The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-20
THE WORK TOBE DONE
Congressman Hyde Outlines the
Sessions Programme.
FoRECLOSE ON PACIFIC ROADS.
Decline of Patriotism Due TO Gigantic
Frauds and immigration Eng
lands Hostility.

Congressman s. C. Hyde IS in the city.
In the course Of a tour through the West
ern part OF the state. He has visited the
Big Bend country, Stevens county. the
Columbia river country, B~ellingham
Bay and the Nooksack. and is
now taking in the Sound cities.
His visit would nave been more ex-
tended. but for the dangerous illness of his
brother. E. b. Hyde. who was state sem
ator from Spokane during the TWO first ses-
SONS Of the legislature.
Mr.. Hyde leaves for Washington City
on Monday. to take his seat. and in a chat
at the Rainier-Grand last night upon the
subjects he thought would be prominent in
the coming congress. he said that the Nj
caraguan canal undoubtedly would he one
and whatever might be the report Of the
government commission. the p-racticability
OF the enterprise had been conceded. and
ne believed the government of this coun-
try should build, own and control il.
As 10 the government canal 20 Lake
Washington. he said he should spend the
next two days familiarizing himself with
II. so as TO be able to present its claims for
an appropriation with some weight. He
believed that the silver question would he
pushed, but on this. and also on all tariff
measures, the Republican party would he
able 10 do little in the face of a Democratic
president. Speaking Of the Pacific railroads
debt 10 the government, ne said:
Il look upon the settlement of the debt
TO the government of the Pacific railroads
as one of the most important questions to
come before the next congress. and the
Il of congress upon that question will
nave a great bearing upon the future of
the country. / hope | may be wrong. but
II seems 10 me that there is not that
patriotism and love of country among the
people that there was thirty-four years
ago. and | believe this feeling. this want
or FaSnpNf for ntYr pnxraru mani 2r{c,z
largely from two causes. One has been
the gigantic frauds and larcenies against
our government by the builders and pro-
motors of the Pacific railroads. They
nave Deen among the most gigantic in his
tory. And the perpetrators have gone I'M
whipped OF justice. / believe the govern
ment should foreclose its mortgages upon
the Pacific railroads and put an end 10
these iniQuities.
If this were done. the government
would have an opportunity 10 make a
practical experiment of government op-
Grafton of railroads. | should be glad TO
see this tried. / shall favor proceedings
to foreclose the MORTGAGES according to
the strict terms of the bond.
snail have something also TO say
about the application of the Monroe doc
trlne' as to the Venezuelan. the Alaskan
boundary and other questions. | believe
TINS nation has a mighty destiny to fulhll,
one which will not permit the overlapping
OF this continent by a large portion of the
British empire. Disguise it as We may
try, Great Britain, in her national policy,
IS the rival and enemy of this country.
Her aid and sympathy with the South
during our struggles for national exist
ence prolonged the contest and cost us
millions of treasure and precious lives.
She did everything short of'actual war.
Another cause that. appears to me to
explain the lack OF patriotism in this
country has been foreign immigration.
and IN this the Republican party has not.
in my opinion. done its whole duty. Hun
dreds of thousands of w~orkingmen from
the nations of the south of Europe have
been coming to this country of recent
years, WHO nave not been in sympathy
with our institutions. These nave crowd
cd out of work the American wage Garner.
leaving hundreds and thousands of them
idle in their own country today. | shall
favor a restrictive immigration law that
viii be absolutely prchibitive against
those nations-a law more strict and
sweeping than has ever been Introduced.
The military spirit is gr0Wsng in this
country. The genius of our race viii COM
pei us to extend our institutions and take
a leading part In the control Of the com
merce OF the world. Out Of these ques-
tons the world is now discussing VIII grow
war with Great Britain. / cannOt say
when the day will be, but Il VIII come.
We will maintain tho Monroe doctrine. We
viii not only do THAI, bat We Will wipe the
British possessions off the North American
continent. In the language of John Bright.
we will have a vast ocean-bound republic,
stretching away from the frozen oceans of
the north 10 the warm seas of the south"