Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-24
ST. JOSEPH OPINIONS.
A Score of Democrats Tell What They
Think of Mr.. COckran's New
York Speech

st. Joseph, No., Aug 23.-(Special) Fol-
lowing are expressions of st. Joseph DEM
0cratS on Bourke COckran'S recent Speech
in New York:
Stephen j. Woodsoa-"I have been a
Democrat all my life and l am face to face
with a question that compels me to fight
the men who by. ruse or diSreputable means
have gained control of the convention that
was Intended to be Democratic, but which,
as a matter of fact, is not. l am fer sound
money and shall support a national DEM
ocratic sound money ticket IL one is named
at the Indianapolis convention. One thing
Is certain. shall not vote for Bryan
Boz BouTke Cochran delivered great speech.
but l expected him to make 1t more COM
plete. which he is capable of DOING
Willard p. Halt am a Democrat and
always have been and / never saw the
day when l was ashamed of my politics.
but l will say that the action OF IA. Chi
cago convention does not represent my pol
itics; neither do the men who stand as the
party nominees. / certainly shall not sup
port the national Democratic ticket, neith-
er shall ] vote for Mckinley. l win not
vote at all unless there is sound money
Bryan's fallacies. but not fully enough"
Attorney J. B. Shackleford-'I do not like
Bryan's financial ideas. and therefore l am
sound money man. i want to see a third
shall vote for the party nominee rather
than support Mckinley. I have not stud
led Bourke Cockran's speech well as
want to, but 1t certainly is good one,
though, perhaps. not effective as he is
capable of making
Attorney J. F. Woodson-"Bourke Cock
disappointed in his address. because
think he is capable of delivering a more ex-
hanstive one on that subject. However. it
answers Mr.. Bryan in the main"
tional bank-"I think Cockran's speech is
logical and that 1t is a fitting reply to
Bryan. ! would support no free silver can
didate under any consideration. l shall
vote for Mckinley"
o. A. Sandusky-"I am sound money
Democrat. but not the kind to vote with
se pary a oT wsen he saa
downfall of bryan I shall vote for for Nc de-
Kinley should the third party fail to make
nomination at the Indianapolis conven-
tion. Cockran's speech answered Bryan"
Thomas j. Burgess-"Cockran's speech
was not what expected it would be. al
though 1 think it was appropriate for the
occasion, and answered Bryan in every
respect. I am in favor of a third party
and should none be put in the field I shall
refuse to vote
]. w. Wheeler-"It' was brilliant and
impassioned address that Cochran deliv-
cred in New York, and in a grea. :.ieasure
was a disappointment from this fact alone
Most people think of Cochran as an orator
of the mercurial type. but in the reply to
Bryan he con.ented himself with force
full and analytical discussion. marked by
earnestness and close reasoning. He made
ley
R. L. McDonad-"There was not that
fervor and enthusiasm in Cockran's speech
that I expected, but 1t was all right and
one that will have a telling effect"
J. 8. Lemon-"Cockran confined himself
to one phase of very broad question, and
for this reason his address will be consid-
cred by many as a not complete reply He
spoke of the finance question and its re-
1ations with the wage Garner. I think it is
mastery effort. I shall not vote for
Bryan
J. p. Grubb-"Bourke Cochran makes n
special plea in behalf of labor and ii js
from this standpoint that he makes his
arguments in opposition to silver. Free
coinage, he says, tends to cheaper the la
boring mans wages or at least the pur-
chasing power. The speech was effective
and will do the sound money cause much
good"
E. d. Townsend-"The rate of wages is
the infallible test of prosperity, and
think Mr.. Cochran showed this to be true
beyond question of doubt I think his
illustration of the uniform increase of COM
modities is apt and effective. A cheap dol
lar may be easier TO get. yet its adoption
would be equivalent to a reduction of the
laborer's wages"
J. B. Reynolds-"A narrower production
and consequent decrease in the demand
for the services of the workinsman is the
way it is sized up by Bourke Cochran. and
IL is true
S E. Connett-"Mr. Cochran does not
believe that any legislative action can be
taken which will bestow prosperity oil one
class without taking 1t away from another.