St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21
The BENSON of Whole-Souled
HoosierS to Whom Thur
man Talked.
American BreadWinnerS Told
by the Statesman to Up
hold Their Rights.
Labor's Best Friend Tells
Labor to Do Its Own
Thinking.
The NOblest Roman Of Them
All Completes His Tour
Of Indiana.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BRAZIL, Ind, Oct. 20.-Judge Thur
man, Gov. Gray, Hughes East, register
of the land office at Yankton, Dak., and
a corps of press Representatives reached
this city at noon to-day by special
train, the vice-presidentlal candidate in
tending to make his closing speech in
Indiana at this point. The Democrats
of the Eighth district had prepared a
royal reception for the Old Roman, and
when he reached the station large
concourse of people were present to re-
ceive him. He was met at the car by
the Normal club of De Pauw university
and escorted directly to the residence
of Capt. James M. Hopkins, the people
lining the streets on either side
and rendering the passage of the vehi-
cleS Verys slow and at times impOSsi-
BILE. Upon reaching the residence of
Capt. Hopkins, Judge Thurman went
directly to the balcony to review the
parade, which had formed Immediately
upon his arrival. The marked features
of the display we're twenty-five wagons,
each drawn by four horses, and contain
ing clubs of young ladies dressed in
bandana costumes; 100 ladies and gen.
tlemen on horseback, similarly attired; !;
torty-four clubs, many of them in uni
form, from the surrounding counties,
and wagon from each township in the
county loaded with children bearing
flags and banners. On one of the
wagons was a
CAGE MADE OF HICKORY POLES
and containing several men who were
formerly Greenbackers, an inscription
over the cage announcing that it was
one of "HarriSOn'S aSylums for Green
back idiots" In the meantime, the
crowd increased until it numbered about
$4,000 persons, including those in the
I marching column. After dining with
| Capt. Hopkins, Judge Thurman was
driven to grove three-fOurthS Of mile
distant, where the crowd had preceded
him, and where he was welcomed i'll
that true Hoosier style which character
1zed all his meetings iii this state.
| Upon reaching the platform, Hon.
George A. Byard stepped for
ward and presented the candidate
with a basket of beautiful cut flowers,
saying: Judge Thurman, this being
an auspicious day, just two months
| since you started on your illustriOuS
| campaign, the Democratic ladies OF this
| city, out of respect to you, and believ-
! ing that yOu are the nObleSt Roman of
| them all, desire me, in their name. to
| present this emblem of flowers to you"
| When the cheering had subsidized, Judge
| Thurman replied: "GiVe the ladies my
sincereSt thanks, and assure them that
| | appreciate their kindness most heart
mil nj
duced Judge Thurman to the audience
as the special
FRIEND OF THE LABORING MAN,
| and said that when he was called upon
| to decide certain questions between the
| miners of the Hooking valley and the
| operators the decision was in favor of
| the wOrkmen, thus giving the latter 60
| cents ton, which they had demanded,
| instead of so cents. The sentiment was
| received with great applause, waving of
| handkerchiefS and hats, and as Judge
| Thurman stepped forward the enthusi-
asm increased and the cheering was
renewed. Quiet being partially re-
stored, he said:
"Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gen.
tlemen: This is happy day in my
! life. 1t gives me more pleasure than L
can express to see before me so grand a
| VI bliG DCtuOCl cCl VI
! 1t fills my heart with Joy to believe that
YOU will give the vote of your state for
the reelection of that noble man who
has filled the presidential Office with so
much distinction and with so much
! benefit to the people of the Union, Gro
yer Cleveland, your president. When
| accepted the nomination for the vice
| presidency | stated what was the truth,
| that had not sought the nomination,
| but if | could be of any service in pro-
| noting the reelection of Cleveland,
| felt it my duty to be candidate. shall
be compelled to speak to you briefly. 1t
| is due to the others who will follow me.
feel encouraged by your presence and
| hope to say something that you will
| carry to your homes and think over.
And do not believe that can do better
than to speak to you upon the subject to
which your worthy chairman alluded,
THE SUBJECT OF LABOR.
not to speak of the decision of mine to
which he so kindly alluded. l claim
belongs to all honest man who dis
charges his duty. [Applause.] But
there was some qualification in finding
the right of the cause where it tended
to relieve suffering of laboring men, and
brought about peace that has lasted
until this day. But let US look into this
/ labor question little. Let us look into
the philosophy OF the production of
wealth. That is an elaborate text, and
| yet it is very plain one when you
| come to understand it. There is some
| thing added to the wealth of the world
| every year, unless it is destroyed by
war, pestilence or famine, and that in
| crease is produced by one thing and
! that is labor. Every dollar that is added
to the wealth of the world is the prod
uct of labor. The coal in the mines,
| the crops-every one of them add moth
| ing to the wealth of the country until
| the laboring man puts his hand to them
| and makes them so much wealth to in
| crease the value of the land. That
being the case, the great question is,
| how is the annual production of wealth
| in the country to be distributed?
| THAT is THE GREAT PROBLEM
The capitalist lends his money and
| gets interest upon it and that is his
1 profit. Then there is the middle man,
the manufacturer, who borrows the
| capital with which he runs his business.
Then comes the Aboring man. He
| must have his share, and he must have
| an honest share or he is defrauded.
/ (Cheers.] Now there is where the
trouble comes in. That is the great
i trouble in this tariff system of ours,
! that, while the profits of the business
be 80, 40 or so per cent, the laborer does
4 not get more than or per cent of that
/ profit. l say to you, laboring men,
! within the sound of my voice, that
il is right in you to look to your own
Interests, not to resort to violence,