Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1888-08-29
Judge Thurman at Port Huron, Michigan,
and Chicago, Illinois.

Judge Thurman on his way to and return
from PORE Huron, Michigan, received an
Grafton all the way-the people turning out
aud greeting him warmly at every point
where the train stopped even for few min
utes. Where there was but little time, he
favored them with brief, but telling speech
es. At Port Huron, the objective point of
his trip, he delivered on Wednesday long
speech and one of the clearest and ablest
ever delivered in this country. We will not
quote from it now as We will publish re-
port of it in our next issue, and hope that
all will read it. On Saturday he made an
other speech of some length at Chicago to
an audience of 10000 people. We have
space only for the following brief extracts
from his Chic 60 seech:-
'tMy friends, there never was more false
assertion made by mortal man than that
Grover Cleveland is under British influence.
You might as well undertake to tell me
that Washington was under British inf1u-
ence as that Grover Cleveland is. [Cheers
If any man thinks for a moment that there
is anything in that charge worth iuvestiga-
ton, all have to say to him is, read the
Presidents message sen. to Congress this
very week, and if you can then say that he
is under British influence you can say that
white is black and black is white. [Cheers
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 people,
native and naturalized, to be under any
false or improper influence Of any country,
on the face of the globe, Or under the indu-
ence of any country except that of his own"
"Now, my friends, I would like to speak
TO you-and especially in this audience SO
largely made up of workingmen-I would
like to speak to you longer than | have
ngmen? G"The Democratic Yes; when
you say that you just say that you are your
own friends, for, my fsllow-citizens, of ev-
cry one hundrsd votes cast by the Demo
Gratis in the whole United States it may be
safely affirmed that ninety are votes of the
laboring men. [Applause.] G"That's
right That is fact, and to say that
the Democratic party is not the FREUD of the
laboring man is TO say that the Democratic
party are set of idiots and are not entitled
to vote at ALL [Applause.] But they are
entitled to vote; they have voted great
deal in this country. Laughter. They
kept for thirty or forty or fifty years this
country under Democratic rule, and it
flourished as no country did before. They
intend to keep it under Democratic rule for
while longer. [Applause.] 1t has done
30 we'll during the last three years and
half that they intend to repeat the expert
ment and make Grover Cleveland once more
President of the United States. [Great ap.
plause, cheers, ''and Thurman Vice. Presi-
dent, tool Well, don't know. That
depends upon your vote. ['We hope so."]
Now, my friends, 1 am going to stop. ["Oh,
no."I Yes, am, am a very civil man. 1
pride myself upon that, a just man, too, and
owe it to that grand man who is your can
didate for Governor of the State to make
way and let him be heard for the remainder.
Judge Thurman retired amid volleys of
cheers and applause"