New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-28
"RATTLED" BY COCHRAN.
When the Orator Comes an NC
ClelIan Cuts Speech Short.

W. Bourke Cochran reputation Tor ofatoiiN"i
fireworks and acrobatics filed the Academy OF
Music in Brooklyn, last night. where So
called labor meeting in the interest of the
Tammany ticket was held under the auspices
OF the Trades Unicn Democratic Club. Nc
Clellan appeared as the first speaker, and read
his daily piece but the uproar that was caused
by Cockran's appearance so ratified the young
man that he got completely twisted in reading
his copy, and, eliminating large sections or ms
last three pages, he beat hasty retreat 10
Flushing. After the anxiety of the audience
had been whetted by keeping them waiting I'M
til Senator John a. Hawkins and ex-District
Attorney }. w. Ridgway had cast few oricks
at the Republican party and the legislation 1t
has passed at Albany Cochran began TO fulfil
his contre Ct
So far as making votes for Mcclellan went
the Brooklyn speech was poor investment for
Tammany. For few minutes Cochran dis
cussed the red lights from social point Of view,
and then launched forth into long treatise on
political economy, capital and labor, protection
and tariff. anti repeated and reiterated himself
until, at the end of it all, the audience was
wondering what it all had to do with Mcclellan
or Low. When Cochran got through at 1l:-J
o'clock the audience began to pour out of the
building. and the meeting was precipitously
adjourned. although four five more speeches
were the programme. including one from
Senator Patrick H. McCarren, wto is losing no
opportunity these days to pose in the limelight
for the sake of his leadership"
Thinking over what Cochran had said, one of
the audience was heard to mutter to himself
in passing: If a man makes three tables in
three days and sells them for So apiece. how
many dollars would Mcclellan cut off my tax
bill if he is elected next Tuesday,
LABOR MEN INDIGNANT.
Members of the Brooklyn Central Labor Union
were indignant that the MEETING should have
been advertised as a labor" meeting. Coroner
NJ J. Flaherty. secretary of that organization
declared in the afternoon that ne knew of only
two prominent labor men who were connected
with it, both Of whom had been connected with
Tammany Hall for years. Under whatever aus
pices the meeting was supposed to hae been
held Pat McCarren had had charge OF giving
out the tickets, and he saw to 1t that McClel-
AN should not encounter a repetition of the
frost that greeted him in the Academy of
Music last Saturday night. The "rooters" were
there from the pit to the topnost gallery, and
they knew what expected of Them too
for they alternated with cheers for Mcclellan
and McCarren and Kisses for Jerome and other
fusionists. At times it sounded as though
eral ffocks of geese were concealed somewhere
in the building
Robert NJ. Campbell. the presiding officer, had
worked himself into fine frenzy against the
fusion administration and the Republican party
when Mr.. Mcclellan came In. The band played
The Star Spangled Banner" every member of
the audience produced small American flag
and their patriotic feelings being thus appealed
TO. a noisy and impressive demonstration en-
sued. Mcclellan smiled and then read the fol-
| lowing from his manuscript. which had been
prepared and given out in the Tammany work
| shop in the afternoon:
This welcome from the trade unionists of
| Brooklyn only eQualled by a similar demon
| stration of kndlness the part of the trade
| unionists of New-York when I addressed them
| last Saturday evening.
"Hooray for Dowie.' shouted gallery god.
| The candidate paid a little tribute to the in
| telligence of the laboring man. then tried to
appeal TO the audience TO vote against Low be-
| cause of the congesting of the bridge terrni-
| nails To Hugh Mclaughlin and his followers
| who are fighting against the red light in
| vasion of Brooklyn he addressed the follow
ing:
"Of those who may not he Democrats. or
| upon whom the party may have slender a
| hold that they can scarcely be distinguished
| from Republicans, would like 10 ask Ques
| ton, which fair minded man will attempt
| to avoid. 1t is this: What evidence is there
| that I ever did or ever would encourage the in
it from one place if it exists there in the sense
! in which our opponents would make it appear
| that it does TO another section of the city?
| They will search in vain to find anything in my
| life that would warrant such infamous in
/ situation"
TRIES TO SHIFT BLAME.
/ The speaker then tried to throw the blame
| for the red light evil on the Raines law, and
| the remainder of his speech discussion Of
| legislation at Albany.
| Senator John a. Hawkins and ]. w. Ridgway
| who followed, took the cue and tried to show
| that State and national issues were Of the
greatest Importance in the campaign.
Mr.. Cochran, in starting his speech devoted
/ himself to attacking the press saying: Il don't
| care much whether the newspapers support us
| or not Then he read a personal letter from
| Brooklyn Democrat. who had voted
against his party, but said he would feel justi-
| fed in voting against Tammany If half what
had been said about its responsibility for red
lights" were true. He asked Cochran to fix
| the responsibility for the red lights which
| the speaker did to his satisfaction by stat
ing that the "Tenderloin district had never
sent a Democrat TO the Assembly.
| II am far from saying that every Republican
| lives by this form of vice" he said but this
much do say that every form of vice that
seriously affects the life Of the community is
always Republican.
He admitted that there is vice In the city, but
said it could not be dealt with by "a screaming
| scold OF Il District Attorney, who happens TO
| have been elected in a moment OF delirium."
| Then Cochran trotted out his political economy
| with the declaration that the paramount issue