ot public spirit And AndI It I may mi be bo added that must mol of oC the tIle act actual Cal ual return reform In lit II trust abuses uhl es hats has been bean thus thu made om inside by the self edt el r rv ru t spool sheet of their owners The rite social and political Instinct of ot I mankind Is I so that people ara df re led Jed under un H Its Is Instruction to do i i which ole are against then thI Own oun oln personal convenience and nd even against their theiron I own on t In order to tho the l needs of tt the community Public PUlle meat Is I the name nam given to the tile feeling which gives givs effect to these those virtues of ot patriotism I The Tue question qU In is I often ot n asked What constitutes COl S t u el the essential es mark of o a 8 g jj tinman toman as ns distinct tram from the th accidents J of ot birth and of at clothing and of at speech oh ohI I believe belen It Is to b be found In the thc ro ness to accept trusts even een when the theare theore theore ore are personally disadvantageous tile readiness to subordinate u a mans OWl convenience mid and desires desros to a social code The code cod may ma be In 1 ft good one erie or a bad badone badone one but It Is I an nn authority which the gentleman accepts of ot his hi own on free tree will f without waiting Malting for any an one to tl compel compelI him to accept It I To the tho extent that hu he I does this tills he not nol only proves himself a gentleman genteman hut but proves himself calm capa capable ble hie lii of ot In this sense I believe that the great body of ot tho the American people ore are gentlemen and therefore capable of or nt The possibility of maintaining demo democracy cracy Is due to the fact that Increased readiness to I bur hur burdens burdens dens has line gone hand ham In hand with wih In Increase increase crease of ot commercial anti and political power It Is for or the tile young oln m men n who are just JURt growing up to carry Into the larger worMy of ot business and legislation le the tho spirit which will subordinate personal convenience to collective col honors In Inthis Inthis this development dc of ot the principle of o po trusteeship lies les the hope of ot the tue Republic for tor Its Is it future |