The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-16
IT HARBINGERED VICTORY
THE COOKE RALLY 1T THE HY-
 PERION 4 GRAND SUCCESS.

Many Gold Democrats Attend-The Sound
 Money Doctrine Promulgated to an Att
 tentive Audience-Lieutenant- Governor
 Cooke Greeted With Cheers-German-
 American Republican Club In Turn Hall.
 If there be any efficacy In the belief "that coming events cast their shadows before," the hearts of the managers of the local republican campaign should be enthused this morning, for never did any demonstration so foreshadow vic tory as the one held last evening in the Hyperion theater Lieutenant Cover nor Lorrin A. Cooke, Hon. Seth l.. Mil ;iken Of Maine and Hon. Samuel Fes- senden addressed an enthusiastic but highly attentive audience. Hundreds of democrats who have determined to hear all that can be said in favor of the support of sound money were to be seen in the crowd paying the strictest attention.
 The small number of these democrat ic voters attending the first republican rally in the Hyperion have gradually increased until a large proportion of the audience last evening was made up of men who do not propose to give MT. Bryan a half vote, but do intend to give the gallant Major Mckinley a whole one.
 The street parade which preceded the meeting was a. brilliant one, and all along the line of march spectators cheered the men as they passed.
 The theater was handsomely decorat- ed with bunting, and on the platform stood the pictures of Mckinley and Hobart. At the back of the stage hung the portrait of Abraham Lincoln sign ing the emancipation proclamation. Upon either side hung the American flag. The Tippecanoe Glee club of Bridgeport contributed greatly to the pleasure of the evening During the long wait for the dismissal of the pa- rade the glee club furnished some ex- cellent music
 At 8:30 o'clock Chairman Macdonald, in few we'll chosen remarks, called i the meeting to order and introduced the presiding officer, Herbert E. Benton, who spoke briefly, taking occasion to pay high tribute to the patriotism of the democratic voters and democratic press that are advocating the election of Major Mckinley.
 Lieutenant Governor Lorrin A. Cooke, the candidate for governor, was then introduced by Mr. Benton. He said in part:
 MT. Chairman ladies and gentlemen: 4 T r,ly fpy ;- such an audience as this is indeed a pleasure. am not here to make any analytical speech, but I wish to say & few words to you. You have been told that this is great and important campaign. All campaigns are import ant, but as your chairman has said this is the most important campaign. Greater in significance than any since 1861, and some say more important. For then the question was, Shall all the nation be free, or half be free? Now the honor and integrity of the whole nation is endangered
 It is, proposed, by the party that has taken the place of our old time and honored foe. to debase our currency, We had supposed that we would have to fight our ancient foe, but the leaders of that grand old party have repudiated the action of the party which has as- stunned its name.
 We have three mediums of exchange in this country. have one of these in my hand (the speaker held up dollar bill.) It is a promise to pay. It is good for the amount its states upon it's face, but I talk it and hold it to the gas jet and it goes off in smoke, and my money is gone
 Here is another kind of money. It has the stamp of the mint upon it. It is worth a dollor. Now let me take a hammer and destroy the stamp upon it.. Now what have I? A dollar? No; for that mass of silver is worth no more than the bullion of the miner But here is another medium. It is a gold piece. If I hammer this coin out flat, destroy the stamp upon it, melt it in a crucible and still it is worth the same.
 You may file it away and save the filings, and if you gather them all up you will still have a dollor Now we are asked to leave this standard and coin silver at ratio of 16 to l. This would cause no end of difficulty, for we trade with countries that are on a gold standard. But they say that the work ing man is going to be benefited by it.
 ''The working men, they say. Why, if Bryan is elected, prices within four months will go up and up, while the condition oe wages in the silver coun- tries shows plainly that wages would go down.
 "They want us to pay off our bonds in this coin. Friends, we borrowed this money on a gold basis, and this nation should be great and good enough to keep faith with its creditors. They say our farms are mortgaged, but statistics show that only 13 per cent. of the farms in the country are mortgaged.
 'Then there are the men who fought for their country in the dark days of the war. Shall they be paid in depre- ciated dollar?
 But these are not all that are to be reduced to want by this change in our money system. What will your labor ing men, who have a small deposit in the savings bank, do, when he goes to get his money to build home and Is paid in fifty cent dollars? Now, who is to be benefited by this silver heresy? The rich bonanza silver king. May God blast the scheme"