Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-26
Blaine Discovers Mares Nest In
the Retaliation Message.
3 Congressional News.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

cOrt the Judge ana party to the train OF
which they we're taken to Cheltenhan
Beach. Prominent in the parade wer,
organizations of naturalized citizens with
notices such as ''We Were Made Citi
zens Legally" "No Dynamite in Ours,
and other expressions Of their loyalty tt
their adopted country. Travelling mer
and local political organizations, some
organizations from neighboring towns
bands and carriages made up the rest O
the procession. The Judge was greeted
with great enthusiasm by the immens,
crowd that filled the sidewalks along tht
line. After marching to the depot they
were taken in cars to the Cheltenham
which is about twelve miles below th'
city.
THE SPEAKING AT CHELTENHAM.
An immense crowd gathered at Chelten
ham Beach to hear Judge Thurman anc
other distinguished speakers. A stanC
had been erected in the center of the
large hall, and around it the eager
thousands jostled' together in their vair
attempt to see and hear the speaker, and
the speaker did his best to be heard.
Congressman Roger @. Mills, of Texas
| IOA-OCAdVO1 AAdA IL uluUulA3 Va 1lllAOlC,
and Congressman Wilson, of Virginia,
introduced by Lyman Trumbull, and
spoke in substance as follows:
| FRIENDS AND FELLOW CITIZENS: Allow
me to first express my thanks to Judge
Trumbull for the kind manner in which
he has presented me to you. 1t is my
purpose to-day to speak upon the Tariff,
h,1k kofo T - %1@k -.
You have within the last few days heard
not little about the message of the
President to Congress on the rejecting of
the Fisheries treaty. 1 have no copy Of
that treaty in my possession here;
therefore cannot discuss it.; and have
no copy of the Presidents message, and
therefore cannot quote from it; but l
want to say that some years ago this
country was greatly agitated by party
called
THE KNOw-NOTHING PARTY.
To the Know-nothing party the Irish
man was an abomination of abomina.
tions; and if he were Catholic Irish
man he was the accursed of the earth.
But now, strange to say, these men who
a few years ago were Know-nothings and
the most abusive of the Irish, of the Ger.
mans and all foreign born people, but of
the Irish especially, are seeking to court
what is called the Irish vote, to get the
Irish to vote against the men who stood
by them in defense of their rights and in
defense of everything that was alleged
against them. Now they are seeking to
get their votes by misrepresenting Grover
Cleveland, asserting that he is under
British influence. There was never a
more false assertion. You might as well
tell me that Washington was under Brit
ish influence. If any man thinks there
is anything in the charge let him read
the message the President has sent to
Congress this week. Grover Cleveland
knows too we'll what are the interests of
this country. He has too much SYM
pathy with the American people, native
and naturalized, to be under any false or
improper influence oil any country. And
now l come to
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
The tariff is tax imposed by the
Government upon goods, wares and
manufactures imported into the United
States for gale. The effect is to raise the
price upon everything upon which it is
put. 1t does not raise the price of beef
or pork packed in Chicago, or wheat that
is sold in Chicago, for we do not import
these commodities; but on what we do
import and similar articles manufactured
in this country, the tariff raises the price
and makes them cost more to the con.
sumers, and yet this tax is said to benefit |
the laboring man. How can a man be |
benefited by tax that begins at the |
crown Of his head and takes in every
thing he wears, down to the soles of his |
feet. So far as it is necessary to raise |
money to carry on the Government, to |
pay pensions to the gallant men who
fought for it's preservation, the people |
are willing to pay the tax, but when you
tax the people more you are robbing the |
people of money that belongs to them.
The collection OF a surplus revenue has
been going on for some years, and al
though the amount thus far collected has
% some extent been reduced by buying
bonds at an enormous premium, there |
'till remains in the treasury $115 ,O0O, 900.
REDUCE THE TAXES.
How can you have a honest govern.
nent with that amount in the Treasury.
or which it has no legitimate use. Every.
body who can suggest some scheme for
Up pending this money goes to work to do
t, 80 appropriations are made that are
Our fore-fathers intended
hat we should have an honest, frugal,
Republican, Democratic gov
they never intended that we
should collect $1l5,000,000 and then
'quander it extravagantly in order to
get rid of the surplus. How can this sur
3lus be reduced? The answer is plain
'educe the taxes. Now the issue is fair
y made; the Democrats say reduce the
axes. OF all the inventions ever devised
o shift the burden of taxation from fhe
ich mans shoulders on to the shoulders
II the poor man, this tariff talk is the
most ingenious and insidious. Now, nv
riends, am going to stop in order that
he grand man who is your candidate for
Governor may be heard.
Judge Thurman then retired amid vol T.
eys Of cheers. Large overflow meetings
we're held at which speeches were made
~ Representatives Mills, Wilson and
'thers.
GRAND BARBECUE.
A grand barbecue was held, for which
en- beeves and twenty sheep had been
besides other eatables and
lrinkables. No expense had been spared
o make the day grand success. Thur
mans speech went over much the same
rounds as his speech at Port Huron,
Though he handled the subject in diff