Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-16
'GOCKRANON The Trust
New Workers. Speech Before the
Chicago Conference One Of
the Best.
Says Publicity is the Safest and
surest Remedy For Trust
Evil.
Rrvan nm tho Platform Rnt Dafars
Bryan on the Platform, But Defers
Speech Till Today-Cock
rams Text.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-The exciting joint
debate looked for last night between
William Jennings Bryan and w.
Bourke Cochran on trusts did not take
place. Central Music Hall was packed
with an eager audience, but the people
present had TO content themselves
without the oratory of the famous Ne
braskan, who, however, occupied
seat on the platform.
MIR. Bryan reached the hall early in
the evening and surprised the program
committee of the Civic Federation con-
ference on trusts by declining to speak
at the night session with w. Bourke
Cochran, in accordance with the pro-
gram previously arranged. Mr.. Bryan
explained that he did not wish TO let
the impression go out that he was to
enter into debate with Mr. Cochran
For that reason, he said, he would not
speak with Mr.. Cochran at the same
session.
MIR. Cochran was sent for and he and
Mr.. Bryan discussed the situation pri-
vately. Mr.. Bryan asserted that he
never said he would follow Mr.. Cochran
with an address on the same evening.
If the committeeman got that impress
sion from the conversation he had With
them over the long distance telephone
on Thursday he said they had mlsun-
derstood him.
Mr.. Cochran wanted to talk at the
ed s.
kan and offered to flip coin to de-
termine Who should have the privilege
of delivering the closing address. Mr..
ton. Mr. Cochran then agreed to APP
pear al any time the committee de-
sired. The program was then changed
to meet Mir. Bryan's wishes Mr.
Bryan said he was anxious to address
the conference and repeated that his
only reason for changing the program
was to avoid any indication of a public
debate with Mr.. Cochran. Mr.. Bryan
Will speak at today's session.
Though disappointed in failing to
see such a spectacle as Mr.. Bryan ana
Mr.. Cochran pitted against each other
the audience nevertheless enjoyed
rare treat. as Mr.. Cochran was at his
best and his speech was punctuated
With frequent applause. When MI.
/ Bryan made his appearance at the en-
trance it was the signal for tumutuous
icheering. which lasted until the Ne
I braskan had taken his seat on the
speakers stand Mr. Fouike of In
diana who was in the middle of an adj
dress when the outburst occurred, pu
the audience in good humor by remark
i ing: Il guess You came here tonight +
hear Somebody else speak. Mr.. Fouikt
Twas followed by Hon. Edward Rose
A water, of omaha. whose address re
Ieeived notable attention from his hear
ers The chairman then introduced
4 Hon. w. Bourka Cochran, of New
Il York.
Al the close Of his speech the New
4 Yorker won the hearts of his listener:
81 by paying MIR Bryan few we'll chosei
A compliments. which the democratic
leader blushingiy acknowledged Mr.
Cochran Iilsened Mr.. Bryan to monop
Il oily, and claimed ne was a bigger mo
4 nopoly as the leader Of the democratic
party than any financial corporation
lin the world.
4 Mr. Cochran spoke for about tw,
hours and when he concluded cries 70
Bryan came from all over the house
Finally Mr.. Bryan arose and said tina
for the good Of the conference al
partisan feeling should be eliminate
from the gathering, and although Ii
!. agreed With Mr.. Cochran in many o
MS arguments, it was necessary tina
his side of the controversy should b
wen at Saturdays session.
Mr. Cochran began by saving that n
! person who mad heard the addresse
/. before the conference during the las
, three days could doubt for momen
that the object Of the gathering wa
an honest search for truth.
q He eon1plimsnted the representative
! from the labor organizations and tn
; National Grange upon the papers cor
sitributed by them and said that he ha
become convinced that the laborei
: who spoke had a better conception {
economic Law than their employers
Fl said that one OF the greatest diff
Z culties in philosophical inquiry wa
. the use Of vague, sonorols and misleac
ing phrases. which raise clouds of pas
sionate defamation about the difficult
!. OF the problem, obscuring its outline
!. and magnifying its dimensions. II
s would endeavor, for the purpose of {:
> rablishing an intelligent basis of di.
cussion, free from those terms. defir
. prosperity as an abundance of con
z l-nodity, fairly distributed among tho.
I, who produced them Continuing /
? said:
2 Now, this is not a statement of tv
3 conditions separate and distinct b
2 rather statement Of two aspects
q one difference. For, my friends, | hol
. to establish before ! get through, tn
there can not be abundant productit
- of commodities without an eXtensi
distribution of them in the form
wages in a country wherein prospect
is based upon freedom. But wheth
this distribution is not as effective a
10 complete as We might wish, we can d
fer consideration of that question for
moment and we can all agree tn
there can not be any distribution
, there is not production, and that the
= can not be an extensive distribute
unless there is abundant productit
= We must have commodities to distr
ute before we can distribute them
20 the form of wages or of profits. A
ed industrial system which operates
y swell the volume of production shot
VI be recommended; anything that OPP
lates to restrict it should be suppress
- There are some combinations which
crate to reduce prices and some VIII
n operate 10 depreciate them. Now, j