The New York herald., 1877-09-23

AN IMPORTANT SPEECH AT MARIoN-THE
SENATOR'S VIEWS ON THE LATE fREsIDEN-
TIAI TROUBLE, CIVIL SERVICE REFORM THE
SPECIE PAYMENTS.
MARION, sept %. 1877.
Tho following Is short synopsis OF Senator Thur
mans speech here to-day. largo audience OF rop.
rcsentatve democrats and many republicans were in
attendance Tho Senator spoke for two hours. His
remarks covered the question, first, relative TO the
disputed Presidcn.a elec,ion:--
Mr. Thurman claimed tho fair und0ubtcd cleo
ton of Samuel j. den to the Presidency that the
count by the Returning Board OF Louisiana and OF
Florida was fraudulent, and the methods by which
tho nnal results were arrived at In these
States werc clearly illegal under tho law
which created the Returning Board, to say
nothing OF the unconstitutionalmy OF tho
ITSELF Hc claimed that the Electoral Commission
refusing to hear evidence OF want OF jurisdiction In
the of Florida aud Louisiana, clearly in
lie warned the people OF tho dangers OF closely
contested elections II such proceedings dd not
receive thor severe and immediate condcm-
that the policy OF President Hayes WINS
precisely that which he Thurman) had contested for
during tho past ten years he contrastcd this policy
with tho speeches OF republican pgr:sans last year.
and drew the conclusion that the democracy
right as tho result In the South had proven Third,
mnistration Of Hon. John Sherman in ovl.
dencc showing by his speech that array of useless
relatives had fed upon tho government Tor years.
drawing pay for no services whatever to tho amount
OF nearly 81 900 900 In portion OF tho Customs
vice and tho ireasury Department, and claimed that
this indicated extravaganza in all the departments of
the government, and that reform IN tho fullest
OF the word could only bo secured by IA complete
change Of administration and In all tho departments
and subordinate positions by placing who had TO
interest In concealng and covering the wrong doing
OF the past.
TItr
In reference 70 the-dcprcssron O busiuoss and mo
want of emplOymcntof Of labor tho Senator SAID that
without referring to the destruction OF property In
the civil war ana the peculiar circumstances to
which she war gave rise, there were three great
causes that deserved noticc; frst tue effect
of improved laborsaving machinery; second, OF
exorbitant taxatiOn third, oil tho appreciation tho
value OF currency-that ~, in the purchasing power
Of the dollar lie spoke a rome length Of Tho effect
OF each OF these causes, and IN reference
tho last said that however desirable . return
to sound basis for our currency might he, 1t
could not be denied that II a severe operation
upon people or governments in debt that experience
showed that we were reaching tho specie SIS fast
just regard 10 the interests Of tho country would
permit and tnat 10 iorco resumption was neither just
polite Ho feared that forced resunip-
ton could not be maintained, but thought
that without arbitrary measures resumption would
takc place IN Il comparatively short tIne, and would
be maintained He explained the acts OF Congress do
monelizing silver and advocated remonetizing the
dollar OF tue fathers as an act OF simple justice, Us
well as OF good policy.