Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-07
DEMOCRATS MEETING
Bourke COCkran's Ad.
dress at Boston.
RECIPROCITY AND TARIFF
AS Well as the Force Bill Furnish the
Topics for Discussion.

| swhi..td at 4 lrcmont Iemple last evening,
when it was given an opportunity to lis
ten to addresses by New York's brilliant
orator, Hon. Bourke Cochran, and ex-
| Congressman Beck Of Philadelphia. The
hall was crowded long before = o'clock,
and soon after that hour il was necessary
TO close the doors.
The overflow meeting which was to have
been held in the Meionaon was aban doned
because neither Mr. Cochran nor Mr.. Beck
felt equal To speaking in two places on the
same evening. IL was Thought undesir-
able that the meeting should be held IL it
could not be addressed by at least one Of
the visiting orators.
The gathering was most enthusiastic
one. Seated upon the platform were
many leading lights in the party
EXMayor +. o. Prince was introduced
| by MIR. McDonouCh as the presiding Off
Ger. lie was met by rousing applause and
responded Coy fitting address, lasting
about fifteen minutes. He then intro
| duced ex-Congressman Beck, who spoke
upon the tariff, the various discussions of
this and previous campaigns by the lead
ing political orators, and general issues.
| He was frequently and heartily applauded.
|
chairman said: IL have now the pleasure
and the honor Of presenting to you Hon.
| Bourke Cochran Of New York"
lie was greeted with prolonged ap.
! plause, after which he said in part:
MIR. Cockran's Speech.
If ther. is any apathy in this campaign, IL
| HASN'T found its way into fremont Temple to-
| night | believe that in the state of Massa-
| cttsetts we are witnessing an uprising that
| ircccdes political revolution, and one which
| W n turn her into the Democratic column.
| lu message 10 congress In 1897, the true
| 20 icy Of disposng Of the treasury surplus,
| I ..H accumulated, was mapped out by Grover
| cleveland. What he meant then was what he
| means now. | am reluctant to believe there
| /, amy lack of patriotism on the part OF the
| Republicans of this country, but believe Its
| ln'dcr- ar, drunk, by having power so long.
| Sow the Democratic party believes you can
| . H create wealth by law, but by economy and
| i..u~try. The policy of the Democratic party
| I 20 admit raw materials for manufacture
| Ire. and ~ the Republican party 10 tax raw
nytcrials and everything else 1t can get
| hold Of.
| There Is no royal road to wealth, either for
| nat ions or individuals. There is no power
| known 10 man that will make two blades of
| grass grow where only one grew before ex-
| rcpt by the process of labor, and the earnings
| Of the laboring man are all for himself ex-
| rept what is necessary for the support OF a
| government.
| IN re are many hundreds OF protected manu-
| 1lC. urcrs in Massachusetts. Don't you know
| There isn't manufacturer In the world who
| would pay man 81 day IL he could get
| hungarian or q HOttentot or "A Chinaman 10
| TO his work for Sl.5W And,on the other hand,
| there is not a man who would work for Sl.JO
| II he could work tor anybody else and get S2.
| .,ight here at your doors you have great
| Industry which has been languishing In the
| dust for years. | refer to
| The Leather Industry.
| I naly hides were put on tHSfree list. and to-
| la there isn't an inch of foreign leather more
| T. this country. What was done for the
| lra-her industry by placing hides on the free
| lisJ ] believe would be done for the clothing
| Industry if wool were placed on the free list,
md for the iron industry if the raw material
| N,rp free.
| wish to speak on that matter on which
| tIr Blaine places so much stress, called re-
| tiIrocity. In the Mckinley bill the president
| ls given power to suspend a tariff tax. Why.
! luat sort of power is the power which Charles
! ! tried TO exercise, and which cost him his
! crown! And yet that law was made by Re-
publican congress and Is now vested in Ben
| iamin Harrison and is exercised by him.
Now, the language of the constitution may
not in plain words forbid this placing OF such
| bower in the hands of Mr.. Harr son, but there
l. "a Right Greater and Wider
! than the provisions made by the constitution
| Itself.
You may depend that while they gave the
! president this power, they didn't give him the
| rght to take of any Of the tariff on iron.
| think there must be many in this audience
| who rem. mber, some thirty years ago, that
| Americas ships were outstrippng all Others
| pn all the seas, and our marine carrying-serv-
| ice was the leading among nations. Now, 1t
| would seem that the great deep had opened
| nd hnut NOW
| Dur ships what we have, are little better than
| b. many steam locomotives.
The Force Bill
| would allow officers TO go to polling places
| md exercise unlimited authority. Ii is a
! urrible thing 10 contemplate in this free
! tluntry n ballot box surrounded by the en-
| owes Of a party who could shoot down Amer
! Ian citizens and no law on the statute books
! tO punish them. They tell Us they do not in
! len t1 pas the force bill But party that
! Iuuld contemplate such a thing is innately
corrupt aud should be punished by defeat and
| Reserves disaster.
Now want to say that believe the signs of
| the times plainly indicate everywhere a glori-
! bu- Democratic victory. There Ia not, be-
! heye In the record Of the Democratic conven-
! ION, in all it, heat and excitement, one word
tpoAcn for which any man need apologize.
Cheers for H,fl.
At this point someone in the gallery
! thputcd: Three cheers for David Is.
! lIllr And they were given in a rousing
manner throughout the house. The
.uker then said that he was glad to
| now that the mention Of the name OF a
| | ling Democrat like Mr.. Hill would
trouse such enthusiasm in Boston. Con-
! lung. he said:
! Eamenber IN this contest there is princi-
| 4 u which affects the homes throughout the
| ! sntry. The Republican party has been in
| | l'y,r thirty two years; today IL stands for
.rpctua'Iou Of everything we want TO
.HroW. " stands above all for the op-
tln 20 American liberty.
! UemuCu...C G. party stands for the protec-
/ Ton of the ballot btt; stands not for class Leg
! Station. but equal legislation for all people.
! \ chi. Jiauity holds all people equal. 80 de-
! t....a. D o. al people the same and euti.
| tied OH privileges before the law. We have
! pr fched ever siace the war the gospel Of re-
! D. litiou.
! ..r have n oonqu, red provinces-we have
! tcsuHcd country. We should stamp out all
/ ih ..ctioua ines. and we can proms. you a
! Iu fc which vii elevate our race. promote
/ 10. toI OF tic whole country aud bs ever az
| honor -o our -.
! MELOckTtn was frequently Interrupted
! fIr-o seconds ~ time by enthusiastic
! applause, aud when he lefs the hall,