St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-01
never GROWS WEARY
The Noble Old Roman Keeps
Up With the Process
sion.
Buckeyes Of All Political
Parties Welcome Him to
Newark.
He Returns the Compliment
by a Presentation Of Cold
Facts,
Treating All National Cues
tions, From Goldfish to the
Saekville Episode.
Special to the Globe.

1925 and reached Newark, o., at 1:15
p. M. Judge Thurman. in a carriage
drawn by fine white horses, was taken
at once to the court house, on the east
front of which a big speaking stand
had been erected. Part of the pro-
cession acted as an escort, but the great
parade of the day had preceded the
judges arrival. 1t was considered one
of the finest affairs of the kind ever
witnessed in this city. Thirty-fve hun
dred people were in line and
emblems of the Democracy abounded.
1t is estimated that there are over
10000 people in town to-day, and
certainly fully that number had gathered
in front of the court house when the
judge arrived and they gave him a
hearty welcome. Before the regular
address began, Miss Minnie Heller, rep
reseEting thirty eight handsomely ban
dana-uniformed little girls from New
ark, in neat speech presented pretty
floral emblem in the shape of big
bandana. Judge Thurman was visibly
affected by the presentation, and replied
as follows:
"My dear young children. This is
one of the occasions that touches an old
mans heart. [ have children, and |
have always felt in their love and at
lection for me the greatest reward that
a man could feel i'll this world, and now
your kind regard and affection supplies
in some degree the want of theirs, for
they have grown old while you are still
young. / can only say that thank you
most heartily"
Gen. Smythe presided, and in short
speech introduced Judge Thurman, who
spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens:
One of the first speeches ever made to
large audience was made in this
goodly city, then town, of Newark, and
as we'll as can recOllect
UPON THIS VERY SPOT.
come here after lapse of many
years to speak to you again, and come
with a pleasure and Joy that / cannot
express. Large as that meeting was, it
would have been dwarfed in comparison
to this [applausel, and | feel that al
though there were many Democrats here
then, there are far more here to-day IRE
newed applause], and L feel very conf
dent [great cheering at the produc-
ton of bandana handkerchief by the
come the Democrats of this gOodly old
county, which every man with Demo-
cratic heart in his bosom for half a CEN
fury or more held in the highest
estimation and Eesteem-that the
Democrats of this old county
will turn out in full force and
give to Cleveland that majority in the
county that am sure he is entitled to
receive. Great cheering.l Four years
ago, he was candidate for the presi-
dency. He was candidate after we
had a quarter of q century of Re
publican rule, or nearly that. Our
opponents then predicted all man
.ner of evil that would befall this
country if Cleveland were elected pres
ident of the United States. The people
wisely turned deaf ear to the croak,-
ings of our opponents; They elected
rated. They could not play any
electoral commission, eight by
seven, on him. [Great cheering and
laughter. He was elected, and
now put it to you this day, 1 put it to
every man in this crowd, no matter
what his politics may be, if those pre-
dictiOnS thus made, those evil augurles
that fell from the lipso the Republican
speakers four years ago, have not all
been completely
NEGATIvED BY THE RESULT
[Great applause.] They said that if
Cleveland were elected this country
would be ruined; more applause;
voice Eyes they. did;'l that business
men everywhere would be broken up;
that labOrerS everywhere would be
plause; a voice land that the rebel
1oht 1unu16 najd'' stYpc and
that the rebel debt would be
paid" You have memory that they
said the rebels would be pensioned and
that the loyal soldiers of the Union
would get no pensions at all. All this
and far more they predicted would be
the result of the election of Grover
Cleveland. Well, my friends, you know
what has been the result? Now we
are told by Mr.. Blaine, who is called
by some the real candidate for the pres
idency prolonged cheering), who is
cglled by some the plumed knight, al
though his plumeS have so withered
and faded that you do not see much of
them any more Continued laughter and
cheering); we are told by him that the
United States is in the most pros
the world great applause). Three
years and a half of Democratic admins
tration and the country is the most
prosperous country on the face of Gods |
earth (great applause). And now has
the rebel debt been paid? No, and it |
never will be, l can tell you; for |
the constitution of the Unsted States |
expressly prohibits its payment and |
every man who predicted that it would |
be paid ought to have read his constitu- |
ton, or if he had read it, he ought to |