Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-10-22

of our working people by uttering false and
scandalous campaign stories" Enthusiastic
cheering.l
After the speech the usual formality of
personal greetings was gone through.
THE "oLD ROMAN" AT BRAZIL.
He Closes His Indiana Canvass and Starts
for Columbus.
Brazil, Ind, Oct. 22.-Judge Thurman,
Governor Gray, Hon. Hughes East, and a
corps of press representatives reached this
city at noon Saturday by special train, the
vice presidential candidate intending to
make his closing speech in Indiana at this
point. The Democrats of the Eighth district
had prepared a royal reception for the dis
tnguished visitor, and when he reached the
station a large concourse of people was pres
ent to receive him. He was met at the car
by the Normal club b, of DePauw university,
and escorted directly to the residence of
Capt James NJ Hopkins, the people lining
the streets on either side and rendering the
passage of the vehicles very slow, and at
times impossible Upon reachi ng the resi-
dence of Capt Hopkins Judge Thurman
went directly to the balcony to review the
parade which had formed Immediately upon
his arrival. The marked features of the dis
play were twenty-five wagons, each drawn
by four horses, and containing clubs of
young ladies dressed in bandana costumes;
100 ladies and gentlemen on horseback, SIM
ilarly attired; forty-four clubs, many of
them in uniform, from the sur
rounding counties, and wagon
from each township in the county
Iaa aIol, ,,ri+k on;I hna han
ners. On one of the wagons was cage made
of hickory poles and containing several men
who were formerly Greenbackers, an in
seription over the cage announcing that it
was one of Harrison asylums for Green
back idiots" In the meantime, the crowd
had increased until it numbered many thous-
| and persons, including those in the march
| ing column. After dining with Capt. Hop
kins, Judge Thurman was driven to grove
| three fourths of mile distant where the
| crowd had preceded him, and where be was
enthusiastically welcomed Upon reaching
| the platform, Hon. George A. Byard
stepped forward and presented the candI-
| date with basket of beautiful cut flowers,
saying: Judge Thurman. this being an aus
| picious day, Just two months since you
started upon your illustrious campaign, the
| Democratic ladies Of this city, out of respect
| to you, and believing that you are the no
| blest Roman of them all, desire me in their
name to present this emblem of flowers to
you,"
When the cheering had subsided Judge
Thurman, replied: Give the ladies my sin
cerest thanks and assure them that | appre-
| ciate their kindess most heartily"
The Judge was then introduced by Hon.
George A Knight, who in his introduction
referred to Mr.. Thurman's decision as ar
bitrator in the case of the miners and the
Hooking Valley coal operators. The judge
was received with great cheering and pro-
ceeded to express his thanks from the warm
reception be had received He then eulo-
gized President Cleveland as an honest man,
and his administration as clean and efficient,
and declared that his only reason for accept
ing the nomination was that be il he could
do anything toward the reelection of Cleve
land he thought he should do it, He then re.
ferred to the Hooking Valley decision, and
devoted few minutes to discussion of the
proper means of distributing the wealth oil
the country as it is produced, saying;
"The capitalist lends his money and gets
interest upon it, and that is his profit Ther
there is the middeman, the manufacturer
who borrows the capital with which he runs
his business. Then comes the laboring man.
He must have his share. and he must have
an honest share or he is defrauded. tCheers.
Now, there is where the trouble comes in
That is the great trouble in this tariff sys
tenn of ours, that, while the profits of th'
business be 30, 4G or so per cent, the laborel
does not get more than 3 or 4 per cent. ol
that profit | say to you, laboring mel
within the sound of my voice, that it is right
in you to look to your own interests-not to
resort to violence, not to make unwarranta
BILE demands but to protect your interests By
all fair and upright and honorable mean;
that man can use to protect his children
Whoever says to you that you shall not carr
your daily bread, you shall not feed youl
wife and children, you ought moi
to have a comfortable home unies
you will give up your own judg
ment, uness you will surrende
!; your freedom, unless you will cease to be in
dependent American citizens, and will vot
as II dictate" is no good citizen. [Applause
No, my frien.Is, let me tell you, you hav
many things for which to thank the A
mighty. Yon may thank Him that you liv
in a land so bounteous, so plentiful as this
that you live in a country OF free institr
tious, where every man stands in law th
= equal of every other man; where you ca
= hold yonr head as high as the proudest ma
in the land and be as much entitled to r,
spect if you behave yourselves well and liv
: a virtuous life. [Applause.l Whenever 20
} allow these rights to be trampleds upon
whenever you surrender your independence
whenever you give up the God-given rigi
which makes you the equal of all men an
, entities you to the fair rewards of your oB
thinking and your own voting; wheneve
!, you give that up you will no longer be FIRE
American citizen, but you will be the slave
of so many dictators who will ride upon 20
booted and spurred for their own interest
= and not for yours" Continued applause. ]
The Democratic party was defended
the friend of the laborer. and the Repub
cans denounced as his enemy because they i
sisted on taxing everything he has. Ever
's thing that was good for the laboring ms
IS had its origin in Democratic principles
the speaker said-the right to vote, equali
before the laval the general principles
q the government, were Democratic. h
yerting to the labor question again, be sa