The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-14
POLITICAL.
Speech Of MIR. Thurman to His
Friends and Neighbors
at Columbus.
HIS View Of President Cleveland.
Thurman's Patriotism and
Devotion 10 Democracy.

C6LUwECs. June 6.-The train carrviru
she Oai1 delegation on their return frnrss
StLo7is arrived he:e at 4;3O this afte.
noon. Headed By q band and the Jact.
son club, the delegation marched from tbo
depot 20 the residence Of Judge Thurman
where Hon. 7. E. Powell spoke briefly Of
the work Of tie delegation at St. iouis
and then Introduced Judge Thurman
After three cheers for Cleveland. Thnr-
man and the red bandsna, Judge Tbnr.
man spoke as fellows:
Il understand that many good peonIs
say, and no doubt think II do not depv
the Justice of their thougAt5), that I am
too old laughter to run for vice-presi-
dent. Renewed laughter.
A voice-"WeIl see about that"
Those people who say so, and who
doubtless think so, 90 not understand the
effect upon sn old democrat, of such
kindness as l received al your hands and
az the hands Of the rest Of the democracy
Of the United States. Cheers Why 1
feel about ten years younger, at the least
calculation. Laughter renewed.
voice-"I dare say twenty"
well, think it will be twenty before
twenty. Renewed laughter Last night
I stood here to speak to my fellow citi.
zers who came here 20 greet me,
and upon my word, expecting to
speak about five minutes l ind l spoke
twenty MINUTES in full voice and with
immense feryor and vigor, continued
laughter and applause and should not
be surprised if should make such fool
of myself between now and the secord
Tuesday or ne first Tuesday, or whatever
Tur sday It Is in October, laughter, and
voice-"November,"l November, mean;
| that l should be prancing around making
-Peechss like a young man just out Of
his teens, renewed laug hter ard applause
But now, gentlemen, let me be
| serious little. You know, gentlemen Of
the Ohio delegation, that when you were
kind enough to call on NE before you
went to st. Louis, l told you, and God
kE lWs il was the honest truth, that did
not want the nomination; that what
wanted was peace and quiet, but that it
was impossible for me to say I would
refuse a nomination, and therefore,
surrounded by those circumstances, l
could conceive of no other
way, no other solution than
to place myself in your hsnds, and I did
SO freely, honestly, fairly, Loyalty and
trusting that you would take care of my
honor as well as the interests of the demo
cratic party. Cheers. Gentlemen, do
not undertake to speak for the party ard
say whether You have done wisely or not;
but do speak for myself and say that
you have done fairly ard honorably ard
uprightly by NE and that as long as live
[ shall always bear towards you
grateful heart and pleasant recollection
Applause Gentlemen, thank you for
your effort; thank you for what you
have done, and whether l shall be success
full or not, there is one thing of which
cannot be deprived, and that is the graft
tication of knowing that have the good
will of the people of my state, and not
only Of the people OF Ohio, but of the
people, l think, Of the United States,
Continued applause Now, gen
tlemep, l do rot think 1 ought
to say anything more for fear, as
my friend Lowerstine would say,
that would paralyze you. Great laugh
ter. do not want 70 do that. l hope
tLdG every Ludu OF you, since you nave
put me on the ticket, will 60 to work and
work for the ticket. But have another
word to say before stop, and that is this:
There scarcely ever happened in the his
tory of this world, sublimer spectacle"
than the renCmlnGtion of Grover Cleve-
land BY the unanimous voice of the con-
ycntton great applausel, and I say you
did wise thing in that-a pa
triotic thing in that. The people
OF the United States love brave man,
and Cleveland Is brave man. They love
man of good, sound Judgment, and do
not know q man of sounder Judgment
than he is. They love a man who stands
up for the people, who stands up for i,
principle and does not fear 10 take the
consequences, and such man is
Grover Cleveland. Gentlemen, it will be
an honor to every man of that St. Louis
convention, as long as he lives, that he
was there to cast his vote for this worthy
president of the United States. 1 thank
you ard will bid you good night. Great
applause.