The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-12-20

: filled the father iunutsI hopes, anu y
later ears his family lived IN res
idcncc joining that of his father. g
that the two families were as one
Judge Thurman anr his wife renalne'
lovers through all their days Of we'd
, lock, and in 1850 no man IN ohi'
seemed to have a fairer prospect o
peace and content.
IT was when his maternal uncle
senator William Allen, retired that n
was first called "Thc Old Roman.
The sobriouet had long been applied
to Senator A Hen, and il naturally fol
upon Judge Thurman. whose career
had been in many ways similar to thai
of the original bearer Of the title. Ii
1851 he was elected to the supreme
bench of the state of Ohio and served
until 1876. During this time he wrote
those five volumes of standard legal
works which are to be found in the
Ohio state reports.
These opinions are models of clear
statement and logical adherence to
elementary law In DO other depart
ment is his greatness so generally rec
ooniZed as in this. The senator, the
! politician. may have been criticised.
/ but Judge Thurman always com
manded respect.
Was II War Democrat.
From 1888 to the end Of the war
/ I,1,n Tb,n,,,nn sen. actively and
onls ~. n r,r ~ I,,,. nracticn
I IT, ,,'., eaa,,n;,nd ,oaJor Of Tho
ai'' Nv "i9 q Iii; ,tata Int NOT
- ,ho WaiI.ppI iiiab fact;nn Hn was
w. Wv, 7hsont From, tbn cam
.oia w ~, d. .,,sa;lo,,t of Tho
par6r ~, mt''o n f rn" eo"ornnr Ms own
o ttit,, Wv, % th io' onn Jns.;bnd hy
p h;,iti ''. ~ ia al rouII ~ holm
g. l' ,'ro.ar,., tLo tTn;n, vitLnnt - war
I'LL .rto. u Lonon ! thn,nI+ thnrc wac
t nut "t'' :" - ond th,f u,as tn
G, oS ~ - a ,,' tbn,.foro snstaincd ali
49, =, n'ons,,ros that tandad in
W, ;, ,t"t'" ~ mnt 1nun thn rcbri.
lion. / never believed in the doctrine
OF secession. 10 1871 thurman he,Peu
put down we naAianoiEnH,,l i"C 't ~
ana went WIN pm -A1icn' ocolSo -
fehdlcton ana hulus halhe! DIS ut'I
gates 10 tle hatioial Cun , VIII hoI
nomihale,i zen Htr - ~ i'"''
before tnis' III lo'-' at!ehuoo'
national lIemocfa'lc convention as
delegate and IN iooo NJ sul'Porte',
fendlcton IN III" convention 'h"e
named seymour
Whilo the storm raEeu sutil hi M, as
Judge Thurman were reserved Mheh
the era OF reDulidlng came ana Judlciai
minds were needed, they cam" AGAIN
to the front. In lso' Judge thurman
was nominated by the Democrats OF
ONO for governor against the popu!ar
general and eN-congressmah' huther
ford b. Hayes, INC result was silhp!
astounding Inc kepuhllcan MAJORITY
for some years previous had heeh over
10000 yet after appropriated cam
palgin the vote IN an on year was
much larger than ever before zen
eral Hayes majority was less than
5000 and the Legislature eIettc" was
hose"e ''''"''"S "'
Senator Roscoe Conkling was once
addressing the senate in an impas
stoned manner and seemed to direct his
remarks to Senator Thurman. At
length the latter got irritated
Docs the senator from New York,
he roared, expect me to answer him
every time he turns tc me?''
For a moment Mr. Conkling hesitaG
cd and everybody expected q terrific
explosion. Then. with an air Of cX
uuiste courtesy, he replied;
'Whcn | speak of the law | turn TO !
the senator from Ohio as the Mussul !
man turns toward Mecca. turn 10 1!
him as do | TO the English common |
law. as the worlds most copious foun- ,
tain Of human Jurisprudence
The usually decorous senate bronc |
into storm Of applause. and the Thur /
man eve lnoistencd little. 1t is ever
4 pleasure to be COMMUNICATED. but to
be complimcntcd as a lawyer 10y Roscoe
was praise indeed.
The two statesmen were the best Of
friends and greatly cnjoycd each
,thcrs society of duty.
nov w, '' "'e.''"'' u'"'"
one OF thurman greatest victories
vas oVar thc racine railroad corpora
IONS thurman VINO was Oh the Juuic
airy committee, was determined tha'
he railroads should fuliiIl tneir o6hEa-
In, ;ii; w. NV propho; o"f vi, tio
decisive day came. the managers Of the
abroad lobby were rash enough to an
lounce that they had 10 votes secured
n the senate and could defeat the bill
o certainty. Senator Thurman knew
hat the bill must pass by midnight
II not at all The hours were rapidly
passing, and the tilibuetering of the
opponents of the bill promised to dc
eat it. when Thurman arose with 4
oil call of the snate in his hand and
aid
"Mr. President | understand that
he opponents of this bill are confident
# victory They claim they have
pnu1b votes pledoe6 to defeat thc hill