Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-08-20
COCERAN'S SPEECH.
The New York Orator Espousee
the Gold Standard.
The popULIs1 PARTY CRITICISED.
The Laborer Said to Be the Oplect Oh
Conspiracy Between Agitators ana
Unreconciled slave-Hold-
ers Of the South.

New YORK, Aug. l9.-The second
notable demonstration in the political
campaign in New York city was held
last night under the auspices OF the
Democratic Honest Money League OF
America in Madison Square garden,
where W. Bourke Cochran addressed
an immense audience with speech
entitled in Opposition to Repudia-
ton" Mr.. Cochran had been selected
to answer Candidate Bryan's speech,
because of his opposition to the Chi
capo platform, and because OF the rep.
utation as an orator which he had
earned by his participation in the tariff
debates of two congresses, and by his
famous protest against the nomination
of Mr.. Cleveland, delivered at daybreak
in the convention of four years ago.
Mr.. Cochran said that the issue OF the
campaign, stripped of all verbal dis
puise, was an issue between the hon
est discharge and the dishonest re-
pudiation Of public and private ooliga-
tons He then went on:
Tam l,ttle nuyzled when read this speech
~ decide inst what Mr. Bryan himself imagines
will be the fruit of change In the standard OF
value throuphont this country. / do not be-
Rave that anv man can follow wholly with the
snssch because II he dissents from one set Of
conclusions he has got to read but a few para
oranhs md he will And another. II Mr. Bryan
earid show mo that nv any means known to
uoaven mr. nm Garth wages could be increased,
7 vii, he ready tn support him, because know
~ no test of nrosnerity absolutely infallible
sxcent the rate Of wages paid to laborers.
when We come to find how Mr. Bryan ex-
,oots m ;ncrease the wages Of labor we find
ourselves lost in maze Of contradiction. NO
man can tell how or where or when the wages
Of the workingmen are 70 pc ,ncreasea' ,S Sa.
ansVn e, ".p ba tsndsncv the inevitable conse-
ouences Of debasement in the standard Of
roiua must he a reduction in the rate OF wages
AVA thu, 10 the conspiracy In which the pop
,,,,s, a. sngoood
Nov, NJ prvan tells us that he wants to
,haaner tho dollar. that he wants to increase
tho rol,ma ~ money. I do not believe that
srS nan Who ever lived could quite understand
a.y action NJ what money Isl further
~ ,hat ha helieves Il ia desirable thing to
sasu ,as ,o 10 not verv nartIcular about the
- ~, ,,hioh hs can cot his hands on It,
Nothino ia more common than the mistake
,hot ,oonav and nronertv are Identical They
40 M, 1'here NAV he a very large volume Of
o,rcu,at,nu medium and very great poverty.
nho issua ~ nanar money would show no more
49, Jrcrease ~ wealth than the issue by an In
s,,,,duoi ~ b,s nromissorv note would show On
increase of his property. As matter OF fact
an tnoraasa in the coinage is no proof oil
a. ircreasa IN the nroperty but may be q
...oar ,roo, ~ a decrease In wealth. 1t Is moi
40 uo,,,me NJ money. hut the activity Of mon
an ,hat counts
H., .o,,o T., rro,sa M
MT Oochr"n ."o. -.
the gold standard anu against
.cheap" dollar and said:
,.ho ,r,oo NJ commodities he Increased an(
49, .,nioa - lahor no loft stationary. WHY tina
'no p.ioo y. d.,r,,, -, ,ho rote ~ waues II
nieans /" .us''a ss,,ns ,rtioh conssts NJ n civer
ihe'o a,.. VI Ia ooroi m I'M cents anvwher,
lua"V'N ~ ,.,;.h no ,,rcbosino nower of ION
III 'uo "o',a, ia 10 ha mid in dollars wortl
cenvs' .no '"uo' ~ IN on1v INV half n,
:" ss ,.,,.s a aor,s waoas as he buvs now.
wnen after the panic of 1878, the price o
,,hor ,e,, N N, cents a day. it was harder to OBJ
..I,, ,ahor thon pben the rate of labor was y.
wa ss,a ,ha aiearence between the populist VIII,
aaa,.s ~ ant down the rate NJ wages and tn,
ss,'sorat u,ho seats IN nrotect. is that the
son,oorat nsiisves that hipher wages and pros
aor,tr a ro sunonvmous. and the populist want
ret ar, ,hs ro,e of wages in order that he ma,
49,. 49,, .ho tar,ner IN make war upon his owl
sunpi
"o e' ,,a aonr,st ,oves tn cav that the cred
,,a. to n ,arson who onnresses the wester
farmer me creditors Of this country are no
ia' ,hay aro not the so.called capi
,a,,sts. thew arb the laborers, and It Is at tn
oxnonso NJ labor TINT this change is made Tn
,ahoror ia always a creditor for at least on
Avs ,vorr when anv man can show me
n, ,vho has heen mid in advance for
49, ,ror,, will, show him lnborer who is
Sobtor rbe laborer. bv the verv law of his IN
mo Is n creator ror at least one days WORK
and is generally creditor fora weeks work O
two weeks work Every great industrial en-
ternrise has for its chief creditors its own la
horers The heaviest account In every depart
ment of industry, whatever 1t may be- is a.
wavs the wages account.
the nreten So that the farmer Of Nebraska
s,,ferpg under the weight Of a mortgage cor
,ractod under metal which has steadily In
sra ss in value is hut populstc metapho
Two-thrds Of the farmers have no mortgaq
dah,s whatever I do not believe there Is
uos cort NJ them that owe mortgage owe
,hroo YEARS old, during which tim
.haro has been no change in III
uairo ~ tho metal This proposal
,S ~ noru,ists il nm intent to enlist the farm,
", W. copsniracv to reduce the wages paid tn
,ahor that he NAV have larger proportion
tic oyn nroducts' and they are willing to C,
a A., ,ho wages Of every man who works
ci,ies who tolls at the bench, who digs in u
,ninoS who manages the train. in the hope th
.han oan riae into mower on A wave Of cupidi
10 ,raad opakened In the breast of the vote
"I Me- - No,v YORK toilers OF America, guar
ions nj vour own homes, will you allow yo'
ra,a ~ WAGES TO he affected by any man wi
49, has void ,vaoes at all II he could get
n LIZ viii vou submit to this conspi racy b
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