The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-04-03
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WHAT H !: LOST.
The speeclsnFHnt Hobart should nave
Made, But Didn't,


The speeclsrFIInt Hobart should nave
Made, But Didn't.
The New York Evening Post suggests
that Carrot Hobart might have dis
tinguished himself above all his pre-
decessors iNfthe vice-presidential office
by making the following inaugural ad-
dress to the Uhited States senate:
Senators; Ny predecessor, on TAX
ing the chair four years ago, charac.
terized you sas tthe most august legisla-
tive assembly ION earth He himself
would now doubtless give worlds to-
withdraw that phrase. At any rate it
is my duty, sent here as 1 am by the
direct vote of the people, to tell you
that you are nothing of the kind. No
other legislative body in free country
is SO much despised and at the same
time dreaded as you are. Abroad yoii
are pointed to as a horrible example
OF a once great assembly degenerate
At home you are considered standing
and deadly obstacle to a political and
financial reform, a. threat to business.
an enemy Of peace-in short the one
great danger point in our body polite,
on which the eyes of orr alarmed citi-
zens are fixed. 1t is my solemn duty
to notify yon that you must set your
house in order lest the popular wrath
find some way. either to mend or end
you. Another four years, like the last,
of steady 'affront to the best senti-
ment of the nation, of aid and comfort
given to agitators and incendiarles. of
shameless trif1ing with the countryss
good name and as shameless speculat-
ing in the stock markets, of dull, in
sensate opposition to all political prog
ress and political purity, will fill up the
cup or your iniquity., Beware lest an
outraged people press it to your own
lips.
But it is my duty also to be specific
as to the nature of the chief evil in
which you are engulfed, and as to the
remedy which I propose to apply. You
power Of the worst men in your body.
One senator, strong In prejudice Of
self interest, with front and lungs OF
brass, is able to withstand and defy
all the rest. You have justified and
tolerated this outrage on the ground Of
the dignity Of the senate, on the
ground of the courtesy due senators
something lower than the honor which
exists among thieves. AS far as it is
in my powef;'5t propose to put an end
to this monstrous abuse. 1t will be
necessary for me to enforce your rules,
but there are>ialso certain general par
liamentary rules, essential to the civil
]ized dispatch Of public business, which
! shall likewise, enforce. One of these
is the duty loffa presiding officer to
make a debater speak to the question.
When the Indian appropriation bill is
before the senate, I shall call any SEN
ator TO order|@who proceeds to discuss
a war with Spain, I shall not allow a
four hours rehearsal of the crime Of
,73 to be madeE under. guise of discuss
ing the bill for regulating the corr
gressional library. Nor shall 1 permit
the laxity Of the senate rules to de-
feat the end of all rules-the bringing
of the question. to vote When talk
becomes evidently and defantly OBJ
structive, I shall ask the support of
majority Of the senators in putting the
question. By cooperating with me in
these simple and imperative reforms,
senators. you will do much to save the
peril and yourselves from yet deeper
ignominy. What is the pleasure of the
senateo'' ~.