Show the degenerate senate time was I 1 and in some measure continues when the senate of the united states was composed largely of mere plutocrats they were the cham champions of protection they made for many years a citadel in which tariff robbery ibry i was waa In trenched and they defended it year in and year out against popular r assault through the house of representatives men who out of th their e I 1 r it riches ches had debauched their fellow citizens at state capitals ordering a toga from legislators as they might a coat from a tailor had bad at least the speech and bearing of gentlemen they had not degenerated into mere blackguards black guards the senate Is still I 1 potent to save protected industries its latest effort being in behalf of the mining camps where silver Is produced continuing holding something of the old lines and traditions of the senate it ii is no longer composed in ik the main of men of gentlemanly conduct what shall be tb thought ought of a public dubu 0 body opposed to be courteous and dignified that receives with loud and long RO applause and laughter the trav travesty esty made by a blackguard from missouri upon one of the well known hymns ot 0 the e chris christian uan church does not a body t that thus demeaned itself share in the diatribes uttered by the speaker 2 some dc decent decint cint reserve W was manifested when wh en dillrd aluman an broke the rules of decency but anen the dmn scurrilous ilous jester vest vi per formed the audience was in lymp sympathy athy y the senate ol of the united states la ja alib refuge of gf broken do down wn itte ate brigadiers giulia maniacal oa braf and z hk ve b ht ther Z jiji jh 1 in the am 4 J 6 9 a of t 4 da adi x n ants i aid i furi h s job ob un the executive oa aa berho 2 1 between thi 77 henaz 9 iid aad vm national i als t A TW t aeilt sa t 4 wf c s I 1 if J oBder thai I 1 amr i alla W koff otal otibe elabd legisla i I 1 tim w hi N F eat i inato Ing to f ertee ik th f b 1 11 1 1 AV a I 1 I 1 ewie would be I 1 gari alte it 1 I 1 iua W L ew I 1 f r Z S it av t i 11 4 4 J I 1 I 1 1 t I 1 chiy toll liob neither ither do thy ban iti n the new york board of sid si an d transportation ar tation has passed a resolution in walh it avers that a wise to of our cur currency reney riad 1 finance tending to place them upon a stable basis would in its judgment bo DC most conducive to tho the prosperity tir of the whole nation in that view the board urges upon congress that it give attention to the pressing needs of the country the board will send to th everyn 1 member of congress a copy of this res ol ution but to what useful purpose As long ago as last december in pur of his duty as chief executive of the united states the president sent to io congress a statement asking its consider sider atlon ration of the question of cur currency tency and audA finance nance and urging action that would be conducive to the prosperity of the whole nation but coli congress gress has haa done nothing what sort of mote mole eyed business men compose the board of trade that they fancied for a moment the republican politicians and spoils hunters held in the hollow of speaker reeds hand would allow any legislation of any character not in speaker reeds opinion conducive not to the prosperity of the country but to the furtherance first of reeds presidential ambition and next to the welfare of the treasury who are the leaders of the republican party abes not mot the board of trade of new york know that this is deliberately a do nothing congress where have I 1 been its eyes its ears all these months since december do these traders in new york imagine that they will find among republican politicians candidates for the presidency a man of the courage and conviction of grover cleveland it if they do they are dull of observation the stable business interests ot of the country will have no help from congress bressor or from the republican politician IS pending the presidential election |