Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-18
THURMAN AMONG HIS OWN
NEIGHBORS.

NH n AHA
NEIGHBOURS.
We believe this column can be filled
with no article that will be more accept
able to our patrons, at this time, than
the address of Mr.. Thurman on his re-
turn to Columbia from the Chicago Con.
~vention in reply to the welcome OF his
~neighbors. He is a man who enjoys the
regard of the entire country, and had ne
been nominated for the Presidency the
contest between him and Mr.. Blaine
would have been much less partisan thar
such a struggle usually is. But expe-
diency had to be considered n the
Democrats, in consequence selected a
man who is generally stronger before the
people than he. Mr.. Thurman recog-
nizes this in his speech and expresses
himself as satisfied with the nominations.
He can hardly be criticized for resentine
the treatment he received at the hands
Of sops Of the Ohio delegates to whose
hypocrisy" he refers. In response to
the ovation with which he was met, Mr..
Thurman said:
my friends and n~eighbors: l should
not be q human being, and would have no
heart in my bosom, were ! not deeply
touched by the expression of your kind.
ness and regard. I knew that you were
my friends, that you would greet me and
take me by the hand on my return; but
that you should give such q marked dem
oustration of your regard is beyond all
expectation. For one who is not, and
never expects to be anything but a pri-
vate citizen, it is indeed more than could
have been anticipated, therefore l ex-
press to you most sincerely my gratitude.
This repays me for any disappointment
you may think l feel. But let me tell
you sincerely l an not disappointed, a
~sore-headed man. I have met with
reverses in the past, but always tried to
keep q level head. l am happier and
feel better in the midst Of this rejoicing
by my friends than if I had received the
nomination for the Presidency. l was
not in any sense o candidate. For a year
or so I have said | would not be o candi-
date, and that all I asked of the world
was to be let alone. But the
world saw fit to have it otherwise. Your
State Convention made me a delegate
TO the National Convention of the De-
mocracy, and, after l arrived at Chicago.
so many friends said they were bound to
present my name for the nomination and
asked me to consent to their efforts that
/ had not the heart to resist them. !
am not here to throw cold water on any.
thing that has been done. l will not 60
over the pro ceedings Of the convention,
but I will So that l know your nomi.
nees are honorable men in that. so far as
Gov. Cleveland and Gov. Hendricks
themselves are concerned. there was
nothing done but that which was honor.
able in bringing about the result. There
were q few men there, of whose actions
it would be the sheerest hypocrisy in me
to express any approval, but l can live
without their support, and I hope they
. live without mine. Your nomina'
lions were fairly made. 1t is impossible
to crafty all in such matters. There
will always be those who are disappoint'
ed because of the failure to nominate
their friends, but there should be hone al
the present time. The convention was
the ~grandest ever held on earth, and the
nominations were made by SO large ma
j~orities and amid such enthusiasm as tc
inspire confidence. Let US 60 to work
and redeem this country from the iron
rule under which it has fallen. The
people are tired Of the present powers,
and with patriotic motives and earnest
work, we will live to see this country in
the hands of that party of reformer,
which was once small, but which is now
the party of the people from one end Of
the land to the other. The speaker eulo.
gized highly those who had been his op.
ponents, and spoke of the nominees in
admiring terms, after which he
said he was weary, that he had been
travelling since 5 o'clock, that he had
been kept a prisoner a week at Chicago.
To those who were rushing in to see
the old man, and pointing to his old
homestead. by which his carriage stood,
he said: II am now particularly anx.
ious to get into that house there and see
an old lady who is waiting for me.
just ~ he closed there was q cry sent
up all along the line. Thank you,'
and the cheers were continued for
some time after the door was closed.