The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-19
C0CKRAN'S ANSWER. Bends Bryan's Spacious Plea ASunder and SCatters
 Its Sophistries to
 the Winds.
APPLAUDED BY lS,OOO PEOPLE
4 ADEMONSTEATIoN QUITE JYITHOU2
 4 P1RALLEL IN OUR HISTORY.

-d -i -i The Orator Makes the Greatest Speech of His Life He Laid tho Populistic Theory Baro to the Core and Demonstrated How Hollow it Really Is-lnsists and Proves That the Free Silver Movement is Conspiracy Against the Working man-Audienco Inspired to Highest De- gree-Bands Played National Airs and the Vast Concourse Sings With Patr otic Fervor the "Star Spangled Banner'' and "America ca'-Thousauds of Flags Waved in the Vast uall
 Madison Square Garden, Aug. .1S.-The mass meeting of the Democratic Hon. est 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 of persons turned out to hear Hon. w. Bourke Cockran's reply to the speech of William Jennings Bryan de- livered in tine same amphitheater last Wednesday night
 The arrangements were on a most elaborate and almost perfect scale and the trouble and tumult outside of the garden which marked the Bryan dem onstration were entirely lacking. h. stead of opening but two entrances to allow of the ingress of the auditors, five different doors were opened and the people came in easily and without un- due crushing and crowding. 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 Sixty-Ninth regiment band ren- dered a series of national airs while the audience filed in. Every man, woman and child who entered was given a small American flag and a leaffet con- taining the words of the Star Spang- led Banner" and America " These songs were rendered by a double quar- tet in which the vast assemblage as sisted. The small flags played a prom inent part later in the evening when they were waved vigorously and With charming effect by the vast audience when it gave vent to it's enthusiasm at some of the points made by MT. Cock ran in his speech.
 The decorations in the great hall were far more profuse than those at the Bry- an meeting. Flags, shields and stream CTS were hung in every available place, a1d the garden presented beautiful picture. The stars and stripes was the only flag used.
 The platform, which was consider ably larger than that used last week, was tastefully dressed in the national colors. Upon it, beside Major John Byrne of the honest money league, who called the meeting to order, Hon. Perry Belmont, the permanent chairman of the meeting, and Hon. Burke Cochran, the speaker of the evening, were a host of prominent democrats of national and local renown, and a large number of vice presidents. Included in the latter were the following: John S. Agnew, Frederick w. s. Blanchard, Bath, Me; Lloyd Brice, Sigourney Butler, Boston; W. Bayard Cutting, John F. Cowen, Baltimore; William Henry Clifford GOTtldHu, le., CdHIeIOu SuIIle, DC- troit, Mich; Charles A. Conant Bos- ton; A. Kennedy Childs, Hartford Ccnn.; James C. Carter, Felix Camp bell Paul Dana, Charles A. Dana, Jere- ,niah Dwyer, Detroit; s. H. Dent, Ala bama; William Everett, Boston; George H. Earle, jr., Philadelphia; Charles s. F'iarchild c. s. Ferguson, Alabama; George Gray, Delaware; John Gill, Bal timore; John c. Bullitt, Philadelphia; J. Sergeant Cram, John D. Crimmins Thomas N. Clarke, Alabama; Samuel T. Douglass, Deroit; Roswell P. Flower J. w Faulkner, Alabama; D. l.. God kin, W. N. Gardiner, Rockland, Me; Patrick J. Gleason, Long Island City; Elbridge T. Gerry, George Hadley Abram $. Hewitt, C. Fey Holman Rockland, Me; w. c. Harris, Louisville; D. c. Jordan, Portland, Me; Thomas G. Jones, Alabama; John A. Johann Philadelphia; Horatio c. King, James Lyons. Richmond, Va; J. T. Lawrence Grand Rapids, Mich. St. Clair Nickel way, c. E. Miller, ". Matthews, jr. Boston; w. J. Miner, Alabama; s. C. Mcdowell, Lewiston, Me; Thomas J Gargan, Boston; ". k. Hornblower Boston; Joseph Larocque, John A. Me Call, Robert Grier Monroe, A. K. Me Cure, Philadelphia; w. G. McAdoo, Jr. w B. Mershon Saginaw, Mich; Dc Lancey Nicoll Ak. F. Orr, J. J. O'Don- ohue, Herman Oelrichs, J. Edward Si- mons, William M. Singerley, Philadei phia: Clarence E. Sawyer, Brunswick Me; Daniel E. Sickles, c. M. Swift, De- troit, Mich; Harry F. Thompson, T N Osborne, Auburn, N. Y; Wheeler K Peckham, Fred c. Prince, Boston; $ o. Pickens, Indiana; Edward M. Shep- ard, Carl Schurz, L. N. Stover, Bruns- wick, Me; J. Kennedy Todd, H. c Thacher, Boston; Spencer Trask, Johr De Witt Warner: William C. Whitney William PinlIney White. Maryland James T. Woodward, Bar Harbor Thomas NJ. Waller, New London, Ct Daniel w. Lawler, Minn.; John D. Ben con, North Dakota.
 At 7:45 the garden was rapidly filing up. The gallery was crowded and nt