The rule of seniority has always been wisely and pretty strictly applied In the Senate of the United States. and if of the seven Senators longest in the service five are from New England that is merely an evidence of her good fortune. to which all other sections of the country can attain if they follow her example. I am proud to say that New England has always had a large influence in the legislation and the adininistration of the Government of the United States. but that that influence has been undue or improper. or has been willfully exercised to the injury of any other section of the country I wholly deny. We of New England know that the welfare of California. the development of her industries. and the exclusion of Asiatic competition from her coast are as important to us as they are to her. and to all that great and noble region of our country. We know that the prosperity of Kansas and Nebraska. and of all the great wheatraising and. corngrowing States of the West is vital to our prosperity. We feel more keenly. perhaps. than any other part of the country the importance of steady and widespread prosperity throughout the South. for on her great staple our largest industry depends.