Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-19
He TRIES TOANSWER BRYAN
Effort of Bourke Cochran at
Madison Square Garden,
TOM JONES, He WAS THERE
Cochran Wants to Be Funny, Which Is Eyi
IDENTIFY Not His Forte, Though There
Mas Perfunctory Laughter,

| Madison Square Garden, N. Y, Aug.
| 1S.-The mass meeting of the Democratic
Honest Money league was held this even
| ing under the most favorable auspices.
| The weather was all that could be- de-
| sired, clear and delightfully."- cool, and
| thousands upon thousands turned out to
hear Hon. w. Bourke Cockran's reply to
the speech of William Jennings Bryan,
| delivered in the same amphitheater last
| Wednesday night.
The arrangements for the meeting were
| on most elaborate and almost perfect
| scale, and the trouble and tumult out
| side the garden which marked the Bryan
| demonstration were entirely lacking. In
| stead of opening but two entrances to
! allow of the 1ngress of the crowd, five
| different doors were opened, and the peo-
| pie came in easily and without undue
| crushing and crowdlng. The doors were
| opened at O'Clock. and from that hour
until the speaking commenced a steady
stream of people flowed into the huge
| auditorium.
The platform, which was considerably
| larger than that used last Wednesday.
| was tastefully decorated in the national
| colors. On it beside Maj. John Byrnes,
| president of the Democratic Honest Mon
| ey league. who called the meeting to or
| der; Hon. Perry Belmont, the permanent
| chairman of the meeting, and the Hon.
! Bourke Cochran, the speaker of the even
| ing, were host of prominent democrats
| of national and local renown and large
| number of the vice presidents of the
| meeting. Included in the latter were the
| following: John T. Agnew, Lloyd Brice,
| w. Bayard Cutting, John X. Cowen of
| Baltimore, William Henry Clifford of
| Portland. Me-, Charles A. Conant of
Boston, James C. Carter Felix Campbell.
| Paul Dana, Charles A. Dana, S. H. Dent
| of Alabama, William Everett of Boston,
! George H. Earle, Jr., of Philadelphia
Charles S. Fairchild, C. s. Ferguson of
! Del, John Gill of Baltimore, John C. Bull
| lit of Philadelphia J. Sargent Crem,
| John ID. Crimmins. Thomas N. Clark Of
Alabama, Roswell p. Flower, j. M. Falk-
ner of Alabama, e. l., Godkin, Patrick j.
Gleason of Long Island City, Elbridge
T. Gerry, Abram S. Hewitt, w. C. Harris
of Louisville, Thomas G. Jones of Ala
bama, John A. Johann of Philadelphia,
Horatio C. King, James Lyons of
IF alehm %1aha Va Alex ,, T. London ,s1
| way, Charles e. Miller, w. ]. Mil
ner OF Alabama. Thomas J. Gargan of
Boston, William B. Hornblower, Joseph
G. Hendrix w II. Kettig of Alabama
| Joseph LaRocque, John A. Mccall, A. K.
| Mcclure of Philadelphia, w G. McAdoo,
Jr., Ben F. Moore of Alabama, Delaney
| Nicoll Alex E. Orr, Joseph ]. ODonohue,
Herman Oelrichs, Oswald Ottenderfer,
]. Edward Simmons William Singerly OF
| Philadelphia, Daniel b. Sickles, w W.
| Screws of Alabama, J. Fl Cultivate of
| Ohio, Wheeler T. Peckham, Frederick o.
| Prince of Boston, S. o. Pickens of In
diana, Edward M. Shepard, Carl Schurz,
J.. Kennedy Tod, Spencer Trask, John p.
| Tillman of Alabama John Dewitt War
ner, William C. Whitney. William Pinkey
White of Maryland, Thomas M Waller
| of New London CT, Daniel w. Lawler of
Minnesota, and the following gentlemen,
all of Baltimore; s. d Warfield Douglas
| Fl. Thomas, Randolph Barton, Andrew
| ID. Jones, j. McKenny White, Robert C
| Davidson, Alex Y. Dolf1eld, Meyer STEM
| Robert Ramsey and Thomas II. Down
ing.
At s;25 when Mr. Cochran came in,
Cochran was Gen. Lloyd Brice, Hon.
Perry Belmont, Mayor Cooper, Hor-
ace White, John G. Tomlinson, John
John Mack, Jr, Mrs. Cooper Hewitt,
Mrs. Creary and Mrs. Brice. The party
| was escorted by Major Byrne. Mr..
| Cochran was received with prolonged
cheers. Major Byrne Immediately adj
| vanced to the front of the platform and
| when, at $50 o'clock, order was restored
! he called the meeting to order in a brief
| speech. He was heartily applauded
| throughout When he named Hon Perry
Belmont as chairman the cheering was
renewed
Byrne and Belmont each made brief
| addresses.
| At one point in Belm~nt's speech where
| he was particularly severe on populists
| and populism, in which category he in
| cluded Mr.. Bryan, number of Kisses
| were heard, but these were quickly
| drowned out by the counter cheers of the
majority of the auditors.
Mr.. Belmont concluded his remarks at
8:45 and then introduced the speaker of
the evening, Hon. w. Burke Cochran.
The vast auditorium was Immediately in
on ax.I f1.(
was rendered the ex-congressman. Men
and women stood in their places and
cheered themselves hoarse, at the same
time waving small American flags vigo-
rously.
When the cheering had subsidized In a
measure the New York Banks Glee club
began to sing the Star Spangled Ban
ner." The audience Joined In and helped
out with the cheers.
Mr. Cochran at length secured order
and plunged at once into his subject
his reply to Mr.. Bryans speech He held
his audience from the first, speaking in
his clear, resonant voice, which reached
every one of his auditors. Mr.. Cochran
said, among other things:
In the time to which 1 must confine
myself tonight l can do nothing but ex-
anime that one question which Mr.. Bry-
an himself declares to be the overshad-
owing issue of this campaign. I am a
little puzzled when / read this speech
imagines will be the fruit of change
in the standard of value throughout this
country. 1 do not believe that any man
can follow wholly with the speech, be-
cause If he dissents from one set of con-
illusions he has got to read but few
, paragraphs and he will find another of
different variety. But l assume 1t Is
fair in a discussion of this character, in
dependently of what Mr.. Bryan may say
or what Mr.. Bryan may think himself
he stands for m examine fhp fppyifq HE
economic effects of a debasement of the
coinage, of change in the standard by
which existing debts are to be meas
ured in a baser measure of value. Now.
1 will imagine that Mr. Bryan himself
may believe that in some way or other
he is going to benefit the toilers OF this
country. He says he is, but he declines
to show us how daughter and ap-
plause.) For my part, l am willing to
state here that If MIR. Bryan could show
me that by any means known to Heaven
or known of earth, any means revealed
fo the cOmnreheusion' of man. that wages