Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-08-24
OPEN!
The NObleSt Roman of
Them All
OPENS THE CAMPAIGN.
Michigan Red With the Old
Bandanna.
THE GREATEST SPEECH OF ALL
Delivered by Allen G. Thurman, at Port
Huron.
THOUSANDS OF MICHlGAEDERS
Go Wild Over 1.-THE Grand Old Man" Of
America.
TARIFF THOROUGHLY DISSECTED
By the Brilliant Old Judge in His Homsly,
Clean-Cut FOrcibls Style.
The GREATEST BURDEN OF LABOR
CIR T.l;,n Mnnnv
By the Brilliant Old Judge in His Homsly,
Clean-Cut FOrcibls Style.
The GREATEST BURDEN OF LABOR
Is This Self-Same Tariff, Taking Money
From Labor and Giving 1t to
Monopoly.
A SPEECH THAT ALL SHOULD READ,
The Fallaciss Of the Republican Leaders Put
Under an Electric Hght---Ths Tariff
Question Put So Plainly That a
Child May Understand It.

The following is the speech Of Judge
Thurman at Port Huron, Mich. Judge
Thurman was introduced by ]. G. O'Neill,
Esq, in a few complimentary words, as
the old Roman of America, which provoked
loud and long-continued applause. After
the crowd had 9uieted down Mr.. Thurman
spoke as follows:
1t is not necessary for me before / pro-
ceed to that subject (the tariff to speak
of the President of the United States
and his administration more than a
very few words. l defy any man who
has regard for the truth tosay that
Grover Cleveland has not made q
good President of the United States. Ap.
plause. A brave, intelligent, level
headed noble man, he has had clean and
upright and a successful administration.
Applause, and voice, "Hurrah for
Cleveland" Four years ago he was
elected. In the convass that preceded his
election his opponents predicted all man
ner of evils in case he should succeed
He did succeed, and pray what has be-
come of their predictions? Where ia the
ruin that was to follow the election of
Grover Cleveland? Where is the disgrace
that was to follow his election? On the
contrary, the country has been more quiet,
more peaceable, more prosperous than it
has been for many years that have gone
by. Applause. Now, l know the man
know him well; l tell you, my fellow
citizsns, that a more upright and wise
man i do not believe dwells within the
limits of the United States. Applause
And he has noble band OF counselors
around him, and not least among them il
the distinguished citizen of your own
State, Mr.. Dickinson. Great applause
Cleveland knows not only how to rule
himself within the limits OF the Constitu-
ton, but he knows foil we'll how to choose
good constitutional advisers. Applause.
THE TARIFF PROBLEM.
Now, my friends, having said this much
about the administration, let me proceed
to that question to which have alluded,
commonly called the tariff question.
presume there is not person within the
sound of my voice who does not know
what is meant by the tariff. And yet il
may aid us to-day if give clear and pre-
else definition of what tariff is. A tariff.
my friends, is nothing in the world but a
tax; tax levied by the general Govern.
ment upon every article of commerce that
enters into the United States, and that
is intended for sale within her borders,
and xyb;oh ;ro;d aptallv ra;aao fba nr;oo
and therefore becomes tax or burden up.
on every article of domestic manu-
Iacture of like nature with those which
pay the tariff tax. Now, we have at this
moment, according to the last advices !
have seen, about Sll5, 600, 900, called sur.
plus revenue-that ia, taxes collected from
the people beyond the necessities of the
Government. These dollars, Sis, 600, 900,
are lying perfectly idle in the vault of the
Treasury of the United Ststes-of no ser
vice to sny human being, drawing no in
terest, earning no profile, but taken from
the pockets of the people where they prop.
erly belong, and where, if they were now
found. thousands and tens of thousands,
and hundreds of thousands Of the people OF
the United States would put them to good
use and improve tDeir condition and pros
perity.
Now the Democratic party says this is q
wrong condition of affairs; that that money
ought not to he like the talents of the man
we are told of in the Scriptures, buried in
the ground; that this is a very poor use To
make OF the money of the people; and,
therefore, the Democratic party says that
this surplus revenue which is produced in
the main by these tariff taxes. ought TO be
reduced, and that the taxes should be re-
duced 30 that this surplus will not continue
to sccumulate. Applause Our oppo-
nents, on the other hand, say it is better to
let the surplus accumulate; it is better to
take the money from the pockets of the
people; it is better TO pile it up in the
vaults Of the Treasury although il does no
good Whatsoever and it is great harm; it
Is better to do that than to touch the tariff
laws of the United States. We say, on the
contrary, to relieve an over-taxed people is
TO reduce the taxes; we cay that the way to
treat people honestly, fairly and wisely
is to take no more taxes ont of their pock-
cts than the government actually needs for
its expenditures. Applause.
THE ISSUE MADE UP.
The issue then is fairly made mp be-
tween us; it is between high taxation on
the one hand and reasonable tsxation on
the other. 1t is between taking the money
of the people out of their own control, out
Of their own pockets, and burying it in
the cellar Of the Treasury Department or
it is between leaving the money where it
belongs, in the pockets Of the people. TO
be used by them as their wants require
and a. their intelligence and honesty direct
Here q gentleman on the platform raised
an umbrella to keep the sun from the
sneakers face, but was unable TO do 30.
Judge Thurman-Well, never mind; the
sun never hurt Q Democrat anyway.
Laughter and applause
Now, my friends, in the long political
life that / have led, have heard great
many false pretences preached to the peo-
Die. A great many intended to deceive
and delude them, but in all my lifeI have
never witnessed such sudacity as have