The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-11-01
BANDANA skirts.

Judge Thurman Dilatss upon the Picturesque Cos
times Of Democratic Girls.
LIMA, o., Oct. 26.-Fawrot's music
hall was packed with an enthusiastic
audience this afternoon who came to
hear Judge Thurman. The speaker
opened by eulogizing the party and
President Cleveland and referred by
name to several old citizens of Allen
county who were old friends of the
judge and were present in the meeting.
In speaking of George w. Hull, the
chairman of the meeting, he said:
l am glad to see here to-day our
friend, the president of the meeting, a
man that I saw not long ago in Column
bus coming home from the st. Louis
convention and upon my word l
thought he was a COmanche Indian,
(great laughterl for he was the funniest
dressed man that l ever saw. When /
got a good look in his face found that
he was the same true valiant, sensible
Geo. w. Hull, (applause) and now
speaking about his dress, for he had
more bandanas on him than 1 ever own
ed, (laughter1 and looking at these
beautiful young ladies before me de-
fly the man who is not the friend of
mine or is disposed to dislike me, to
deny the assertion that have done
SOmoGHlHS at toaSO IOE Ino uToSScS OI
| the people of the United States.
More laughter and applause.l Why 1
spent last week in the neighboring
state of Indiana and adj
| dressed meetings so large
that they ceased to talk
| about numbers of men and women and
{ only talked about how many acres of
people there were, great laughter and
/ applauSe) and in those multitudes l
saw, / saw more picturesque costumes,
more singular and graceful head
dresses and skirts and shawls and
scarfS, than ever expected to see in
all my life. had been in Paris, the
center of fashion and of modes, had
seen the most beautiful dresses
1 at the Grand opera and the French
theatre in that city of fashion, but ]
never saw more taste displayed MOI
finer costumes, homely though the ma
terial was, than saw in the state OF
Indiana where the democratic girls
were dressed up in bandana skirts.
CMerriment and cheeringI. So
that / claim that if / have
never done anything else for my
country the singular occurrence
at which l have laughed myself, re.
peatedly, that my old bandana should
become a political emblem, but above
all that it should set the fashions and
make young landes wear costumes that
make all their beaux fall in love with
them, instantly. prolonged laughter.
Judge Thurman then in a few words
dismissed the above subject with the
remark that he would proceed to the
more serious business of the day anC
proceeded to a brief discussion of thu
tariff issue, explaining that for ont
reason the people were to be addressed
in the evening by Speaker Carlisle. HI
continued: Another reason that have
for emitting to say much on that theme
is that we have been talking upon thu
subject of the tariff now fol
about a month. About a month
nay about six months might say, OF
even going back to the debates in con
gress for twelve months we have beer
talking and debating on the subject Of
the tariff, and think may safely as
sert to every man who is willing tC
open his ears to the truth that in thi:
long discussion the democratic speak
ers have had the victory on their side
and that our opponents feel this to bt
SO. 1t is very evident, but it seems tt
me from several circumstances alluded
to, was the rejection of the fisherie!
| treaty.