Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-27
National Politics.
The Thurman Demonstration at
the Western Metropolis.
SPEECHES AT THE BIG BARBECUE.

About, but the Fisheries Message Claims
Attention-Tburman, Mills and Wilson
speak-BIaine Gives His Views on the
Same Document to n Republican Audi
ence in Lewiston-Cieveland's Alleged
Political Contribution-Gen. Harrison.
CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-This city was pretty
full OF Democrats Saturday They came
from the surrounding country in train loads
and the influx was very noticeable in the in
creased crowds on the streets. A number Of
marching clubs We're among those arriving
here during the morning, but many did not
ge, here IN time to take part in the parade.
This feature in honor of the presence in the
city of the Democratic candidate for the vice
presideucy-Alien e. Thurman-noved from
Marx t square. where it formed at noon, and
after marching through the principal streets,
proceeded to the Palmer house, where Judge
Thurman joined it 1t then proceeded TO
the Illinois Central station, where trains
were in waiting to convey the crowd to
Chclrrnham Beach. There We're IL, 900 peo-
pie present at the beach when the speaking
began, aud the accommodations at the Ex-
position building, where the speakers stand
stand itself was badly placed. and not one
fourth of the audience could hear the speak
ers, who abored under great disadvantages
When Judge Trumbul introduced ex-Sena-
| tor Thurman the building shook with cheers,
| bandanas were wave and the band struck
up lively airs The speaker mounted
chair, hut the noise of the crowd and the in
| ceSsant changer of the excursion trains, which
wera arriving, effectually prevented him
| from proceeding for several minutes. He
| prefaced MS speech with an ailusion 10 Pres
| iient Cieveland's late message on the fish
| cries question, aud said that, having no copy
Of the presidents message at hand, be would
not discuss it.
But" said he, "this want to say TO you
| some years ago this country was greatly agi-
tated by party called the Know Nothing
| party. Ii was party to whom an freshman
| was an abomination and if he was a Catholic
Irishman he was the accursed of the ac-
| cursed. daughter and applause.
| But now strange to say, those
men who, few years ago, were Know
| nothing and the most abusive of the Irish
the Germans and all foreign-horn people
but of the Irish especially-are seeking tc
|
| Irishmen to vote against the men who stuck
fairly by them in defense of their rights; ii
defense of everything. [Cries of They never
will J No, | hoQe not. Cheers They art
seeking to get their votes by misrepresenting
| Grover Cleveland and asserting that he j.
under British influence. [Cries: They never
will. y My friends, there never was more
false assertion than that. Grover Cleveland
under British influenced You might as wei
tell me that Washington was under BRITISH
influence. [Cheers.l No, my friends Grover
Cleveland knows too well what are the in
terests of this country. He has too much
sympathy with the American people, nativ.
and nsturalized, to be under any false OF
improper Influence of any country on tn,
face OF the globe, or under the influence o
any country except that of his own. Now
having said thus much, and reserving what
have to say on this subject to futur,
occasion, come to the question that l first
mentioned the tariff question.
Mr.. Thurman then proceeded to discuss TIL
tariff, using pretty much the same argu
ments as in his Port Huron speech HI
said the people were willing to pay taxes :
far as it is necessary to pay the government
expenses and provide for the gallant mel
who fought for the Union, but more thai
! that they would not stand. He declared tn
tariff tax an insidiOus one and compared i
TO the direct taxes paid to the state an
county, saying that a man knew how muc
these latter were, but be never knew wthou
close attention to 1t how much he paid il
) tariff He declared that ri every loo vote
; cast tor the Democratic marty ninety min
" were workingmen, and that proved who va
2 the wOrkingman's friend and closed with a
e appeal Ia his hearers 10 vote Tor CLEVELAND
4 Judge Thurman was followed in the orie
; named by Gen John NJ Palmer. Democrat
+ candidate for governor of Illinois; congress
man Wilson, of West Virginia: Congress,
man Mills, ami several local speakers judo
Thurman left for Columbus at $50 Satul
day.
Ex Governor Palmer first declared it in
possible 10 speak in the building aud Gale
on the audience TO go ont of doors who
they did, and he addressed them from tvs
u chairs. devoting the greater part of his tim
to the discussion OF state matters and pa
= ticularly emphasizing his opposition to Pint
erton guards, saying that the state militi
= was sufficient to preserve order under an
circumstances He also talked of the tariff
a Congressman Wilson out in nearly all h
u time on the tariff He said referring 20 Ii
g tax on sugar: Now, when you go the stor
my ellow-citizenS, on Saturday night wit
the injunction Of the old WOMAN laughte
. to bring her ten pounds of sugar, when VI
l. come back You pay about 80 cents for te
= pounds of granulated sugar You think yC
s have got 80 cents worth of sugar You hay
got 81 cents worth of sugar and have paid
q cents taxes and You had better not let Il
IS old woman know You have paid that ts
r either. (Applause and laughter She W
make "a free trader out of you pretty quick
: Won do that " The people of tine Unit
r States used 100. 0Gl go pounds of sugar p
s year, and # there was no tax they would u
u 4, 0O0. 0O0, 600
u Referring to wool he said We ra Sed jGi
l. 100000 pounds and used 900, 0OO, $50 pound
II paying ST., COS, 0OO for Imported wool
n goods If the tax on raw wool were TAX
9, off We would save this latter sum, and ri
1t employment to 100 600 men.
l. Mr. Mills speech was an elaborate defense
IL bis tariff bill but he referred to the preSiden
Al fisheries message, and recounted the Micbs
le Kosta incident, where kosta. a Hungar
| VINO hA1 taken out MS IfSJ American 81
l. zenship papers, went back to Hungary a
70 was arrested by Austrian officials, deman
n ed by an American naval officer on pain
% having the Austrian ship fired into, a
II promptly given up. This was specimen
the way the Democrats took care of Am
lean citizens, he said, and continued:
Now, to-day there is some talk of twisti
a the British lions tail, Applause Son
body has been saying that the Democr,
=, would not fight Great Britain; somebody /
= been saving that the Democratic councils q
;" dictated by British gold; somebody has be
:, spying that the Democratic party
>, looking for British bullion. No,
- is not going to do anything, but let
=. twist the British lions tail, and then
~ will get the Irish vote But We have {
- another president Of the United States nj
T. He did his duty before going to the /
ie dread alternative by exhausting the powe
" IF diplomacy. He made a treaty for the s.
It, dement, of the question between the Britt
r government and ours for the way they we
is treating our fishermen. The Republic
as senate, in order to make point on him,
ID fused to confirm that treaty. Now, tn