Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-06
THE POTTER BUILDING.
. Structure as High as the Brook
lyn Bridge.


Ign Bridge.
<vw YORK, Dec. 4.-Let US enter the
s.+tor building. 1t cost over 81, DOC, 600.
I. ia erected on the ruins OF the edifice
'.oo known as Manton Marbles World.
T.eo,va stories make it fully the height Of
I,o Rrooklyn bridge. On entering the
,sxoto,. we are whisked to the eleventh
Co. an rapidly that seasick feeling is
~. Un 90 to a lawyers Office in the
Ie 18th west angle of the massive pile. A
nVnontion room in this angle commands a
i6ci,nt view. We are SO high that
- "aArrmoling Of wheels, the tinkling OF
Inv balIs. and the shouts that indicate a
p'aorous pulsation of the arteries OF CON-
rnsrce are deadened and mufiied. Park
row. BeeNman street, the City Hall park
Ia broadway are below us, busting and
live. They are 30 far beneath that the
60 If humanity flowing to and fro looks
iiIe an army of pigmies. From the cor
- rcindOws we look through the mar
ross straight out to sea. The great Bar
ttoiIi statue Kreets US with uplifted
Sond in the sunlight that covers Bedloe's
Tsisnd. The marble monuments OF Green
wood Cemetery can be seen on the lett,
o,,G Jersey City, Newark, Elizabeth,
OrSreye and Hob0ken stretch away to the
|yest Castle Point, crowned with the
Ctoyens mansion, Just into the Hudson
oSova Roboken. You can fairly see the
1roves dashing on the rocks where the
nndv Of Mary Rogers was found fifty
years ago. Further north stands the tall,
White brewery built on the cliff at Gut
tenberg. The turrets of the Passionist
monastery pierce the sky not
Eort Washington are plainly visible,
With the long line of the Palisades rum
ring toward West Point. This Is the
ovrie of Bourke Cochran, the one member
al the New York dele CATION to the FIftieth
Congress who is sure to achieve
Rational reputation as an orator. While
We are gazing at the maritime crafts
scattsred over the bay he enters the room
and greets us. Although only ~ years
old he looks like man OF 40. be has
massive lace and NapoleOnic nose. His
vas are dean set and his cheeks are fat,
smoofh-snaY.u aud solid. His forehead
indicates great mental strength. His
,nousIache is small and black and his
hair long and thick. His shoulders are
broad and he mas the frame of an athlete.
He is SIX feet tall and he weighs about
90 pounds. His legs are as massive as
the Legs Of the famous Hercules, and
bia wrists are as big as the can
NON bone OF a Norman horse. Coch-
ran IS the leading orator of
Tnmmany Hall. He first attracted atten-
tion as q speaker by an argument made
on behalf of rving Eall before the Senate
Committee in Albany years ago. Taking
his stand before Daniel Manning, who
was the chairman of the committee, he
closed bs eyes, raised his index finger
and opened the food gates of his oratory.
The situation was analyzed keenly and
critically. AS he warmed up IN his argu-
ment, iervld invective and brilliant
tropes and i'm agery poured from his lips.
Every point made was illu minated by
free play of his imagination. In voice
as resonant as a church bell he made
his plea. The committee sat as
though magnetized. The windows were
filed with wondering faces, ssnd the door
keeper. charmed by this unuSual display
of Intellectual power, forgot his duties
and allowed newspaper reporter to slip
into the room. Cochran spoke for forty
minutes without notes. His memory was
extraordinary. He fortified his position
Iby an array of figures plucked from the
election returns or the past anti stored
within his mind.
1t was this speech that made Cochran,
Thenceforward he took a prominent po-
sitOn in local politics. John Kelly saw
his worth and enrolled him In Tamlnanv
Hail. The silver-tongued Grady gave
way to the newcomer. Cochran headed
the i0rlOrn nope against the CleVelanG IN
trenchments in the National Democratic
Convention of 1884. 1t was his marvellous
assault that drew from Bragg, of WIscOn-
sin. the boomer lng: "We love him for fhe
enemies he has made" Time bias wrought
its own revenges. Only two years have
passed. Yet Bragg has been buried be-
yOnd hope Of political redemption, while
Cochran is ON the high road to national
tame. He is to-day the head and
front of the fight of the Democracy
against what Conkling calls "snivel SER
vice REFORM" Nor is this all. Unlike
Bragg, he is a welcome guest at the
White House, where his courageous de-
Tense of his opinions is recognized and
praised. Cochran's ability, in time past,
has not always been tempered with the
best of judgment. With years, however,
prudence has appeared. Those whoexpect
him to head warfare against the admin
1stration in the next Congress will as
suredly be disappointed. He will stand
on the Democratic platform and be gov
erned by a determination to strengthen
his own party and carry dismay into the
ranks OF its opponents. If signs mean
anything, his appearance on the floor OF
the House will be welcomed and not de-
plOred by the administration. ZISKA.