The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-27
CRACKING JOKES BY THE ROADSIDE.
Speechmaking Tour of the Hero OF
the Bandanna.
Judge Thurman Promptly Adopts
Lord SackviIIe's Defense.
Chairman Brice Sends a Draft to
Help Garry West Virginia.


and Speaker Carlisle were the central figures
in the party that occupied Col. Brice's pri
vate car as it pulled out of Cincinnati this
morning in the rain. Small crowds greeted
the train at Miamisburg, Hamilton, Dayton
and Tippecanoe. At Troy Mr.. Thurman
was introduced as the next Vice President
and addressed large crowd. He said
My friends, if you will all vote as you
ought to, then, indeed / will be the next
Vice President, because intend to live ur
to inauguration. daughter and cheers.] ]
grave, (renewed laughter) but after ten
weeks on the stump and never failing to
keep an appointment, is pretty good proof
that have two feet on earth. Laughter and
applause Judge Thurman excused himself
from making speech, saying that before he
could speak ten sentences the machine he
was standing on would move off. 1t was the
most unsatisfactory stump he ever spoke on.
He had tried fifty times in the last ten weeks
to make speeches from this stump and when
he got into the very finest sentence he could
form the pesky thing would run off with
him. Mr.. Carlisle also spoke briefly
AT Wapakeneta, 400 or 500 people had COL
lected and called for speech. Some one in
the crowd called out, "How is the Old Roman.
shook hands with him twenty years ago. .
Judge Thurman.-"He is just as tough as
hickory knot" [Applause and laughter.
were then"
Judge Thurman-"Well: 1 don't know
but l am. l believe l grow handsomer asjI
grow older. / don't know as the ladies think
so, but the old Democrats do. TGreat cheer
ing;J In this place, | recollect very well, /
made speech in 1867, that made many votes
for us that year" The train moved on, pre-
venting further speaking. The train was
greeted in this city by a crowd of several
thousand. The Judge was taken to dinner
at the Lima House.
= After dinner the Judge was driven to
Faurots Music Hall where the afternoon
meeting was held. The hall was packed and
the crowd gave an enthusiastic welcome to
the speakers. Thirty-fOur handsomely
bandanna uniformed young ladies from Cold
water assisted the glee club in furnishing
music. Judge Thurman was received with
storm OF applause. The "Old Roman
after speaking with unmeasured praise of
PRESIDENT Cleveland asia brave, successful
level-headed man and indulging in a little
humor about the bandanna, said: "Ithink |
may safely assert to every man who is will
ing to open his ears to the truth, that, in the
long discussion on the tariff the Democratic
speakers have had victory on their side.
great cheeringl andI that our opponents
feel this to be so, Is very evident from several
circumstances" He expressed the opinion
that Republican rejection of the fishery
treaty was done to change the issue and also
tnat they attempt to make out that the
President had not stood up in a
bold and manly manner for the interests of
the people of the United States. Mr. Thurman
then asserted that the Republicans would
neither retaliate or fight and that they pre-
ferred to have MI. Blaine travel around and
abuse the Democratic party. He also as
serted that Senate had so amended the
Chlnese. treaty as to secure its rejection
Continuing he said: Having thus failed In
the discussion of the tariff, and having fail
ed in their attempt to destroy Cleveland
with their opposition to the Chinese exclu-
sion Dill, some OF the mean men of the party
have all at once discovered another mares
nest which they think will hatch Offspring
that may destroy the Democratic party Jap
plause.J They want to get rid of the dis
Gu c9sslon OF the tariff. They want to get rid
OF the discussion of the fisheries. They
want to get rid of the Chinese question; and
have started new dodge" Here Mr.. Thur
man. alluded to the Murchisen letter to Lord
Sackville and his answer. The letter, he be-
lleyed, was a forgery, but whether forgery
or genuine, it was the production of de-
liberate villain who deserves to be scorned
The letter itself never was written
by man who for one moment
thought of voting for President Cleveland.
On the contrary, it was written by some
anu Cuunlue
who thought to entrap the British minister
and get from him some reply that could be
used against President Cleveland in the
election. SO when that man professed to be
friendly to Mr.. Cleveland, and only seeking
correct knowledge. he was lying with eg-
cry breath he uttered and every word he
wrote. lApplause.I When he said the an
swer of the British minister should be kept a
profound secret he was lying, for he intend
ed to publish it. How does it come that the
letter to the English minister marked "pri-
vate," and the letter of the British minister,
never see the light, are in the public press
today? The letter of Murchison's processes
to have been written on the 4th of Septem-
Der last, and the British minister's answer
processes to be written on the 18th of Sep
tember, yet for more than a month no man
cept the men in the conspiracy. The whole
affair was kept secret until the meeting of
lrishmen at Madison Square. New York, last
night. Then j. G. Blaine was to sum up this
correspondence in an attempt to prove that
the sworn President of the United States,
cabinet were all set Of conspirators agains {
the people.
A Draft From Col. BrIce.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 26-Chairman
Brice of the Democratic national committee
has just honored draft on him for $4,000
sent to Parkersburg. This is the first remit
tance of SAC, 900 to be sent to this State be-
tween now and election day, in addition to
all that has been sent before.s The money is
sent in response to demands from the State
committee, who have represented that unless
tn money was forthcoming the State would
be lost
The national committee has no confidence
In the ability of the State committee to
manage the State campaign.
Pretty much the same tactics will be pur-
sued as in 1884. when three days before the
election $4,000 was dumped into the State
and 1t was saved to the Democracy.
Registration In New York.
New YORK, Oct 26.-Both the city officials
and private citizens are showing great activ-
ity here to prevent illegal registration. Re-
plying to communication today from the
Cleveland and Thurman Dry Goods Club,
District Attorney Fellows writes that he
will be glad to receive any information from
the public which may lead to the detection Of
frauds on the register. Such a course on
their part will greatly strengthen his efforts
and any information given will be regarded
as strictly confidential. The District At
torney addressed letter to the board of po-
lice justices asking it to make arrangements
so that cases of illegal registration or voting
may be heard at any police court in New
York city, even though the alleged offence is
committed outside the territory ordinarily
allotted each court for Jurisdiction. If the
board cannot see its way to do this, the Dis
trict Attorney proposes that some one court
be allotted for hearing all cases under the
election law.
Several arrests were made today for illegal
registration. A deputy United States mar
sha, named William o. Keene, was arrested
today charged with registering from two
election districts. On being brought to the
District Attorneys Office the accused said he
had changed his residence since the first reg
istration, and before registering a second
time had given notice to the inspector of
election where he originally registered. be-
lieving that this was all that was necessary
to make the second registration perfectly le
gal. His story was verified, and he was re-
leased, but told he had lost his vote. A man
named James S. Starr attempted to register
here today by giving an address where he
was not known. He last worked In a cigar
store in Red Bank N. j., about three months
ago. He confessed his guilt, and said the
address had been given him by a stranger.
He was held for trial. The right of Union
Theological Seminary students to vote is
again under discussion. District ATTORNEY
Fellows said today that only those could
vote whose homes were in New York State.
The third days registration was 66O4l,
showing for the three days 255, 1872, against
208, ,268 in 1884.
PowderIy Says He is Neutral.