He elaborated and illustrated this thought. and amid applause 6n that side of the.Chamber applied it to the protective tariff and the policy of " standing pat." The old arguments of Blaine and the old expressions of the platforms were put by the gentleman from Washington in a different style. I can inmgine. sir. with what profound feelings of pain the gentleman from Washington. believing. as lie does. in the power of legislation to prevent panics. contemplates the industrial depression of today. and how he must. in his sympathetic heart. curse the stupidity which could not. or the folly which would not. detect the storm and prevent it. as it could have been prevented. if his logic is right. by " brains and by energy. by visdom and by foresight." Upon that basis. sir. it would be very easy to lay the blame for present conditions upon the Republican party. because it is capable of proof that that party has energy. and it admits without demanding proofwaives its constitutional rightsand admits that it has brains and wisdom and foresight. .The gentleman from Washington told us how fortunate it was that during the panic Administration of Cleveland he lived at a place on the Pacific coast where there was an abundance of clams. and lie pledged us his honor that during that Administration he ate clams and ate clams and ate clams until his stomach rose and fell with the ebb and flow of the tide. The gentleman from Washington perhaps could do the country a service now. and probably encourage emigration to his State. if he is able to rise and say that the clam prospects are good now under this Republican prosperity Administration. I fear. however. that they are not so good this year. or have not been well advertised. because I heard the other day that 1.500 men recently marched upon the city hall in the city of Seattle. in that State. asking for work and for bread. and. according to popular belief. as I was informed. some of the more desperate of those hungry men. failing to get work and bread. pressed out to a little nearby townEverett. I believe the name wasand robbed the postoffice.
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