Omaha daily bee., 1888-08-21
TALKS TARIFF To TOLEDOANS
The Old Roman Makes His First
Speech of tho Campaign.
A BIG DAY FOR RED BANDANAS.
Democracy's Vice Presidential Candi-
date Received With Cheers at
Every Stopping Place-Jour-
ncying to Michigan.
OXatlOns to Ihmcmnn.

party, lctJ tOlulnDuS on the hooking valley
road. Besides the "Old Roman the party
consists of A. w. Thurman and son, DIR.
Schwarz, II. u. Lynn, of Columbus, and sew
cral newspaper correspondents The first
crowd was encountered at Powell, and in re-
sponse to numerous calls Judge Thurman
spoke briefly. AS the train pulled out the
crowd gave three cheers. a sign on q high
pole read, Free muslin" and above the sign
was tame coon. At Delaware the crowd
filed up the platform and stretched out
across the track. A committee boarded the
train and brought the Judge to the platform,
and he spoke as follows:
'If you had the making of the next vice
president, l have no doubt but that / would
be the man, but there are great many other
people who have a word to say upon thal
subject. / can tell you this, my friends, that
if you want this old fellow to be your next
vice president you must go to work. | have
no time to make a speech, and cannot do
better than contne myself to single idea.
You have heard great deal about the tariff.
! have heard great many attempts to hum
bug people, but of all the attempts that ever
have seen or heard the pretension that
high protective tariff is for the
benefit of the laboring man is
the greatest humbug What is tariff!
1t is tax; tax levied by the general gov
GlullcilJ upon COHlllOulIlGS Uudt Ine laDOElnR
man, as well as the other men, use. 1t is
tax that takes hold of everything, from the
crown of Your bead TO the solcs of your feet;
that takes every implement which you use IN
your mechanical and agricultural operations,
and now to tell me that to take laborng
man and tax him from the top of his head to
the soles of his feet is a benefit to him seems
to me to be nothing but an absurdity. THANK
YOU for this manifestation of your regard and
bid you good-bye.h
At Upper Sandusky a large crowd had as
scmbled. Judge Thurman was introduced
and said:
''If l had time nothing would give me
more pleasure than to say something to you
on this much discussed tariff question. |
would like to expose some of the humbugs
that are sought to be made use Of When q
man tells IL laboring man that tariff tax,
which taxes him in the price he pays for
everything he wears, is good thing for him,
1 answer that it is an absurdity. What man
ever got rich by having his hard earnings
taken out of his pocket by taxation, and to say
that a country could be made rich by heavily
taxing it's people is an absurdity that nobody
but a high protectionist would dare to assert.
All can do now is to thank you most hear
tily for the honor you have done me in giving
me so great Il welcome"
AT the conclusion of Judge Thurman's brief
speech the party adjourned to a hotel, where
an excellent supper had been prepared.
Fully ten thousand people, accompanied by
a band, cheered as the train came to stop
at Carey. After thanking the people for
their welcome and regretting his inability to
make an extended speech, the judge con-
cluded by saying:
at is IA long time since the people of Amer
| lea have had such u fair and square issue
| before them as is before them now. You
| have in the treasury more than one hundred
| million dollars utterly idle, for not one dollar
| of which the government has any use, but
| which is kept out of the pockets of the peo-
| pie who might use it in their business ana to
thnit aIy ntoCr md omit,
| the democratic party says that ought not to
be.n Here the tram pulled out.)
At Fostoria the Fostoria Cleveland and
| Thurman club, in uniform band, and
| crowd of several hundred people welcomed
the train. Judge Thurman came to the rear
| of the car and spoke as follows:
"Fellow Citizens: If my eyes were shut l
| should know that there were some democrats
| IN this neck of woods, for that is the way
| democrats shout when they see victory with
| in their reach. When can get away and am
| not under the dominion of these train men
will make speech and do the very best
| cam
The Thurman club, Of Rising Sun, de-
| manded another stop, and prevailed on the
Judge to start a speech, as follows:
| "My friends, have been accustomed to
say for several years that with me the time
| of the setting sun had arrived. Tonight
however, find / am in Rising Sun, and
| when see you turn out and welcome me so
kindly, young and old: when l hear your
| shouts and look into your faces and witness
| the zeal and earnestness that you display it
| seems that the wheel of time had rolled back
| aud ! am in Rising Sun again"
! At Pemberville a canon and brass band
| doomed out welcome, ahd the crowd gave
three times three cheers. The judge said:
"Mr. Fellow Citi2ens / thank you most
| sincerely for this welcome. l gladdens the
| heart of an old man to receive the applause
| of his fellow citizens and therefore il is that
feel profoundly grateful for this hearty and
| enthusiastic welcome"
At 8 o'clock the train pulled into the depot
at Toledo. Everything had been prepared
for good reception in this city. Crowds
came TO the city from neighboring towns and
vilssges FrsmSnt sS Of ReadoS so5 the nsmDdrs list
Three uniformed clubs, with torches,
and bands welcomed the party to the city
Carriages had been provided and process
sion was ut once formed and started up the
| street, the club marching first and followed
by the carriages. Driving to the postoffice
building, the distinguished guest was es-
corted TO the steps, from which point the
procession was reviewed. An immense
crowd filed all the space about the building.
The sight of the "Old Roman" stirred them
to great enthusiasm Judge Emory ID. Pot
ter introduced Judge Thurman, who spoke
as follows
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: 1t has
| been my privilege to speak this city a num-
| Der of times, and never came here that l
was not received with the kindest attention,
and / am highly gratifed that have once
more the privilege of saying few words to
you. l shall be very brief, considering the
late hour of the night at which we have ar
rived and l have to speak day after to-mor-
row to a large crowd that / am assured there
will be at Port Huron. 1t will be the open
ing speech of the campaign for me, and when
go there, into another state, want them to
have the Buckeye in the very best possible
plight in which he can be for talking. The
few remarks / shall make will be confined to
a single topic. Not that there is but one
thing that might attract your attention in
this campaign but there is one transcendant
theme about which so much is said. The
people are eager TO learn exactly what is the
truth. / refer to the tariff question. pre-
sumo there is no man in this vast audience
who does not know what is meant by the
word tariff and yet it can do us no harm if
begin by definition Of what IS a tariff
A tariff my friends, is nothing
more than a tax levied by the general
government upon importations brought into
the United States for sale, the effect of which
is TO raise the price Of every commodity thus
imported aud also the price of all domestic
commodities of the same nature made within
the United States. This tax is paid by the
consumer of the article. When your state
tax is levied it is levied on property and is