St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-31
THURMAN'S TENACITY
He Sticks to the Stump
and Is the Better
For It.
West Virginians Turn Out
Fifty Thousand Strong
To Greet Him.
He Casually Remarks That
He Is a Very Lively
Corpse.
Barring Accidents, He Will
Be Vice President Next
Tuesday Night.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct. 30.-This
was regular gala day for the Demo-
Gratis of Wheeling and West Virginia,
and Eastern Ohio and Western PENN
sylvania. Fine weather furnished the
opportunity for splendid parade, and
one at night equally as creditable in
size and make up. Altogether
there were probably $4,000 people
on the streets while the parade was
moving, and between 5000 and 5000 in
the line. The column was preceded by
the Young mems Democratic club, with
Judge Thurman Immediately behind in
an open barouche drawn by four horses.
Along the entire line of march
Judge Thurman was received with pro-
longed and hearty cheers. He rode
the entire distance with uncovered head
and at frequent intervals called out to
old acquaintance whom he recognized
in the vast crowd. The parade was re-
viewed at the south end of the city
by Judge Thurman, after which it
themselves around to the various
points where speeches were made dur
ing the afternoon. Judge Thurman
did not speak during the afternoon,
but received his friend at the hotel.
Shortly after supper Judge Thurman
was driven in carriage from the hotel
to the rink, where 5000
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS
awaited his coming. He spoke for
nearly an hour, and was frequently and
heartily applauded. Mr.. Thurman be-
gan his speech with brief review of
the political history of West Virginia.
He congratulated himself on having
disappointed his political opponents,
who had expressed ill-disguised solicit
tude for his general health, and said
that notwithstanding their assertions
that he was decrepid old man
with one foot in the grave, he had
kept every appointment save one in the
campaigns so far and was to-day the
better for it. Mr.. Thurman then dis
cussed the Mills bill at some length
and proceeded to correct what he
termed "a few OF the gross errors Of
our political enemies. There was noth-
ing in this great manufacturing city, he
said. that would not be amply pro-
tected under the provisions of the
Mills bill if it were to become
law. The speaker then referred to the
question of capital and labor, a ques-
ton, he said, that also touched upon toe
tariff. When the laborer receives
REASONABLE, HONEST WAGES
he is a contented man, but when trOd-
den down, so to speak, under the foot
of monopolies he complains, and justly
so. Mr.. Thurman did not want to be-
understood as wishing to create feeling
or iIl-will between the manufacturers
and the laboring men of Wheeling, OF
anywhere else, but he would say that
the men who made the wealth of this
country were entitled to fair reward
for their labor. The Republican party
professed an attachment for the
iaboring man by taxing him Oh
everything he wore from the crown Of
his head to the soles of his feet. The
Democratic party, Mr.. Thurman assert
ed, was the real friend of the laboring
man. Democratic principles enabled
him to hold up his head as high as
the highest. ana made him the equal OF
all other men. Mr.. Thurman then re-
viewed the action of the house and sem
ate and the president Oh the Chinese
question, the tariff bills. the fisheries
treaty and other legislation, and re.
ferred also to the Murchison-We cor
reSnOndence