The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
DEMOCRACY'S DAY.
Judge Thurman at the Cincinnati
Centennial Exposition.

Enormous Crowds Cheer tho old Romans
Exposition OF Hi. Party Principles
Presentation Of Horseshoe-
speaker Carlisle's Address.
CINCINNATI, Oct, 2G--Democratic day
Thursday at the Centennial has been
! magnificent success, and the demonsfra-
tion In Thurman's honor, has been such
as to reflect credit on the Democracy OF
the city and State. The Judge was liter
ally besieged all morning by friends, who
called at the Grand Hotel to pay their re-
| spects, and he was so delayed that he did
not get to breakfast until eleven O'Clock.
At twelve the parlor doors we're thrown
open, and until the time of his departure
for the reviewing stand on the Centennial
grounds, the Judge shook hands with hun
dreds Of ladies and gentlemen who
crowded in to see him.
The streets were well filled with people,
/! and about the stands the streets were
packed. There were eight divisions com
posed Of local and visiting Democratic
clubs, all of whom shouted vigorously as
they passed the stand. Clubs were pres
ent from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky In
cluded in the parade were big hat labeled
''Grandpa's hat" and a mammoth rooster
made of plumes At the conclusion of the
| parade large crowd gathered in front Of
| the reviewing stand and called for
| speeches, but Judge Thurman and Speaker
| Carlisle both excused themselves because
of their speeches about to be delivered In
doors, and the crowd dispersed slowly.
Meanwhile crowds had been surging into
Music Hall and the Exposition buildings,
and when the exercises began there could
not have been less than ~, 600 people in
AlrA, -. - I~o:.~ -
Hall alone. waiting for Judge Thurman to
| appear. On the stage was large flower
framed picture Of Mrs. Cleveland,
and beside it smaller pictures of President
| Cleveland and Judge Thurman. Thirty
eight girls sat on the stage to represent
| the different States, and waved bandanas
and fiags as their part in the storm of ap-
plause with which the Judge was greeted.
1t kept up in installments for several min
| utes, each time being restarted by some
| enthusiastic Democrat shouting: whats
| the matter with Cleveland!' or whats
the matter with Thurmanf" to which there
came the wcll-known reply: Hes all
| right" President James Allison, of the
| Exposition Commission, welcomed the
Democracy and introduced w. 5. Grocs-
beck as chairman Of the day. The crowd
was all ready for Judge Thurman, and he
was at once introduced, being welcomed
enthusiastically by the entire audience,
| and making pretty picture with the thir-
| ty-eight uniformed girls encircling him
and waving bandanaS Ee spoke as fol-
lows.
MY FRIENDS: When you insisted that
should come down here in the center of this
| bu lding TO speak to you the few words that
have to say you forgot one thing You forgot
| to provide me . laughterI-so that
might be turned around and speak to those
| who are now behind, well rs those who are
before IA voice: "Good!''l You have u little
/ advantage In that over those who are to my
right and to my left and upon whom am COM
| PEELED to turn my back very unwllingly in
| decd, for 10 say nothing OF the men who
| are behind me, there are many beautiful
ladies whom l would much rather look
in the face than that they should look
at my back. tGreat laughter and ap-
plause.l This has been to me day OF unal-
loyed pleasure. When left home had no
idea OF making political speech on this occa-
sion. did not know that it would be proper
TO do 50, but when l got here was told that 1t
| was in order and exactly proper for me to
speak to you on political topics to-day: that
what arc called Republican day, Democratic
, day, Prohibition day, and any kind OF day
| that may be mentioned ut this great centen-
NAL was day Of free speech and that q man
had right to pour out his whole soul to the
people. lCheeringl Therefore I will say
something on politics rs well as my almost
broken voice will permit There Is another
reason why / am happy to-day. I can not ex-
press TO you in words the admiration feel for
the Democracy OF Cincinnati and Hamilton
County, for organic ng this magnificent demon
stration. Applause. And l can not sum.
Gently express the thanks and the admiration
feel for the Democracy OF other parts OF the
State and not only Of this State. but OF other
! states, who have come here to join you in the
man festation Of your Democratic attachment
and vHWtu sva1n shA- nHn~n AA;,.z
'dyed in the woo'-Igreat applausel-be
SO from my boyhood up, and having often be-
! fore met with the Democrats Of this goodly
city Of Cincinnati and always with pleasure 70
| me II not with rot to them, I may rejoice
| that stan once more in their midst, to say TO
you that sou are fighting good fight. and il
you continue to fight it to the end, rs you are
doing to-day, victory will perch on the Demo-
crate banner. Continued applause.
| We are in the midst OF an extraordinary cam
paign-the most extraordinary campaign that
have ever gone through, many as | have
taken part in during my life. We are in .
| campaign in VIII ch our advcrsaries have the
boldness. the audacity TO tell the people that
! the way to make people rich is to make them
| pay more taxes than their Government wants.
| lApplause.l That the way to benefit the con-
| dition OF man 10 to tax him from the crown
OF his head to the solcs Of his feet on every
thing he wears, on his household utensils i'm
| plements OF his trade and every thing which
is necessary to his existence and comfort
| US an American citizen. That is called protec-
tion OF lab0rng men. as II you could protect o
| laboring man by r0bbing him OF his earnings
and verifying the old saying OF "Robbing Peter
to pay Paul" IApplause.l This Is a decep-
! ton and delusion. What is il that makes
the wealth OF the worlds Now, l am not going
to play the demagogue In the slightest degree.
| never did in my long life and in the many
speeches have made to the people, and
never will In the few remaining years OF my
| life when address my fellow men. say to
| you then-not In the language of demagogue
but In the language OF true philosophy, recog-
nized by every able writer on political econ
omy-I say to you that there is not and there
can not be one single dollar added to the
wealth OF any country except by labor. When
| the Almighty pronounced that sentence which
! some people may have thought too severe but
which experience has proved to be the wisest
thing that could be said, I'm the sweat OF thy
face shalt thou earn thy daily bread"-when
that was declared to be the condition OF the
human race labor was made honorable, labor
was made respectable, and labor was made the
great occupation of the human race, be the
man high or be the man low. lGreat applause,
which was renewed on the Judge producing
bandana.l You cheer that old bandana. but I
! would like to know how in tho world ] ever
would have gotten that bandana for you to
cheer. II had not been for labor! prolonged
| applause. Labor made It, More applause
MY laOOT cuaUlcu u0 10 OBTAIN money enough
to buy it, and your labor will make you wealthy
enough TO live In peace, In quiet and in COM
fort, II you will only understand what Is your
own best interests. lGreat applause
Some one may say to me THAT is an absurd
proposition OF yours that all comes OF labor"
They will say the earth produces wealth: that
the wild pastures on the earth, with their rich
and nutritious grasses, are wealth. No, my
! friends, they are not wealth until they are
Rrazed by the cattle which the labor OF man
herds upon them and takes care OF and turns
into wealth More cheer,ng.l As long US the
ore lies in the mines, be IT gold, or silver, or
iron, or coal IL adds nothing to the wealth OF
the world 1t Is only when the laboring man
comes with his pick and his shovel and works
1t out with his strong, brawny arm that II be-
comes wealth to the world. tCheering.l
Therefore 1t Is that OF Oil men in the world the
laborlng men of any country are entitled to
respect, and to esteem, and to care. PRO
longed applause.l The annual production OF
wealth In this world Is divided into three or
four parts. One part OF II goes to the capital
ist who furnishes money, lends his money out
| at interest and nobody begrudges him his inter
1 0uf ha nuIxy nt,oe hi.