Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-27
THE CAMPAIGN.
The Old Romans Charge on
the Enemy. y.
REPUBLICAN TRICKS EXPOSED.
The kurchisOn Letter Analyzed and
Its Motives Held to
View.

Its Motives Held to
View.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
LIMA, O., October 26.-Judge Thur
man and Speaker Carlisle left Cincinnati
for this place at 7 AS this morning in the
rain. The people gathered at the depots
in the various towns through which the
train passed. At Troy and Wapakoneta
brief stops we're made and short ad-
dresses in a light, humorous vein were
made by Thurman and Carlisle. which
were heartily cheered. The train was
greeted in this city by crowd Of several
thousand, and the Judge was taken at
once to dinner.
After dinner the Judge was driven to
Music Hall, where an afternoon meeting
was held. The hall was packed to over
flowing. The crowd gave an enthusiastic
greeting to the speakers of the day.
Judge Thurman said he would not speak
on the tariff question, as Speaker Car
Isle was to do that tonight. Further
more, they had been talking of it in the
field and in Congress for many months,
and he thought the Democratic speakers
had the victory on their side, and that
their opponents feel it to be so. ''Ii
they do not believe" said he, "that the
argument on the question of the tariff is
on the Democratic side, why in the world
do they try and insert another issue to
talk about? Why did they reject the
Fisheries treaty and attempt to make
out that the President had not stood UP
in bold and manly manner for the in.
terests of the people?"
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
After reviewing the action of the SEN
ate on the treaty, the Judge said
They told the President, in substance,
by refusing to ratify or amend the
treaty, that the time had come when we
must resort to warlike measures to vim.
dictate American rights. Well, the Pres.
ident took them at their word. He sent
in a message to them and said: "As you
are in fighting mood"-I do not use
his language, but give the substance oi
it-"as you won't settle this matter
peaceablv. so there may be no blood.
shed, go that there may be goodwill and
peace between the United States and
other nations Of the earth, as you insist
that we shall resort to power and
to force, give me power and force
give me the power Of retaliation. Give
it to me. You speak of retaliation YOU
speak OF warlike measures; you speak oil
the vindication of the rights of America
by arms. Give me power to do what
you declare is the true policy of the
United States" He sent that message
to Congress. Forthwith the Democratic
House of Representatives passed a bill
that gave to the President all the power
that could be asked to retaliate upon
Canada and Great Britain, and to ge,
our rights if they could be cot by
force. That bill passed ths
House of Representatives. with 6
single Dissenting Democratic vote
Now what became of the bill? 1t wa,
| sent to the Senate, and instead of passins
it they sent it to their Committee on For
eign Affairs, and there it sleeps the sleer
that knows no waking. Now, want t.
know what kind of a spectacle that is
presented by the greatest Republican
leaders in the land, on this subject of for
eign affairs. They won't make treaty
they won't back out, and they won'
fight.
THE CHINESE QUESTION.
Now, when they were well heated OF
that subject then came up the Chinese
question. The President had made
another treaty upon this question, anG
while they did not dare to neglect it al
they had the fisheries treaty, yet by ar
amendment which caused it's rejection
by the Chinese Government, they hoped
the President would be deprived of the
credit due him. He thought with othe,
men in the Uniied States, and was one
OF them, and 1 was one of the first OF
them, for had expressed my opinions
fully to my fellow-citizens in 1870, II
Cincinnati, five years before the Califor
! mia Legislature petitioned Congress
upon the subject of Chinese immigration
| said then what say to.day-that the
heather Chinee is not welcome. not 8
useful person in the United States
(Great applause.) l had gone THROUGH
the Chinese quarter in San Francisco:
had seen him there in all his rags and ali
his filth. had been in a Joss house
which they call a temple; / had seer
what he calls religion, and 90 helm me-
God, although hope 1 am as Charitable
and as broad-minded toward the men Of
all countries as any man ought to be.
could not say in my own conscience that
this was good man to bring
into the United States. Applause. | Very
well; the Democratic House of Repre-.
sentatives was of that same opinion. and
80 they passed bill to exclude Chinese
from settlement in this country. That
bill passed the House of Representatives
on the very day it was introduced. II
my memory is not at fault it went To the
Senate. 1t remained there about six
weeks. How long it took those grave
and reverend Senators to find out
whether or not this should become a
mongrel country daughter and applause].
half white and half heathen Chinee
More laughter.] Very we'll; it passed.
however. They could not resist Il and
it went to the President, who signed the
bill and 80 his enemies were again foiled
in the attempt to destroy him in the esti-
nation of the American people.
THE MURCHIsoN LETTER,
Then, my friends, having failed in
their discussion of the tariff: having
failed in the row shey raised about the
fisheries; having failed in their attem nt
to destroy Cleveland with their opposi.
ton to the Chinese bill, in the last days
OF the canvass, some of the mean men of
that party have all at once discovered
another mares nest which they think