The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1903, Page 21

Pages 21 i B VOLUME XCIV-—-NO. . 56. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1903—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. AACE WAR BRERES U7 N 1L Negro Is. Lynched by a Danville Founder Defends Right of Free Speech. Says University Must Not Be Mob. Fre fo VAL T r Dynamite to Wreck Building. { the Next Speaker ouse Is Scene of Violence. Lo IR s shot > Heir Patroiman head while Wil BURN VICTIM’S BODY. met his f while the mob wa rnch Wilson. The was passing down East the negro became fo- with some of its after him and to the crowd ung butcher, fell d expired within a negro fied, but was within a block of the ed to the police station hot pursuit, temporarily i from their march to the county e officers with their prisoner took ge in the city building and barricaded the doors of ome of could not check the it secured a long pole a section of the wall f which were frail. f the overwhelming num- t was useless for the of- negro was seized and where he had shot the work of an pe around his neck telephone poie. slowly strangled nging while the mob Jail. After going wever, the mob and, re- nching, cut d it to bonfire ami with kmves f the flames. For ed abou o Iy r first mis- E re- 1l PRISONER. es expect- and s for Wil- f the mob he mob, now te of excite- T SHERIFF DEFENDS nkey. ¥ iam ally they o the Sheriff and his 1 three members The mob, be ing mining reatened to at- went to the Bur- g & ess was she was i ) e seized aving her half dead. She rawl to a neighboring farm- ve the alarm. A posse of o pursuit of the negro an was captured he was hur- County Jail to prevent lynch- negro confessed. slored troop, has its nd the officials have out. Leaders of the it e . will kill the entire 3 mes out. On the edges t midnight two unknown gr the gutter. They were ate to insensibility with clubs in the te citizens, d women from Alvin, Mrs. Burgess was tive leaders of the mob. t had been increased the entire square in g packed with shout- While waiting for expected to bring Westville, the mob wn in front of the jail, £ shots at random. our after the message ent & telephone mes- Himrod, half way be- Danville, saying that who were of the a Hungarian, had n stopped by citizens who took rom bim @ large tty of dynamite. he other miner with dynamite is be- Meved 1o be the way here. About half ? ¢ K, the colored regiment, has Besemb) t the armory and' is barri- aded in fear of au attack from the mob. ed Crowd Waits then, | Partisan. N address of great significance, delivered by Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford to the trustees of Stan- ford University April 25, in which for the first time Mrs. Stanford's position on the Ross and Howard in- cident is defined, was made public yes- terday. In pamphlet form it was distributed to professors at the university and copies were mailed to college and public ibraries throughout the country. The document, termed an “Address of the Right of Free Speech,” will be read with eager interest at unfversities and = everywhere. Tt is a valuable con- tion to the Mterature of the subject. ontroversy that raged missal of Professor Ross from 4 faculty the surviving found- statement, preferring, it to let time work out the justis made no OF HER o 11 which we one can appreciate more fully speech, than I the right to freedom of for upon many occasions I have refrained with the great- est possible cffort from expressing my personal views when I be- lieved serious crrors were being made, lest it might be thought | that I was attempting to itmpose thosc vicw's upon the university. —Extract from address by Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford. ” — S e tion of the university’s stand. In the recent course of turning over the manage- | ment of the institution to the Board of Trustees, Mrs. Stanford chose to take the trustees into fullest confidence, submitting | to them all of the correspondence in the case and embodying in this address &n ex- position of her own part in the occyr- rence. Mre. Stanford makes it plain that Dr. | | Ross’ retirement was not forced by her; | that whatever of displeasure she felt to- ward the head of the department of sociology was not due to any attempt on | her part to curtail freedom of speech, but was aroused by Professor Ross' active | participation in partisan affairs and| proneness to express from the platform sentiments which were, in Mrs.' Stan-| ford’s opinion, subversive of law and | order; and that Stanford Univers fessors have mever suffered interference | from the surviving founder, but have en- | joyed complete freedom in investigation ! and teaching. | The address follows in full: FULL KNOWLEDGE ! OF THE INCIDENT | TO GUIDE TRUSTEES | | O the Board of Trustees of the Le- | I and Stanford Junior University— | Fentlemen: I have called you to- | gether to-day that our highly esteemed | | friend, Hon. Whitelaw Reid, who so kind- ly accepted my Invitation to become a trustee of the Leland Stanford Junior | ¥, could meet you all in person, | is obliged to leave for his home | next week, and I desire to take advantage | of this meeting and his presence to lay | before you certain affairs which have troubled my heart more than I am able | to express. T wish .thet the university should be | turned over to your guldance and man- agement unspotted and without a blem- 1sh, no old wounds to heal, no troubles | | tett for you to settle fof me. If I did 1| would thereby declare my inability of car- | rying out my vieWs. I hope my ten years | | of administration have shown a steadfast | | purpose, and now that T am soon to give up the management of the affairs of the university