The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-10-30

Norfolk, Va, Oct. G9.-Great prepare
tions were made to-day for the speech of
Bourke Cochran. Armory Hall had put
on gala dress. A stand had been
erected on the west side of the hall,
'draped with American flags, as was also
the western gallery front, the flags being
borrowed from the navy yard for this and
other like occasions of this campaign.
by o'clock, the time set for the speak
ing, ,O0O people had gathered III the hall.
many being drawn by curiosity, and of
these great number were slverites,
proclaimed so by the wearing of buttons
and badges
AZ p. M, to the strains of "Hail to
the Cbief,n from the Naval Pest Band.
stationed in the north gallery, Mr. Cock
ran entered the hall, escorted by the gold
standard leaders of this city. He was
greeted with cheers followed with cheers
for Bryan and Sewall, for Young and for
Mckinley.
AS Mr.. Cochran moved to the front of
the stage, after the band had played, he
was greeted with mingled cheers and
misses. The latter demonstration Mr..
Cochran made use of, and he remarked:
i never object to Populistic arguments,
anu those shouts are among the best of
them have heard. Populists can't wait
for success before they begin their
establishment of disorder
II stand here to oppose the wrcng done
our party by those men,
Here he was again interrupted by
cheers for Bryan, and some one cried
PUT him OUT
NO" said Mr.. Cochran, "leave him
here as an object lesson'
Later asking: 'What do the Popu.
lists propose to do?'' he waved his hand
toward the. door, where the crowd that
now filled the hall and probably mum
bered fully 5000, was most dense, and
remarked
The disorderly attempt TO suppress
free speech in this campaign as shown by
those ruffians is an Indication"
Kisses, groans and cheers greeted this
shot. The hostile demonstration had be-
come so strong that he could 20 no fur
ther. Mr.. Cochran added fuel TO the fire
by lnterlarding the statements he made.
which met with derision, by such re-
marks RS reference to MBryen and the
crowd OF lunatics and rufiians who follow
him;" Every laborcr will understand
me; no Populist cam LET them alone.
they are simply illustrating their plat.
form, which stands for anarchy and
riot"
Here the uproar became deafening, and
from all sides We're heard ''What of the
shareholders How about that Madison
square spccch?"
Mr. Cochran said that he had been
misreprcsented by the press rs to his
Madison Square speech, and that ONLY Il
few lines OF what he said had been
quoted in the papers. The speaker said
that he had voted iii Congress to repeal
the election law Continuing he said:
During Il few years past the South has
been disgraccd by number of wretches
who have pretended to represent her, but
Tlllman no more represents the South
than do the ruilians out there in the
audience who have disturbed me-
Again the uproar stopped him and the
voice of Hon. w. r. Mayo. mayor of the
city, was heard commanding order.
While the latter was speaking Mr.. Cock
ran waited
Mayor Mayo was cheered to the echo
Tor his defense of good order and made
his way to the platform, where he apol.
ogized for the row.
Mr.. Cochran accepted his apologies, but
stated that there was no need for his ac-
ton, as the people recognized the source
from which the disturbance came.
The meeting then went OH smoothly.
and with grand oratorical finish Mr..
Cochran ended his speech.
Mr.. Cochran left for New York vim
Cape Charles route tonight.