The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-23
SENATOR THURMIN's SPEECH.
Hayes Fraudulent Tuic-shermnn's Sham
Reform The silver Qnc.tlon

MARION, Ohio, Sept. 22.-A largo number
OF representative Democrats and many Repub-
licans assembled here to oday to listen to Senator
Ihurman, who spoke two hours. His speech
covered the question. first. relative TO the dis
putrd Presidential election. Mr.. Thurman
claimed the fair and undoubtcd cection OF
Samuel j. Tilden to tho Presidency: that the
country the Returning Boards Of Louisiana and
OF Florida was fraudulent. and the methods by
which the final results were arrived ut in these
States were clearly Illegal under the law which
created the Returning Boards to say nothing
OF the unconstituiionalitv OF tho act itself. lie
claimed that the Electoral Commission. in re-
fus ng to hear evidence Of want Of Jurisdiction
in the returns OF Florida and Louisiana were
clearly in error. He warned I'll" p"oplc OF tho
dangers OF closely cont 'sied elections. il sn"h
prO'rcdnga did not receive their severe aud
imm"diat" conformation.
Second Senator Thurman claimed That the
policy OF PRESIDENT Hayes was precisely that
which he Thurman had contanded for during
the past ten years. He contrastrd this policy
with the Speeches Of Republican part sans last
year. and drew the conrlls on that the Democ-
rncy were right. as tho result in tho South had
Thrd-Hc showed tho ncccssity Of reform in
tho admin stration OF the Hon. John sherman,
showing that an army OF useless relatives had
fed upon the Government for years. drawing
pay for no services Whatever To the amount Of
nearly s2,OOO.OOO. ~ portion of the Customs
service and the Trensury Department. and
claimed that TINS Indicated "Ntrnvagance IN
all the departments of the Government. and
that reform in the fullest sense Of the word
could only he secured 10y complete change OF
adm n stration. and by placing In all the depart
nl"nts md subord nate positions men who had
no interest In conocaling and covering up the
wrong doing OF the past
In reference to tho depression OF business
and the want OF employment Of labor. the Sem
ntOr said that. without referring to the dcstruc-
ton OF property in the civil war and the pccu-
liar crcumstan 'cs to which the war gave rise
there were three great causes that deserved
notice: FIRST the ennct of improved labor saving
machinery; second, Of exorbitant taxation /;
third OF the nppreciat on in the value of the
currcncy-thnt Ia. in the purchas ing power OF
the dollar. He spoke at some length of the
eHect OF each OF these causes, and In reference
to the last said that. however des rablc a return
to n sound basis for our currency might be- II
could not be denied that IL was a severe opera
tion upon people or Governments in debt; that
eApcricn - showed that we were roaching the
specie bus = rs fast as n Just regard to the in
tcrests OF the country would permit. and that
Y force resumption was neither Just nor polite.
He feared that forced resumption could not be
maintained. but thought that without arbitrary
measures resumption would take place in a
comparatively short time. and would be main
tncd. He explained the acts ~ Congress de-
monetizng silver. and advoo ntcd remonetlzing
the dollar Of the fathers rs IN act OF simple
justice as we'll AS Of good policy.