Patriotic utterances so frequent in 1907 and 1908 on this side of the House are absolutely lacking at the present time on the other side of the every day with unpatriotic pr6phehies of business disaster made by Republican Members of this House. evidently willing and anxious to profit politically at the expeise of the prostp)erity of this country. and these uttera:!ces are all wildly applauded by Republicans and Progressives alike on that side of theHouse. Assoon as I have an opportunity and can get the timie I propose to discuss the business situation in the country today. We are just iecovering from the Republican panic of 1907 and throughout the land the evidence of revival is abundant. [Applaus6 on the Democratic side.] You gentlemeh cai not bring about a jeriod of business disaster. no matter how hard you try. "Lest we forget." let me tell the gentlemen on that side some of the things that happened in 1908. aftei the bank panic of 1907. for which we can charge the Republican Phrty with responsibilitythire was nothing psychological about conditions in 1907 and 1908: In Chicago. on February 11. 1908. the papers announced that the total number of unemployed were estimated by -the Federation of Labor at 100.000. and about that date a warning was issued to craftsmen to keep away from the city of Chicago. " On April 8. 1908. 700 Bulgarians in Chicago appealed to the city and county authorities for aid for deportation to their own country. In Buffalo. on the 20th of January. 190S. 500 men besieged the superintendent of the poor for food. Four men were taken to the hospital suffering from starvation.
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