and you to assume the duties, 1 do not wish to declare myself to have been unequal to the situation by allowing any troublesome affairs of the past to remain in doubt or controversy. To this end I am now about to reveal to you a little inside history of affairs.with which my name has been associated, but which has never been truthfully told. As you gentlemen will, I trust, long outlive me,/ I will inform you of the facts and lay before you the correspondence of the case and pray that you will make the matter right If ever my stewardship is questioned. My lips so far have been sealed by my own wish, I allude particularly to the Ross mat- ter. The acceptance of Professor Ross’ resignation took place during my absence abroad, almost a year before my return, and four years after I had formed and expressed my views concerning his fitness for the position he held. This fact made certaln misconceptions and misunder- standings possible which I wish to re- move from the minds of you trustees be- fore you assume your duties as custodlans of the university. The discussion incident to the resigna- tion of Professor JRoss and others pro- ceeded upon a distinct misunderstanding as to the powers I have voluntarily del- egated 1o the president of the university and as to my attitude upon the question ‘of free speech. Under the provisions of the founding grant and the act under which the unl- versity was founded all the powers and privileges of the trustees were vested in the founders during their liv The founders, however, assumed only those powers relating to the management of the university properties, to the erection and permanent equipment of university bulldings and to the determination of the gross amount of the annual appropria- tions for the maintenance of the Institu- tion. These latter powers alone have I con- tinued to hold. The powers of selecting | and dismissing professors have been en- tirely in the hands of Dr. Jordan. The powers of the president of the university have. been exceptionally extensive and absolute, 4 In my address to you of June 1, 1897, is the following: *Tn the grant founding the Leland Stanford Junior’ University, No- vember 14, 1885, it is made the duty of the trustees to give the president of the uni- versity the following powers: ““l. To prescribe the dutles fessors and teachers. * ‘2. To remove professors and teachers at will ““3. To prescribe and enforce the course of study and the mode and manner of teaching. “‘4. Such other powers as will enable him to control the educational part of of the pro- | the university to such an extent that he may justly be held responsible for the good conduct and capacity of the profes- sors and teachers.’ b “The history of the university for the past six vears has. fully indicated the wisdom of this clause in the ‘grant. It |18 my wish that this clause shall be in the future, as in the past, respected both in word and in spirit. I therefore ex- plicitlyy direct that the selection and re- moval of the professors and teachers and all questions relating thereto shall be de- termined by the president and: by him alone, “The plan pursued by me. during. the past four years is to set aside at the beginning of each vear a certain definite fund for the payment of’ salaries, an- other definite fund for the purchase of dent (exceot in the matter of his own salary, that to remain as my husband tion the funds.” In my address of May 31, 1599, 1 stated: “The selection, appointment and removal of all professors and teachers, and all questions relating thereto, shall be made and determined by the president of the university.” Until October 1902, these directions remained unchanged and were considered binding upon me. In my address of that date will be found the following upon the same sub- ject: *‘Any directions heretofore made by particular distribution of these books antl supplies, leaving to the presi- |- fiyed it) to determine at his sole ‘discre-|> 4 - -+ FOUNDER. AND TWO PROFES- SORS CONCERNED IN STAN- FORD CONTROVERSY. L G 2 love and reverence for the great prin- ciples underlying our government. In confirmation and explanation of these principles the following, among other provisions, have been inserted in the trusts: Quoting from my former address: “The university must be forever main- tained upon a strictly non-partisen and non-gectarjan basis. It must never be- come an {nstrumentin the hands of any political -party or any religious sect or organization. I belleve that the moral and religious development of the univer- sity will be better accomplished if entirely me inconsistent with any of the provi- sions of subdivisions 9, 10 and 11 of arti- cle IV of the founding grant are with- adopt such a plan. for the nomination and appointment of professors and teachers, and the determination of their salaries, tutions may prove to be desirable. Dur- ing my administration the president of the university shall continue to have the and dismissal of professors and teachers as he has had heretofore.” PRESIDENT GIVEN FACULTY CONTROL HE foregoing extracts convey a fair impression of my relations ‘to throughout the past ten years, during which I have been in control of the af- fairs of the university. -1 have never al- action upon any matter and have never overruled him in any matter pertaining to the powers delegated to him. I never pointment of any member of the teach- ing force of the university. In my ad- ministration of ten years I have, except- even expressing my private opinion as to” the fitness of any member of the fac- ulty. The first case involved personal de- of the party involved was in no way re- lated to any criticism by me. The other case was that ‘of Professor Ross. My