The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-05-27
A Consistent Supporter Free Silver
and Chicago Platform.
HIS FINE WAR RECORD.
No Senator on the Floor More Com
ple,ely Commands the Esteem OF
Both Sides Of the Chamber.
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No. 515 Fourteenth Street.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 26-Spe-
cial.-It is becoming apparent that very
strong effort isebeinS made in various sec
tons of the country to present the name
of General Francis Marion Cockrell, United
states Senator from Missouri, Tor the
Democratic nomination OF ffe5idelit -
the Kansas City Convention. AS s'e'eo,
this effort is not confined 20 one pei ~
t,7a country. but is assuming a su1flclentls
videsnread scope to give his candidacy the
annearance of a substantial tact, anu 70
give rise to considerable speculation Ihe
first outcrop of decided pro-Cockrel sem
timent came from the South 1t mas i1laoe
haadwav in Alabama and Georgia ana IN
other parts of the South, and II is oeciueu1s
in evidence among the New York Dehoc-
racv 1t is not campaign OF pass drums
and trumpets nor yet suil hunt on me
mart of q coterie of disgruntled leaders op-
nosad to Mr. Bryan, but wherever the
CockreH boom-if It may be called such
has been projected, 1t has met with hearty
rasnonse from the RAM. and nle OF tIe
conservative Democracy. 1t IS only tair 10
saw in regard to the Missouri Senator tnat
he is not doing anything TO furtner ms
prospects, but he has a host OF powerful
friends in the Senate, especially among
not conceal the fact that the Senator
would not scorn the honor if it should
come to him in a legitimate and dlgnlhed
form.
FINE WAR RECORD.
There is no Senator on the floor of the
upper chamber who more completely COM
nands the esteem and confidence OF MS
colleagues on both sides than the Senator
from Missouri He has a fine war record
+Io army and one or
: General Prices best commander IN the
West. Shelby's famous brigade being at
tached to his command IN the invasion OF
Missouri In public life he has preserved
a stainless record for integrity and h!Sh
principles, and has been returned to the
Senate four times, having never held
public office until elected to Congress in
1874 Els record as the representative of
his State is splendid one, and the best
evidence of his popularity is the general
esteem in which he is held, not only by
the Democrats, but by the Republicans OF
Missouri.
Shrewd political forecasters see a COM
ing man in the Missouri Senator IN con-
nection with the Presidential nomination
With an unimpeachable record in pubic
life for years the chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations in the Senate.
and one OF the strongest men on the floor.
he would prove uneXceptionable in point
of expediency, as he has been q steadfast
adherent of every Democratic platform
adopted since the war. He has been
consistent free silver man. but 1t is ar
gued that he stands for more than one
plank in the Democratic declaration of
principles. He is a Democratic platform
in his own past record as a public man,
and combines the clements of popularity
with d sympathetic nature which responds
quickly 10 the needs of the peop.c; cam
did, straightforward, unpretentious man
ner. that appeals to the masses, and the
sturdy, honest qualities OF man OF
honor.
MANY SUPPORTERS.
It is not to be inferred that the Cockrell
boom is the work only of anti-Bryan men,
Among his best supporters are strong
Chicago platform men, who will cheer
fully vote for Mr.. Bryan, but who believe
that the best interests of the party demand
the nomination of the Senaor from Mis-
souri,. They are watching closely the de-
velopment of public sentiment all over the
country. as the result of the efforts now
made in the South and North to crystalize
support for him
Representative Rhea, of Virginia, to-
day called on the Secretary of War and
submitted his bill to authorize the county
of Pulaski to construct a bridge across
the New River. The bill was subjected
to a careful! inspection and approved.
Representative McCleary, of Minnesota,
has introduced BILL which will be favor
ably reported, to appropriat te 1,5GO for a
replica of the Houdon statue of George
Washington purchased by the State of
Virginia and now in the Capitol at Rich
nond, to be placed in Statuary Hall OF
the national capital. Five replica of this
famous statue are in existence in this
country. one being located each in the
Capitols of North and South Carolina and
Missouri, one in public park in ST.
Louis, and a fifth one is owned in Gin
cinrati by a private owner, who is will
ing to sell it to the government They
were made by authority of the Virginia
Legislature shortly before the breaking
out of the civil war.