The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-19

believe that men stand shoulder to shoulder working together for 0 com man purpose, beneficial to all. (Ap- plause.) We believe that this attempt to assall wages, which means an at tempt to attack the prosperity of all will be resisted, not by class, but by the whole nation. (Applause,) What labor has gained that it shall keep, The rate of wages that is paid to it to- day is the lowest rate we will ever will ing accept. (ApplauseO
 We look forward to a future and greater increase in the prosperity of worlkingmen, not merely by an increase in the daily wages, but by further in- crease in the purchasing power of wages, Men who tell us that the prices of farm products have fallen, and that the farmer for that reason is suffer- CT, forget that while the price of wages has risen on the farm, the efficiency Of labor has increased; that the cost of production has been reduced, while the wages of the individual laborer may have risen. While wages remain at their present rate I hope there will be a further and continuous decrease in the cost of living. (Applause,)
 There is no way in which l can be admitted to share of Gods bounty except through a fall in the price of the necessaries of life. While we have in existence a system of mutual CO., operation, which is but another name for civilized society, all men are ad- r''t'"d to a share in every bounty which Providence showers upon the earth. The dweller in the tenement, stopping under his bench, who never sees a field of waving corn. who has never inhaled the perfume of grasses and of flowers, is yet made the partici- pator in all the bounties of Providence, in the purifying influence of the atmos- phere, in the ripening rays of the sun, when the product of the soil Is made cheaper to him by the abundant of the harvest. (Applause)
 It is from his share in this bounty that the populist wants to exclude the American workingment. To him we say, in the name of humanity, in the name of progress, you shall neither press 0 crown of thorns upon the brow of labor, nor place a scourge upon his back (Applause.) You shall not rob him of any one advantage which he has gained by long years of study, of prog ress in the skill of his craft and by the | careful organiza ton of the members who work with him at the bench. You shall not obscure the golden prospect of further improvement in his con- | dition by a cheapening of the cost of life, as we'll as by a further apprecia- ton of the dollar which to paid to him. l (Applause.)
 There can be no distress, there can be no hard times while labor is well paid. The man who raises his hand against the progress of the workingman raises his hand against prosperity. He seeks to restrict the volume of production. He seeks to degrade the condition of the man who is steadily improving himself and in his own Improvement is accomplishing the improvement of all mankind. But this attempt will fail I do not regret this campaign 1 am l glad the issue has arisen. The time has come when the people will show their capacity for self government They will prove that the men who have led the world in the pathway of pro- press will be the jealous guardians of liberty and order (Applause.) They are not to be seduced by appeals to their cupidity or moved by threats of injury. They will forever jealously guard and trim the lamp of enlighten- ment, of progress.
 They will ever relentllessly press and crush under their heels the flaming torch Of populistic discomfort, populis- | tic agitation and populistic destruction. | (Applause.l
 | When this tide of agitation shall have receded-this tide of popular agitation | this assault upon common honesty and l upon industry shall have been abated | forever the foundations of this repub- l lie will remain undisturbed This gov ernment will still shelter z people in dissolubly welded to liberty and order | jealously forbidding any distinction ot burden or of privilege, conserving property, maintaining morality, resting forever upon the broad basis of Ameri- can patriotism and American intelli- gence. (Applause.)
 MT. Cockran's speech was well re- ceived, while many of those in the up- per gallery deserted their seats long be- fore the speaker had concluded those | in the lower tiers and those in the main auditorium remained attentive throughout the discourse. The audi ence took advantage of every opportu- nifty to manifest approval of the speak CTS sentiments.
 When particularly telling points ir repudiation of MT. Bryan's speech were made the cheering from all quarters of
 the house was of a tumultuous nature | After ta1lSinp for one hour and twaotU
 minutes MT. Cochran concluded amid another wild outburst of cheering and
 the audience dispersed.