The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-09-09
THURMAN'S LATEST.
A ROusing Speech at Newark
Last Night.
THE "OLD ROMANS" NEW NAME
aae Says the Newspapers Call Him an
Egyptian Obslisk'" but He
Takes it Good Naturally.
Thurman's Speech.


Democracy of Newark, New Jersey
held a mass meeting tonight il
BelIeave rink in which Allen G. Thur
man spoke. The building, which ha;
a standing capacity of from 1000 te
5000 people was packed to overHowing
ON JUDGE THURMAN's ARRIVAL
on the platform, J. Watts Corney
chairman, called the meeting to order
and introduced the Democratic candi-
date for Vice-President. The heartiesi
applause greeted his appearance. He
spoke as fellows:
Friends and feLI0W-citizenS- l
was born, was duly baptized into the
Christian faith by the name OF Allen G..
Thurman, Many years afterwards,
some enthusiastic Democratic friends
OF mine, gave me a new baptism end
styled me "the old Roman" but nv
Republican friends of the New York
press would improve on that name and
this mornin0 cove me baptism as the
Fgyp an 0belisk. hive seen in the
PtGce dc ta CU1ecOrde in Paris, an
Egyptian obelisk, said to be more than
600 years old. If 1 can only live as
long as one OF these obslisks, 1
shall surely see all the enemies of De-
mocracy buried b9nea.h the centuries of
dust. l am engaged in business too
serious to be troubled by guys, how
ever sharp and witticisms, however
Iurgent. l came here to speak to YOU,
my friends IN Nav Jersey. IN a serious.
sober, manner, to arm citizens in a
year Of great moment to you and to
our country. l come here at the re-
quest OF your central committee and |
come willingly because there is no part
OF this whole continent in which |
would rather meet my Democratic
friends than in New Jersey.
What was done by our fore
fathers IN the war that achieved
our independence at Trenton, at Prince
ton and at Monmouth? These things
are fresh in my recollection. and as
they made my youthful blood stir
within me and thoroughly boil with
devotion, to-day in this old obelisk the
recollection of them sets my heart in
motion. 1 am therefore glad to be
with you tonight.
Now there are Tot few subjects upon
which l might address you to night.
There are some in my heart that I
would ike to speak to you about. [
should like 10 speak to you OF the
history of this great Democratic party
to which [ have belonged from nv |
youth. l would like TO speak to YOU OF |
that party founded by Jefferson, and |
consolidated and maintained by Andrew |
jackson, and whose interest and wei
fare have been so much promoted by |
Grover Cleveland. l would like to re- |
mind you that there is not one acre of |
land now within the limits of the United |
q tGC ko-Nnd nj Il.
colonies that was not obtained by the
Democratic administrator. l would |
like to remind you that the thirteen
colonies which achieved their indie
pendence were g comparatively mar
row strip OF land along the Atlantic
shore, and that now this Republic ex-
tends from ocean to ocean and is
one of the largest and is most intelli-
gent and most powerful OF all nations
on earth. l would like to recall to YOUR
recollection the fact that whenever the
contest has been between the rights of
the people and those who would control
their rights. The Democratic party
has stood by the people untiinchingly,
determined and not to be moved.
would like to recall to your memory
OF the property qualification and the
religious test and all that i'm
paired the great right of the
people 10 vote was the result of
Democratic legislation inaugurated by
the Democratic party. | would like to S
call your attention to the fact that 7
when the spirit of Knownothingism r
arose in this land and threatened to !;
Gisfranchise every foreign born citizen |
and put down all people OF particular 7
church, the Democracy came to the
rescue of liberty and religion and said I
this thing shall not be. In the good
old days OF Democratic ascendency we
had an economical government econ
administered. The expenses
OF General Jackson's administra-
ton, for instance, in the course +
OF year did not exceed one-fourth o
Of the expenses that have been entaiied a
II this country, one year since the close T
Of the rebellion. | would like to further =
sta Re that this Democratic party is the
party that has never laid down to die,
that is naturally the party of free insti-
iutions, and that just as long as free
dom exists in an American, the Demo- Il
cratic party will exist. There is no way Z
Of destroying 1t. except by despotism, @
and as long as it exists despotism is an n
lmpossibility, for that party will mott
endure it.
RAISING from general observations,
allow me to come to some of the Issues
that are most sharply marksd in this O,
campaign. Let mo say something .,
to you on the tariff question, n
our opponents are endeavoring to =,
alarm the country by the cry of free =.
'rade. They must have poor opinion 0'
Of the intelligence of what is free trade.
Free trade is the unrestricted inter
course between nations, in which there
are no custom houses, no duties and O.
TO taxes paid on goods imported for "a
IsIe. You have an illustration of free ST
hirty-eight States in the Union Re-
ween these States there is free trade
When good are taken from New JERSEY
rom this great manufacturing and
city OF Newark into New Y
York you pay no duties and New York VI
'ays no duties on them. If you take h
hem to Maine or to California it is v
xsctfy the same thing between these II