The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-20
THURMAN MAKING 1T HOT
PLAIN TRUTHS TO THE VOTERS OF
INDIANAPOLIS

| 1SdT5 ago fOlnb6u Oob.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 19.-Contrary to his
announcement yesterday, Judge Thurman
was prevailed on to attend meeting in
| English's opera house and speak briefly.
| During the af ternoon he went out riding
and called on Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks
and visited the state capitol
| The opera house has a seating capacity of
$500, and by Z o'clock fully 5000 people
had crowded inside the walls. When Judge
| Thurman entered with Gov. Gray a
storm of applause burst forth, which
lasted over two minutes. The state com
| mittee's chairman, Mr.. Jewett, introduced
| Judge Thurman, and the audience once
more yelled itself hoarse for minute or
more.
THURMAN's SPEECH.
| After an earnest expression of gratitude
for the warmth of his reception tonight,
and in fact ever since he came into the
state, the judge said:
My friends, we are once more III
great presidential campaign The
first question before the American people is
shall Grover Cleveland be reelected Presi-
dent of the United Statesp [Cries of
['Yes, yes.l That is the right kind of an an
swer [cheersl, and it comes with the right
p
on this stand tonight and why have adj
dressed my fellow men from the Atlantic to
the Mississippi in this campaign is that | be-
lieve in my heart that the very best interests
Of the American people require that Grover
Cleveland shall be reelected. [Cheers.
Why, gentlemen, when was there ever a
cleaner, purer, more upright, more intelli-
gent, more industrious. more patriotic adj
mnistration of the general government than
we have had for the last three years and
six months? [Cries of never No, never.
HIS ESTIMATE OF CLEVELAND.
Great men have sat in the presidential
chair before; great men may sit i'll it here
after; but no man has ever sat in it who
was more conscientiously disposed to benefit
his country and to give good government
to our people than Grover Cleveland.
[Cheers.1 Men have sat there who have rem
dered greater service to the country than
he; men have sat there-but not many
of them-who have had more intellectual
gifts than he; men have sat there of more
political experience than he; but no drawer,
more courageous and upright man ever oc-
cupied that seat than Grover Cleveland
[Cheers.1 tell you that l know the man
well.
A HARD WORKER.
II lately had the privilege and advant-
age of spending little time with him, and
he never went to bed Until after midnight,
| and he spent the time in considering,s read
ing and studying every bill that congress
sent to him for examination [ A VOICE
That's right and not one bill would he
sign until he had carefully read it and the
reports In congress upon 1t,
and what the proper department
| of the government had to say about it until
he had read the evidence. as far as he could,
upon which that bill was founded. He then
made up his judgment as q judge of court
would in civil action, whether it was a
proper bill to sign. [Applause.] He would
sign no bill unless honest performance Of
duty as President required him to sign it. l
tell you, my friends, have known not a
few of the Presidents of the United States,
but L never saw one more C nscientious,
more Industrious, more anxious to do ex-
actly the right thing than Grover Cleve-
land. That is the kind of man you want in
the presidential chair. [Cneers.l
REPUBLICAN PREDICTIONS.
-Four years ago this country rang with
the predictions of our political opponents
that if Grover Cleveland should be elected
the country would be ruined. No calamity
was so great that it was not predicted in the
event of his election. Union soldiers were
to be deprived of their pensions, and rebel
soldiers were to receive pensions. The
lcDcA 0cub Was W Do pdlu, anu every LulnR
that was dark and repulSive to the loyal
people Of the United States was to flourish
like a green bay tree. The people
believed no such thing With wisdom that
will eternally rebound to their credit, they
said this man, who has discharged his duty
faithfully in every station in which he has
been placed; this man, who is a sound dem
ocrat, and, therefore, believes in the prin-
ciples upon which this government ought
TO DO administered, this is the man whom
we shall make President Of the United
States, and they did it.
THE RESULT.
"What is the results Why, Blaine himself
"a man by no means given to making con-
cessions that could injure his party-said,
in the very first speech he delivered, f my
recollection Is right, after coming from Eu-
rope and landing on our shores-that the
people Of the United States were the most
prosperous people on the face Of the globe,
and more prosperous than they had ever
been before. [Cheers and laughter They
fill up column after column to show the
prosperity of the United States. although
Grover Cleveland has been President for
three and a half years. [Cheers.1 Where
is the union soldier who has been deprived
of his pension under the administration of
President Clevelandi IA voice, Monet
PENSION GENEROSITY.
"Nearly twice as much money has been
awarded to pensioners by bills signed by
Grover Cleveland, or by allowance of the
commissioner Of pensions-that noble old
soldier, Gen. Black-than was given by all
his predecessors together. lCheers1 What
rebel soldier has been pensioned7
If he could be found, Barnum
would buy him forthwith, as matter for
show. Laughter and cheers. Where is
the rebel debt that has been paidf No man
can speak about such a matter without in
sulting the understanding Of every man to
whom he speaks, for there is your constitu.
tions I'm language as plain as can be, which
forbids, not only the federal government
paying such debts, but prevents those peo-
pie from paying the debts themselves"
[Cheers.l
Judge Thurman then gave his audience
one of bis humorous talks on the tariff
question, what the tariff Is, and how it
works, and kept his hearers laughing and
applauding at his homely illustrations as
long as he dwelt upon the subject.
HIS NEWARK SPEECH.
In concluding Judge Thurman said: 81
made a speech at Newark. N. j., this year.
The city contains the largest business in
leather and things made out OF leather.
boots and shoes, saddlery, harness, belts for
machinery and the like, OF any city in the
country. About 5000 wordngmen turned
out that night TO hear me--democrat
and tariff reformer-[cheersl, and they