The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-19
BRYAN IS DENOUNCED
BOurks Cockran's Elequence Electri6es
an linn .nss Goldtug Audience.
NEW WORKERS CHEER HIM
National Bank Employees Sing and
Men Climb Upon Chairs and
slide Down .nto Them
fgaln-An Ovation.
NEW WORKERS CHEER HIM

MdulSOn cQudre udTueu. NtW IOIhs
Aug. 1s.-The second notable Demon
stration in the political campaign in
New York City was held tonight un-
der the auspices OF the Democratic
Honest Money League of America. in
Madison Square Garden. where Hon.
W. Bourke Cochran addressed an i'm
mense audience with a speech entitled
In Opposition to Reputation" Mr..
Cochran had been selected to answer
Candidate Bryans speech because of
his opposition to the Chicago platform
and because of the reputation as an
orator which he had earned by his par
ticipation In the tariff debates of two
congresses and by his famous speech
against the nomination of Cleveland.
delivered in the convention Of four
years ago. The elements were kinder
to Cochran than they had been to Bry-
an, for an afternoon shower had cooled
the air and made the night an ideal
one. in pleasant contrast to the swell
tering atmosphere which oppressed the
Bryan shouters.
At s O'Clock the doors were opened.
two and half hours before the meet
ing was to begin. and as the people
filed In IL was noticeable that ladies
tbHP'Ctp a idikt PioPoitioh VI thS
crowd. They found the hall elaborate
ly decorated with banners and bunting
of the national tri-color. In place of
the small platform from which Bryan
had spoken was erected big stage
whereon were seated many of the vice
Presidents of the meeting, whose names
made list 800 strong, and in whose
ranks were included many Of the most
prominent business men, financiers.
bankers and railroad presidents Of New
York and other cities. Among them
were Charles S. Fairchild and William
L. Trenholm, officers or the first Cleve-
land administr7 tion. and Congressman
John Cuy'an of Baltimore. presid ent Of
the b. & o. railroad Ex-Governor Flow
er. Senator Gray Of Delaware. ex-Con-
gresham John Dewitt Warner Of New
York City, Outhwaite Of Ohio. Tracey
of Albany and Everett of Mississippi;
Carl Schurz, Abram s. Hewitt, James
s. Carter. President NJ. r. ingalls, of
the Big Four railroad, William M. Sim
gerley. !. X. Mcclure. f. l.. Godkin.
st. Clair McElway and Oswald Often
dorf.
Eighteen 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 seats and waving
little American flags which had been
strewn through the hall. Three hearty
cheers were given for Mckinley and
there were Kisses when a gallery god
yelled whats the matter with Bry-
an?" j. John Byrne, the president Of
the league. called the meeting to order
and addressed his hearers as "demo-
Gratis who love their country above
party" and exhorting them to save
that party from repudiation, anarchy
and socialism and then presented Hon.
Perry Belmont, who made q short
speech by way Of overture to Cockran's
effort.
Mr.. Belmont asserted his belief that
the thousands who were gathered In
the great auditorium were there to
raise the banner of democracy. bat
tle-scarred by more than a hundred
years of honorable political warfare"
He said they We're democrats who re-
fused to surrender the honored name Of
their party to the populists. Populism,
he defined as "an aggravated form Of
furious republicanism or greenback
federalism gone mad. A republican
| untainted by such doctrines. the speak
er averred. was Infinitely to be pre-
ferred to a democrat who foreswears
| his allegiance to the democratic priu-
| ciples and "countenances the betrayal
of his party to the populists." Mr..
| Belmont declared his belief that the
| opening of the mints to the free COIN
age of fiat silver dollars" would be
but an intermediate step to the issue
| of fiat paper money, as proposed by the
| populists In their Omaha platform.
| Mr. Bryan, the speaker asserted, en-
| dorsed these populistlc ideas and has
| been and is popullst." Mr.. Belmont
| added that he has himself announced
"he Is not a democrat" Continuing
the speaker declared that party organ
ization had always appealed to him
with the greatest possible force, but
| that party principles were necessary to
It's recognition and vitality. He trust
| ed that In this crisis, the democratic
| party in the state of New York would
| hold faithfully TO the attitude at the
| national convention. Stripped of all
| verbiage and sophistry. OF all section
| alism and prejudice. the issue was one
| Of morals. Of honesty. In conclusion
| Mr.. Belmont introduced Bourke Cock
| ran.
There was a second outburst OF
| cheering when Cochran was introduced
| which lasted several minutes and while
IL was In progress so singers. chosen
| from among the city's banks and titled
the Banks Glee club. sang the Star
| Spangled Banner" the vast audience
| swelling the chorus with thunderous
| efforts. Cochran was smooth shaven
when he confronted the audience and
his first words rolled TO the further
ends of the hail. Frequent outbreaks
| Of cheers followed his periods.
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fellow democrats. all. tApp.auseD With
the inspiring strains Of that national song
| stil ringing In our cars. who can doubt
the issue OF this campaign? applause }
Stripped OF all verbal disguise, II is an Is
sue Of common honesty. an issue between
the honest discharge and the dishonest
| reputation Of public and private obliga-
/ tions. II Is question as TO whether the
\ powers of this government shall be used
| to protect industry or 10 tempt the citi-
zen to dishonesty. on this question hon.
est money men cannot differ. II is one OF
morals and Of justice. II involves the ex-
/ istence Of social order. IL Is the contest
/ for civilization itself A democratic con-
i vention may renounce the democratic
faith. but the democracy remains faithful
to democratic principles. Democratic
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