Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-22

ing this charge to my keeping. APP
plause.
Senator Squire, on being presented
said:
Gentlemen Of the Joint Legislature Of
the State Of Washington: 1t is with
deep sense of gratefulness that i APP
pear before you to thank you for the
great honor you have bestowed upon
me. 1t is also with a deep sense OF
the responsibility that shall hereafter
devolve upon me- 1t seems to me
very remarkable election in many re-
spects. The fact that so many of you
conserving together coming from all
parts OF our State should agree and
work together so tremendously with
out anything that might reflect upon
the characters OF yourselves, or Of
those whom you have elected, that you
should agree by nearly a three-fourths
vote, and by nearly an equal vote for
each OF the candidates, and without a
caucus, that you should have come to
such a conclusion it seems to me re-
markable fact in the annals OF our
country. / know OF no such occur
renee in any other State in this Union.
Now, gentlemen, do not want to
make an extended speech to-day, but
| wish to say this to you, while l be-
lieve it will be the endeavor of my
honored colleague and myself to rep
resent you and to represent this great
% N yvIfh
harmony and cooperation that we may
achieve results such as you have a
right to expect, yet | may be permit
ted to ask of you and the people of
this State that you will not expect too
much of us, and that what you do ex
pect you will not expect to realize too
soon. You are well aware, gentlemen,
constitute but small portion of this
mighty Union, and you are aware
that the people of the United States
and their representatives in Congress
are very inadequately informed in re-
gard to your condition, and many of
them have but little knowledge of
your geographical position. There
fore there is much to do by way OF
proper education of the minds of the
gentlemen in Washington with whom
we may come in contact. Again, let
me remark that you will, of course,
expect us to conduct ourselves there
in the great body in which we will be
accorded seats, with such moderation
and modesty as to gain the approval
nd Of vylA
we may be associated. Therefore you
will not expect us to make such de-
mands in the beginning as to injure
ourselves in the estimation Of these
Senators of the United States, and to
make them feel that we have an idea
this great government is going to de-
vote its main energies in legislating
for the interests of this new State.
We must not be premature; We must
exercise caution, judgment, tact, that
tact which the poet Emerson so APPLY
speaks OF:
" Tact which sails out of the harbor and
steers into the bay.
And gets the vote of the Senate in spite
of Webster and Clay"
Gentlemen, permit me to say, /
thank you. Those of you who sup
ported me by your votes, thank you.
Those of you who did not, l thank you
because know to-day that you are as
good friends of mine as those who
voted for me. 1t shall be my pride
and my pleasure to have it said worth
lily of-me: He endeavored to repre-
sent and did represent the entire State
of Washington" [applausel without
Partially or favor for any particular
locality or section" [Applause.]
The Senator's peroration suited the
members one and all, and they ap-
plauded him to an echo.