The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-08-20
COCHRAN answers BRYAN.
THE HON. BOURKE COCHRAN
SPOKE TO EIGHTEEN THOU
SAND PEOPLE
ON OPPOSITION 70 REPUTATION. y
Showing That the Laborer Would Be
Injured and the Farmer Not Benc-
fitted by the Adoption of Il
Free Coinage Law.


paign in New York was held tonight I'M
der the auspices of the Democratic Sound
Money League of America in Madison
Square garden, where Hon. BOurke Cock
ran addressed an immense audience with
Il speech entitled "OppOsition to Repudi-
alton"
Mr.. Cochran had been selected to an
swer Candidate Bryan speech because
of his opposition to the Chicago platform
and because of his reputation as an ora
tor, which he had earned by his partici-
patton in the tariff debates of two con
crosses and by his famous protest against
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland, deliv
cred ut daybreak in the Chicago cOnvcn-
ton four years ago.
The elements were kinder to Mr.. Cock
ran than they had been to Mr.. Bryan,
for an afternoon shower had cooled the
air and when night came on it was Il
pleasant contrast to the sweltering
crowd at Madison Square when Mr.. Bry
an spoke. The police arrangements were
better also, and cket-holders found no
difficulty in securing admission.
At & p. III. the doors were opened, two
hours and half before the meeting was
to begin. and as the people filed in it was
nOticeab bic that ladies comnosed a large
proportion of the crowd. They found the
hall ella borately decorated with banners
and bunting of the national tri-color fcS-
TONED from the ceiling and draped about
the four-tiered oval galleries. In place
of the small platform from which Mr..
Bryan had spoken was erected big stage
wherein were seated many of the vice
presidents of the meeting, whose names
made list 300 strong and in whose ranks
business men, tinanciers. bankers and
railway presidents of New York and other
cities. Among them was Charles Fair
child and William Trenholm, officers of
the first Cleveland administration; Con
gresham Cowan of Baltimore, president
of the Baltimore and Ohio: Ex-Governor
Flower. Senator Gray, cX-Congressman
j. Dewitt Warner of New York City,
Cultivate of Ohio. Tracey of Albany
and Everett of Massachusetts, Carl
-Four and Oswald OttcndOrfer
Eighteen thousand seats had been
placed in the garden and all were filled
when Mr. Cochran advanced to the front
of the platform and was greeted by i'm
menSe cheering. men climbed on their
chairs and waving little American flags
which had been strewn throughout the
hall Cheers were given for Mckinney
and there were Kisses when Il gallery
god yelled whats the matter with
BryanI'
Maj. j. Byrne, the president of the
league, called the meeting to order, adj
dressing his hearers as democrats who
love their country above party" and eN-
horting them to save that party from
anarchy and socialism, aud
then presented Hon. Perry Belmont, who
made the following short speech by way
of overture to Mr.. Cockran's effort:
Fellow Offensive have all come
here to listen to the speaker of the even
ing. We want no victory under Il false
flag. The democratic platform was sup
planted at Chicago by the reign of pop
ulism, which we firmly refuse to follow
to the discredit of the nation. The ban
ner of the democracy protected under its
broad folds all the aspirations of liberty
loving humanity. Representing popu-
lar constitution and self-government, we
now raise here today that banner worn
by the many years of political warfare.
We, who should contend against the Chi
cago nominees and PLATFORM stand strict
ly within the lines and principles of our
party. The convention renounced the ma
tiOnal democracy. We are democrats,
and we represent democrats who propose
to remain firm. refusing to surrender the
honOred name of our party to the popu-
lists. Populism is an aggravated form
of furious republicanism or greenback-
federalism gone mad. A republican I'M
tainted by such doctrines is infinitely to
be preferred TO Il democrat who fore
swears his allegiance to democratic prin-
ciplcs and countenances the betrayal of
his party to the pOpulists.
THE opening of the minis to the in
unlimited coinage of fiat sill
yer dollars is bur the immediate stage;
the employment of the government print
ing presses for issue of fiat paper money
is the ultimate aim of the fusion party.
The national convention of the popuist
party. held in Omaha. Ncb.. in 1892, de-
clared for fiat money to be issued to the
people, they said lat Il tax of , per cent
Two years later Mr.. Bryan advocated in
congress 'the issue of paper money di
rect by the government at Il market rate
IF interest" He said that harbors might
be improved and rivers be opened in this
way. He introduced and advocated a bill
to construct the Nicarauguan canal by
ssung greenbacks. The constitutional
power to raise revenue by taxation is
if the printing bereau can
so easily produce all we need.
Mr.. Bryans record in the house is
equal to Senator PETERS deliverance in
The senate last June, when he said:
what sort of sense is there in requir-
ng redemption fund at all when the
government issues its own paper!
"Such utterances are objectionable
when proclaimed by those who aspire to
of power. At the confer
nee of Washington of the fiat silver or
yanization last July the peoples party
lain was recognized that if free coin
lge should not yield enough fiat silver
hen greenbacks would he issued. The
lat silver party thereby abandoned the
lard money contention. put forth h" MIR.
Bland years ago, that the quantity of gold
md silver coined under free coinage
should he the test of the volume of gov
'rnment currency. Congress should have |
10 other control over the issue of full |
egal tender money. That was the real |