The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-26
THE OHIO CAMPAIGN.
senator Thurman. speech AZ MARION.

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MARION, o., Sept. 22.-Hon. A; q.
Thurman made his opening speech In
the Ohio campaign this afternoon.
Great interest was manifested, and q
large audience OF representative Demo-
Il Gratis and many RepWaDiicans were In at
4 tendance. Senator Thurman spoke two
hours.
i. Relative to the disputed presiden-
ltiai election, Mr.. Thurman claimed the
flair and undoubted election Of Samuel
lJ. Tilden to the Presidency; that the
count by the Returning Board Of Louis
liana and Florida was fraudulent, and
the methods by which the final results
larrived at in these States were clearly
Illegal under the law which created the
Returning Board, to say nothing OF the
unconstitutionality Of the act itself He
claimed that the Electoral Commission
In refusing to hear the evidence Of want
of jurisdiction in the returns OF Louisi-
ana and Florida were clearly in error.
He warned the people Of the dangers Of
closely contested elections IL such pro.
ceehings did not receive seyere and i'm
mediate condemnation.
q. Senator Thurman cleimetl that the
policy Of President Hayes was precisely
hhatrwhioh he 1.-THE Senator) Had con-
tended for during the past ten years.
He coutrasted this policy with the
speeches OF the Republican ,partisans
last year, and drew the conclusion that
tho Dem ocracy were right, AS tho result
In che South had proven.
.. He.showed the necessity OF reform
In the administration of the govern
ment, and called up the speech Of Hon.
john Sherman In evidence, showing by
his speech that an array OF useless rela-
tives 1hadffed upon the government for
yeare, drawing pay for no services what
ever to the amount Of nearly -S2t00el 900
in portion OF the customs service and
the Treasury Department, and claimed
that this Indicated extravaganza in all
the departments Of the government, and
that reform in the fullest sense of thed
word could only be secured by q conn
plete change OF administration, and In
ala departments and subordinate posi-
tions by placing men who had
no interest In concealing and
covering up the wrongdoing OF the past.
In reference to the depression OF bust
ness and the want Of employment Of
labor, the Senator said that without re-
ferring to the destruction Of property In
the civil war, and the peculiar circum-
stance to which the war gave rise, there
were three great causes that deserve no
tice: First, the effect of improved labor
saving machinery. Second, of exorbi-
tant taxation. Third, OF the apprecia-
ton in value Of the currency, that is In
the purchasing power ef the aeliar. He
spoke at some length OF the effect Of each
OF these causes, and In reference to the
last said that however desirable a return
to q sound basis for our currency might
be, It could not be denied that 1t was a
severe operation upon the people or
governments In debt, and that expe-
rience showed that we were reaching
the specie basis as fast as a just regard
to the interests of the country would |
permit, and that to force resumption |
was neither just nor polite. He feared
that forced resumption could not be |
but thought that without
arbitrary measures resumption would |
take place in a comparatively short
time, and would be maintained. He ex- |
planned the acts OF Congress demonetiz-
Ing silver, and advocated the remonetiz-
Ing of the dollar of the fathers as an act
Of simple justice rs well as Of good
policy.