, 1888-10-27
AND CARLISLE
Enthusiastic Thousands Greet
Them at Lima, 0.
The "Old Romans" Talk on the
Sackville Letter.
His Scathing Arrangement of
Republican TrickerY.

LIMA, o., Oct. 26.-Judge Thurman
and Speaker Carlisle left Cincinnati for
this place at 7:45 this morning in the
rain. The people gathered at the depots
in various towns through which the train
passed. At Troy and Wapakoneta brief
stops were made and short addresses in a
light, humorous vein were made by Thur
man and Carlisle, which were heartily
cheered. The train was greeted in this
city by a crowd of several thousand and
the Judge taken at once to dinner. In
their speeches to-day Thurman and Car
Isle will both pay some attention to the
letter of the British minister and that
which elected it. They claim the Repub-
lican leaders know they are beaten and are
trying to distract the public mind from
the main issue of the campaign, which is
the tariff. 1t is their purpos to ridicule
this move and hold to the tariff.
Alter dinner the Judge was driven to
Music hall where the afternoon meeting
was held. The hall was packed to over
flowing and the crowd gave an enthu sias-
tic greeting to the speakers of the day.
Judge Thurman said he would not speak
on the tariff question, as Speaker Carlisle
was to do that tonight. Furthermore,
they had been talking on it in the field
and in congress for many months and he
thought the Democratic speakers had a
victory on their side and that their OPP
ponents feel it ha 60. ''If they did not
believe said he that the argument on
this question OF the tariff was on the
Democratic side, why in the world did
they try and insert another issue to talk
about? Why did they reject the fisheries
treaty and attempt to make out that the
president had not stood up in a bold and
manly manner for the interests of the
people?
After reviewing the action of the senate
on the treaty the Judge said: They told
the president in substance by refusing to
raSify or amend the treaty that the time
had come when we must resort to warlike
measures to vindicate American rights.
Well, the president took them at their
word. He sent in a message to them and
said:
"As you are in a fighting mood Il do
not use his language, but [ give the sub.
stance of it). as you won't settle this
matter peaceablY SO that there may be no
b~loodshed, so that there may be good will
and peace between us and other nations
of the earth, as you insist that we shall
resort to power and to force, give me the
power of retaliation. Give it to me. You
speak of retaliation; you speak of warIike
measures; you speak of vindicating the
rights Of America by arms. Give me the
power to do what you declare is the true
policy Of the United States"
He sent that message to congress forth
with. The Democratic house of represen-
tatives passed the bill that gave to the
president all power that could be asked
to retaliate upon Canada and Great
Britain and to get our rights if they
could be got by force. That bill passed
the house of representatives with a single
dissenting Democratic vote. Now, what
became of the bill? 1t vent to the senate
and instead of passing it they sent it to
their committee on foreign affairs, and
there it sleeps the sleep that knows no
waking.
Now, [ want to know what kind of a
spectacle that Is presented by the greatest
Republican leaders in the land on this
subject of foreign affairs. They wont
make a treaty. they wont back out, and
they wont fight. Now. when they we're
well beaten on that subject, then came up
the Chinese question. The president had
made another treaty upon this question
and while they did not dare to neglect it
as they had the fisheries treaty, yet by
amendment which caused its rejection by
the Chinese government they hoped the
president would be deprived of the credit
due him. He thought with other men in
the United States-and | was one of
them, and | was one of the first of them,
for | had expressed my opinions fully to
my fellow-citizens in 1870 at Cincinnati,
five years before the California legislature
p~etltioned congress upon the subject of
Chinese immigration. | said then what |
to-day that the heather Chinee is not
a welcome, not a useful person in the
United States. LGreat cheering. l had
gone through the Chinese quarters in San
Francisco. | had seen him there in all
his rags and all his filth. | had been in |
the joss house which they call a temple.
| had seen what he calls religion, and so
help me God, although | hope | am as
charitable and as broad minded toward
men OF all countries as any man ought to
be, | could not say in nv own conscience
this is a good man to bring into the
United States. Applause.
Very well. A Democratic house of
representatives was of that same opinion, |
and so they passed a bill to exclude Chi.
neSe from settlement IN this country.
bill passed the house of representa-
lives on the very day it was introduced.
If my memory is not at fault it went to
the senate. 1t remained there about six
weeks, how long it took those grave and
reverend s~eiGnors 10 lind out whether or
this should become a mongrel coun-
try laughter and applause, half white
and half heatnen Chinese. TMore
laughter. Very well; it passed, how
ever. They could not resist it. and it
went to the president. who signed the bill,
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