Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-23
ALLAN G, THURMAN SPEAKS
For An Hour ard Half Rt Port Huron to
 Large Gathering.


 PoKT HURON Mich, Aug. 23-The run of the Thurman party from Oakland here was marked by nothing of greater public in- terest than salutatiens from the shore, the Vice Presidential candidate responding with a wave of his hat. Congressman Whiting pointed out the various objects of interest. AS Port Huron was reached the signs of a great day's demonstration ap- peared.
 At the landing the reception was an ova- tion to make any aspiring statesman proud. Old and young were there yelling for all they were worth. The local Democratic clubs were there in white hats and with canes, flags and whistles. All the princi- pal business blocks were tastefully deco rated and banners were suspended across the streets. ,I&s
 The party and the people proceeded st once to Pine Grove Park, where three stands had been erected for the speakers.
 MT. J. G. O'Neil, ex-mayor Of Port Huron, introduced Judge Thurman, and in doing so made a neat comparison between the :'Grand Old Man" of England and the ''Old Roman" of America
 After the cheering had subsided Judge Thurman spoke for nearly two hours. He said in part:
 LADIES AND GENTLEMENs Will you all low me to keep my cap ona l am afraid with this cold north wind it might do me some harm if went bareheaded, and al- though l am perfectly willing to uncover my head before the people, still 1 do not want 10 break down at the beginning of the campaign. (Voces: Keep your cap on.'O
 truth to say that Grover Cleveland has not made Il good President of the United States. (Applause) A brave, intelligent, level-headed, noble man. He has had ole md rirrht a F,,1 istration. Four years ago he was elected. In the canvass that preceded his election his opponents predicted all manner of evils in case he shoule succee,k ha. 0S Socoe of thsr na pprs prsdctons Tnss
 Now. my friends, having said this much about the Administration, let me proceed tC that question to which have alluded, commonly called the tariff question, 1 presume there IS not person within the sound of my voice who does not know what is meant by the tariff. And yet it moy aid us to-day if give a clear and pre- else definition of what a.ariff IS. tariff, my friends, IS nothing fa the world bnt a tax-a tax levied by tue General Govern mont upon every article of commerce that comes Into the United States, and that is intended for sale within her borders, and which incidentally raises the prlce, and therefore becomes a tax or 8 burden upon every article of domestic manufacture of like nature with those articles which pay the tariff tax.
 Now, we have at this moment, according to the last advices ] have seen, about $l15, ,O00, ,00O called surplus revenue-that is, takes collected from the people beyond the necessities of the Government. Those dollars, 5,0o0, ,OOo, are !yiay perfectly idle in the vaults of the Treasufy of tie United States, of no service to any human being, drawing no interest, earning no pro- tits, but taken from the pockets of the people where they properly belong, and whoF6 found fhnnaanlfa and tens of thousands and hundreds of | thousands of the people of the United States would put them to good Use and i'm prove their condition and prosperity.
 Now, the Democratic party says that this | Is 8 wrong condition of affairs; that that money ought not to be, like the talents of the man we are told of in the Scriptures, buried in the ground; that this the money of the people, aud therefore the | Democratic party says that this surplus revenue, which is produced in the main by | these tariff taxes, ought to be reduced, and 1 that the taxes should be reduced so that this surplus will not continue to accuma- | la:e. Our opponents, on the other hand, | say 1t is better to let the surplus accumu- | late; 1t is better to take the money from | the pockets of the people; it is better to l pile it up iu tho vaults of the Treasuay | Department, although it does no good l whatsoever, and it is great harm; it IS better to do that than to touch the tariff
 
 | tho contrary, to relieve an overtaxed peo- | pie Is to reduce the taxes; we say that the | wap to treat 6 people honestly, fairly and wisely Is to take no more taxes out of l their pockets than the Government actually l needs for its expenditures. Applause.l The issue, then, Is fairly made up be- 1 tween high taxation on the one hand and l reasonable taxation on the other. It is be- | tween taking the money of the people out | of their own control out of their own pock- cts and burylpg 1t in the cellar of the Treas ury Department or lehylng the money where 1t belongs, in the pockets of the l people, to be used by them as their wants l require, aud as their intelligence and hon. esty direct. seNE We are told that high tariff makes the country lricher, as if it' were possible to make a country rich by oppressively tax ing its people, Applause Isn't that a new way to make man rich To run your hand into his pocket and take out | what you And there, and that without any l just reason whatsoever for doing so iS not that 8 singular way to make nybody
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 Judge Thurman continued at some length, dwelling further upon the tariff. ] He compared the wages at home and abroad and spoke on trades unions and the colored race.
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