The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-09-19
HOT SHOT.
Poured Into tho Free Coinage
Ranks by Bourke Cochran.
The Famous New York Orator Exposes
the Faliacies OF Bryanism I'm n Great
Enort for the sound Mon
ey Cause.

cy Cause.
Chicago, Sept. 13.-The following Is
the remarkable speech delivered by
Hon. Bourke Cochran, Of New York, at
the Auditorium Saturday night, Sep
TENDER ~, under the auspices OF the
American Honest Money league, before
an audience of 5000 persons:
mfr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen:
IL has been said by some that Mr. Bryan,
during this canvass. has been talking too
much. but do not join in that criticism. II
r.ay be that the redundancy OF his speeches
tends TO swell the vote OF his opponent, but
they tend also 70 make clear to the Amer
lean people the issue for which he stands in
this campaign. That issue. which was
g,mewhat beclouded by the garb OF argu-
ment and philosophy which he assumed az
Madiso- square, energies sinister and dis
tinc. from his recent addresses.
During the 100 speeches which he has
scattered over the length and breadth OF
this country, between Lincoln. Neb., and
the shores OF the Atlantic, there has been
one underlying idea from which no has
never departed and which he has repeated
every time that he addressed his fellow
citizens, and that idea was that the leg
islation OF this country or financial sub
1ects and for the last Is years has been die
tated by number OF foreign money lend
despoil the American people
He has declared In every speech that the
attempt TO establish gold standard in this
country, which was successful In 1873, Is
conspiracy against the prosperity OF Amer
lean citizens. that IL should be resisted by
American freemen as they would resist an
attempt TO invade the sanctity OF their
homes, an attempt TO destroy their wives
and their children, and he has always in
sisted that the one predominant issue in
was the necessity OF accomplishing the
emancipation OF the people OF this coun-
try from the domination OF foreign shy
locks.
Constitution mt Stake.
1.-THE establishment OF the financial inde-
pendence OF the United States depends. so
he thinks, upon the election OF the To-
quacious young gentleman who had been
nominated by the populists for the presi-
densy IN their convention at 81 Louis and and
In Chicago q few weeks earlier.
NOW believe no one will dispute that
this is a fair statement or the Issue
Mr.. Bryan himself has defined II, and Il is
an Issue which presents n question TO the
American people such as never before has
been presented TO free and Intelligent
and a virtuous electorate. II is an issue
as TO whether our government In a success
or failure: whether. the constitution OF
the United States is the glorious fruit OF
human wisdom and human virtue or
whether ~ e. a shameful monum ent or HUI
man folly and human depravlty whether u
human rights or whether n should be de-
stroyed as an obstacle 10 human progress
Our Government Not - FaiIare.
us Mr.. Bryan's statement true that for
25 years the people OF this country have
been groaRing under an oppressive sys-
tenn OF laws fastened upon them by foreign
shylocks through the pertdy and eorrnp-
ton OF their own representatives? Then
this government has been the polluted
source OF Vicious laws: II has been an
for tho oppression OF American citizens;
for 20 use the language which was rap
turously applauded In tho convention at
Chicago, the monetary system of this conn
try has been established by a set OF for
eign money-lenders, more rapacious than
those whom the Saviour OF mankind
scourgod from the temple I'm Jerusalem.
Then this government OF the people
is not government by the people. but a
governms,nt alrectSa agghsinst inc PEST IN
ment was a monstrous perversion OF "A sue
cessful patriotic movement: It's preser-
walton by the sacrifice OF countless thou
sands OF heroic lives was crime and
mistake, condemned by man and ac-
cursed OF God. which should have been
allowed 20 perish from the face OF the
earth when the hot flame OF civil war
lapped its foundation and threatened its
Now we love our country for what she
has beehive who glory In her for what
she is-we who cherish hor for what she
shall be-here and now part company with
Mr. Bryan and the populistic horde that
''The democracy OF this country. whose
OF the people TO manage their own affairs.
will never admit tbs failure OF our con-
stitutional system. We can have neither
part nor act with a candidate who prose-
cutes campaign on assertions which are
"a libel upon the splendor o. our prosperity,
upon the glory OF our achievements. upon
the virtue OF our people the patriotism OF
our citizens, the success OF our govern
ment. the majesty OF our republic.
MY friends. N IS an extraordinary thing.
believe nm unprecedented feature I'm the
history OF free institutions, that on issue
OF this character should be rendered 10
the people, who must decide II by their
own votes and who. IN docidinR II. must
pass unon their capacity 10 administer
their Affairs
Mr.. Bryan's Grievances.
Now. let MS see what the grievances nrc
OF which Mr.. Bryan complains. let us see
what are the facts 20 which he points IN
order TO Justify the extraordinary asser-
founded. which Jefferson enlightened,
which Jackson administered. which Lin
coin saved has resulted IN scheme ofop
preston and snollation 60 which Mr.. Will
liam Jennings Bryan must put an end
81 have followed all OF his speeches with
interest. from that first address which
swept the convention or its feet down 20
that he delivered before the labor Organiza-
tons In this city last Monday. and con-
fcss that have shared the mystifcation
of tho rest Of his auditors, while unfortun-
atcly I have been excluded from the en-
thusiasm which the newspapers told US
marked those nssemblaCes
II cannot discover OF what he complains
unless q be that the crime OF 1873 as he
describes n, has worked mischief ire
parable 10 the people OF this country. When
ne visited New York for his speech OF ac-
ceptance. he placed before the people OF the
country his views I'm calm and deliberate
LANGUAGE az 10 the grievance under which
they were alleged 10 suffer and the reme-
dies which he prescribed for them.
He IL Inconsistent.
''Then he told us, FIRST. that he favored
the reconciliation or silver, which would
bring the price OF that metal up 20 81 ~ an
ounce: then he told us In tho next breath
that ne believed In the coinage OF n dollar
which was cheaper than that which now
circulated. 90 that debtors could satisfy
the claims against them In coin OF lower
purchasing power.
II took occasion In answering MS speech
10 propound 10 him n question or the
gravest moment. and have yet 20 hear an
answer 90 10.
"Aii throurh himaddresscs he won't ever
light upon that subject because II has