The herald., 1896-08-27
BOURKE COCHRAN THROUGH !!
A SILVER EAR TUBE :
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| There was one man at the meeting of
| the Democratic Honest MoneyLeague"
| in Madison Square garden on Tuesday
evening who did not hear the speech of
MIR. Bourke Cochran as it was current
ly reported in the daily papers.
The man sat in front of me. He sat
listlessly through Mr. Perry Belmonts
introduction. and did not waken into in
terest or activity until Mr.. Cockran's S
clean shaved face loomed over the rail
ing of the forum like composite photo
graph of Mckinley, Bryan and Watson.
The absence of the mustache of the old
Tammany days gave the features that
weird effect.
While Mr. Cochran waited patiently
for the hired quartets to finish singing
The Star Spangled Banner" the man
in front of me went through lot Of
mysterious movements. First, he pro-
duced a bulky pad of blank paper. Then
he inserted in his right ear something
that was cylindrical, white and shining.
When he had done this he settled HIM
self comfortably to listen to the speech.
making copious notes.
The mystery was explained. The man
was deaf. The instrument in his ear
was silver tube.
Looking over the mans shoulder 1
could read extracts from the notes he
took. These are some of the utteranceS
tS ltetlQ tillQuSll tIlt SliN CI lQCt.
THE American nation will never con-
sent to substitute the republic of Wash
ington, Jefferson and of Jackson for the
plutocracy of Mckinley, monopoly and
Wall street. .
ION this platform is maintained the
absolute infallibility of the supreme
court.
I'VE make no preetnse of special eff
fection for the man who works with
his hands.
Il have never yet found how the
gold standard could be expected to in
crease the rate of wages.
The pretense that men can be en-
riched by giving them more money is
the oldest delusion which has affected
mankind.
when we (the gold people) get hold
of a $40 piece we defy all the power of
all the governments of this earth to
get five cents of it away from u.s. e.
Labor creates wealth. Capital Sc
creteS it.
IF the Populist gets his way every
body will be benefited but Mr.. Bryan.
mo. my friends. not because we love
the laborer more, but because he is
necessary to the existence of our enter
prises.
Men of New York, toilers of America,
guardians of your own homes, will you
allow your rate of wages to be raised?
If we went to free silver coinage to-
morrow YOU would still have
the same soil, you would still have the
same continent
we believe that this attempt to raise
wages, which means an attempt TO in
crease the prosperity of all, will be re-
sisted. rot by a class, but by the whole
nation.
While wages remain at their present
rate, there will be further and further
and continuous increase-under gold
of the cost of living.
1T is in his share of this bounty that
Topulists want to include the American
workingman.
YOU SHALL NOT STULTIFY US
WITH A COIN OF SILVER! YOU
SHALL NOT PRESS A CROWN OF
SCORN UPON OUR BROW!
The people of this country are not to
be seduced by appeals Of an administra-
tion of the people, by the people, for
the people.
This government will still be gov
ernment of GOLD, GREED and GAM
BLING.
And the man with the silver tube RI
his ear stole out into the night and
muttered:
mo wonder he shaved his mustache
off to try and lock like the other fellow
But he gave no explanation of what
he meant by that.
Ernest Graham Dewey in New York
.IaIlrnal