The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-08-27


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The democratic Honest Money
League had its widely advertised meet
ing in Madison square Garden last
Tuesday week. W. Bourhe Cockrsn.
fresh from his European travels. re-
piled To the speech made By Mr.. Bryan
on the occasion Of the Democratic
candidates Official notification Of hi.
nomination IN the same place . week
before.
Mr.. Cockran's effort Vas but slightly
argumentAtive and almost entirely or
atorical. His chief aim WAS 10 try TO
prove that the woPkingman 10 more
benefited by IN approaching dollar
than any other person. incidentally
Mr.. Cochran attacked the former for
his share in what he called . -Popu-
listic conspiracy"
Conspicuous among those present
were the many men Of wealth who
acted As vice. Presidents and Thomas
c. Plat, Warner Miller, Mayor Strong,
n. b. Scott, National Committeeman
from West Virginia, and Powell Clay
ton, Of Arkansas, who has charge Of
the Eastern Mckinley headquarters.
Mr.. Cockran's sentiments were not
literally cheered At first. When he
said that American soil was not pro-
pitious for revolution he was cheered.
and many people laughed gleefully
when he mentioned Altgeld. Tillman
and Bryan rs the sole representatives
~f 81 ham
ton that his whole being thrObbed
with love for the workingmen and that
his only ambition in life was to in
crease the wages Of the labOrer was
not loudly applauded.
His statement that the volume of
money does not denote prosperity
seems to meet the Judgment of many
of his auditors, for they clapped their
hands vigorously, as they did when he
assured the people that the supper
tiers of the Chicago ticket simply
| wanted money and didn't care very
much how they got it,,
The bases Of sound trade is sound
money" he said, but the crowd hOwled,
and what else he said was lost in the
tumult. He evidently did not deem
it important, however, for he did not
repeat it.
| At one time in his address he asked :
"Who will be benefited by this pro-
posed financial policy" When a voice
replied. 1.-The silver mine owners"
NO." shouted back Mr.. Cochran
''the silver mine owners would be-
fooled with the rest"
At another point Mr.. Cochran said
'The Government cannot afford to be
generous. If it favOrs one, it Expresses
the other"
Mr.. Cochran rounded some splendid
periods, but they did not receive the
applause which he may have expected
would have been bestowed upon then
from the fact that they were too vel
rounded to be Intelligent to so large
an audience. 1t was at this point thai
an amusing incident occurred.
Mr.. Cochran was reading a selection
from one of Mr.. Bryan's speeches
His audience, however, did not under
stand this, for voice called out:
"Bully for you, Burke!" and the
crowd gave loud cheer, thinking i
was Cochran sentiment. The speake
was clearly embarrassed, but quickl,
recovered his cOEpOsure.
The paraphrase of Mr.. Bryan's ia
nous "crown of thorns" utterance
when Mr.. Cochran said. "YOu shall
not press upon the brow Of labor
crown of thorns; you shall not place
scourge upon his back" fell very flat
, There was not faint cheer.
= Mr.. Cochran again quoted MI
r Bryan, and with results that wer
hardly pleasant to himself. He wa
: have begged of you, we have pleade
/ nd ,nIof6 ofu
, | when a man, sitting directly beneat
the speaker, exclaimed: "But Bryan
. right"
3 eyes, Bryan's right" came from
8 dozen different parts of the hall.
y There was another feature of NJ
! Cookran's address which caused hi
admirers and supporters some alarm
e and that was wherein he began al
: lacking the farmers. He declared ths
r the silver agitation was but con
- spiracy of the farmers. He said:
"Men of New Y orb, toilers of America
guardians of your own homes, will 70
e allow your rate of wages to be affec
o ed (Cries of "Never!") by any ma
who never paid wages at all if he coul
get DIT of it? Will you submit to tn
conspiracy between the profession;
farmers, the farmers who cultivate tt
= quarrels of their neighbours, farmer
, who labor with their jaws. Populi
agitators of the West, and the unre,
q onciled Shareholders of the South al
: plause.)
q "This is a conspiracy between pr
~ fessiOnal farmers who want to pa
low wages and the unrecOnciled slav
holder who would like to pay no wage
Il (Applause.) Here is the real root
this conspiracy. Here is the explain
l. nation of this Populist movement. M
l. Bryan did not create it. No man cs
create a movement like this. III
., forces that created it are active al
III have been working in a thousand di
ferent directions. Mr.. Bryan, repr
- senting this theory. is but like DIT
D. of water on the crest of wave, mo
n conspicuous but no more impOrta
~ than the millions of drops that for
- its base. The Populistic movement
the attempt of these professional ia
I. mers, of these men who are unwillil
Q. to share with the laborer, to appeal
r, their greed in support of their NOV
re- ment. He is an enemy of public 9
der, he is an obstacle to progress, he
h. a conspirator against the peace al
=. prosperity of the industrial masses
~, the country"
~ After saying the above ha
w reached out and pulled his coat ia
tn Just whose hand it was could not
b. told from the seats, but it look
n strangely like that of Perry Belmo
" Mr.. Cochran paused, bent his he.
81. listened to a few whispered words, a
va than begun eulogy Of the farmer
the creator of wealth.
THIRD DISTRICT POPS.
re
ill Hon. John K. Fowler, of Sampson, No
az mated For Congress on The 49th Bale
X. G.. Maxwell Eloctor.
On August 18th the POpulist conv'
It;Dv Of tho rNh;rd CNr :.