New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
COCHRAN'S SCHEME FAILS.
MIssoURIAN. TRIES TO TURN BoER
MEETING INTO DEMOCRATIC RALLY.
BIG GATHERING AT GRAND CENTRAL PAL
ACE-RoBERT B. ROOSEVELT TELLS
OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH
JOUBERT.

Congressman Charles F. Cochran, of Missouri
made a rather bungling attempt last night at
the Grand Central Palace, where six or seven
| thousand people were gathered to express their
sympathy with the Beers, to turn the meeting
into a Democratic protest against the policy of
President Mckinley on the Alaska boundary
question the intervention question. and
various other questions dear TO the heart of the
Missouri Democratic politician. He only par
TALLY succeeded. He did however. succeed in
getting some one in the audience to set up
cheers for Bryan and his ridicule of the Ad-
ministration met the approval of several hun
dred Tammany Democrats. who Kissed and
groaned. These incidents created a most dis
! agreeable and painful impression on the minds
of those who wanted the Boer war issue left
absolutely unclouded.
During the evening there were distributed
through the big crowd what the officials of the
meeting declared to be spurious circulars. They
purported to Re dodgers relative to the Boer
meeting and sympathy for the Boer cause.
They were, however, radical free silver circu-
lars, and gave the Boer sympathzers credit for
being advocates of the free silver doctrine. The
officials of the meeting declared they were un-
authorized and that they had no knowledge as
to how they came into existence.
]. B. Alice in behalf of the Committee of
Arrangements said: mo statement circular
lied by the committee. The press is requested
to suppress any story of this kind"
Another incident heightened the impression
that there a lot of wild horses in the
city. whom the Committee of Arrangements
could not corral After the speech OF Congress
man Cochran a procession with flags and ban
ners crowded their way up to the side of the
audience ROOM and finally gained the back of
the stage. In front was the Irish flag and be-
q Nf{ ir1
man. with an American flag got lost in the
shuttle" for fully five minutes and the impress
sion conveyed so far as the two flags were con-
cerned was that the Boer cause had only the
backing in New-York of the Irish. By the time
the man with the American flag reached the plat
form some had told the leaders of the pro-
cession that their presence was not authorized.
Another significant happening was the sudden
disappearance OF Recorder Gof. When eX-
Judge Van Hoesen started to read a letter from
Judge Goff, he turned about and looked toward
the rear of the platform and said: "I have
letter from Recorder Goff, who was here on the
stage few minutes ago" Then followed loud
cries for the Recorder. 1t was said that Judge
Gon was incensed at the narrow partisanship
of CONGRESSMAN Cochran, and had left the plat
form. The Recorder could not be seen last night.
The meeting in itself of the largest
ever held In the Grand Central Palace Nearly
all of the main floor of the Grand Central Palace
was filed, and both galleries were full. Those
an the outer edge of the audience on the main
floor stood on chairs.
SOUTH AFRICAN FLAGS SHOWN.
The stt ge front and the gallery ratings were
decorated with the National coors and shields
NJ the States and back Of the stage were draped