St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-28
C0CKRAN'S REPLY.
An Enthusiastic Sound noney Gathering In
Madison Square Garden. Bourke Cochran
Replies to Bryan's Speech Of Acceptance.

Fully $4,000 people, 1000 more than
seats had been provided for, gathered in
Madison Square Garden last week Tues
day evening to listen to Bourke Cock
rams reasons for not supporting Bryan
and Sewall. On the outside were fully
5000 people who could not get in. Re-
pubicans and democrats touched Shout
ders but the majority of the audience were
business democrats. In the audience
were Plat republicans and anti-Platt
republicans, Hill democrats and Cleve-
land democrats-everything but silver
democrats. There were not as many
women present as at the Bryan meeting
and, so far as noticed, not man took of
his coat, which, perhaps, was due to the
the cooler weather.
Perry Belmont, ex-democratc congress
man, opened the meeting with an excel
lent speech and introduced Mr.. Cochran.
When Cochran rose to speak he was
greeted with long and loud applause and
5000 little flags were waved in the air.
He spoke for an hour and halt or more,
and the seats were all full when he
finished. Below we give few para
graphs from Mr.. Cockran's speech
A democratic convention may renounce
the democratic faith, but the democracy
remains faithful to democ, attic principles.
Democratic leaders may betray a conven-
ton to the populists, but they cannot
seduce the footsteps of democratic voters
from the pathway of honor and Of JUS
tice. A candidate bearing the mandate
of democratic convention may in this
hall open canvass levelled against the
foundations of social order, and he
beholds the democratic masses confront
ing him organized for their defense.
Fellow democrats, we must oppose the
nominee of the Chicago convention, and
we know full we'll that the success of our
opposition will mean our own exclusion
from public life; but we will be consoled
and gratifed by the reflection that it
will prove that the American people can
not be divided into parties on a question
OF simple morals or of common honesty.
We would look in vain through the
speech delivered here one week ago to
find true statement of the issue in
volved in this canvass. believe that if
the candidate himself understood the
inevitable consequences which he
breaches, his own hands would be
the very first to tear down the platform
on which he stands.
On the platform the candidate defended
the most revolutionary plank OF the
Chicago convention, the populistic pro-
gramme of overtime wing the integrity Of
the supreme court, which protects the
rights of every citizen against any inva
sion from whatever source or however
powerful might be the antagonlzlne
elements.
Now, will imagine that Mr.. Bryan
himself may believe that in some way o.
other he is going to benefit the toilers o
this country. He say he is, but h
|
me that by the enforcement of any por
ton OF his programme wages will be IN
creased in this country | will not onl.
support him, but will recognize him a
the wisest orator that ever opened hi
mouth on a platform since the beginnin!
of the world. will be ready to COMES
that the rhetoric, which l do not nov
understand is really the language O
inspiration. would regard his admins
tration of the presidency as the kindlin!
of a great light before the footsteps o
man, showing him broad pathway tt
endless happiness and measureless pros
perity. But in searching through hi
speech, in reading through the Who'll
feams of populistic literature with whc
this country has been flooded for fou
wears, have never yet found one syllabl
which showed me how a populist eS
pected to increase the rate of wages.
We can see that the man who work
on tunnel cannot take part OF tn
tunnel home with him for his wages; tn
man who paves the street cannot take
part of the highway with him, but eac
one takes the money equivalent OF tina
part of the product which is the result
his daily toll, and the laborer is the ma
who has the most vital interest in tn
character of the money which is paid t
him.
The basis of sound trade is SCUM
money money which is intrinsicall
valuable, money which, like the gol
coinage OF this country, the Government
cannot affect if it tries to. can tax
a SO gold piece and l can defy all tn
power of all the Governments OF th'
earth to take five cents OF value from Il
Having earned it by the sweat of m
brow, having earned it by the exercise {
my brain, having earned it by the e.
change of my commodities, | can go t
the uttermost ends of the earth, an
wherever present it its value will /
unquestioued and unchallenged. Tha
gold dollar this meeting, the Democrat
party, the honest masses OF this coul
try, without distinction of party dlvi
ions, demand shall be paid to the Lahore
when he earns it and that no power o
earth shall cheat him OF the sweat OF h
brow.
The inevitable consequence OF debas
ment in the standard OF value must be
reduction in the rate of wages, and thu
! is the conspiracy in which the Populi'
is engaged.
Mr.. Bryan tells us that he wants t
cheaper the dollar; that he wants
increase the volume of money. do NJ
believe that any man who ever live
could quite understand Populist's NJ
ton of what money is further than thu