The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-21
THE GRAND OLDR0MAN
Mr.. Thurman Starts on His
Tour.
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTIONS

ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTIONS T!
Cheers and Responds in
Brief Speeches.
TOLEDO, Ohio, August 20.-About 4
O'Clock this afternoon a special train
bearing Judge Thurman and party left
Columbus on the way TO Port Huron,
via this city. Besides the "Old Roman
the party consisted of Congressman
Cultivate, of Columbus; Allen w.
Thurman and son, Lee, of Columbus;
and several newspaper correspondents
Judge Thurman said he was not feeling
we'll, but walked erect and firm. At
Elmwood the train stopped for a mo-
ment, but the first crowd was encoun-
tered at Powell, and in re
sponsa to numerous calls, Judge
Thurman spoke briefly. The train
pulled out as the crowd gave three
cheers for the candidate. a sign on q
high pole next to the car read,
"FREE MUSLIN"
and above the words was tame coon.
A very enthusiastic crowd was at the
depotsat Delaware and the air was red
with bandans as the crowd cheered.
At the appearance of Thurman, Hon.
E. F. Peopleton and committee,
boarded the train and brought the
Judge to the platform, where, as soon
as the cheering subsidized he spoke as
follows:
THURMAN'S SPEECH.
eff Mr.. Peopleton had the making
of the next Vice President of the United
States, have no doubt but 1 would be
the man. daughter and applause.
! But there are great many others who
have a word to say on that subject.
can tell this, my friends, that if you
want this old fellow to be your next
President OF the United States.
YOU must go to work. applause and
cries of We'll do it."O AS have so
| little time, l can't do better than
to con6ne myself to a single
idea. You have heard q great
deal about the tariff, That is
great subject upon which many
speeches are now made. l have learned
in long practical experience of a great
many attempts to humbug people, bu
of all that | ever have seen or heard
the pretension that high tariff is for the
beneiL OF laboring men is
THE GREATEST HUMBUG.
What is tariff? It's tax-tax levied
by the general government upon com
modities that the laboring men as vel
as others use. It is tax that take:
hold of everything from the
crown of your head to the soleS
tof your feet; that taxes your hat, your
coat, your vest, your breeches, your
boots, your shoes; that taxes each ano
every implement which you use in your
mechanical and agricultural operations
and now, to tell me that to take Ia
boring man aud to tax him from the
top of his head to the sOles OF his feet
and to tax him on everything he uses
in his trade, is to benefit him, seems tC
me nothing but al absurdity. LAp-
plause.
Here the speaker was interrupted by
a train hand and jumped on as the trair
pulled out amid enthusiastic cheering.
All the small stations along the way
were interes sdln the journey and men
women and children waived their greet
ing as the train sped by.
AT MARION,
workingmenin their shirt sleeves, far
mers on horseback, business men
clerks, women, boys and girls to the
number of oyer 1000 crowded abou'
the train to give an enthusiastic
greeting to the "Old Roman" This i!
| the Home OF Benton G. Young, the
Democratic candidate for Secretary Of
the State, and that gentleman boarded
the train and presented Judge Thur
man to the crowd. The judge expressed
he wished. He spoke few words in
commend alton OF Mr.. Young anc
started to say something abo,t the
prospects for this fall, when the traiI
moved away amid the cheers of the
crowd.
At Upper Sandusky, in response to
calls from 8 large and enthusiastic
crowd, Judge Thurman appeared and
said in part:
ANOTHER SPEECH.
| "Under the time Limitation as to the
stoppage of the train at any one place
you will not expect me to make q
speech on the great questions that nov
agitate the people of the United
States and the people of Ohio. If had
time nothing could give me greater
pleasure than to say something to you
upon this much discussed question the
tariff. l would like to expose some oil
the humbugs that are wont to be
made use of-the greatest l have met
with ii my long experience in public
affairs. VII . ny man tells labor
ing man that !. .Sriff tax for tariff is
nothing but s. * which taxes him
in the price, he pays for everything
he wears from the crown of his head
to the sole of his feet. and this is good
thing for him, answer that it is an
absureity. What man ever got rich by
having his hard earnings taken out OF
his pocket by taxation, and to say thai