Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-19

were: Charles s. Fairchild and William l..
Trenholm, officers of the first Cleveland
administrations; Congressman John K.
Cowen OF Baltimore. president of The Bal
Senator Gray of Delaware: ex-Congress-
men John Dewitt Warner Of New York
city: Cultivate of Ohio, Tracey of Albany
and Everett of Massachusetts,, Carl SchurZ,
dent NJ. e. ingalls, of the Big Four rail-
road, William Sngerly, William F. Nc
Clure, E. e. Godway, ST. Clair McKelway
and Oswald Ottendorfer.
Ex-Governor Flower sat in the same box
with Mayor Strong. and ex-Secretary of
the Navy Tracy put his feet on the rung
OF the chair which held ex-Secretary of the
Navy Whitney. Frederick r. Coudert and
the platform with Thomas c. Platt and
ex-senator Frank Hiscock and ex-Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Charles s. Fairchild
Police Commissioner Avery D. Andrews j.
rome Gleason, Eldridge T. Gerry, ex-Mayor
Abram 8. Hewitt, Herman Oelrichs, Gen.
Dan S1ckles, Carl SchurZ, Spencer Trask
ana theodore Roosevelt made a monde
ctmstarces could ever bring together,
MIR. Cockran's Speech.
Mr.. Cochran spoke as follows:
Mr.. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen,
Fellow Democrats, All: (Applause). With
song
still ringing in our ears, who can doubt
the issue of this campaign? Applause,
Stripped of all verbal disguise, it is an is
sue OF common honesty, an issue be-
tween the honest discharge and the
dishonest reputation of public and private
Obligations 1t is question as to whether
the powers of this government shall be
sed to protect honest industry or to tempt
the citizen to dishonesty: On this question
hcrest men cannot differ. 1t is one Of
morals and of Justice. 1t involves the ex-
istence of social order. 1t Is the contest
for civilization itself.
A democratic convention may renounce
the democratic faith, but the democracy re-
mains faithful to democratic principles
Democratic leaders may betray a conven-
ton to the populists, but they cannot Sc
duce the footsteps of democratic voters
from the pathway of honor and of Justice
A candidate bearing the mandate of dem
ocratic convention may in this hall open
canvass leveled against the foundations
of social order, and he beholds the demo-
cratic masses confronting him, organized
for the defense.
Fellow-democrats. let us not disguise
from ourselves the fact that we bear in
this contest a serious and grave and SOL
emn burden Of duty. We must
Tree of our party. and We must do it
to preserve the future of that party itself.
We must oppose the nominee of the Chi
cago convention, and We know full well
that the success of our opposition will
mean our own exclusion from public life,
but we will be consoled and gratified by the
reflection that it will prove that the Amer
lean people cannot be divided into parties
On a question of simple morals or common
honesty.
We would look in vain through the speech
delivered here one week ago to find a true
vass. Indeed, believe it is doubtful If the
candidate himself quite understands the ma
ture of the faith which he processes.
say this not in criticism Of his ability, but
If he himself understood the inevitable con-
sequences of the doctrines which he
breaches, his own hands would be the
very first to tear down the platform on
which he stands.
MIR. Dryan's Rhetoric.
We all must remember that lurid rhetoric
which glowed as f1ercely in the western
skies as that sunlight which through the
past week foretold the torrid heat of the
ensuing day, and here upon this platform
we find that same rhetoric as mild as in
sipid as the waters Of a stagnant pool! He
is a candidate who was swept into the
nomination by wave of popular enthu-
siasm awakened by appeals to prejudice
and greed. He is a candidate who, declar-
ing that this was a revolutionary move
ment, no sooner found himself face to face
Win the American IeellnS imam he realized
that this soil is not propitious to revoiu-
ton; that the people Of this country will
not change the institutions which have
stCpd the tests and experiences of CEN
fury for institutions based upon the fantas-
tic dreams of populist agitators-that the
American nation will never consent to SUBJ
stitute the republic of Washington, of JEFF
ferson and of Jackson for the republic of
an Altgeld, Tillman or Bryan.
Whatever change may have come over
his manner as q candidate however much
the vehemence of his eloquence may have
been reduced, two things for which ne stands
remain unaltered. On this platform he de-
Tended the most revolutionary plank of the
Chicago convention In speeches vehement
but not less earnest than that in which he
supported their adoption. On this platform
he defended the populistic program of
overthrowing the integrity of the Supreme
Court. If there be any fruit which has
grown for the benefit of all mankind out of
the establishment of our republic, it has
been the demonstration that it is possible
by the organization of an Independent tri-
BIZ nal to safeguard the rights Of every citi-
zen and protect those natural privileges