Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-08-03
COCHRAN WRONG AGAIN.
His Views os the Political Situation Em-
bodied in an interview.

ran Olu not forget American politics
during his "Trip. and he has evolved q
plan by which be thinks the defeat Of
the Chicago candidates may be encom-
passed. Speaking OF the situation ne
said:
Il regard it as the graves, in the his
Jory Of he country, exceeding in i'm
p0r,2uca the crisis OF 1860. The secCs-
sion movement was but an attempt TO
CTida The country between TWO govern
men,S. each Of them designed to pro-
sect property within the limits of its jur-
is3.c,,on. The movement launched at
Chicago is an attempt 10 p r2lyze indus
Try by using all the powers of govern
men, 20 take property from the hands
OF those who created il and place il in
tae hands Of those who cOyeJ il. This
IS question Of morals as well as OF pol
iicS
No political convention can, issue a
valid license to commit OffenseS against
morality and l decline to follow Mr.
Bryan IN crusade against honesty and
Jle rights of labor"
DO YOU mean that YOU will actively
oppose the Democratic party or abstain
from active support of ito"
In contest for the existence of civ
iLzauon no man can remain neutral.
Who ever does nc, support the forces OF
order, aids the forces Of disorder. II I
can do anything TO thwart movement.
The success OF which I should regard as
an irreparable calamity not only 10 this
country bu, 10 civilized society every
Dt Z
What DO YOU think Of Tammany's
ac-on n endorsing the ticket?"
Il SIMPLY can, understand it. They
strongly opposed the Platform at Chi
+ cls0 on The ground tha, it was an as
sau- On the integrity OF the nation.
They decline 10 rat.fy il even now.
W1-c1 shows that they nave not changed
loer opinion of it. Yet they have en-
ocrset The candidate who stands upon
il, and whose election VII mean that
the platform which they have them
selves denounced as a singular COM
0na-,on OF lunacy and villainy shall be
incorporated .nto The statute laws Of
il this country"
Wil yoJ support Major Mckinley
outright or do YOU favor the nom!na-
zion OF another Democratic t.cket?"
Il believe that all Democrats who are
so thoroughly n favor of sound money
that they place the defeat of Bryan
above the interests of any organization
or party should mee, in convention for
the purpose Of considering the form and
method by which they can give the
. greatest efficiency TO their opposition.
For my part | do not believe that the
nomination Of other candidates for
President and Vice President, however
eminent and deserving they might be
personally or politically. would serve
any useful purpose. Nobody believes
that they could be elected. and any
+ Democrat whose hostility TO P0pulism
and RepubGCan.Sm would not allow
/ him TO support either Bryan or McK.n-
ley could show his opposition to both
by remaining a. home on election day
quite as we'll as by voting for third
ticket. Il would be more convenient
10 himself individually and would not
create a visible separation between him
selt and his party organization"
"Bu- how can men. rup,uring party
ties, be sustained by some sense of as
SOc.3tiOl among themselves"
That end could be attained by the
adoption of a platform declaring for
sound money against eXtravagant ap-
prCpria,iCuS; n favor of ecOnamical
adm!nistra ion n every department of
government; in favor of a tariff for rev.
enue only. and ample for the purpose;
against The pa,ernalism OF the Repu'oli-
can party and the POpUl.sJic socialism
of both the Chicago and ST. Louis con-
veutiOns: in favor Of that American lib
erv which can be maintained by 80
limiting the power OF the government
that IL can never interfere with the
daily concerns Of law-abiding citizens.
/ The plank Of pressing importance in
such a platform S, OF course, the cur
I rency plank. Now, the mere election
OF Mckinley will be the defeat Of the
/ silver movement.
Your obvious policy. then, would be
to endorse tine Mckinley e,ectOrS?'
Precisely. The Democrats who VII
have achieved the success OF their fin
aucial plank by the election of NcKin-
l5y VII yet constitute an opposition 10
the r publican party the day after cleo
tion. based on principals which are GER
tain 10 be ultimately adopted by the
American people Wha. S needed,
therefore. 5 not a new ticket, but a
new platform which will declare in ua-
mis-akable language the cardinal fea-
lures Of the party faith. and which,
While endorsing Mckinley electors.
+ VII, provide for a really Democratic op-
position 20 the Mckinley adminisyra-
ton during the period of its existence. -
WHAT Is your opinion of the ultimate
ou-look?'
Everything depends On the manner
IN which ic is waged To my mind
there s bur one test Of prosperity which
can ha pD'r' -o a country and that 5
the rate Of wages paid 10 labor. Tn
can lee no prOsp. riJy where low wages
are paid There can be no distress
I where the rate of wages s high. 1t
4 can be easily demonstrated thar this
/ whole free silver movement is a con-
/ sD.racy aca INST wages. and If the cam
pa-gn IS fought on this line, ! have no
DOUBT ,hat every Northern SJate-that
is 10 say every STATE in the union in
which il is practicable TO hold free
/ e'ecrOn-will be carried by the intel
I lfr-rce and morality of the American
people against the molStrous PROPOSE
i lions submitted to them by the eonYen-
tion which nominated Mr. Bryan for
the Presidency"