Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-21
THE JUDGE TALKS on TARIFF.
The Assertion That a High Protective
Tariff Protects the Workingmsn the
Greatest Humbug.

Dc. Frederick w. Schwarz, an old irieno
Of Judge Thurman; Allen w. Thurman and
son Lee; T. p. Linn, newspaper men and
correspondents. The start was without in.
cident, the rain and the uncertainty of the
hour of departure seeming TO keep the
crowd at home. The train attracted quite
a good deal of attention as it pulled ouI
with bandanas hanging in all the windows.
Those in the depot waved farewell and
the trip was begun.
Judge Thurman said he had not been
feeling well, but he walked erect and firm,
and to all appearance was in good shape. q
At Elm Wood the train stopped for mo-
ment, but the first crowd was encountered
at Powell, and in response to numerous
calls Judge Thurman spoke briefly. The
train pulled out as the crowd gave three
cheers for their candidate. A sign on a
high pole next the car read "Free mus
lin" and above the words was tame coon.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD
was at the depot at Delaware and the air
was red with bsndanss as the crowd waved
them and cheered at the appearance of Mr..
Thurman. Here committee boarded the
train and Hon. E, +. Poppleton brought
the Judge to the platform, where as soon
as the cheering subsidized he spoke as tol-
lows:
"If Mr.. Poppleton had the making of the
next Vice President of the United States
have no doubt but that would be the
man. Applause. But there are a great
many other people that have word to say
upon that subject. can tell you this, my
friends, if you want this old fellow to be
next Vice President of the United States
you must 20 to work. Applause and
cries of "We'n do it."l
"As have little time to stay, cannot
do better than confine myself to single
idea. You have heard great deal about
the tariff, that is the great subject upon
which speeches are being made. have
heard in long political experience great
many attempts to humbug the people, but
of all the attempts that ever l have seen
or heard, the pretension that high pro-
teetiye tariff is for the benefit OF the labor
ing man is
THE GREATEST HUMBUG..
Applause. What is the tariff? IL is a
tax; tax levied by the general govern
ment upon the commodities that the Ia
boring man, as well as other men, use. 1t
is tax that takes a hold Of everything
from the crown of your head to the soles
of your feet: that taxes your hats, your
coat, your vest, your breeches, your boots,
your shoes; that taxes every implement
which You use in your mechanical and ag-
ricultural operations And now tell me
that to take lsboriDg man, and tax him
from the top of his head TO the soles Of his
feet, and to tax him on everything that he
uses in his trade, and to tax him heavily
is benefit to him, seems tn me to be moth
ing less than absurdity." Applause.
At Prospect several hundred people
crowded mp about the train and called for
q speech, but before the Judge had got
well started the train pullen of, and the
cheers of the crowd gave evidence Of the
good will that followed the train. All
the small stations along the way were in
terested in the journey, and men, women
and children waved greeting "a the train
sped by. Engineer Humphreys was bound
to keep on time.
A large crowd spplaudsd the train rs il
pulled into Upper Sandusky, and showed
their appreciation Of the good points deliv'
cred in brief speech. Fully 200 people,
accompanied by band, greeted the train
a. il came to q stop at Carey. The judge
said:
al is q long time since the people oI
America have had such fair and square
issue before them rs is before them now.
Applause You have in the treasury OF
the United States more than q hundred
million dollars, utterly idle, for not one
dollar Of which has the government any
use, but which is
KEPT OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE PEOPLE
who might use it in their business and Ia
their great advantage and prosperity.
Now the Democratic party say that II
ought not to be and say so. Applause.
At the Baltimore and Ohio crossing. Just
before reaching Fostosis, the Toledo re,
ception committee boarded the train and
gave the Judge q hearty welcome.
At the depot the Fostoris Cleye-
land and Thurman club in uniform,
band and q crowd of several hundred
people welcomed the train. Judge Thur
man came to the rear of the car, spoke q
few words, and was greeted with three
hearty cheers.
Soon after o'clock the special pulled
into the depot at Toledo to receive who'll
some welcome. Carriages had been pro-
Yided and q provision and procession
was nc once formed and started.
Driving 10 the postoftice building, the dis
tiuguisbed guest was escorted TO the steps.
An immense crowd filled all the space
about the building, not less than 5000 per
sons being present. The sight OF the "Old
Roman" stirred them TO great enthusiasm,
aud
THEY WILDLY CHERRED.
Judge Emory d. Potter introduced
Judge Thurman, who made his tenth
speech of the day. OF the tariff Judge
Thurman spoke as follows: Now, pre-
sumo, there 10 no man in this vast audi
ence who does not know what is meant by
the word ''tarif" or the term tariff law, T"
and yet ID can do no harm and may lead
to precision Of speech aud TO q eomprehen-
sion of what / have 10 say, If / begin by q
definition of what is tariff. A tariff, my
friends, is nothing in this world but tax
levied by the government upon importa-
tons brought into the United States for
sale. The effect Of which is to raise the
price of al domestic commodities Of the
same nature made within the United
States. This tax is paid by the consumer
of the article.
When your State tax is levied, il Is levied
on on property; it il paid by property.
The man of much property pays much
more than the man of little property, and
the man Of no property pays none at all.
But the tariff Is
TAX PAID BY THE CoNsUMER
of the so-ealled protected articles.
The Judge spoke for considerable time