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Russell Sturges, Jr. of Boston was the second speaker. In the course of his very interesting remarks, he said;- " I have had three sons in Harvard, and as far as I know they came out unscathed; and the three more boys, that I am going to send, I shall send with even more hope and a great deal less anxiety...
...speaker grew eloquent as he discussed the unhappy condition of Ireland. The trouble there is not in a bad land system, but in the absence of every industry except. agriculture. She, too, had manufactures once, but England strangled them, when the potato famine came, the effects were terrible. The population had nothing to which they could turn their hands, starvation was the result. The absence of alternative occupation is the true cause of the poverty of Ireland. A country which is without some alternative occupations cannot create them in the face of open competition. Protection, she must have. The lecture...
...Sandford, '85. Mr. Sewall upon taking the floor was greeted with prolonged and vigorous applause. He delivered a most caustic review of Mr. Blaine's public career, being frequently interrupted by applause. Mr. Sewall was followed by Mr. Sannders, who, upon arising was saluted with thunders of applause. The speaker, in the most able argument of the evening, compared the records of the two parties and assailed the claims of the Democratic party to a reform policy. Mr. Hansen and Mr. Sanford both spoke with great force and pretinancy...
While the heat of debater may condone many violences of expression, the exhibition of ungentlemanly language and unnecessary virulemen on Wednesday evening, deserves the highest censure. Intense interest was manifested in the remarks of each speaker who gained the floor, and it was not until a late hour that the meeting was adjourned. The debate was the longest and most successful in the history of the Union...
...band and two companies of cadets. The procession will form in Harvard square at seven o'clock, and all student are cordially invited to join the Blaine and Logan Club in their march. Senator Pillsbury will devote part of his time to dissecting Dr. Everett's speeches. The other speakers are Geo. A. Marden, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and E. D. Hayden, Republican candidate for Congress from this District...