Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
THE BANDANA.
Democratic Day in the City
of Pork.
THE OLD ROMAN AT HIS BESp.
The Doctrines of Democracy Held
Forth by Thurman and
Carlisle.


CINCINNATI, October 25.-Oemocratic
Day at the Exposition here was a sue
cess. The weather was fine and the
crowd large. A great many visitors called
during the day and were received in
Judge Thurman's parlor. At 2 O'Clock
the party was driven about town and to
the reviewing stand. The streets were
filed with people, and about the
ssand the streets were packet.
There were eight divisions, com.
posed of local visiting Democratic
clubs, all OF whom shouted vigor-
ously as they passed the stand. 1t took
exactly one hour for the procession to
pass the stand. The exposition build
ings were crowded, and Music Hall was
filed with upwards of 5000 people.
When Judge Thurman was introduced
he was enthusiastically cheered. He
said, in substance:
GENTLEMEN-We are in the midst OF an
extraordinary campaign, the most extra
ordinary campaign | have ever gone
through, many as | have taken part in
during nv life. We are in a campaign
ia which our adversaries have the bold
ness and audacity to tell the people that
the way to make the people rich is to
make them pay more taxes than their
government wants applause, that the
way to benefit the condition of a man is
to tax him and everything which is neces-
sary t.: his exis stence and comfort as an
American citizen. And that is callet
protection to the laboring man, as if you
could protect a laboring man by
robbing him OF his earnings and
verifying the old saying of ''robbing
Peter to pay Paul" Applause. This
is deception and delusion.
Here followed lengthy analysis Of
the relation OF labor to capital and of the
relation of both to the country, in which
the speaker said there could not be a
single dollar added to the wealth of the
world except by labor. Judge Thurman
was then interrupted by applause when
be produced his bandana. "You cheer
that old bandana, " said he, "but would
like to know how in the world | ever
would have gotten that bandana for you
to cheer il it had not been for labor.
Prolonged applause Labor made it,
my labor enabled me to obtain money
enough to buy it and your labor will
make you wealthy enough to live in
peace, in quiet and in comfort if you only
understand what is to your own best in
terests."
He then went on to say that the annual
production of the wealth of this world is
divided into threee or four parts. One
part goes to the capitalist who furnishes
the money, who lends his money out at
interest, and nobody begrudges him his
interest il he only charges reason able
interest, Another part goes to the man
ufacturer, the man who carries on busi-
ness, and he makes his profit as recon-
pense for his labor and his work and his
skill, and nobody objects to his having
reasonable compensation. The remain
ing part goes to the laborer to pay for his
wages, and if he gets fair wages, honest
wages, then he does not complain. But
if he does not get his fair share, if he is
oppressed, if he is trampled down under
foot, if his labor is exacted from him
without due compensation, then he is
defrauded man and he ought to COM
plain.
Some German in the audience, hand
ing the speaker an old horseshoe-I
picked it up during the time the process
sion was passing; that means victory.
1t is horseshoe.
Judge Thurman thank you, sir; I
will take it home with me. ! will nail
it on my door, and keep these Republi-
can witches that preach protection to the
ruin of the poor man, from entering my
household. Great cheering.
A voice-Nail it on the White House
door. Laughter.]
Thurman then said Republican orators
had asserted that the Democrats were
the enemies of the laboring man, and in
this connection reiterated the statement
frequently made by him, that out OF
every thousand voters in the Democratic
party, nine hundred and ninety are lab
oring men. Nearly all the happiness
they have on earth, said he, is derived
from the Democratic principles, which
have shielded them in their trouble in
life and made them contented and happy
and prosperous men. Continued ap-
plause.] Democratic principles gave
them the right to vote. The Democracy
sprang from the sentiment written by
Thomas Jefferson, "All men are created
free and equal"
The speaker defed any man living to
point out one single amelioration of the
condition of the human race in Christen-
dom, one single improvement of the con-
dition of the laboring man, that had not
been the result of Democratic principles.
Why, some one may say, here were the
Southern States that were Democratic
and they had Negro slavery. Yes. but
that sentence of Thomas jefferson, Cali
men are created free and equal, ," "sprouted
out and grew up and in the end made
slavery impossible in any part of the
territory of the United States. More
applause J Our Republican friends say
to the Negro that they set him free.
They set him free? They would have
been in slavery for ten centuries to come
if they depended on them to set them
free. IGreat cheering.l These words
from Thomas Jefferson's mouth and from
his pen are the words that set them free
in the end. 1t took time to do it, but in |
time it did do it, and therefore | say it |
again, and ] say it without fear of |
successful contradiction, that no i'm
provements in the rights or in the condi-
tion of the laboring man in Christendoln |
has ever been produced except by the
influence of Democratic principles. Pro-
longed applause.1 The Democratic party
contains majority of the people Of the
United States. 1t contains a majority of
the voters of the United States. If these
men are opposed to the interests of the
men, if they are enemies of
abOr then they are their own enemies