The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1896-08-26
BRYAN DEMOLISHED.
Bourke Cochran Does it Before an I'm
mense Audience.

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mense Audience.
The mass meeting of the Democratic
Honest Money league was held Tues
day evening at Madison Square Gar
den, New York, under the most favor
bic auspices. Thousands upon thou
sands of persons turned out to hear
William Burke Cockran's reply TO the
speech of Mr.. Bryan delivered in the
same amphitheater last week.
The Sixty-ninth Regiment band rem
dered a series of national airs while the
audience filed in. Every man, woman
and child who entered was given a
small American flag and a leafiet con-
tanning the words ofthe "Star Spangled
Banner" and America" These songs
were rendered by double quartet, in
which the vast assemblage assisted.
The small American flags played a
prominent part later in the evening,
when they were waved vigorously and
with charming effect by the vast audi,
ence when it gave vent to the enthu,
siasm at some of the many points made
by Cochran in the course of his speech.
The platform, which was considers
bly, larger than that used last week was
tastefully dressed in the national colors
On it, besides Maj. John Byrnes, presi-
dent of the Democratic Honest Money
league, who called the meeting to or
der, Perry Belmont, the permanent
chairman of the meeting, and Bourke
Cochran, there were host of promi'
nent Democrats of national and local
renown, and large number Of the vice
presidents of the meeting.
The audience was far more enthu.
siastic than that which greeted Mr.. Bry.
an last week. The slightest occurrence
out of the ordinary set them cheering.
Eighty-three hundred chairs had been
placed in the arena of the auditorium.
This arrangement swelled the seating
capacity of the building to about Isl
600.
At S:25, when Mr.. Cochran came in
every seat was occupied. Mr.. Cochran
was received with prolonged cheers
Maj. Byrne Immediately advanced to
the front of the platform and when al
$50 order was restored, he called the
meeting to order in a brief speech.
He was heartily applauded through
out. When he named Perry Belmont
as chairman, the cheering was renew
ed. Maj. Byrne said:
Fellow Democrats: Democrats who
love their country above their party.
may be pardoned if give briefly the
causes that led to the organization OF
the Democratic Honest Money league
of America. 1t is a home for honest
Democrats who are unwilling to wit
ness the assassination of their party
1t is a home for honest Democrats who
believe their party stands for honor
This league was organized in an emer.
gency. Honest Democracy has alway:
been found on the side of the country
They are now. This campaign will bt
conducted on the lines of education
There has been a conspiracy organized
by selfish greed of everything undemo
cratic. We are going to save the coun
try first, if possible, and then look to
the party. We have lost the ship, bu
we must save the country, and we in
vite all good citizens of this country t
cooperate with Us. In every State in
the Union to-day the league is moving
From the campfire we expect the en-
thusiasm will spread until the cam
paign ends to the downfall of ofAnarchy
Socialism and reputation.
He then introduced ex-CongressmaI
Perry Belmont as the presiding Office
of the meeting. Mr.. Belmont advanc
ed slowly to the front Of the platform
and, when the applause which greeted
him ceased, began his speech in SLOW
and deliberate manner. Mr.. Belmon
said:
This is time for very plain speak
ing. We want no victory under falls
flag. The Democratic standard wa
supplanted at Chicago by the rag o
Populism, which we firmly refuse t
follow to the disgrace of the nation
We are Democrats and we represen
Democrats who intend to remain Dem
ocrats, refusing even to surrender tn
honored name of our party to the Pop
ulists.
Mr.. Belmont concluded his remark
at S:45, and then introduced the speak
er of the evening, Mr.. Cochran. Tn
vast auditorium was Immediately in Al
uproar, and the ovation of the nigh
was rendered the ex-Congressman
Men and women stood in their place
and cheered themselves hDarse, at tn
same time waving small American flag
vigorously. When the cheering ha
subsidized in a measure the New Yor
Banks Glee club began to sing the Sta
Spangled Banner. The audience joir
ed in and helped out with the chorus
Mr.. Cochran at length secured ordt
and plunged at once into his subject
his reply to Mr.. Bryan's speech. Nj
Cochran said:
Mr.. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen
fellow Democrats: (applause. With th
inspiring strains of the national son
still ringing in our ears, who can doul
the issue of this campaign? Applause
That issue has been well stated b
your presiding officer. Stripped, as h
says, of all verbal disguise, it is an isst
ofcommon honesty; (more applause
an issue between the honest dischart
and the dishonest repudiation'of pul
lie and private obligations. 1t Is que
ton as to whether the powers of tn
government shall be used to protect Il
honest industry or to tempt the citizer
to dishonesty. On this question homes
men can not differ. 1t is one
morals and Of justice. 1t involves II
existence of social order. 1t is the col
test for civilization itself. If it be di
heartening to Democrats and the To-
ers of free institutions to find an isst
of this character projected into Pres
Dental campaign, this meeting fur
ishes us with clear idea of how tn
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