The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-08-03
IT is THE GRAVEST
Bourks Cochran Says That the Polit-
cal Situation Is Rotten.
BRYAN MUST BE SUPPRESSED
He's In Favor of the Goidocrats
Endorsing the Mckinley tieo-
tors. Adopting a New Plat
form and Defeating silver.


New York. Aug. 2.-Bourke Cochran
returned last Saturday from Europe by
the steamer Paris. Mr.. Cochran did
not forget American politics during his
trip, and he has evolved a plan by
which he thinks the defeat of the Chi
cago candidates may be encompassed.
Speaking of the situation. he said: II
regard II as the gravest In the history
OF the country. exceeding In Importance
the crisis of 1860. The secession move
ment was but an attempt to divide this
country between two governments.
each OF them designed to protect prop
erty within the limits OF its jurisdic-
ton. The movement launched at Chi
cago Is an attempt TO paralyze indus
try by using all the powers of the gov
ernment to take property from the
hands or those who created II and place
1t In the hands OF those who covet 1t.
This Is question of morals, as we'll as
OF politics. No political convention can
issue a valid license to commit Of
lenses against morality. and decline
to follow Mr.. Bryan In q crusade
against honesty and the rights Of la
bor."
DO you mean that you will actively
oppose the democratic party. or alb
stain from active support of it?"
In a contest for the existence of civ
ilization no man can remain neutral
Whoever does not support the forces of
order. aids the forces Of disorder. II i
can do anything to thwart a movement.
the success of which ! should regard
as an irreparable calamity. not only to
this country, but to civilized society ev-
erywhere. shall certainly do It,"
What do you think Of Tammany's
action In indorsing the ticket?'
II simply can't understand u. They
strongly opposed the platform at Chi
cago on the ground that 1t was an as
sault on the integrity of the nation.
They decline to ratify even now, which
shows that they have not changed their
opinion Of it, Yet they have indorsed
the candidke who stands upon 1t and
whose election will mean that the plat
form which they have denounced as a
singular combination of lunacy and vii
lainy shall be Incorporated into the
statute laws OF this country"
viii You support Major Mckinley
outright, or do you favor the nominal
tion Of another democratic ticket?"
Il believe that all democrats who
are so thoroughly In favor of sound
money that they place the defeat OF
-vaWUs0vetilef interests OF any other
party should meet In convention for
the purpose Of considering the former
method. during which they can give
the greatest efficiency to the opposi-
tion. For my part, i do not believe
that the nomination of other candidates
for president and vice president, how
ever eminent and deserving they might
be personally or politically. would
serve any useful purpose. Nobody be-
lieves that they could be elected, and
any democrat whose hostility to pop
ulism and republicanism would not al
low him to support either Bryan or Nc
Kinley, could show his opposition to
both by remaining at home on election
day quite as well as voting for third
ticket. 1t would be more convenient
to himself individually and would not
create q visible separation between
himself and his party organization"
But how can men rupturing party
ties, be sustained by some sense Of as
ISOLATION among themselves?"
THAT end can be attained by tho
adoption Of a platform declaring for
sound money against extravagant ap-
propriations; in favor Of economical
administration In every department OF
the government; In favor of tariff fol
revenue only and ample for the pur-
pose; against the paternalism OF the
republican party and the populistic So
cialism Of both the Chicago and St
Louis conventions; In favor Of that
American liberty which can be main
tanned by 50 limiting the party Of the
government that 1t can never interfere
with the daily concerns Of law-abiding
citizens. The plank Of pressing i'm.
portance In such apt form Is, Of course
the currency plank. Now, the mere
election of Mckinley will be the defeat
of the silver movement"
Your policy, then, would be to en-.
dorse the Mckinley electors?"
Precisely. The democrats who will
have achieved the success of their fin
ancial plank by the election Of McKin-
ley will yet constitute an opposition tc
the republican party the day after
election, based on principles which are
certain to be ultimately adopted by the
American people. What Is needed
therefore Is not new ticket, but a new
platform which will declare in unmis.
taxable language the cardinal features
Of the party faith and which. while
endorsing Mckinley electors. will pro.
vide for a really democratic opposition
to the Mckinley administration during
the period of its existence"
What is your opinion OF the ulti.
mate outlook"
Everything depends on the manner
In which II Is waged. To my minc
there is but one test of prosperity
which can be applied to country. ant
that is the rate of wages paid to labor.
ers. There can be no prosperity wher,
low wages are paid. There can be nt
distress where the rate OF wages 1.
high. II can easily be demonstrated
that this whole free silver movement /,
conspiracy against wages. and II tn,
campaign is fought On this line. hav,
no doubt that every northern state
that is to say. every state in the unior
in which II is practicable to hold {
free election-will be carried by the in
telligence and morality OF the Ameri
can people against the monstrou:
propositions submitted TO them by th'