The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-31
JUDGE THURMAN.
The Ancient Roman Speaks
at Wheeling.
THE oLD FKKE-AxD-Easy Talk
The Mills Bii Baiit ON Henry Ciay,s
Lines-Marchisen L. Villain aad
Saekvfile is an Ass-The Letter has
Fallen Fiat ~ = Pancake, MIR.
Thurman Thinks.

WEBBING, w. Va. Oct. So.-The
city is decorated with bandanas and
throneed with people in honor Of
Judge Thurman's presence. There
was procession and speeches this
forenoon by local orators. The Judge
was escorted to the rink i'm the even
ing amid the blaze of torches and fire
works. He spoke At seme length re-
garding the assertions made by politi-
cal opponents that he was decrepit
and broken down, and entered very
vigorous denial. which was received
with great applause by the crowd.
HENRY CLAY A mopERArE FRorxcrIosrsr.
Turning to the tariff, he said al
am not going 10 speak 70 you at any
length upon that great subject. have
only 20 correct few of the gross er
rors of our political opponents. They
tell You the Mills bin is free trade
bill, Why, think of it. The bill pro-
poses tariff tax more than tvir. as
heavy, or at least twice as heavy.
as was proposed or advocated
by Henry Clay, the so-called
father of the American system.
yet when the house passed this bin, in
which the duties laid down are as
great as Henry Clay, the father OF the
protective system, advocated. these
great men at the going down OF the
sun jump upon the stunips about the
country and scream at the top of their
voices; You are going TO destroy the
country by free trade -
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
The judge briefly discussed the tariff.
and then said; Il want also 10 touch
upon what is called the gqes-
ton of capital and labor. Our
Republican friends profess to
have a real attachment for
the laboring men. They really
want q high protective tariff and 10
tax him on everything he wears. They
profess their love for the lahorine man
and say their policy is for the benefit
of the laboring man, and that the
Democratic party are enemies of the
laboring man. Good heavens. my
friends, just think of it, ILaughter.l
The Democratic party enemies Of the
laboring mani Why, take anv iOO0
Democratic voters in all the United
States, and $50 of that 1000 will be
found TO be laboring men. Yes. sir,
all workingmen, too. How can it be
otherwisefi
LABOR ORGANIZATION.
The speaker asked what made the
laboring men of this country what
they are but Democratic principles?
He spoke heartily In favor of labor
organizations, and said: The Re-
publicans talk of beneiitting the labor
ing men by high taxes. I affirm that
the sensible and reasonable legal or
ganization of iaboring men for their
own protection has done more TO in
crease their wages and maintain them
than all the tariff laws ever passed. /
am not advocating unreasonable or
Illegal organizations, but orders that
are within the limit OF law; that are
reasonable; that do no injustice 10
any American"
sACKvfLLE Is AN ASS.
He concluded his speech bv a
reference to the fisheries and Chinese
treaties and the Murchison letter. or
the latter he said: "You can see that
ii was the letter OF william right ON
its face. The British minister was
such an ass that he didn't know there
was any trap set for him. The letter
taibN oAt III tAt hNH eEAECto lAct III
time for Blaine's speech, and Blaine
got on the stand and threw up both
hands and cried out-I don't give his
exact words-'Great God, what is this
country coming tor Laughter and
applause There was no necessity for
that exclamation OF Blaine. The British
minister had done what he ought not to
have done, and If | am not very much
mistaken he viii find, that out before
long and have his carpet-bag packed
for his return TO England. Laughter
and cheers Just on the eve Of cleo
ton that thing, which is a manifest
fraud. comes out, and no man can up
hold il without being an outsider and
abetter OF disgraceful fraud. That
thing has fallen just as fiat as a pan
cake. Lit is clear gone, and with IL all
their efforts 10 embarrass one OF the
best presidents who ever occupied the
presidential chair. My friends they
cannot do it.