Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-06-30
CocLran's Anti-CIcycIand speech.

nomination of Cleveland, in the Chicago
convention, was made by Mr.. Bourke
Cochran tho Tammany orator, and loading
spokesman Of the New York delegation. He
said, in part
Ws have homogeneous party. For
Gods sake leave il to us II we be not &C
corded tho nomination that we ask for from
the State Of New York give US any citizen
in the United States Cheers any citizen
who Is q democrat. Cheers Give us some
man who will not raise up against us any
hostile force within our own ranks
tCheers.l | believe 1t was the distinguished
gentleman from Massachusetts,, Gen. Collins,
who declared there was no democrat In this
Union that would vote against that (Cleve-
land ticket; but there are behind him two
heroes whose deeds have not escaped tho at
tention OF history, two heroes who have led
the Union armies to victory, and who have
never made faces at their vanquished foe,
and they will tell you their comrades who
fought with them, heroes who sustained
them, and heroes who fell by their sido,
they will tell you that thc soldier vote Of
the State of New York, of whom there are
25, 900 at loast democratic, will not support
tho nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, and did
not support him in 1883.
New York delegation and said NO. never"
There were cheers and Kisses in the galleries.
Mr. Cochran proceeded as follows;
Gentlemen is it wise to antagonize that
vote, to antagonize it without reason, to an
tagonize it blindly, detinnty, recklessly (?
! What is the excuse ? One that we can get
this mugwuplp vote. Now | warn you, this
convention, from the experience OF every
democrat who has carried the State of New
York and no democrat has failed to do it
! in nine years except Grover Cleveland that
| you cannot get the mug wump vote without
driving away 1901 democratic votes.
| [Applauso.1 The democratic party cannot
fuse with the party that despises it or its
members. That party differs with us on
principles. They differ with us on theories.
We march against them in solid hosts. We
take from them everything they have in the
way Of political property. We leave not
sticking to their hands one single Office
which we can take from them. Applause
And we outrage the abstract ethics of civil
service reform, but we strengthen the dem
ocratic party. Applause and laughter.
We have to-day iu the State OF New York
a capitol in which every executive officer is
democrat in which both Houses of the
Legislature are democratic; in which there
is not single person, | believe, employed
around tine Capitol who is not democrat.
Applause We have produced in tina,
body such political atmosphere that no re-
publican can breathe in it and live Applause
and laughter and every hour our demo
cratic forces grow stronger
But while these republicans 60 down be-
fore us, we respect them and they respect
US. We ask no quarter from them and we
give them none when the Lord delivers the
Phillistines into our hands Cheers But
with the mugwump there can be no treaty
of peace. He has no weapon but Islander
and abuse. He does not want 10 run the
democratic party, he wants to own it. He
wants you TO lend him this nomination tC
accomplish his own purposes Kisses ant
applause.
HOW THINGS ARE FIXED TO COUNT OUT THE
REPUBLICANS IN NEW YORK.
Now, gentlemen Of the convention, We
have got the political conditions of New
York IN such position, in the teeth OF
mugwump opposition, that we are invincble
if We can hold the democratic vote In the
city and county of New York, as you are
aware, we have a majority of some 90, OOU
or 60, 900. The county Of Kings, contain
ing the city of Brooklyn, gives a majority
of II, 900 to 20, 600 T., 900 for & mugwumI
candidate and 20, 900 for straight demo
crat. Laughter and applause. In the
State, outside the city, the republican
psrty's majority reaches 70, O)0 to 50, O0C
1t is the strongest republican State in the
United States above Harlem bridge; and
tnat mighty tide OF republican strength
sweeps down upon us every fall, and there
we stand to meet it under democratic lead
ership and overcome it and dissipete it. In
the country Districts which ara republican,
the election boards consist of two republl-
can and one democratic member, the board
consisting Of three. In the city and county
of New York they mado election boards OF
four, two democrats and two republicans,
and whonever dispute could be raised a.
the ballot boxes, the democratsiu democratic
districts were kept in line so that 1000, 6OOl
and 5000 democratic voters were Otter
unable to get in TO the ballot boxes. Nher
we got possession of the State government
one Of our first steps was to make the cleo
ton boards democratic in the city OF New
York, giving the republicans minority, thu
same as they gave us in the republican coun
ties. Well. you would imagine that we were
about to take down the pillars upon which
the temple OF liberty and constitutions
liberty rested. The mugwumps and repub
| means ueClaE6Q tnaL tne CONSTITUTION was ii
, danger, that the republic WAS about to b
invaded, that the democrats were about u
get chance to get even Justice. They op
posed it in the Legislature and a mugwuml
republican went before the governor of on
State, who sits before you now, and threat
) ened him with political ruin if he dared t.
sign it, and the governor signed it just a
fast as he could reach for a pen. lAp
plause. Now we have democratic cleo
tion board, and we have democratic gov
ernor, and we are prepared to see that ever.
democrat gets chance to vote, and tina
any man who is willing to swear his ballo
! in the box shall have a chance to cast
promptly. Loud applause
!, In spite of this control of the counting
machinery by tho democrats, MIR. Cockra
declared that Mr.. Cleveland could not pos
sibly carry votes enough in the city Of Ne'
York to overcome the republican preponder
, ance north Of the Harlem river. He sal
that Burchard was all that saved Clevolaut
in ga, and that thcrs would be no way t
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