Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1888-11-02
The. cold Roman Goes After the
Republican Party in a
Vigorous Speech.
He Thinks That James G.. Blaine
Has Lost Some of His
Plumes,
But That He is Called the Real Re-
publican Candidate for the
Presidency. -5-
No Eight by Seven for Him.


NEWARK, o., Oct. S1.-During his speech
here to-day Mr.. Thurman said of President
Cleveland: "Four years ago he was can
didate for the presidency. He was can
didate after we had quarter of century of
republican rule or nearly that. Our op-
ponents then predicted all manner of evil
that would befall this country if Cleveland
The people turned deaf ear and wisely
turned deaf ear to the croakings of our
opponents. They elected Cleveland presi-
dent and he was inaugurated. They could
not play any electoral commission eightby
seven on him. [Great cheering and
laughter He was elected and now put
it to you this day; put it to every man in
this crowd no matter what
HIS POLITICS MAY BE,
if these predictions were made, those evil
auguries that fell from the lips of the re-
publican speakers tour years ago have, not
all been completely negatived by
said if Cleveland We're elected
this country would be ruined. more ap-
plause and voice, yes they did']. That
business men everywhere would be broken
up, and that laborers everywhere would be
plause and a voice, .and that the rebel debt
would be paid']. Judge Thurman, yes,
and that the rebel debt would be paid, and
the rebels would be pensioned and that the
loyal soldiers of the union would get no
pensions at all. All this and far more they
predicted would be the result of the elec-
tion of Grover Cleveland. Well, my
friends, you know what has been the re-
suit. Now, we are told by Mr.. Blaine, who
is called by
SOME THE REAL CANDIDATE
for the presidency, prolonged cheersl,
who is called by others the Plumed knight
although his plumes have so withered and
faded you do not see much of them any
more. Continued cheering1. We are told
by him that the United States is in the
most prosperous condition of any country
IN the world. [Great applause]. Three
years and a half of democratic administra-
tion and the country is the most prosper
[great applause], and now has the rebel
debt been paid? No, and it never will be,
can tell you, for the constitution of the
United States expressly prohibits its pay
ment and every man who predicted it
would be paid ought to have
READ HIS CONSTITUTION,
and if he had read he ought to cease play
ing upon the truth. Have the rebel soldiers
been pensioned? Yes, theirs was one of
them-only one-and let me tell you how
that came to be. The republicans in con-
gress passed bill to pension a man and
sent it to Grover Cleveland for
his signature and when Cleveland
come to look into the case as he looks into
every case that requires his official sigma
ture, he found there was only one slight
objection and that was that the man had
fought on the wrong side; [Great cheering
land']. He was rebel soldier, but had
got a pension bill through congress.
THE PRESIDENT VETOED IT
and from that day to this the president has
been abused because he thought that the
pension roll ought to be roll of honor, q
roll of loyalty and not q roll of treason
and dishonesty. Continued applausel.
Have our own soldiers lost their pensions?
Ceres Of MOI. Why, Grover Cleveland
predecessors put together"