Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-04
HIS LAST SPEECH.
The Laborer is Worthy of HIS Hire
Labor and CAPITAL.

The Lab0rer is Worthy of HIS Hire.
Labor and Capital.
NELsoNvILLE, Ohio, November g.
Thurman and party arrived here from
| Columbus this afternoon, and were
greeted by a large concourse of Demo-
Gratis from all this region.
This mining city, with six thousand
Inhabitants, gave Judge Thurman an
enthusiastic welcome, and to its popula-
ton was added great number of people
from other places in the vicinity. When
Judge Thurman mounted the stand at 2
o'clock, probably 5000 people we're
massed in the vicinity, and he was
greeted with great applause. He spoke
briefly upon the tariff, and then turned
to the subject of capital and labor. He
said in part: ~
First, want to say am not here to
breed discomfort; l am not here to set
the employer against the laboring man,
or the laboring man against the en-
ployer; am here simply to preach jus
tice on all hands, and that every man
shall have an honest and fair reward for
his labor. There is an annual accumu-
lation of wealth, and that accumulation
is wholly-I repeat it, and emphasize the
worlds wholly the result OF human
labor. There is not a writer of political
ECONOMY who ever wrote one line on this
Subject that was worth reading, that has
not affirmed this to be the truth, and we
know it to perfection. The difficulty
about the production of wealth
is easily solved, but there is an
other question that is more diff
ficult by far. and that is
the question of the distribution OF wealth.
This is the great problem that agitatee
society all over the Christian world.
This annual product of wealth is dis
tributed between three classes of mon |:
First. the capitalist who lends money to
carry on business, and ii he charges q
reasonable rate nobody complains; next
comes the manufacturer or employer who
is entitled to fair reward. If he is con-
tent with fair and honest profits, nobody
in the length and breadth of the land
begrudges him those profits. Lastly, we
come to the laboring man whose brawny
arms, level head and skill en-
ables him to pile up the wealth, and
the laboring man is entitled to
his reward or the scriptures
are lie. Our opponents are accustomed
to sneer at what they call political econ.
omy. They sneer at science. If these
men will sneer at science will they not
sneer at the words of Almighty God
himself who has declared that the laborer
is worthy of his hire.
The sentence, "In the sweat of thy
face shalt thou earn thy daily bread %
was the greatest benediction ever con-
ferred upon mankind, as it made man
industrious and intelligent and saved
him from being a poor, miserable loafer.
l say, therefore, the laboring man is en-
titled to his reasonable hire and If he
does not receive it he is wronged and,
defrauded man. Our opponents are
preaching to you that the way
Tor you to get good wages is to
have a high protective tariff to tax you
on everything you earn, for that is what
it comes to. do believe am no friend
to violent means, but l tell YOU laborjng
mems organizations when properly con-
Quoted and rightly managed have done
more to secure good wages to the labor
ing men than all the tariff laws that ever
will be passed. Your way then to get
good wages is not getting down on your
knees to Congress and praying for high
tariff; your way to get good wages is to
maintain your manhood. Other people
can make combinations, can form trusts
that word which has become serious
other people can do that. / would like
to know why the men who produce all
the wealth in this world cannot organize
for their own protection. [Great ap-
plause.]
Judge Thurman then spoke of the
charge made by his political opponents
that the Democratic party is the enemy
of laboring men and went on at some
length to deny that imputation, as he
has in other speeches. As he was clog
ing his remarks the crowd call out for
him to say something about Minister
Vests letter, to which the Judge re-
piled: All can say about Vests letter
is, that If had a boy and he was such q
fool as to be entrapped as West was, 1
would disown him. Whether Mr.. West
is knave or fool do not know; but
he is one or the other, too much to
represent the British Government at the
City OF Washington, and Grover Cleve-
land has told him 30 and given him his
walking papers.
/, At $3.50 P. NJ. Judge Thurman and party
left for Columbus.
Warrington WAITS.
WASHINGTON, November 3.-In his an
nual report to the Secretary OF the Treas