St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-19
THURsToN ..ExPLAINsn 1T.
The Mckinley Iniquity Again,
Called Good Thing.

O0AACO a. OOO0
Armory hall was well filed again last
night with both Republicans and Democrats,
there being nearly as many OF the latter a.
the former, who desired to hear j. NJ. Thurs
ton, of Omaha, who had been broughtto
Minneapolis, as was Senator Davis, to "ex>i
plain" the Mckinley bill with honeyedj
words and cover up justice with food OF
oratory and brilliant rhetorical periodx
Bnt he was hampered as his predecessor,
Davis, had been by the coldness of the audi
ence. His most specious arguments were
met with a chilling lack Of enthusiasm be-
cause the audience knew his arguments were
not based upan truth.
Ex-Judge John P. Rea presided, he being
introduced by L. B. Reed, after the latter had
explained some things about the Australian
law and urging everybody to register. Judge
Rea occupied about five minutes in telling
that he had always been Republican. Then
the shy little Fiambeaux stood up and made
bluff at singing the same old song. The
Cecilian quartette then Sang while the Flam-
beaux sat down, put their tin helmets be-
tween their knees and used them as recep-
tacles for tobacco juice. Judge Rea intro
duced the speaker of the evening and silence
fell upon the gathering.
Judge Thurs on, like all foreign orators do,
began by 'taffying' Minneapolis on her size,
beauty. etc. Then it took him nearly half
hour to get into his subject his time being
consumed in eulogiZing the Republican
party and Tom Reed. When he did get
uOWll 10 DuSlUcSS lie advanced JUST ADOuL Inc
same inconsistent propositions as did Sena-
tor Davis, but despite his big voice, did nos
do 1t so well as did the senator. He thought
congress deserved good deal of credit for
cutting off Prince Russell Harrison's source
of revenue from lottery advertisements.
Then he steamed up and gloried oyer the
progress of the United States, all of it Of
course due 10 the Republican party. Next
came this startling statement:
Fellow citizens, the issue between tho
two great parties Is growing more clearly de-
fined every day ~. -
He made much Of the comparatively small
bill. He did not say that the Republican
senate refused to allow even that small re-
duction. lie denied the right OF the people to
buyin the cheapest market. On tie subject Of
cost of necessaries of'jife, Judge Thurst0n
took issue with Senator Davis. The latter
two nights before. had attempted to provo
that clothing, etc.. is now cheap by stating
that his tailor made suit cost OnlyS16 81, and
that prices would be no higher. Judge
Thurston hoped that prices would be higher.
He didn't want to see the cost of clothing ard
other necessities any cheaper, but he did
hope the poor man would be compelled 70
pay more.
Judge Thurston here appealed to the ig
nOrance of the audience, but as the assemble
age was quite intelligent it did not appland
his appeal In glowing words he painted
the miseries the of Ireland and the Irish
people related how the hmerall Isle came to
lose he parliament referred in O laudatory
vein to The death of Emmett and foolishly
declared that Ireland's troubles are all due
to free trade. Every lrishman will appre-
ciate the force, or rather lack OF force OF the
argument. ~
1.-The only man" said the speaker later,
who is Disseminated against by the Nc
Kinley bill is the dude. That bill increases
the duty on plug hats, eye glasses, cigarettes
and champagne. The dude kicks on the Nc
Kinley bill.'-
Vituperation for Democrats in general,
ahnSa fnl wifi nr1fa nYn N
lion of all the other articles upon which the
tariff is raised, including tin plate, while the
tariff OH diamonds was left unchanged. He
was getting into deep water ON this tariff
business 1t became necessary to do some
thing to catch the vulgar applause, 30 he
did:
II want 10 live, and do live, in country
that if want to take Off my coat up here I'm
bound TO do it."
He threw off his coat and a few people
yelled. 1t was all trick 70 divert attention
-one to which great debaters never stoOp, IL
being the device of demagogue. Proceed.
ing on the tariff:
'I'll not attempt to give you the figures
which have here before me (waging a Rus-
picous-looking roll of red paper), but say
that on everything which man needs TO
buy the tariff has been reduced by the Nc
Kinley BILL"
That was the keynote of the speakers
arguments as he took up each schedule OF
the tariff bill. 81 haven't the time to give
believe what say He did admit that tin
has gone up but didn't go into it far, being
content with merely insisting that it was q
benefit.
Further notation Of what he said is use
less. 1t was the same old argument. clothed
in words not all new, "our tariff hurts Eng
land, therefore it helps US To put IL In
other words. he meant, IF burn my neigh
bor's house it Injuries him. therefore it must
benefit me- The public can easily under
stand the force of the argument.
Gross Misstatements.
Judge Thurston. as usual. insisted at the
outset that he had no apology to make for the
Mckinley bill, ana then proceeded to apollo
gize for it where he could and bolster it up
with Misrepresentation wherever he could
make no lifting apology. One example OK
his Justification will he sufficient. de as
serted. boldly and without fear of contradic
the Mckinley bill on WOODEN goods worth
less than 8 cents per pound, and that IN
many cases the duty on wool and wooden
manufactures had been materially reduced.
few minutes before he had lauded the
Tribune for publishing such glorious cam
paign document as the text OF that bill in
full The very publication of the Mckinley
bill refured, Internationally, Judge Thurs
toms assertions in regard to wool. A glance
al the figures of the bill, as published by the
Tribune side by side with the old tariff
figures, shows plainly that in no case has the
tariff been reduced, and that on woods and
wooden goods it has been immensely in
creased all the way from or per cent on
high grade goods. to 70 per cent and over
on the lower grades. These can be readily
proved by any one examining the figures
Judge Thurstons figures in other cases, and
be it said, he avoided them whenever posEi-
bic, were equally false and misleading.