The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-04
HIS LAST SPEECH.
Judge Thurman in the
Hooking Valley.
TALK OK CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Trades-Unions the Best Protection
Go the Toiler-The Tariff as the
Wsrkingnen's Friend an Ahsur
dity-Lord Sackvilie n Fool-rhe
Old Romans Vitality.

NEIsosvnLE. O., Nov. 3.-JGdge
Thurman and party arrived from
Columbus this afternoon and were
greeted by large coneourse of Demo-
crats from all this region. This min
ing city, with goo inhabitants. gave
Judge Thurman an enthusiastic well
come, and TO is population was added
great number of people from other
places.
When Judge Thurman mounted the
stand at ? o'clock, probably 1000 peo-
pie were massei in the vicinity, and he
was greeted with great applause. He
spoSe briefly upon the subject OF the
tariff ard then turned to tie subject of
capital and labor. He said in part:
FIRST, want 10 say that | am not
here TO breed discomfort. am not
here to set the employer against the
iaooring man, or the latoring man
against the employer. l am here sim
ply To preach justice on all hands, and
that every man shall have an honest
and fair reward for his labor. There
Is an annual accumulation of wealth
in the world. and that accumulation il
wholly repeat IL and emphasizes the
words wholly the result of human
labor. There is not a ritter on politi-
cal economy who ever wrote one line
ON this subject that was worth reading
that has not affirmed this to be a truth.
and we know it TO perfection.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH.
The difficulty about the production
of wealth Is easily solved, but there il
another question that is more di!ficult
by lar, and that is the question OF the
distribution of wealth. It is the great
problem that agitates society all over
the Christian world. This annual
product of wealth is distributed he
tween three classes of men-6rst the
capitalist, who lends money TO carry
on business. and il he charges n req
sonabie rate nobody complains. Next
comes the manufacturer or ernployer.
who is also entitled to a fair reward.
II he Is content with fair and honest
pront, nobody in the length and
breadth of the land begrudges him
those profits. Lastly, we come to the
faboring man, the man whose brawny
arms, level head and skill enable him
to pile up the wealth, and the man is
entitled to his reward or the Scriptures
are a lie.
Our opponents are accustomed to
sneer at what they call political econ
omy: They sneer at science and sci
entnc men as II science was any,
thing IN the world but truth. IL these
men VIII sneer at science, well they
sneer AZ the words OF Almighty God,
himself, who has declared that the
laborer is worthy of his hire.r The
speaker said the sentence that "In the
sweat nj fAV hrs.st- hal Al
daily bread" was the greatest benedic-
ton ever conferred upon mankind. as
II made man industrious and intelli-
gent, and saved him from being poor
miserable loafer. II say, therefore,
the laboring man Is entitled TO his rea-
sonable hire. and II he does not receive
It he Is a wronged and defrauded man.
TRADE UNIONS BETTER THAN THE BETTER,
"our opponents are preaching TO
you that the way for you TO get good
wages is 10 have high tariff 10 tax
you on all you earn, for that Is what IL
comes to. do not believe so. am
no friend OF violent means, but | tell
you that labor organizations when
properly conducted and rightly man
aged have done more 10 secure good
wages to the laboring men than all the
tariifiaw that ever have or ever will
be passed. Your way. then, TO get
good wages Is not by getting down on
your knees to congress and praying
Tor 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 so odious-other people can do
that. ! would like TO know why the
men who produce all the wealth in the
world cannot organize for their own
protection LGreat applause.l
LORD sAcKvILLE's LETTER.
Judge Thurman then spoke OF the
charge made by political opponents
that the Democratic party is the enc
my of the laboring man, and went on
at some length 10 deny that imputa-
ton, rs he has In other speeches. As
he was closing his remarks some one
in the crowd called out for him to say
something about Minister Sackyillefs
letter, to which the Judge replied:
"All can say about the letter is that
IL had boy and he was such fool
as TO be entrappef as Saekviile was,
would disown him. iApplause.l
Whether Sackville is a knaye or fool
don't know, but he is one or the
other too much 10 represent the
British government at the city of
Washington, and Grover Cleveland
has told him so and given him his
walking papers"
At $50 Judge Thurman and party
left for Columbus.