years before the president accepted his resignation and were in formation still earlter. My views were not“based . upon ings. E So far as T am aware of the reasons which led to the resignation of Professor me, or any other person connected with the university, eitper because of his views upon’ any political, soclal or other ques- pression of those views. I belleve that Professor: Ross never intimated that he was not accorded the right to express his dom, or that any objection was ever made to his teaching by me, but, unfortunately such-a statement is not too absurd for with the views of the founders and the conditions prevailing at (hp university, A professor's conduct and public utterances the university trusts which, among other things prohibit partisanism and sectarian- ism. He also required not to . counte- drawn. The board of trustees should as experlence of .this and similar insti- exclusive control over the appointment FULL FREEDOM IN Tthc president of the university lowed an appeal to be taken from his required, or even recommended, the ap- ing upon two occasions, refrained from linquencies. The subsequent resignation personal views were expressed over four hig political or scholastic bellefs of teach- Ross, no objection was ever raised by tion, or his proper public or private ex- opinions in his classes with perfect free- the credulity of some others not familiar are,” however, limjted to some extent by nance violence, but to téach the blessings | of liberty regulated by law, and inculcate free from all_ denominational alliances, however slight the bond may be. The services in the Memorial Church must be simple and informal In character, and the theological questions, services and ob- servances, upon which the sects differ, should not be entered upon, so that mem- bers of every church may worship and re- celve instruction therein not ihconsistent with tueir individual belfefs. -Provision has been made whereby all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ may partake of the Sacrament of .the Lard's Supper at stated intervals in the Memorial Church. Attendance at religious services shall be entirely optional, and no pro- fesslon: or religious faith or belief shall be exacted of any one for any purpose. “I desire that-the university shall be forever kept out of politics and that no professor shall electioneer among or seek to dominate .other professors 'or the students for the success of any political party or candidate in any political con- ‘test. 1 hope that every voter, whether professor . or . student, will always thoroughly inform himself upon every prineiple involved, and as to tho merits of overy’cim!ldate seeking his suffrage, and then vote acording to his own best judgment and copsclence, irrespective of any importunity of others. And in order MRS. STANFORD GIDES TO PUBLIC FIRST STATEMENT POSITION IN THE ROSS-HO N no other ‘institution are the principles of freedom of ! speech, freedom- of thought and freedom of conscience so thoroughly established and safeguarded as they are in the Leland Stanford Junior University. In so far as I criticized the utterances of Dr. Ross, I was not only exercising a sacred right have guaranteed to every one connected with the insti- tution, but I was speaking in defense-of these very principles. No WARD INCIDENT S | 5. to freely do this he should not be sub- jected to any importunity, since it I3 possible. that cases might arise where a mere suggestion might be understood to be a covert demand.” ‘ *It has beén the history of universities that their professors rarely take the pub- | very infrequency of their having done so would seem to prove that there is some ‘“* * ¢ So far as he may represent himself only; so far as it is the man and audlences, he should have the fullest pos- | sible liberty of speech, for he but repre- | himself.” | Of course, if a professor incidentally | shows incompetence or unfitness for his position, whether in speeches or other- | Unless it mmintains a strictly non-par- | tisan attitude upon all political questions might well beceme a public menace and | forfeit ail right to the special considera- of members of all parties. e | PARTISAN CONDUCT | COMMON KNOWLEDGE IT is not proposed to make a detalled to the resignation of Professor Ross, or even detall the additional objections to jected to chiefly because they were be- lteved to be in violation of the university | ron-partisanism by taking the public ros- trum in campalgns under the auspices of ing his name and official title for use on partisan campaign pamphlets, gross in able In themselves as evidently. designed to ‘appeal to the passions and prejudices, having had any fixed opinion myself upon the issues of the campaign of 13%, I did political views expressed, nor did I change my opinion of him or cease to ex- changed those views. In attempting to announce the reasons nation, Professor Roes stated that it was due to my objections to "two public One of the speeches to which Professor Ross referred related to Oriental immi- meeting called for the purpose of agitat- ing the modification or re-enactment of renthetically that my husband did net oppose the passageé of the Geary exclu- My alleged objection to his social or economic theories, as expressed in that the morning following its delivery I called the attention of the pregident by letter Franecisco Call of May $,.1900. My criticism .of Professor Ross in that May 9, 1900, was as follows: = “You know, .my dear friend, my con- sity will stand pre-eminently ahead of all other universities in America ip-furnish- ENOAGLS L0SES OF " HIEH MEN Startling Extent of Slump in Stocks. fValue of Rockefeller | “ Shares Decreases $100,000,000. Friends of Pierpont Morgan Among the Heaviest Losers. | [ | i Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, July 25.