Yazoo City herald., 1888-08-31
THURMAN.


Judge Thurman began his Iou
last week aud rrerywbcre me
with an enihns| isIic reception
With the excepiloa ol Blaine be !
the most popular nan 10 the UuI
ted States, aud utllke that gentle
man his great gll,e are Sc: OF b.
greaier vntnes. HE speeche
will add very mncl 10 the chance
Of The Democracy fpr snccess, anl
they are a. brigln as any oul
could wish. We give a synopsis
taken from the kilograms, of hil
speech delivered "A Port Iursn
Nr.J. 6. O'Neil, cf Port HuroI
introduced Judge Thurman and ID
doing so made anew comparisor
between "lhe Graaa Old Man. 81
England, aud tbe sold Roman a
AmrrIca. Judge Thurman was
I ;
greeted with bnrst Of applause
from fle crowd sc TIE peopll
1uieied down he spoke as follows.
''Ladies and gentlemen will
you allow me to keep my cap on
of course, ceriaiulyl,SI am AFRAID
that this cold north wind might
do mr soine harm il | went bare.
headed, and although | am per-
fectIy willing 70 ancovrr my head
before people, SINH DO not want
70 Jreak down al lhe beginning Of
the campaign. y0sce-''keep your
cap on"
Ny friends tilisds the first time
10 my life that 1 have had the
honor to speak ia your city.
In The brief Hme that shall
speak, ! viii oceapy myself main.
II with one o. IHVse questions. 4
shall do SO because II is thatin
which there is 80 much interest
nov taken and npon which so
much is oeing sad by speakers,
By writer's, and Ihrongh the pub.
lie press. Il il nol necessary for
me, before ! proceed to that sub
iect, 70 speak of ~qhe president OIL
the United States and his admin
stratioh more than the very
words thai defy any man who
las regard for ghe truth to say |
hat Graver Cleveland has NOS
made good president OF lhaiUpi'sI
ed States. lAnplause. A brave
Intelligent, level.headed, noblal
nan. he has had clean and up.
light and a successfuI adm;nIstra-
ion. IApplause. and a voice bur
alb for Cleveland -Four years
80 he was elected In the can.
ass { SI..-...:s....s---I;3 S... issfcred aSr'lHaal
Ffs OF evils m case he should
ncceed. He did succeed and
ray what has become of their
reelection, where is the ruin that
,as to follow the election Of Gro
er Cleveland 7 Where is the
isgrace that was to follow his
lection 7 On the contrary the
ounlfy has been more quiet, more
more prosperous than
has been for many years that
ave gone by. Applause Now
know the man, know him well.
tell ,on. M, irllow cilizrns. l'af
mDrr uprighi aud wisr man ! do
OF believe daeils within the lin
5 of the United States, ap
lauseT, aud be has noble baud
councillors around him, aud not
'asi among them is the disIin-
nished citizen Of your own State. l
IT. Dickinson. Greai applause.
ileyeland knows net only how 10
lie bimselI within the limits Of
le constitution, bui he knows full
-ell how to choose good co1slitu-
onal ADVISORS Applause.
Now, my frirads. having said
lls much about the administra-
on, let me pfecred o ibat ques-
on 10 which ! nave alluded, com.
Iuuly called the tariff question.
presume there is not person
IiIhin sound ol my voice who
oes nst know what is meant by
iriff, and set il may aid US to-day
give clear and precise defin {,
ion Of what a tariff Is. A tariff,
" friends. is nothing in the world
at tax, a-tax levied by the gen.
raj g0verBmeRt upon every atii- I
Il Of commerce that comes into
be United States, and that is in I
-nded for sale within ber borders
nd which Incidentally raises Tue I
rice. aud therefore becomes a tax
7 a burden. upon avery article Of
omestic manufactures Of a like
ature with those which pay q
atiG tax. Now We have at this
,ement. according 20 the last ad
ices / have seeu. about $4,000,
90 called surplus seyenue, that is
axes collected from ihe people
letond fhr necessities Of ibe gov
1nmeni
Thorr dellsis.115.0 .0oo. 600 offhtn,
re l,iaz prrirciiy iiir ia fae
anils II ihr iT-a-pft - lhe Uni
81 State. ri 20 -esrie- 20 enf
ni-an hripe. dtanfre 80 iHietrsfs
asnme 30 prof :. f,si taken ireia
b. parsefs q ihe preple sIffr
.st properly b-iaa4 sad 7tfIr.Ii
rs nst~ ro@ assd. ltsassnds
- .4a % aa-su.lt 4d hon