St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-07
A FEW LIES REFUTED.
Allen G.. Thurman Takes the Stump Long
Enough to Disprove Some Sher-
man Yarns.
Durbin Ward Issues a Brief but POINTED
Appeal to the Democrats OF
Ohio.
Our Commercial Relations With Cuba
and Some Needed Regulations
Being Considered.
Minnesota Stone triumphant anu
Convict Labor Routed --More
Lands Than Grants.
Senator Thurman on the ROstrunh'

Lands Than Grants.
Senator Thurman on the ROstrunh.
TOLEDO, o., Oct. 6.-EX-Senator Allen
G.. Thurman was greeted at WheeIers opera
house tonight with crowd that was only
limited by the capacity of the house. He
appeared in good voice, although frequently
interrupted by coughing. and, after apollo
gizing for writing his speech, read from a
printed copy, frequently stopping TO add an
eXtemporaneOuS remark. he was listened
TO with the greatest attention. de began
with reference to the Mount Gilead speech
of Senator Sherman's at the opening OF the
campaign. which he said was an indictment
OF the South and a revival OF the charges OF
crime and outrage made in years gone
by. He quoted the words Of Garfield in
opposition to the revival of sectional hatred
and said the last presidential campaign was
opened by The Republican candidate on the
tariff as the chief issue. but before the cam
paign closed this was dropped and the
bloody shirt was taken up as the banner OF
certain Republican victory, but when the
votes were counted the banner was found
trailing in the dust. Particular strength
was laid upon the sentiments of Grant, that
the passions of the war were at an end, and
expressed regret that a man speaking over
his tomb. should be so audaci0us as to say
there is no reconciliation, that the only Ell
fective way to suppress it is again TO SEND
THE BOYS IN BLUE
to the South. Quoting from Senator Sher-
mans speech, the speaker in replying
thereto, said:
Now, it is impossible. as it seems to me, to
misunderstood these utteranceS. They are
aith 1-ofT1 nd
gusting bruvado such as no man OF the aDlI-
ity of Senator Sherman, or in his hlgh St2tloh,
could indulge in without disgrace, or they are
his real sentiments, and mean, when thCr-
oughly analyZed, that if the Repubhcan party
cannot obtain power in any other way, 1t snail
obtain and hold it by the sword. l know that
such an idea. if you don't reflect upon It, Is
calculated to excite your discussion, but STOP
and reflect. II the great state OF ONO can De
carried by such an appeal 10 passion anu
prejudice as Sherman is making, II MS Weap-
ons shall be sufficient to thrust from olhce
the men whom two years ago you elected, IL
they shall hew the way to a fifth term IN the
senate fog their author, they will become the
creed of t9S Republican party in 1888, and
the decline of hate viii be strongly, IL not
permanently established in the land
Judge Thurman said the issue raised by
Mr.. Sherman was dangerous one to the
business and prosperity OF the American
people, and the effort to blow into flame
the dying embers of civil strife should be
frowned down by all loyal people. The
speaker next proceeded to answer the ar
guments of Mr.. Sherman concerning the
greyiouS condition of the colOred
RACE IN THE SOUTH,
claiming they were now in enjoyment OF
greater prosperity and greater civil rights
than were ever enjoyed on this globe by an
equal number of their race. Judge Thur
man quoted at length from the tenth CEN
suS of $780, statistics in proof OF the asser-
tions which he had made, the principal
point being that the cClOred people are IN
the majority in but two of the Southern
states. South Carolina and Mississippi, and
he confined his argument to the census OF
these two states. The object in these figures
was apparently to show the depression in
all values in the period covered by Repub-
lican rule and the advance Of all material
interests under Democratic government.
Judge Thurman denied the assumption Of
Senator Sherman that all the colored voters
of the South were Republicans and would
vote that ticket if not tewOriZed. He said:
If it were true it would be d serious ques-
ton as to whether a people, so servile and
cowardly, are fit to exercise the elective fran
chse, but, for one, L do not believe they are
so utterly debased. | believe that, having
good reason for not voting the Republican
ticket, they abstain from doing so, in great
numbers, or vote the Democratic ticket l
know very well that under the manipulation
of the Freedmen's bureau agents.
soon AFTER THE WAR,
the colored people in the South were, to q
great extent, drawn into Republican So-called
union leagues, and were taught to believe
that if the Democratic party succeeded they
would be once more reduced to slavery. l do
not deny that Il great effect was produced
upon their minds by these false pretenses,
but we have good reason to believe that year
by year those false impressions have grown
weaker and weaker, and that they have, to a
great degree, learned the truth.
The speaker states that when the Demo
Gratis carried Mississippi in 1875 it was said
it had been done through terrorism and
fraud. This was false, and he read a let
ter from United States Senator RevelS to
the president in support of his assertion.
He promised its reading by stating that
Revels was a colored minister and Re-
publican. lie had served in the senate with
him and found him to be a man Of educa-
tiOn and reSpectability. The speaker then
read Grants last message as read to his old
companions in arms at Nevga, Ill. by Col
Fred Grant, and closed his speech by say
ing:
l have no time to speak Of state politics
.'~cept to say that l believe a good license
would be the best solution of the liquor
4, ~+ion. In 1851, 1 voted against the pro-
Y. in the constitution forbidding license,
ant have not changed my opinion since.
a ord more: You have state ticket COM
posed of competent men, and that was fairly
nominated. 1 earnestly appeal to you to give
it your warm support and I think it is your
duty to show by your votes that you have
confidence in the existing administration Of
the federal government. In word, do your
duty and your whole duty, and never despair
of success.
Durbin Wards Appeal.
Special to the Globe.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 6.-Gen. Durbin
Ward president of the Ohio Democratic
league, has issued a card in which he sets
forth the principles of the Democratic
party in the campaign. He further says:
Victory in Ohio by the election of the