Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-09-16


: Before me here is party without the
distinctions Of profession, representing
ali Professions without distinction a. q
!. religion, opinion, or feeling: each
man taking his own free way ia
this vide. free world of thought, not
a. representing any Shade Of politics.
for We come On larger srrsnds- We
come TO celebrate a victory of modern
civlliz atom; the browning victory: the
victory of pl.ting new minds IN coz
tact. as we'll As their wheat and pro-
ducts TINS railroad Is not only To con
yey wheat and lambsr and the product
OF your mines: II IS 10 convey thought
feeling. and sentiment. Ii Il to p1t cur
eastern fellOx-citiz-ns "a rapport with
the fellow citizens here-tne l4vyer
With the lawyer. the clergyman with
tue clergyman. snd the laborer With the
la5orer. / rejoice that the other day
there Vas none of the tom faoIerv OF
driving a goiieH spike. rhis Is not
golden age. 1t Is a greater ass than
that Golden ages have always been
Rotten unaerne Ith. This is an age of
iron. We drove An iron spike. To-day
iron Is Hing all over the earth. II vs.
the rails; 1t makes the steamships: If
builds the machinery. Ii Il tke iron
age. and HIS power such ~ the world
has never seen. One of NY friends.
Judge Paxton, made an allGslon yester-
day that Was very apt and well received.
he spoke Of she eastern outlook from
here. Ny friends. ii Is one of the most
solemn and majestic facts that the
American citizen can contemplate. and
tue citizens OF this cost and of this
matchless harbor to think OF the vast
millions of tue population Of the earth.
| We are here palsry fifty millions.
scattered throu "a tbs continent. list IN
tbs majestic domain. Here you mast
meet the great masses of the haman
/ family. Not to 20 into auv of the mo-
raj bearings of tails question. | wish
simply To say this: Sua;l We not raise
! statesmen with minds large enough IN
| length and compass 10 make them our
customerss We're We furnishing them
/ the cotton goods that England
| Is furnishing today: were We furnishing
| the trinSets that Engt and Is We could
not calculate the benefits. England
/ has ~ Per cent. of the commerce with
/ China and We three or four. We ought
ID have the ninety and she three or four
/ Ii Is the majestic problem that will
| solve the destiny of this coast on the
| nap OF the Clio %, and change the ma
| jorIty of the Atlantic coast for the
greater grandeur of the Pacific coast
| Why not! Look at the dsemboweled
mountains, metals spun into the VA
rious implements for nearly all the in
dustries. Look at your lumber interests,
| You have an exhaustless market. De-
velop 1t by craftsmanship. 1t is a larger
| problem than to know how To carry a
State for this party or that. 1t Is the
largest piecs of craftsmanship c1mmer-
cially that Is before the American peo
pie. England has hoodwinked anu
kept as at her feet, fed Us taffv and
stolen the trade from Us that she gets
By being the empress of India and
China. The trouble with Portland is
that she has bar. Laughter.
My observation IL, that it has alto
gether too many bars. Laughter !
They cannot get the big craft easily |
into the river. No man can 60 50 easv |
&Ad fast who crosses many bars. IL |
you can keep your city as free from bars |
aS yea have the harbor, YOU will have |
high success. Great applause and |
laughter. The question at the front in !
all these discussions, fellow citizens, |
and will be brief, is simply this: How |
can you best make great and prosper |
Gus American city. That Is the ques- |
ton have been over whelmed ana as !
tonished with, As | have travelled west |
l have come to the conclusion that you |
have 4 great country. Pointing to the |
revolution of the roasting spit. That |
very motion shows 1t. Laughter You |
are cooking meat with a steam engine |
and turning round whole cattle. That !
indicates the size of the American stom- |
ach, which Is the blsis of American |
success. | have oonyersed with a great !
many people here of all kinds. | like !
to get IN amongst the people. The
people rule the country mere. thank
God lapplausel; and We are all of Us
laboring men. 1 am a laboring msr-
no dlsparagement TO the labpring
man. They have men in England
WAC are not laboring men, and In
Europe also, aud they are proud of it.
We are all laooring men. Every man
that works with his mind or his brain.
as well as man that works with his
muscle-l like IT, go down amsng all
classes of society-those who do the
humblest toll. | talked with negro in
Portland; that is the man that cut INV
hair. have a grudge against him. but
guess | can forgive him. I-4u2h
ter He says: We negroes are doing
or three hundred IN Portl,n and there |
are many worth fran twenty 81 thir,v
thou saud dollars" | said tn him. do
you want to ga hacs?' aud lie : I'D:
Not At all" Tness are the test of /
country. | judge thiHGS myself |
from little things tn Il come |
from the people. As | walked upon |
tn 1t pl itfar.u | was introduced IL a |
senilem III wac sud he received 81 \ |
day for laying mrrssr. | ask ii him: !
Don't You want to - back aud h. |
said: IN 1t mach" | talked with him !
about the practical laborious part of |
life. 10 this country they say they do |
not wish To 90 buck. and that they want |
tp stay. fhtt Is the highest compliment |
any country can be paid. Ask ins Rls- |
sian serf If be wants tn 90 away. Ask |
the paupers in the IN tnlt tctlring towns !
of Europe If they vi At u stay. We
want to raise not the bssE fruit nor the
largest trees. but grauier men aud 80 /
men. We want men and wo men edu.
"a ed and cultivated
Your churches, Your schools are VII Il
tell, and what will give You the highest
order of Christian citizens. They are
the browning nobility of the earth. FMS
mountain up here Is the glory of this
Territory. 1t IL SO high and big. IL
means soisething. May it not be the
| symbol of Your own power, as believe
| il will? intellect is cold: reason Is
chill. Justice is held with an even aud
| level balance without feeling too much
warmth. Let the se4 that sits by the
base OF tina; majestic mountain. symbol
| tn you These qualities, and there II Is.
that mounsain ~ well the oltside Of
power ~ the inside of fire, for | under
stand it has a heart of fire. NAY that
/ fire be the eukiniling of enthusiasm.
nobility, to sympathy. 10 fraternity, To
large heartsdness, and your mountains
shall ever tell you the story Of the
grandeur that is today in prophecy, bat
| which vet shall be. You are the city by
the sea: we deal today with ideas so large
that We are handling seas and CONT
nents: the largest one IL this; that the
highest order of man is a man who loves
his fellow man best. Appia1se. A
universal fraternity running around
the earth, of men who are too grand 10
he mean, or greedy, or thievish, or lying.
We all join in the wish as our thoughts
sweep the globe, that one of tha grand
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