The sun., 1896-10-31
MR.. COCHRAN IN BROOKLYN
HE sPEAEs ON "0ooD GoFERy-
MENT AND SOUND MONEY!

The Academy or Musio Fuied at n Meeunr
OF the Manufacturers OF Long Islnpd-
Mr.. Cochran Compares EnGiish Popu.
lism OF 1000 with Brynnism OF isp8
Bourke Cochran made in tho Brooklyn Acnd-
emy of Music last night his last great speech OF
the campaign. 1t was n speech blazing in vcr-
bal splendor and penetrating in its probing Of
the fallacies nurtured by Bryan and his fellow
usurpers of Democracy, as Mr.. Cochran called
them.
Mr.. Cockran's audience last night was lin
tied only by tho capacity OF the big Academy,
and his auditors listened to him for nearly two
hours in rapt slence. except when their feel
inRs found expression in applause.
When the orator first arose to speak ho was
cheered and applauded for fifty-Hvo seconds
The audience was one of business mon and
cultivated women. The meeting was under tho
auspices Of tho Manufacturers Association of
Kings and Queens Counties. who had got Mr..
Cochran to speak on Good Government and
Sound Money"
Mr.. Cochran said In part:
tractive argument, that we must establish our
financial Independence of Great Britain. Wo
SON or sE country % with whGm %S trade. az TTne Rsr
rsnv nn
wonder whether he would find It to to his Si advan.
tage and conducive to his prospects Of election
with wheat jumping up to one dollar bushel.
advise them that It is the part Of patriotism to
and refuse to sell any wheat IN eai tho Li1erpooi
market Laughter and great applause.l
Prior to 1906 England was not q great COM
France held. But in France and Eng land, both
f9r tSs ages Sei, practice hsd existed Of Clipping
and by princes who claimed the right
OF mintaEe Whenever the King became
took out OF the coin. He practiced Populism
hundreds of years ago LlauGhterl. because he
use used to to persuade the public after he had taken
was to have cheap coins which shows that Pop
nlsm 10 more aristocratc institution than
one French King practically took ali the vHiu:
able metal and returned nothing but alloy, and
tory AS the counterfeiter. He carried Popu-
lism to its extreme The English subject was
hen than ,hs besne e1n
to avoid. and the subject did It on his own ac-
count. The result of that wns that nobody
could tell what u coin meant from it's name.
The whole currency became demoralzed., In
in England who declared that the only
way way In which which wsaI,h could bo guaran:
GoSernment to issue paper money | against the the
value ,nI OF the farm farms, so that a farmer could
out money for il. and when he got through
with money he could put in tho money and
take out his farm-a kind OF free coinage
of farms, which is a distinct Improvement upon
modern Popuism. But the English people
suppressed Chamberlain and the populists of
1850. as the American people will suppress
Bryan and Populism IN 1896. lGreat applause
and cheers.
The clipped coin and debased coin were all
turned into the mint, and good broad pieces Of
twelve pence each were issued in their stead.
1t cost the Government three millions
altogether only amounted to six millions;
but /, was tho hest Investment of money
eyer eyer made made In the history Of etvifs- "a
came sound. From all over the world the own
srs OF capital began to deposit their money with
London bankers, because each depositor knew
that he could at any time withdraw the money
which he deposited and receive back exactly the
gan from that hour Eneland's enormous and
colossal commercial growth.
Why has England become tho international
banking house Of the world? Simply and solely
because the English sovereign was the best coin
in existence throughout the world. Men de-
payment in the fullest and most honest
m the =. S m
the estimation of the commercial world rs the
good gold American dollar, tGteat appause.l
of International banking? Because this
agitation against money. against honesty;
with disgust OF our monetary system. Men do
not know how long We will maintain that good
Let that fact be settled forever by the weight of
your majorites on Tuesday. and already you
will have laid the fonndations OF that CONNER
cinl pre- cminence which the Lord God Of Hosts
has intended for the American people" lGreat
applausc
As Mr.. Cochran turned toward his seat there
WIS momentary hestaccy on the part OF the
audience, and then with single accord they
arose and sent up great cheer. pro
Of hand-clapping. Women tiourish"d handker-
chiefs and fans. men waved their arms and
when the band started