The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-24

land not the Fifty-frst Congress" Thus
gaining attention he mounted a chair and told
tale OF what was going on around him that
was simply horrible He said he had seen
hundreds OF men without tickets or badges
pouring over the rail that separated the dele
gates from the mob. This word anGered n
loaier in the gallery. who yelled out in de-
flance Of etiquette and English: who is a
mob? say. who is mob ?" Wilson. who had
held his sandwich with contemplarivc indie
cision. now rcErctfuly abandoned it. and hav-
ing taken advice. as he did ono hundred
times n day. as to what others knew about
other Conventions. lie decided that the
parliam entary thing to do was to coll for tho
police. So he ordered the police to clear the
aisles. This he did in the face of storm OF
cries from good advisers: Clear the galleries.
Clear tho galleries. Then. for the first time
in the history Of America. a gang OF policemen
invaded the sanctuary Of Convention delegates
and hustled them around like jackstraws.
They grabbed men like Don Dickinson. ". U.
Hensel. Lieut-Gov. sheehan. and. in fact.
whoever they came upon. and ordered
them. in the rocking patois of the
uniformed spew of Chicago's streets.
into their seats and out OF the way. Whenever
they came to a very small boy they kicked
him. Not policeman was sent into the gal
leries. and a Chicago reporter remarked that
that was fortunate because II they had gone
thore the outraged citizens OF this phenomc-
nal city would have chewed them UP and spit
them out through the fanlghts. Amazed and
nugered II dozen delegates arose and called
attention to tho fact that the police were
daring 10 invade tho presence OF the
delegates. Then Wilson. with Just about
the majesty and 6ternncss OF n Minnetonkn
caterpillar ventured the feeble remark that
Al l.. 4 Il
who INSTRUCTED the nisles. All this excite
ment against the mob rulo overhead had
very good effect. and during tho rest OF the
time. when smoky. storm laden. sulphurous
Chicago day was about to break and rock it's
fumes and fury On the Freak capital Of tho
West. there was comparative order.
Then came the most remarkable episode OF
the two Conventions OF this year. 1t was
Bourke Cockrnn's speech. 1t was tho most
remarkable oratorical and intellectual effort
Of his life. and it was the most entertaining
address. oven to the Mugwumps whom no
haycd and skinned alive. that has enbcllished
the record OF politics for long whilo. We Of
New York all know Bourke Cochran.
Bic! languid In repose. heavy eyed.
slow and luxurious In mannor. he
has the physique of Senator Hiscock. the pomp
Of Roscoe Conkling. and the intellectually OF
ough-brod Irshman and wit. Wo all know
that he Is IN actor. as evory good orator must
be. and we have all seen his effective stage
tricks and artful smulations. But the Con-
vention did not know him as We do, and It
turned out that no gave them his every siLo
and tho full complement OF the possibilities all
III iorty-fve minutes.
Rising from his seat with the look Of do
spairinz invalid, looking through the hall
closed eyes OF n person wrecked for want OF
sleep. he drawlcd out to the Chair That he was
physically n wreck for want OF rest TINT
he had worked for many hours and WAS
tirod out, ard he thought the Convention
had better adjourn. A perfect cyclone
Of mo. no." beat uron Bourke Cockran's
head. Everybody knew 1t was New York
tries to obtain delay and to try to save tho
small and broken opposition to Cleveland.
Instantly sizing UP tho situation and seein.
that his method lad been too tran sparent, this
most eloquent Of our Democrats altered his
plans and concluded to address the Conven-
tion from the platform.
1t was part of tho weakness and incapability
OF Chairman Wilson that led him to cnll three
times for speeches from New York, all the time
thai New York was pretending not ~ have had
anything to say on the floor. New York has
been passed and has not had hearing" said
Mr. Cochran. as II totally forgstfui that De
witt and Fellows had made long ad-
Dresses to tho mob. He knew how in
competent Wilson was. and he count
ed npon gaining still further unfair
advantage over the Convention by having the
last word to say in the great informal party
fight on the very threshold OF tho balloting.
His scheme succeeded. Having no trace
OF pretended sleepiness or physical disa-
billy about him. no strobe upon tina Mat
form with the vigorous grace OF u
Bengal tIGar and began a speech which
was musis to every ear. which will be
talked about wherever Democracy is known
for many a twelvemonth, and which tore from
him every covering Of practised stimulation