The Forrest City times., 1900-10-12
PLAYS THE PARTY Bourke Cochran Charges the Republicans with Betray- ing the Filipinos. Eloquent New York Orator At taoks McKinley's Imperial
 istic Policy. Arraigns the Republican Adminis- tration on the Charge of
 Despotism.
Declares for Bryan and Believes His Election Wouli Bring True
 Prosperity.

Fifteen thousand persons tried to squeeze into the Coliseum at Chicago Saturday night, September go, to hear Bourke Cochran, of New York, speak for Bryan and against imperialism. The democratic orator met with rous- ng reception, and in the course of his speech said:
 ''We are told by our republican adver- earies that the issue of this campaign is the preservation of our national prosper ity. I accept that issue. l go farther and I say that on the results of this election depend not merely the prosperity of the American people. but the prosperity of the whole human race. l believe that re- publican and democrat will concede that the establishment of this republic was the most important contribution to human progress since the birth Of Christianity. "The benefit of this republic to the human race was not the adoption of written constitution. It was not the dis tribution of the powers of this govern ment into various departments. Long be- fore the convention met to deliberate. long before the Declaration of Independ- ence had been proclaimed in Philadelphia, executives had administered governments. parliaments had adopted and judges had interpreted laws
 But never in the history of the race un- til the American people came together to frame the system under which they intend- cd to live was a government established not an infamous assumption or divine in- tervention, but upon the consent and on the will of the people to establish justice. 10 provide for the common welfare and to preserve to the people and their posterity the blessings of civil liberty.
 Now, all these different provisions un- der the separate. the conflicting elements nrf fp terdependent, related and inseparable, the central, the vital principle Of ali being the establishment of justice. The fruits of that experiment have been visible all over the world. They have been beacon light 10 humanity. They have proved that jus tice and wisdom are not clements to be balanced or recorded. but that they are pathway to prosperity is obedience to the moral law: that justice is the foundation of greatness. material, intelle ctual and moral: not a stingy fountain, not foun- tain that can be exhausted by too ire quent approaches to 1t. but fountain that flows in ever increasing abundance among those who remain faithful to the ''That has been the one lesson which this country has proved; proved by every bene- fit which the human race had derived from 1t; proved by the fact that since this re- public was founded the peace of the world has been preserved, the well-being of this nation has been advanced. industry every where has been made fruitful the power or human hand has been multiplied, the extent of human knowledge has been widened and the boundary of human hopes has been amplified.
 Ask to Adopt Discarded System.
 And now we are asked to change this system Of government for system such as other countries are every day discard ing. We asked to abandon these in- stitutions.. which are the supreme fruits of Christian civilization, embodying in themselves all that has been achieved for human rights since the doctrine of hu- man equality was first preached on the shores of Lake Galilee and we are asked to surrender. Not because there are any signs of impending failure. but because 1t has achieved the very plentitude of success.
 We are told that we have grown so great that 1t Is no longer necessary to feel mat we are bound to justice: that because we enjoy an eminence SO high we can af- lord to discard the principles by which ,',ei, we nave reached it Surely this raises not merely the issue of American prosperity but the issue of human progress.
 Now our republican friends would re- sent the assertion that the issue of this campaign was the preservation of repub- lcan government. They profess to believe republican government for the United otates know of nobody that Is more elo- gueht in assurances of his affection for oueinoeratic institutions than the repub- sa hssan candidate. Indeed, if his words and els acts were consistent it would be diff "eult 10 make any opposition to him.
 Flaws Found in Mckinley.
 , But unfortunately, whenever we find tnat nls courses are the most objections ble s oIers us professions of morality which Ss the most unexceptionable. We find tin tsin shooting down people in the eastern feHSSs and protesting the utmost affection nrom enem and the utmost regard for their tn SSpeets. He tells us that he is opposed estahii,peerialism and yet he Is seeking to unlintssh a government of arbitrary and HsSannn.ted power. He affects to resent the into uHoh that he is introducing militarism Inc .e tne United States. and vet we find adniniIny has been quadrupled during his whinh strratlon and a policy established shonia VII lead to further armament if il
 1T pc successful at the polls.
 dent nt 's no disposition to charge the presf- or the United States with immortality has fauyalty. I prefer to think that he rnisenjdseh victim to high-sounding and reconcYansg phrases, which have often very o,,e men of excellent disposition to I belieSvae ssuuonable transactions. In fact lion to mat 1t is source of congratula- eyervwhee people of the United States sinpi,larI, that this campaign has been slities sariy Tree from all manner of person.
 "igh Plane of Campaign
 u,icaII Io mot not think have ever known a po- plane o95ntest o9 to be conducted on a higher ties oi thoughtful discussion. Both par but ,ht Ieeply concerned upon the issue, ing nm h.nlhk they are both united in conced- Ss1asie ie personal virtues of both the candi- didata put the personal virtue of a can fn hi,n Tar from lessening our opposition we n nv when he represents an issue which oor opposition