St. Paul daily globe., 1888-09-09

lOI luC HODlCob VI
OhiOw At last a semblance of order
prevailed, and Judge Thurman began
to speak in strong, clear tones. he
said:
Mr.. Chairman anl Fellow Citizens: Last
Thursday evening l stood in the presence OF
the largest audience / ever saw before me in
the city of New York. had gone there in
pursuance of their invitation to deliver an ad-
dress to them. and / was received with a
warm and hearty welcome, which shall
never, never forget as long as l live.
There was never man more anxious TO repay
such welcome in becoming manner than l
was: and stood upon the stand hoping that
might be able to say something that would
be worthy of their consideration. But was
suddenly stricken down with Illness
an illness TO which every man living is
subject, and which would unman any person,
although he were Hercules himself. and an
illness to which Hebe. the Goddess of health,
or sampson, the symbol of manhood and
strength, might have been subject. was
CONSEQUENTLY unable to speak and was COM
PEELED TO retire from the stand and to go home
and to bed. Next morning some OF my
friends of the Republican press were
pleased TO sympatniZe with me in
very tender and touching manner.
They rated and berated the Demo
cratic committee for travelling poor, de-
make speeches when he ought to have been
at home i'll his comfortable bed, huddled up
and taken care of by his dear old wife.
Laughter and applause. Gentlemen, l
will say that if any of you have read those
touching editorials tears must have come
into your eyes, for certainly if there was
picture of
ANnL-UsED OLD MAN,
they depicted it. But it was reserved for one
OF them this morning to cap the climax by
giving me new baptism. When l was born
was duly baptized into the Christian world
by the name of Allan G. Thurman. Many
years afterwards some enthusi,
me new baptism and styled me
the "Old Roman" But my Rep
publican friend of the New York Press would
improve oA that name, and this morning
gives me baptism as THE Egyptian Obelisk."
Well, my friends, l accept the baptism. l
have seen in the Place de Ia Concorde, in
Paris Loud cheers and Interruptions
Mr.. Thurman finally SAID: My friends, II
yOu are going to do the speaking have no
objection; but if not, give me a chance.
l have seen in the Place de la Coucorde in
Paris, an Egyptian obelisk said TO be more
than ZOO years old, with inscriptions upon
it which showed the state of the civilization
of the world at a time when Egypt contained
nearly all the civilization that there was
in it, l have seen in Central park
in New York, another obelisk-I do,
not know how old, but old enough for
any purpose that you can make of 1t. And
now have to say to my Republican friends,
if l can only live as long as one of these
obelisks, shall certainly live to see all the
ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY BURIED
beneath centuries of dust. Well, my friends,
this troubles me not, for am engaged on
business too serious TO be troubled by quips,
however sharp, and witticisms, however pun
gent. l come here to speak to you, my
friends in New Jersey in serious, sober man.
ner, as TO American citizens, in year ol
great moment to you and TO our coun-
try. / come here at the request
of your central committee, and
l come willingly, because there is no part of
this whole continent in which would rather
meet my Democratic friends than in this
same state of New Jersey. What was done
by our forefathers in the war that achieved
our independence, at Trenton, at Princeton,
and at Monmouth, these things are
fresh in nv recollection and as they made
my youthful blood STIR within me, and
thoroughly boil with devotion, so, to-day, in
tins old obelisk, the recollection of them sets
the heart in motion. l am therefore glad to
meet with you tonight. lCheers and waving
ting my new baptism. / never yet saw an
Obelisk that had a bandana. lCheers.l
Now, there are not a few subjects which l
might address tonight. There are some in
my heart that would like TO speak to you
about. should like to speak TO you of the
history of
THIS GREAT DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
to which have belonged from my youth up.
/ would like to speak to you Of that party
founded by Thomas Jefferson and consoli-
dated ana maintained by Andrew Jackson,
and whose interest and welfare have been
so much promoted by Grover Cleveland. l
would like to remind you that there is not
one acre of land within the limits of the
United States, beyond the original thir-
teen colonies, that was not obtained by
Democratic administration, that was not sus-
tanned by the Democratic party. l would
like to remind you that the thirteen colonies
comparatively narrow strip OF land lying
along the Alautic shore, bounded on The west
by the Allegheny mountains, and that now
this republic of ours extends from
ocean to ocean, :. and is one o, OF
telligent, and, / believe, the most powerful
of all nations on the earth. [Great applause.
] should like to show you. or rather to recall
TO your recollection, the fact that whenever
the contest has been between the rights of
the people, and those who would control
their rights. the Democratic party has stood
by the people, unfiinching, determined not
TO be moved. l would like to recall to your
memory such facts as these: That the re-
moval of the property qualification and the
religious test, and all that impaired the free
right of the people TO vote, was the result of
Democratic legislation, inaugurated by the
Democratic party. would like TO call your
attention to the fact that when the
SPIRIT GF KNOwNOTHINGIsM
arose in this land and threatened to disfran-
chise every forei2 n born citizen, and to put
down all the people of particular church,
the Democracy came to the rescue OF liberty
and religion, and said this thing shall not
be-" / would like to remind you that in the
good old days of Democratic ascendency we
had an economical government,
economically administered; that the
expenses Of Gen. Jackson's admin
istration. for instance, in the course of a
year did not exceed one-fourth of the eX-
penses that have been entailed on this coun-
try one year since the close of the rehelliOn.
! would like to further state to you that this
Democratic party has never lain down TO
die; that it is naturally the party of free in
stitutions, and that just as long as freedom
exists in America the Democratic party will
exist lGreat applause. There is no way
of destroying 1t except by despotlsm, and as
long as it exists a despotsm is impossible in
this party for that party will not endure 1t.
Now, my friends, passing from these general
observations, allow me TO come to some of
the issues that are most sharply
marked in this campaign, for / have no
doubt you want to hear about that. And first
of all, because it is most discussed and at
tracts public attention the most, let me say
something to you upon the tariff question,
so-called. Our opponents are endeaYoring TO
alarm the whole country by
THE CRY OF FREE TRADE.
They are saying that the Mills bill, as it is
called, the tariff bill introduced by Mr.. Mills,
and which passed the house of representa-
tives, is but free tIade measure. Why, my
friends, they must have poor opinion of the
intelligence of the American people who
talk in that manner. Why, what is free trade?
Free trade is the unrestricted inter-
course between nations, in which there
are no custom houses, no duties, and no
taxes paid on the goods imported for sale.
That is free trade. You have an illustration
of free trade in the United States. There are
thirty-eight states in the Union. Between
these states there is free trade. When
goods are taken from New Jersey, from
this great manufacturing and -four
ishing city of Newark into New
York, you pay no duties and the New Yorker
pays no duties on them. Ii you take them to
Maine or to California it Is exactly the same
thing. Between these thirty-eight states,
and between them and the territories that
belong to the United States, there is free
trade. But there is no such thing as free
trade between the United States and
foreign countries and nobody in
this country advocates such free
trade. [Great applause. Cries of "Hurrah
for Thurmanr'l My friends, you can cheer
very well, know but would rather have
your attention than your cheers. l say that
between the United States and foreign coun-