Omaha daily bee., 1896-08-06
DOURKE ]CoCKRAN's BOLT.

Chicago Tribune: 1t didn't take Bourke
Cochran a minute to decide whether he Is
a democrat or a popocrat. Being the former,
he is for sound money.
Chicago Chronicle: Brother Cochran has
seen the light which the Chronicle set on a
hill Immediately after the nomination OF
Bryan. AS soon as his eyes get used to 1t
he will see that we want not only a plat
form, but some very live men on 1t.
Minneapolis Tribune: 1t would seem as II
any patriotic democrat, believing as MIR.
Cochran does, would feel 1t incumbent on
him to drop all partisan considerations, as
John A. Dix, Daniel II. Sickles and a host
Of union democrats did in 1860, and cast
their votes for the presidential ticket that
represents the forces of order.
Minneapolis Journal: Bourke Cochran
doesn't believe democracy will be benefited
by nominating a third national ticket and
he very sensibly advises the sound money
democrats to endorse the Mckinley electors
and vote with the great party cf sound
money and maintain their opposition on
other questions in which they nave differed
with the republicans. Mr.. Cochran takes a
patriotic and sensible view of The situation.
New York World: Hon. Bourke Cochran
re-enters politics with characteristic bold
ness and vigor. He finds "a question of
morals as well as politics" presented in the
Chicago platform. And holding that mo
political convention can issue a valid license
to commit offenses against morality or
impose an obligation to support a candidate
who represents IAN assault on the integrity
of the nation he declines to accept Mr..
Bryan as the democratic candidate.
Chicago Times-Herald: The striking
feature OF Mr.. Cockran's ringing denuncia-
ton of the popocratic assault upon the
nations commercial honor is it's defiance of
Tammany, with which powerful organization
he has been prominently identified end
which has decided to support Bryan, al
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platform to be "a singular combination OF
lunacy and villainy'-a Characterization
that is regarded as unnecessarily severe by
the most rampant defenders of the gold
standard.
Kansas City Star: Cockran's utterance
serves to clarity the political atmosphere
and indicates to the Jeffersonian democracy
the most reasonable hope of future life and
usefulness. His emphasis, 1t will be noted,
is upon the platform-the declaration OF
principles which are endorsed by the con-
sentative element of the party-and not upon
a separate candidate to preserve the historic
democracy at the risk of contributing to
the success of an idea which Mr.. Cochran
and democrats of his class believe to be
unsound and harmful.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Mr.. Cochran has
been in retirement for two years owing to
poor health and a love of travel. But the
present democratic situation has called him
out. He has spoken with no uncertainty
In his tone. He definitely and utterly re-
fuses to support Bryan; nor Is that all. He
is so strongly impressed with the impor-
lance of his defeat that he is ready and
anxious to do all in his power to defeat him.
or this he makes no secret. He is as much
opposed to protection as ever; in fine, Is as
much of a democrat now as he ever was
but he looks upon the socialistic turn the
democratic organization has taken as a most
serious menace. To his way of thinking the
peril of 1896 is more serious than TIE men
ace of 1860. Disunion, even, void not be
so bad, to his way of thinking, as the dis
honor Of dishonest money. No one else, so
far as we recall. has taken so extreme a view
as that. 1t only shows how intense and pro-
found Is his conviction.