Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-27

CHICAGO, August 25.-Cheltenham
beach was crowded with people, the esti-
mates ranging from forty to fifty thou
sand. Judge Thurman did his best. He
was in good voice and had fine speech
ready. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
and the speaker was interrupted time and
again with round after round of applause.
Judge Thurman said:
My FRIENDS AND FELLOW CTrIzENs:-
This is the greatest place to speok in that
/ haveeve spoken in my life. i'll speak to
you in front, 1 turn my back on as many
people. 1 find if I:speak to my right
hand cannot be heard by those on my
left, and unless was put on a sort Of re-
volving machine like turn table, do
not know how can speak to you all.
Laughter. Sony friends, you will have
to bear with me if cannot make every
body hear what have to say.
Now my friends before l proceed to cay
word about the tariff, let me say word
on another subject. You have within the
last few days heard not little about
message of the President to the Congress
(hurrahs for Cleveland on the subject OF
the rejection of the fisheries treaty So
called. Now my friends allow me to say
word upon that subject. have not
copy of the fishery treaty in my possession.
| therefore cannot discuss it, for would
not discuss it from mere recollec-
ton; and 1 have no copy of the
Presidents message with me down here
and therefore cannot read or quote from
il, but this / want to say to you: Some
years ago this country was greatly agitated
by a party called the Know Nothing party.
Ii was a party To which the Irishman was
an abomination Iaughter aud il he was
a Catholic IIishman he was the accursed
of the earth. I'VE don't want it again.
But now, strange to say, those men, who,
few years ago, were Know NothingI and
the most abusive of men of the Irish, Ger
man and all foreign-born people, but OF
the Irish especially are seeking to court
what is called the Irish vote TO get the
Irishmen to vote against the men who
stood firm by them in defense OF their
right, ["they can't do it" in defense of
everything that was alleged against them
They never will."J
MISUNDERSTANDING THE PRESIDENT.
No. hope not. Now they are seeking
to gather votes by disappearing Grover
Cleveland and asserting that he is under
British influence. They will never get 1t
my friends, there never was more false
assertion made by mortal man than that
Grover Cleveland is under British int1u-
eucs. You might as we'll undertake to
tell me that Washington was under Brit
ish influence, rs that Grover Cleveland is
Cheers. If any man thinks for a moment
that there is anything in that charge worth
investigating all have to say to him Is
read the Presidents message sent to Con-
press this very week, and if you can then
saw he is under British influence you can
aay that white is black and black is white.
GCheers and great applause No, my
friends, Grover Cleveland knows too
we'll what are the interests OF
this country. He has too
much sympathy with the American peo-
pls, native and nsturalized, to be under
any false or improper influence of any
country except that of his own.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Now what is tariff? 1t is nothing in
the world but tax; it is q tax i'm
posed by the general government upon
goods, wares and manufacturers, import
ed into the United States for sale.
The effect of the tax is TO raise the price
of everything upon which it is put, and
not only to raise the price OF the article
upon which it is put, but to raise thu
price of similar articles that are
manufactured in this country. And yet,
il ia this tax, il il said to be benefit to
the lsboring man. Why in the name OF
all that is reasonable, how can laboring
man be benefited by tax which begins
at the crown of his head and goes down to
the soles of his feet and taxes everything
that is between the one place and the
other.
But, my friends, that is just like an
other false pretense Of these high protec-
ton advocates that the country grows
rich by means of a tax-this tariff tax-as
il it were possible that the people OF
country could be made wealthy by their
baing taxed far more that the necessities
of the government require. So far as
il is necessary 10 raise money to carry on
the government, TO pay the pensions OF the
gallant men who fought for its preserva-
ton so far as that is necessary; the people
will only pay the tax; but when you tax
people far moro than the government has
sny occasion TO demand, you simply are
robbipg the people of the money that be-
longs to them and appropristing it, either
Keeping it useless in the treasury of the
United States, or expendipg it wastefully
upon objects not worthy of your support.
AN EXCESSIVE TAX.
Why, how is it now9 Daring the pres
emit fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, the
surplus taxes"-that is the taxes over and
above the necessities of the government
"will amount to one hundred and thirteen
million dollars" Just think Of that
that the government should take from your
pockets one hundred and thirteen million
dollars o year for which the government
has no earthly use. bat which if il were
left in your pockets you would employ for
your benefit and for the benefit of all who
are dependent upon you. We once had a
governor in Ohio who was very plain |
spoken man and who spoke what he
thought with something Singular force,
and used speech that might shock tender |
persons, but which nevertheless conveyed |
weight. / speak of Gov. Allen-and |
speaking of this thing of having an over
flowing and redundant treasury, that |
grand old man said in his magnifi- |
cent way why you might as
well undertake to keep powder
house in hell as to have sn honest govern |
ment with surplus in the treasury. |
Laughter and applause. That was the
truth very forcibly expressed, and now l
can appeal to you just to look at what con-
gress is about, and see whether or not this
is the truth.
Now, the issue is fairly made up. The