The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-10-07
And Treats Him to n DrendfuI
Drubbing Of Facts And
Figures,
Iy"OT', In HIS Assertion
MS 10 the Negro,
And That Democratic RuIe Is
what Caused the south
to Forge Ahead.
THuRHAN's rHUNDERBOLr.
IL Hits moody shirt sherman some
Hard Raps.

It Hits BIoedy.shirt sherman Some
Hard Raps.
TOLEDO, o., October 6.-Ex-Sen-
ator Allan G Thurman was greeted
at Wheeler's opera house tonight
with crowd that was only limited
by the capacity of the house. He APP
peared to be in good voice although
frequently interrupted by coughing,
and after apologizing for writing his
speech read from printed copy, fire.
quently stopping to add extempor-
aueous remarks. He was listened to
with the greatest attention and spoke
In substance as follows:
Judge Thurman on being intro
duced began his speech by refer
ence 10 the Mount Goliad speech Of
Senator Sherman at the opening of
the campaign, which he said was an
indictment of the south and revival
of the charges of outrage made IN
years gone by. He quoted the words
of Garfield In opposition to the re-
sival of sectional hatred and said the
last presidential campaign was open
ell by the republican candidate OH the
tariff as the chief issue but before the
campaign closed this was dropped
aud the bloody-shirt raised as the
banner of certain republican victory,
but when the votes were counted the
bann err was found trailing in dust.
Particular stress was laid on the
sentiments of Grant that the passions
OF the war were at an end, and amaze
ment was expressed that man speak
ing over his tomb should be 80 au-
daciOus as to say there is no recon-
citation; that ''the only effective way
to suppress Il Is to again send the
boys in blue to the south" Quoting
from Senator Shcrman's speech)
The speaker, In replying thereto.
said: "Now II is impossible, ms 1t
seems 10 me, to misunderstood these
gtterances. They are either va'r and
empty declanations or
DISGUSTING BRAoApo,
lsuch as no man of the ability of Sher-
man or in his high station could in.
dulge without disgrace, or they arc
his real sentiments, and mean, when
thoroughly anal, zcd, that If the
republican party cannot obtain power
in any other way IL shall obtain and
hold II by the sword. | know that
such an idea, il you do not reflect
upon it, Is calculated TO excite youl
derision. But stop aud reflect. Il
the great state of Ohio can be carried
by such appeals to passion
and prejudice as sherman j
making, ii his weapons shall be suf-
iicient to thrust from office the mel
who two years ago were elected, /
they should hcw the way to a seat IL
the senate for their author, they will
become the creed of the republican
party in 1888 and
: THE DOC iRINE OF HATE
will be strongly, IL not permanently
/, established in the land and Judg
Thurman said: 'The issue raised b
Mr.. Sherman is dangerous one t.
the business and the prosperity {
the American people, and tn
effort to blow into a flame th
diving embers of civil strif'
should be irowned down by all 10y
y people,.
4 The speaker next proceeded t
!. answer the arguments of Mr.. She
I man, concerning the previous cond
A ton of the
= COIOhED MEN oobAht
claiming they were now in the el
Ijoyment of greater prosperity al
greater civil rights than ever enjoy
on this globe by an equal number
m their race. He dated the pre-
n pcrity OF that section from 10;
N when the democrats came into co
4. troll aud radical rule and carpet ba
gers went out. "At the end of I
Years it can be safely affirm,
that there is not an indust
in the south, but Is me
prosperous than IL ever was in tn
ID region before. Indeed they have
RI many lines of manufacture becol
In rivals of the mills of the weste
states.n The speaker sketched
numerous enterprises and devel'
ments of the south, the free scho
:. for colored children, the conte
~, men. which exists among colo
~ people as shown very plainly
10 fact that they have not
H ns graz ed to any of Che old free sta
Gu all this was argued TO prove Il
w. were not disconnected, murdered |
So deprived of their rights as depic
by Sherman and other rcpubli
On orators. The colored man seemed
~ prefer living with the white II
"a of the south, though they be del
ln u Gratis. to dwelling In the tents of
~ radicals, even though they be sal
eir 1t was argued that all these thi
could not be so, ii the negroes in
south were in state of wretch
AT ness which has been so often ass
A. ed. Judge Thurman here quote,
~, length from the Tenth Census of ]
,he statistics, showing proofof thu
,.as sertion which he had made, the I
.hs cipal point being that the coli
;as people are in a majority IN but
rus of the southern states, s,
''n' Carolina aud Mississippi,
he confined his argument
the census of those two 81
III The object in these figures was
, eA parently TO show the depression
ilea values in the periods covered by
'.eu publican rule and the advance {,
ii'h material interests under demo'
government.
After disposing of wildern
: figures In regard TO the conditiC
"a South Carolina, the speaker sur
ster- up by saying: ain short, every
ihui- that feeds or clothes the negro
no state Is within his reach TO {
that he never knew before.
once more | put 1t to you,
udgc COULD THIS BE THE uAht
oyer II South Carolina was In the J
Ferd. condition that the radical sp
represented No, my feilow-c