Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-01
COCHRAN SPEARS AT CHICAGO.
Coliseum Is Not Large Enough to Hold the
Great Crowd.


Great Crowd.
Chicago, Oct. Zeal and deter
mination to hear Bourke Cochran pre-
cipitated the next thing to riot in
Chicago Saturday night. The strug-
gle to get into the Coliseum and then
to get within hearing OF the speakers s
voice caused the widest tonfusion,
and the jam outside the building fin.
ally grew so great that it blocked the
street and stopped the cable and cleo
trio cars and it was necessary to call
out the police to clear the street. The
cheers that came from Mr.. Cockran's
audience within the building only
served to tautalize the 5000
people outside. that were not
able to gain admission and were
obliged to be content with listening
to overflow talks. Mr.. Ceckran's ad-
dress was stinger for the president
in office whom he aided for such
office four years ago. The eloquent
speaker termed the president sultan
and accused him of being guilty Of
blasphemy. pleading divine reasons
for shooting down allies in cold
blood. and of making war in order to
turn over to officeholders territory to
be exploited and pluhdered by syndi-
Gates as favorites of'the government.
1--WE. are told bys our adversaries, :"
continued the speaker, ''that the issue
of this campaign is the preservation
of our national prosperity. l go
farther, and 1 say on the results of
this election depend the prosperity
not only of the American people
alone, but of the whole. human race.
We arc asked by Mr.. Mckinley to
change our system of government for
one which other governments are
every day abandoning We are told
from this same source that we have
grown so great that it is no longer
ne cessary for US to bind ourselves TO
justice. Truly. this statement raises
not only the issue of American pros
perity, but human progress as well.
''If the presidents words and his
acts were consistent, it would be diff
cult to make any opposition to him.
But we find him shooting down these
poor people in the eastern islands.
and at the same time expressing the
utmost affection for them. He SAYS
the talk of militarism is a bogey; and !
yet we find the army quadrupled dur
ing his administration. And, many |
friends" continued the speaker, |
what is the real issue of this cam
paign? On one side we have a party |
to overthrow every shred
Of human liberty, and on the other
we have an honest. enthusiastic party, |
full of patriotic determination to de-
fend that liberty to the last inch"
Chicago. Oct t.-Ten thousand, 15,- |
600, $4,000, people is the number re-
spectively declared by three city pa
pers to have heard or tried TO hear
Bourke Cochran. who spoke in the Coli
scum for Bryan. anti-imperialism and
the Democracy Saturday night. There
was Il tremendous crush TO get in and
every seat in the building was Occu-
evening arrived. The jam outside was
great-sO great that Cochran and the
other notableS had to have a way
made for them by a body of police.
and then they were Il good deal
unused up before they got in.
Such was the press through which
Cochran. Mayor Harrison. Senator
Jones and wife. Judge Dunno and 9TH
ers in the party We're obliged to pass
that for several moments it was
question whether even the combined
efforts of the police could make n way
for them without the use of clubs.
Mrs. Jones was so severely treated
that she screamed with pain and
fright Her husband, the senator,
raised his arm as if to strike those
nearest, but help came to him and Mrs.
Jones was eXtricated from her peril.
The entire party finally pushed its way
through the throng and to the plat
form.
Inside the crowd was enthusiastic.
and Cochran was cheered all through
his speech.
Maaf nf the DannncratIC Climbs.