The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-19
TAKES UP THE GAUNTLET CAST
DOWN BY BRYAN IN NEW
YORK.
SILVER BUBBLE PRIcKED.
SHATTERED BY THE POINTED
LOGIC OF THE ELOQUENT
ORATOR.
NOTHING EVER CREATED BY LAW
Bryan, If He Intends to Enrich, as
He Says, Must Intend Also to
DespOi1.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-The second
notable demonstration of the political
campaign in New York city was held
tonight under the auspices Of the Dem
ocratic Honest Money League of Amer
lea, in Madison Square garden, where
Hon. w. Bourke Cochran addressed an
immense audience, with speech en-
titled In Opposition to Reputation" >"
Mr.. Cochran had been selected to an
swer Candidate Bryan's speech be-
cause of his opposition to the Chicago
platform, and because of the reputa-
tion as an orator which he had earned
by his participation in the tariff de-
bates of two congresses, and by his
famous protest against the nomination
of Mr.. Cleveland, delivered in the con-
vention of four years ago. The ele-
ments were kinder to Mr. Cochran
than they had been to Mr.. Bryan, for
an afternoon shower cooled the air
and made the night an ideal one, in
pleasant contrast to the sweltering at
| mosphere which oppressed the Bryan
shouters. The police arrangements
were better also, and ticket holders
| found no difficulty in securing admis-
sion.
At o'clock the doors were opened
two and a half hours before the meet
ing was to begin, and, as the people
filed in, it was noticeable that ladies
composed a large proportion of the
crowd. They found the hall decorated
with banners and bunting, in the ma
tional colors, festooned from the cell
ing and draped about the four-tiered
| oval Of galleries. In place of the small
platform from which Mr.. Bryan had
spoken, was erected big stage
whereon were seated many of the vice
presidents Of the meeting, whose
names made list of 300 strong, and in
whose ranks were included many of
the most prominent business men,
financiers, bankers and railroad presi-
dents of New York and other cities
Among them were Charles S. Fair
child and William L. Trenholm, Of
! flcerS of the first Cleveland adminis-
tration; Congressman John K. Cowen,
of Baltimore, president of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad; ex-Gov Flower,
Senator Gray, of Delaware; eX-Con-
gressmen John Dewitt Warner, of
New York; Cultivate, of Ohio; Ira
cey, of Albany, and Everitt, of Massa-
chusetts; Carl Schurz Abram S. Hew-
lit, James c. Carter, President M. e.
ingalls,, of the Big Four railroad; VIM
M. Singerly, A. K. Mcclure, E. L. Cod
kin, st. Clair McKelway and Oswald
! Ottendorfer
Thirteen thousand seats had been
placed in the garden and all of them
were filled when Mr. Cochran advanced
to the front Of the platform and was
greeted by a tremendous cheer. men
climbing upon their chairs and waving
little American flags which had bean
strewed through the hall Three hearty
cheers were given for Mckinley. and
there were Kisses when a gallery god
| yelled: What's the matter with Rry-
| an?"
MAJ. John Zyrne. the president OF
the league. called the meeting to or
der, addressing his hearers as "Demo-
Gratis who love their country above
party" and exhorting them to save tbe
party from repudiation, anarchy and
socialism, and then presented Hon
Perry Belmont, who made a short
! speech by way of overture to Mr.
Cockrans effort. Mr.. Belmont said:
BELMoNT's ADDRESS.
Fellow Democrats we have all cor,o h..
~ 10 nsten 70 the speaker of the evening. This
10 - .l!ne 1or very plain speaking. we want
~ victory under false flag. The Demo-
crauc standard was supplanted at Cb;na~o
Dy the rag of Populism, which we firmly Re.
1;n 1use 10 follow to the dscredit of the ma
tlon The banner of Democracy nrotectinr
under its broad folds all the asnirations ns
noerty-loving humanity representing nopn-
Iar constitutional self-government we now
raise mere tonight, battle-worn by more than
fare. p0iiocai war
we who contend against the Chicago nomi
natlons and platform stand strictly within tbe
lines and priciples of our partv The Con-
ventlon renounced the national Remocracv
we are Democrats and we represent Demo
cIdes VINO propose to remain Democrats re-
1uslng to surrender the honored name ~ o,,r
party to the Populists. Populism is an av-
aegerated form of furious Republicanism. or
greenoaek Federalism gone mad A RennbIi
can untainted by such doctrines is infniteI,,
TO De preferred to a Democrat who FORE
swears his allegiance to Democratic PRINCIPLES
to the Populists w eAS
The opening of the mints to the independ
snI unlimited coinage of fiat silver dollars
is Dut an intermediate stage the emnlovrent
OF the government printing presses for the,
issue OF nat paper money is the ultimate
ann. am OF the fusion party. The national con-
in 1892, declared for fat paper money to
pc ne Issued by the people. they said, ''at a
TAX TAX OF two per cent" Two years later Mr..
Bryan advocated in congress ''the issue of
paper money direct by the government AZ
a market rate of interest" He soid +hat
haroors might be improved and rivers he
opened In this way. He introduced and advo
Gated bill to construct the Nicaragua canal
oy issuing greenbacks. The constitutjonai
power to raise revenue by taxation Is sunar
nuous II the printing bureau can so easily
produce all we need
MI. Bryan's record in the house is equal
70 Senator PETERS deliverance in the senate
last June, when he said: What SORT of sense
is there In requiring redemption fund al ali
when the government issues its own naner9,;
Why characterize such utterances? They
are unpardonable when proclaimed by those
who aspire to responsibilities of power Al
the conference at Washington of the fat sill
yer organization last January the PonuIis+
claim was recognized that if free coinage
should not yield enough fiat silver than
greenbaeks would be issued. The fat silver
party thereby abandoned the hard money
contention put forth by Mr.. Bland wears ago
that the quantity of gold and silver coined
under free coinage should be the test of the
volume OF government currency and that
congress should have no other control over
the issue or full legal tender money That
was the reason Mr.. Bryan was preferred
over Mr.. Bland at the convention
Mr. Bland was not enough of a Populist
The candidate chosen has been and is Popu-
list. he has himself announced that he is
not Democrat. Regularity of party organi-
cation has always appealed to me with the
greatest possible force. But party princinIes
are necessary to its recognition and vitality
l trust that our party in the state of New
York In this crisis will hold faithfully to the
attitude II assumed at the convention
The issue, stripped of all verbiage and
sophistry. OF all sectionalism ard prejudice
IS now, as it was before the nomination of
Mr. Bryan, one of morals, one of honesty
Will not question the motives of any one.
supporters of this extraordinary movement
We oppose are Intentionally dishonest. hut