The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-30
never known Now York to DO faithles, to pOliti.

never known Now York to DO faithless to politi'
~ believe he win be successful because the
baseless calumnies, to defend character
grateful suGFSSes' the Ss' sterling ri 'FT patriotism,
inc answering loyalty, tho noble life
Tracy pG Is tGe eon siTtSs, of oN Which hoI RSnsAw Wiii be- BE-
ne triumphant. exponent on Tuesday next
lfroionBeu cheering and applausc.l
THE LONESOME MUGwUMP.
IL 10 impossible to tell in detail of the many
tinnes tnat Mr.. Cockran's %oratory, awohe
inc enthusiasm of the crowd to unboundcd
pitch. Perhaps the most interesting incident
OF his whole speech WIS when n lonesome Mug
wnmp who had wandered in interrupted him
when he was repeating Seth Lows decleratton
mark: nc never said it, Mr.. Cochran did not
umaeIst9nd the man a first, and stopping IN hls
and the man IN" repeated T%i' III" THs f never 'G said it,
Using this lone Mugwump VINO had sought to in
teTiere as q butt, Mr.. Cochran had his audience
rolling and roaring with laughter.
The lone Mugwump was a y~uunglsh man. With
t = oni tr1 hs" ,ao a stTyyggly red mnitaGhe, and /, minus Al "
ed him the crowd at intervals yelled Put hin
out But they didn't mean it, and thoy Just
miserable the poor Mugwump. He sat gaping,
frightened at the storm he mad raised about
him, scared to the point OF immovability. c.
Next to this incident the part of Mr.. Cock
rams speech tat created tho most. amusc.
mSnt was the fiery sarcasm that ho
he did not mention, hut whose iden.
tity was r cognizcd tho moment that MIR.
Cochran referred TO him. Mr.. Cockran's first
reference to Gen. Tracy was the cause OF tho
most noisy outbreak of enthusiasm OF his whole
speech.
His description OF the Mugwump and Popu.
list. tending to show the close relationship of
the two species, was greeted with roars of
with his reference to the New York
iIribunc. as the former supporter Of tho
Republican party. but now adrift on a stormy
sea. unsteady rs dcrclicts usually nrc. His doe
%laration that the election of Mr.. Low meant tho
GGS S%s sr pr "a ..% and cries w Of S ETTH,ta T TisHt tFt CHATS
truci' There were the same cries and more OF
them when he declared that if the lihcllous
Statements to the effect that Gen. Tracy would
violate his oath of office were true he wouldn't
call it a tragedy of life to oppose him. but he
would consider it the highest duty of citizen.
His reference 10 the femininity Of the genus
Mugwunp brought out more roars of laughter;
SO. too. dli his description of the opposition of
Elihu Root and Joseph II. Chonte to Gen. Tracy
on the ground that he was II corporation lawyer.
led by Bob lngcrsoll. On this point MIR. Cochran
brought out very valuable campaign material
ii the the Court SHAPE OF q App %sG: T5r s a : FH sSGMiS SF
that the General had made the two most
important decisions ever rendered by that
to Joseph II. Choate, Mr.. Cochran de-
scribed him perfectly. and exclaimed: " II is
a Islander against Gen. Tracy He followed
this with a declaration OF the duty OF the Bar
Association. when one of his leaders was at
tackled and half n dozen times he had to stop
until the enthusiasm OF the crowd permitted
him to go on.
ENTHUSIASM OVER THE ORATOR
The scene that folio we'd the conclusion Of Mr..
Cockran's speech was the most enthusiastic
OF all. The moment he had finished the peo.
pie around him on the platform crowded up
to him. seized his arms and hands, and yelled
praises in his ear. A hundred or moro
from the audience. which was still cheering and
shouting, leaped over the press tables and clam
bercd up on the stage and there Joined the
crowd that pressed close around the ora.
tor. Up in the gallery Immediately over
the stairway down which Mr.. Cochran had
TO go to leave the stage there were a hundred or
moro persons gathered, whe cheered him wildly
as he made his way, down the steps. Tho
crowd still pressed close around him. The
shouting md the cheering in the hall
was still as enthusiastic as ever whe Mr..
Cochran reached the floor. 1t was enthusiasm
OF STAYING qualities; it continued all the time 1t
took him to make his way slowly down to the
entrance Of the hall. 1t kept up after he had
gone out.
Fifteen minutes after the conclusion Of his
speech there were still hundreds in the hall
shouting and yelling for Gen. Tracy. and IL was
not until the lights were put out that the great
meeting was really over.