Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
xx-MrN1s1ER s. 2. COX, OPINION.

EX-MINISTER s. e. cox OPINION.
DETROIT, MICH >, Oct. 90 i asked the
Hon. S. 5. Cox To-day what he thought
IT Minister Vests letter. Mr.. Cox said I:
ii WAS the straightforward epistle OF
au Z lglisamsl who doesn't In " enough
10 go In GU. Of the rain or 10 keep from
intsrmeddling with Whist pes not concern
diplomatic and International matters.
H.virg been minister abroad hay. an
lde. of vast is proper in ouch matters.
OF course MIR. West Tts en- raped TO say
wat he did, bu. what ne said il not eig-
pifcsnt. IA said that the President
would resort IL the ent TO coDcl!atioE.
Why not? Does shy SAGE cilizen sup
pose thst the President Will MOTTO ss-
cure the ends he aims AIRY conciliation
when retaliation shail have done its per.
feet 9o:k? Even upon the worst and
most sioisEer in.erpre .stion CT Minister
Vests Zany letter there Is nothing In 1t
10 impugn the patriotism and Judgment
Of the administrator IN treating the fish
cry question
JUDGE THURMAN on THE WEST LETTER.
New York Tribune: LIMA, OHIO, G II.
26 Judge Thurman was enthusiastically
received by the Democrats today. He
made long speecn, IN which, after dis
cussing the tsr.f. he said:
Tier, my friends, hsvilg TINS failed 10
their discussion Of the tariff, having
failed in the row they rsisedl.bout the
fisheries, having FILLED in their attempt
to destroy Cleveland with their opposi-
ton to the. Chinese exclusion bill, these
men in the last days Of the Canvass, in the
going down OF the sun over this Political
year-these men, my, when l shy these
mer, do not understand me IS
alluoing to sly Senator OF the
United States Of any political party,
or to sry man Of distinction and CHARGE
ter in this! party, for should De ashamed
Of my country if could make such an
impu.stion upon such msn. But the
mean men, or some Of tie mean men Of
That party, hsve all at once discovered
another mares nest nerrimen which
they think will hatch al Of ping that
may destroy the Democratic party. They
want to get rid CT discussion OF the
tariff; they want to get rid O: 6 discussion
Of The fisheries; they want to ge. rid o;
the Caiuese Question, sad yet they have
started new dooee; invented q
new scheme woich you msy have seen
in the Cincinnati papers OF to-day
They pretend inst az Eugsishm IN
oy the name Ct Murchison, living In soma
tlsce in California that never heara
uatil ssw Its name in these p.psA,
wrote q letter to the British Minister ~
Washington to inquire of him whstH
the naturslizsd E agiishman In Cslil6 y
ought to vote for Cleveland or 4Or
Harrison, and that the British 96ister
made him reply, and this letter, which,
1t is alleged MI. Murchison wrote, boils
over with mean insinuations against
Cleveland and the Democratic party, as II
they were the hirelings Of Great hri.aiF,
and boil, over with fulsome praises of
Harrison, as If he were the incarns.io4o of
American virtue and patriotism.
&Now, my friends, when you come 70
look ct the letter itself, you see that 1t
never WAS written bJ s nsn who fdQnoae
moment thought OF voting for GroVo1l
Cleveland. On the contrary, it lie. written
by some skillfu', as he thought, cunning
Republican politician, who thoughsNo
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