The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-08-03

Conspiracy Against Wages - Ringing
Words la Behsif OF the Nations Honor,
NEW YORK, August ..-Dourke
Cochran returned last Saturday from
Europe by tho steamer Paris. Mr..
Cochran did not forget American poll
tics during his trip, and he has evolved
plan by which he thinks the defeat
OF the Chicago candidates may be en-
compasscd. Speaking OF the situation
he saId:.
II regard It as the gravestln the his
tory or the country, exceeding In i'm
portanCc the crisis OF 1860. The seccs-
sion movement was but an attempt 10
divide this country between two Eov-
ernments, cnch of them designed TO
protect property within the limits OF
Its Jurisdiction. The movement launch
ed at Chicago Is an attempt TO pnralyzc
industry by using all the powers OF gov
ernment to take property from the
hands OF those who who created II md
place It In the hands OF those who
covet It. This IL question OF morals
as well az OF politics,
mo political convention can issue n
valid license TO commit Offenss against
morality and l decline to follow Mr..
Bryan In 4 crusade against honesty
and the rights OF labor"
"Do YOU mean that you viii actively
oppose the Democratic party, or abstain
from active support Of it?", s
Sin contest for the existence OF CIV
lllZatIon no man can remain neutral.
Whoever does not support the forces
OF order. aids the forces OF disorder.
II can do anything TO thwart Il move
mcnt. the success OF which | should re-
gard as an irrcparable calamity not
only to this country, hut to civilized
society everywhere, l shall certainly
do It."
"What TO YOU think OF Tanmany's
action In endorsing the tIcket?"
II simply can't understand It. They
strongly opposed the platform at Chi
caGo on the ground that It was an as
sault on the integrity OF the nation.
They decline to even ratlfy It even now,
which shows that they have not chang.
ed their opinion OF H. Yet they have en-.
dorsrd the candidate who stands upon
1t. and whose election will mean that the
platform which they have themselves
denounced as a singular combination Ot
lunacy and villainy shall be Incorpo-
rated Into the statute laws OF thlscoun-
try" .ea
p Defeat or Bryan Most Important. s.s-
"Wll yon support Major Mckinley
outright, or do you favor the nomination
OF another Democratic tlcket?"
II believe that all Democrats who are
30 thoroughly IN favor OF sound money
that they place the defeat OF Bryan
above the interests OF any organization
or. party should meet In convention for
the purpose OF considering the form and
method by which they can give the
greatest efficiency to their opposition.
For my part do not believe thAt the
nomination OF other candidates for
President and vice President, however
eminent und deserving they may might
he personally or politically, would serve
any useful purpose. Nobody believes
that they could be elected. and any
Democrat whose hostility to Populsn,
and Republican would not allow him
10 support either Bryan or Mckinley
could show his opposition to both by
remaining at home on election day quite
m well as by voting for Il third ticket.
II would be more convenient TO himself
individually and would not create a WIS.,
iEln SEPARATION between himself and his
party organization"
but hnw can men. rupturlng party
ties be sustained ljy gone sense Of aaso-
clation among themselves"
THAT end could be attained by the
adoption OF a platform declaring for
sound money against eXtravagunt ap-
preparations; In favor OF a tariff for
revenue only, and ample FOR the pur-
pose: against the pnternalsm OF the lle-
publican party and the PopullstIc social
ism OF both the Chicago and ST, Louis
conventions; IN favor of that American
liberty which can be maintained by so
limiting the pownr OF the government
that Il can never Interfere with the daily
concerns or law-abidlng citizens. The
plank OF pressing Importance In such q
platform Is, OF course. the currency
plank. Nnw. the mere election of Me-
Kinlcy will be the defeat OF the silver
movement.
Should Endorse aIcltiuIry Electors.
your obvious policy. then, would be
TO endorse the Mckinley olectors?"
Precisely. The Democrats who will
have achieved the SUCCESS OF their ,lnan-
clal plank by the election OF Mckinley
VIII Scl SOHSlllulG ull bIlpOHlltOtl 10 tile
Republican party the day after election,
busrd on principles which are certain to
be ultimately adopted by the American
people. What Is needed, therefore Is
not new ticket, but new platform
which will declare In unmis,akable
language the cardinal features az the
pnrty faith, and which, while endorsing
Mckinley electors. will provide for n
really Democratic opposition to the Nc
KInlcy administration during the period
of It's existence"
"whnt is your opinion OF the ultimate
outlOok?"
"Evurythlng depends on the manner
IN which II Is wagctl. To my mimi there
Ia but one test OF prosperity which can
be applied ton country. ana that Is ,he
rate OF wages paid TO labor. There can
be no prosperity where low wages nre
paid. There eau b. no distress where
the rate nf wages is high. II can he
easily demonstrated that this whole sIl-
rcr movement IL n conspiracy usningt
wages. aud II the campaign Is fought on
this line, I have no doubt that every
nurihcrn state In the union In which il
s practicable 10 hold n free election
will be carried BY the intelligence md
morality Or the American people against
tho monstrous propositions submitted Ia
them by the convention which noml-
mated Mr.. Bryan for the presidency"