—Wall street ex- perienced two hours of continued liquida- tion to-day, almost as violent as any that has preceded it. To-night there is appre- hension of what the reckoning will be on Monday. The prices of “Keene” stocks and of numerous pooled and cliqued spe- clalties broke violently, clearly indicating that others did not take the same calm view of the situation the great manip- ulator, who is “annoyed, but not em- barrassed.” By conservative men in Wall street and by men who most closely follow the trend of affairs financial, the estimate is made that the Rockefeller family fortune has shrunk $100,000000 in value under the | influence of the recent slump in securi- ties. The apparent loss to friends of J. Pler- pont Morgan has been great. Willlam C Whitney and those who are allled with as il\lm have suffered reverses that have | hurt. | John W. Gates and the other members of the “Chicago crowd” are nursing a wound that will be long -in healing. James Keene admits the loss of $1,500,000 Some belleve Keene's fortune has shrunk much more. CAUSE OF THE FLURRY. | Thus it may be seen that the storm that {has swept across the financial district | and which may not as yet have reached | its culmination, has spared few in select- | ing its victims and it may be taken a | proved that it was of natural origin, hav | ing been formed of the purpose or will | of no combnation of men. It is the general opinion of those who have weathered such storms in the past that the present unpleasantness is to b | accounted for just as was the great era of prosperity. One was the result of natural causes; the other came as a nat ural comsequence of the first. Few men are now bold enough to discuss the fu- ture for publication. All know that signs count for little in such stress of financial weather. He is a bold man who even fog his most intimate friends will venture a | prediction as to what the immediate fu- ture will bring forth. While the general tone is still optimistic and very few are ready to belleve that the crest of the wave of prosperity has much more than been broken, it is held by many that there must be a period of distress before Wall street will settle into anything like calm. It is the opinion of men who dis- cussed the situation tc-day that the ex- haustion is temporary and that it does not approach the lethargy which seized the country about ten years ago. James R. Keene hurried into his private room in the office of his son-in-law in the Johnston building at 9:30 o'clock this morning. Early as Keene was, he found Talbot J. Taylor and his brother and part- ner, James B. Taylor, and corps of clerks busy over the books of accounts. When the market opened the stock quotations ticker in Keene's private room and the other tickers in the public office of the Taylors began to reel out the _opening quotations. Keene stood at the side of the machine in his room, with the paper tape running through his fingers. He saw what have been termed the “Keene's stocks” open with prices away below the closing figures of last night. The story, as it spun out before him, was an in- teresting one to Keene, but he frequently dropped the tape to walk over to the win- dow overlooking Exchange Place, where he would stand for a moment to glance thoughttully across at the roof tops and other office windows that perhaps he did not see. Frequently he was in consulta- tion with Talbot J. Taylor, his son-in- law, or James B. Taylor. During the short business hours the Taylors w among their former customers, who came in to express their regrets at the firm's embarrassment. GUESSING AT THE LOSS In the room set apart for customers, where a youth was busy changing quo- tations on a board against the side of the wall, some of the older habitues seated themmselves, perhaps out of force of haeit and while “watching the market.” sat and whispered of Wall street’s latest sen- sation. There was considerable specula- tion among those as to Keene's individual loss. He himself had admitted that it was $1,500,000, and while some belleve this figure to be conservative, they hoped it was true that his private fortune had not been impaired. Britt, the assignee, late in the after- noon, when seen in the Talbot J. Taylor & Co. office, sald: “It is impossible for me to give out any statement to-day and it probably will be several days before my statement is ready. 1 figure the loans at about $,- 000,000. Russell S8age is creditor to a con- siderable amount, but is fully secured.” * v dady-his WALL STREET EXCITED. NEW YORK July 25.—To-day's short lic_rostrum in political campaigns. The sound reason why they should not.” not the professor that speaks to public sents himself and is accountable only to violates any public or private duty or| wise, he must suffer the consequences. this institution, with its large resources, | tion.which it has received at the hands | OF ROSS MATTER OF statement of ‘the reasons which led his conduct and speeches, which were ob- trusfs and purposes; but his violation of partisan campaign committees and lend- language and illustration and objection- is a matter of common knowledge. Not not object to these acts because of the press it when Professor Ross subsequently of others which led to his enforced resig- speeches in the spring of 1900. gration afd - was delivered In a mass the Geary exclusion law. I may say pa- sion act. speech, is based upop the fact that on tof the report of the speecl in the San letter, which was dated San Francisco, stant. prayer” is that Stanford Univer- Continued on Page 23, Column 3. Continued on P;go 22, c;lm 8.