The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-28
THURMAN'S TRIP.
He Discourses in the West on
Democratic Doctrines.
ICIDNENTS ALONG THE ROUTE.
He Addresses the Ohio Democracy and
Makes Rattling Tariff Talk
Great Enthusiasm.

TOLEDO, Ohio, August 20-Judge Thurman
and party left Columbus at o'clock this after
noon for this city and Port Huron, Mich,
where the campaign will be opened Wednes-
day. Rain and the uncertainty of the hour OF
departure seemed 10 keep the crowd at home.
However, the train attracted good deal of at
tention as it pulled out with bandanas hanging
in all the windows.
An enthusiastic crowd was at the depot at
Delaware, and the air was red with baudanas
as the crowd waved them and cheered The
crowd filled up the platform stretched out
access the track, A band added to the cnthu-
siasm. Hon e. f. Peopleton and committee
boarded the train and brought the judge to the
platform, when, as soon rs the cheering had
subsidized, he spoke as follows, having been in
troduced by Mr. Peopleton:
If Mr. peopleton had the making of the next
president ofthe United States have no doubt but
/ would be the man. daughter and applause.l
But there are great many other people that have
a word TO say upon that subject. l can tell you
this, nay friends, that ii you want this old fellow TO
be your next yice-president, you must 50 TO work,
know have 10 time TO make speech and 1t is
owing TO the poteness of the conductor of the train
that am permitted to say few words Tor two
three minutes is as long the train VIII remain
have so little time / cannot do better than
have heard a great deal about the
tariff. That is the great subject upon which
speeches. are now maze. i nave lCaru, III n long
political experience, great many attempts to hum
bug the people, but of all attempts that ever have
seen or heard, the pretenon that a high protective
tariff is for the benefit Of the aboring man. is the
greatest humbug. Applause. What is tariff? 1t
is a taxa tax levied by the general government
upon commodities that the laborng man, as well as
other men, use 1t is tax that takes hold of every
thing, from the crown of your head TO the soles
of your feet takes your hat your coat your vest
your breeches, your boots, your shoes; that taxes
every implement which you use in your mechan-
icNl and agricultural operations. And now TO tell
me that to take laborng man and tax him from
the top Of his head to the soles of his feet TO tax
him on everything that he uses in his trade and to
tax him heavily, is benefit to him, seems to to
be nothing else than absurdity. Applause.
Workingmen in their shirt sleeves, farmers
on horseback, business men, clerks, women,
boys and girls TO the number of thousands,
everywhere, crowded about the train to give
enthusiastic greeting to the noble old Roman.
His endeavors to meet the wishes OF his friends
Tor speech, were not successful be-
cause the train moved on at
the appointed time, generally before Thurman
had we'll started, and nearly always leaving
him in the middle of sentence.
Soon after 8 O'Clock the special pulled into
the depot at Toledo.
Driving to the postoffice building, the DIS
tinguished guest of the city was escorted to
the steps, from which point the procession was
reviewed An immense crowd filed all the
space about the building, not less than five
thousand people being present. The sight of
the cold Roman stirred them to great en-
Emery j. Potter introduced Judge Thurman,
who made his tenth speech OF the day.
After expressing his qualification at his cor
dial reception, Mr.. Thurman said;
Now, my friends, this is so true that there IS
scarcely a thing that you wear the price of which
is not increased by the tariff tax. There are men
audacious enough to say-men who are advocating
high protective duties or rather there are men at-
dacious edough say that high protective tariff is
for the Teneft of the laborng man. Why, in the
name of all that is common sense and reason, how
O. lQD0rID2
that begins with the crown Of his head and
to the that G g Between of bem s e
| plause and laughter That taxes him on his hat,
taxes him on his shirt taxes him on his coat taxes
him on his vest, taxes him on his pants, taxes him
on his undertaking, taxes him on his stockings
and taxes him on his shoes and even 70 the little
necktie that is around his neckit leves its taxes
upon Il. How in the name OF heaven, can 1t be
that the laboring men is benefited by such
tax? No. my friends tto of al hg m Is
deceived this hupbug Of aboring man being
benefited by high protective tariff is the greatest
ever heard Of All but says some one, il enables
manufacturers in this country to pay higher wages
to his laboripg men, and therefore is benefit to
them, My friends, d'd you ever know any manu-,
of an increased tariff? If you did you have met
with something have never seen. There Is man
great Snowman, man who has gathered
together in his show more curious things than
perhaps can be found i'll any other single place on
the face Of the earth; but among all his curiosities
he has never found such curiosity as n manufact-
Lfer who paid higher wages TO his hands because OF
q raise in tariff. Laughter and applause. Nay,
that is not at all do not wanttO speak harshly
o. manufacturers, but they are human beings like
other human beings But | must pass. Another
of the receptions of these tariff orators or high
protection theorists Is to say that the consumer
does not pay tax | have shown you how
he did pny Il in the price that he gives for lis article
but want to ask any man who tells me or tells you
that the consumer don pay the tax II he don't pay
it, who does pay ii? How comes ii that the clothes
that costs but $40 before there was any tax upon
them, after that sells for the price OF $40 ana the
tax paid ana merchants profit upon that, If that is
not ultimately paid by the conSumeH But, my
friends that is not all, the man who stands fair IN
your community and who has face that would
license him as preacher of the GOSPEL
Just upon his looks such man Will get up before
his lellow-citizens and tell him that high tariff les
sens instead of increases the price Of commodities
Why, my friends If tat is the case, ii high tariff
reduces prices please tell me why it is that all
manufacturers are in favor of high tariff; do they
want to reduce the price of their own goods. Do
they want 10 make less money? Why do they work
SO hard to increase the tariff if to increase it would
another one OF the absurdlties OF these men who
are going around trying to persuade the people of
this country that high tariff Is for the benefit of
the people. Now my friends, there is another
thing these people say, they come before you TO
picture the wealth and prosperity of our country
That Is all very well indeed, although it would be
little fairer If they could give the other side Of
the picture and show how the agricultural property
has so wonderfully increased since they had this
high tariff in operation. But let that pass.
talks to Won about the country being made
rjeh by HIN protect We tar by What Kid Of OBJ
Grafton is it? BY what kind of operation unknown
to science, unknown to reason, unknown ~ expert
ence that the country be made rich by this gov
eminent taxing its people far beyond any necessity
that government has for taXaliOn?
Thurman in Michigan.
PORT HURON, Mich, August 22.The
Thurman party, after dinner at Crosse Pointe
yesterday. crossed Lake s.. Clair in a stiff
gale, and arrived at Oakland house, St. Clair
springs, at one o'clock in the morning. Mr..
Thurman stood the trip WE'LL although some
OF his companions were seasick while crossing
the lake, and everybody who left the cabin on
the passage was thoroughly drenched. The
yacht started from st. Clair springs at 1870
and arrived at Port Huron at 9 o'clock.
An immense crowd blocked the street and
filed up the windows and balconies along the
way. Port Hurons
TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE
were out in n body, and 10 the regular popula-
finn Md hnnIl nnLnl anmnlal iLGLI..lll Innrn