The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-03
noUnstE cocKRAN.S SPEECH.

RoUn.tE C0CKRAN.S SPEECH.
coF me BENEFIT of its crit:ci The Vir-
Eh.2n presents below the full context
or chat portion OF Bourke Cockr,,.s
speech containing his crl,ici,ra of tho
Chicago Conventions" and what no
termed The ROOT OF THE MAT
TER. which embraces his out: ageous
insult to ;he South and it's people. 1t
VIII be seen that IN the very beginning
ne charges that EVERY Northern St,te
IN which there w.s A chance of electing
Democratic Governor or choc .in.-
Democratic electors. with the execution
OF Missouri and Indiana stood boldly
and firmly for the gold standard. "trNTIL.
THEY WE'RE SUBMERGED ny 4
WAVE OF POPuIISai r,ROM ,Irut,
oCutEi.' This. Ii A.. . . seen. relates
10 the Chicago Convention. 1t will
then be seen further on. that he appca,=
To the "mcn of New York. tojier, of
America, and guardians oe their cwr
homes, asking them. "Win you submi,
20 this CONSPIRACY be;,vcfl, .he nro-
teiSIonal farmers, who want "a pay low.
wages, and THE uNREroN('iJ,t.)
SLAVE HOLDER. WHO W.iiI.o
LIKE TO PAY NO WAGES" Here. "
Sc says. lis the REL. ROOT or T'f4Is
CONSPIRACY.
For bringing him II taw nj the very
| gateway Of the South. for presenting.
his llngulSc con.;picuou.ly So that he
would be forced To explain ;h, unms;
| and unprovokcd leu! thrown at the
people or ~" SoH.h before a great ma $;
meeting Of the representative. wealth
owners of New York. taere are some
who condemn the V!'slnian as the pro
| moter of disorder and llwles.ne.s
| Well. the NirgiEian made NJ. Cochran
eat his words. and il forced home on
him an um.ruih. and II can stand the
| cr:tici.ms.
Here is Cockran's language from the
authorized copy of his speech. issued bv
| the democratic Honest Money I.eague
OF america" With headings:
THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO
''ln the Chicago Convention there
Wee Populislic delegations from
some States that had Denoc"l,ic
governments. but ii is a significant
fact that every Northern STATE I'm
y hcH tne!c was Il chance of elect 'uc
| Democratic governor or of rh l,sinr
Democratic electors. with the cNcen
non OF Missouri and Indiana. stood
boldly and firmly for the gold stan
da"d 81 Chicago, until they We're sub
merged by wave of Populi m from,
the South. My fNends. Il great
! change has come over the Democ,,
tic parry of the Southern States. The
| men who. from mistaken but chiv-
| aiTGui sense Of loyalty. followed
their states out of he Union; the
heroes whose gallantry in war and
| whose fortitude in defeat won the
admiration of the civilized world:
the patriots whose virtues command
| ed the support of Northern pubic
opinion in the Struggle to over
turn calpet-bas governments i'm the
southern States; the leade:s who
| guided the members of the shattered
| Eonfederacy successfully through all
the troubled period OF reconstruction
| back into full union with heir sis
| ter Sta.cs-these men. Ike Han,p-
ton. in South Carolina. and Caffeyv
in Louisiana, have been swep: from
| power; new leaders have leaped 10
the front with Tillman 81 the eXpo-
| nent of their purposes. who boldly
| unfurled the sectional flag at Chi
| caSo and declared tina. this Populis-
tic movement 10 degrade labor by
| debasement of the money in which
| NiStS are l'dlu IL aIl HtlfCk on the
industry and the prosperity of the
| North and East.
Men Of New York toilers of
America. builders and guardians of
| your own homes. will you allow your
rate of wages to he fixed by any
man who neve: has paid wages at
| all If he could avoid Il? (Crlas ri
| Never. never.D WILL YOU SUB
| NIT TO THIS CONSPIRACY
| AGAINST YOUR INTERESTS. RE
| TWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL.
FARMERS. THE FARMERS WHO
CULTIVATE THE OUARRELS OF
| THEIR NEIGHBCRS. FARMERS
| WHO LABOR WITH THEIR
JAWS. PCPUIIST AGITATORS
OF THE WEST. AND THE UN-
| RECONCILED SHAREHOLDERS
| OF THE SOUTH? (Applau:eD
THE ROOT OF THE MATTER.
| THIS IS a CONSPIRACY BE-
| TWEEN THE PROFESSIONAL
| FARMERS WHO WANT TO PAY
| LOW WAGES AND THE UNRE-
| CO n c. l. Il d STAKEHOLDER
| WHO WOULD LIKE TO PAY NO
! WAGES. (Applause0 Here is the real
! root of this conspiracy. Here Is the
explanation OF the extraordinary