Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-20
RIGHT TO THE POINT.
THURMAN MAKES A SPEECH AT
PERU, INDIANA, LAST NIGHT.

The Weather Bad. but Immense Crowds
Turn Out to Do Him Honer-Making a
Good Point ON the Tariff Question
About Foreigners Paying Our Taxes
0nIustrating How it Would Work.
PERU, Ind, October 1s.-Judge Thurman
and party arrived this afternoon to attend
the big barbecue. Crowds were coming into
the city from early in the morning, and the
streets were filed. However, the rain drove
many within doors, and many more had
already started for their homes. On the
way up town Thurman was greeted with
cheers by the multitude from beneath drip
ping umbrellas. He was taken at once.to
the Opera House, which was packed with
an enthusiastic audience, who greeted him
with prolonged applause.
The little opera house in which Judge
Thurman spoke has seats for 500 or 700
and double that number crowded into it
until the balcony became dangerously
overcrowded. On the streets an immen sc
throng watched the procession that
carried the party notices, to the delight
OF the spectators. It is estimated that
fully $4,000 people were in town during
the day.
Judge Thurman began his speech by com.
plimenting the crowd on its size, and say
ing that it was healthy Indication OF
HOW INDIANA WOULD GO
in November. If Indiana Dem ocrats did
their duty, Grover Cleveland would be the
next President.
He then proceeded to discuss the tariff
and the question of surplus, following the
line of argument pursued last night at
Fort Wayne. His audience gave the clos
applause, and showing deep interest and q
keen appreciation OF the points made all
through the speech.
He charged the Republican speakers with
making bold and audacious attempts to
deceive the people in their high protective
tariff speeches. He cited one instance of
q claim made by them that this tariff tax
is not paid by American consumers, but by
the foreign exporters, that he pays it for
the privilege of bringing his goods here. He
wanted to know, if this was the cause, why
all other taxes were not abolished; why
not collect all taxes, state and county and
fer government purposes, from these for
eigners; why not
SAY TO THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE
"You shall, in the guise OF tariff duties, fur
nish all means that are necessary to sup
port the American Government" How
long would it be, he asked, before they
would say, ''wel what is sauce for the
goose is sauce for the gander.' They
would say to you farmers who send OF
your wheat to Europe, and your pork and
-, %hn SEns ~
things to our country to be sold, and you
shall pay such duty, such tariff IA viii sup
port our Government, and then we will see
who will come out best in the long run"
''How DO YOU LIKE TEAT?"
asked the speaker. How would you like
to support immense standing armies like
European countries? He predicted Amer.
ican farmers would not stand it 0,5 day.
Immediately at the conclusion q his
speech, which lasted thirty-five minutes,
Judge Thurman was driven to the depot
and rested quietly in his private eur. A
large crowd was on hand to see MIN, and
he came out three time to chat with them.
Judge Thurman and Governor Gray talked
for some time with the crowd, the repart-
ees being fresh and breezy, greatly de-
lighting the people. The train pulled out
at 1886 O'Clock for Indianapolis.
THURMAN ARRIVES AT INDIANAPOLIS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October 1S.-Judge
Thurman and party arrived here at a few
minutes before 8 o'clock, the train being
two hours and half behind time. Twas
a heavily loaded train, eight coaches being
literally jammed with a mass OF euthnsi-
astic, cheering Democratic humanity,
whose shouts gave response to the greet
ings OF people along the way. Tho Judge
will remain here quietly at the Durandt
hotel until Saturday morning, when he
will 60 to Brazil to close his Indiana CAM
paign. No speech will be made in this
city, no hall OF sufficient size being obtain
able.