The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-27
NOPAY PORORATORY: COCHRAN
MASS MEETING or vINDICATTON
AND DENI'NCIATION.
This Government Really Worse Than
Tweed's-Grout Also Spoke Mcclellan
TOO-Sunny Jim Hep Russell seemed
TO Entertain the Asse mbiy Most.

TO Entertain the Assembly Most
Bourke Cochran made another speech
for Tammany last night, at the Grand
Central Palace, where the biggest meeting
the organization has had in the present
campaign took place 1t was understood
that Mr.. Cockrans speech at Carnegie
Hall last Thursday night was to be his
only speech of the campaign. Mr.. Cochran
said last night that it was to have been the
only one, but that the criticisms TO which
he had been subjected on account Of his
utterances on that occasion had induced
him to come forward once more and answer
his critics, whom he described az political
degene rates
When Mr.. Cochran came to discuss a
newspaper article in which he was referred
to the other day as man with oratory for
sale, who had bargained with the fusion list s
to make speeches for them for SIC, 900. and
failing had sold his services for the cam
paign to Tammany Hall, he lost his temper
He declared that he never in his life asked
or received a single dollar for a poltica
speech.
For the rest MIR. Cochran said he wanted
to amend his speech OF Thursday night by
saying that instead Of being the worst
government since Tweed's time, the present
administ ration was even worse than the
Tweed administration. a statement which
was received uproariously by the Tammany
district clubs which came in bodies to the
meeting and brought their cheering voices
with them.
Comptroller Grout Of the present ed
minist ration als> made a speech but on
different lines. Col. Mcclellan made one But
the Grafton Of the Hon. Willie Hep was
the funniest of the lot.
Mr.. Cochran paid his respects to DR..
Parkhurst IA the keeper of the key of the
Rogues' Gallery" and then called the fusion
campaign managers political degenerates.
After reading newspaper article in which
it il stated that he tried to sell his oratory
to the fusionists before offering it TO Tam
many Hall he said
| never in my life thought it worth while
to contradict falsehood; but this much
L can say, that every word in that is false
and known to be false by the man who wrote
it, A. AZ said lie never hurts banyeody
OF this election will show that this lie has not
only blistered the tongue, but COMPOUNDED
the purposes. of the man who uttered 1t.
Now, let us Judge the accuracy and he
honesty Of their statements by that speci-
men. II what this man says in his editorials
every day In the week. and what they all
utter. be true. there is not one of them ought
to stay in this town in case the Democratic
ticket is elected There is no excuse, for their
remaining, here day after Mr. Mcclellan
assumes the Mayoralty on the lst Of January.
and the morals Of their children would be
tainted. Do YOU believe that he will act
upon, that assumption? DO you believe that
the day after Mr.. Mcclellan il elected such
u man will hesitate TO confde to that gov
eminent which he denouncss h. two things
which he values most il. all this world his
own skin and his wfe's fortune?
Mr.. Coo kran defended his statement that
the assessed valuations of the property on
the East Side had increased, while downtown
the homes Of the corporations had becn
relieved under Mayor Low, He didn't
quote any additional figures. but said. amid
great applause, that the poor Of the city
were taxed uniustly to help pay Kuhn,
Loeb &Co. IS" proper sha re- Of the burden
OF the Government. Continuing, Mr.. Go, X"
ran SO i'd:
Wen, / ventured TO say The other nigh!
since the fall Of the Tweed system
Tonight 90 further and I say this. that.
aside from charges Of corrpption. aside
from the INN orality OF wholesale plunder.
and to the people, this government is worse
than ever Tweed was. Rear in mind that
make no, charge OF corruption. do not
believe that any member Of this govern
ment Ia corrupt in the sense that he will accept
bribe, Now, when | say that do not say
it because they are any better than any other
but simply because they are not long enough
In office to have learned how to become
corrupt.
Mr.. Cochran then proceeded to the argu-
ment that, while Tweed st ole but 50. 600. 600
the Republican party in the State, without
the elightest Interference from the Mayor
whom he described as being "aseep Ar his
post phln,erel the city Of that much
every year. The operation by which this
is done, he said. was as immoral in its con-
cepticn as Tweed's plnrdcr was in viola
Now. I say. this is worse than Tweed's
government ever was. because Tweed's in
fanny was ended the moment it WAS dis
covered.
Tweed said Mr.. Cochran, gave the city
many beautiful things for his stealings,
while the present administration has given
the city nothing.
of it devoted to abuse of District Attorney
Jerome. He said that Mr.. jerome had
promised to send every department head
under Van Wyck to Sing Sing and having
failed to do il was unworthy the confidence
of the people.
Comptroller Grout said that there were
three candidates before the public for
the Mayoralty, Mcclellan, the Democrat;
Low, the Republican, and William s. Dew
ery, the candidate Of the Citizens Union.
Mr.. Grout said Mayor Low wasn't deserv
ing Of public confidence. as he had put in
Office a man like Gen. Greene when serious
charges against his business integrity had
never been disproved.
Willie Hep. the other speaker of the
evening was simmering when he got up to
address the audience. He revealed the
cause,of his anger by reading Some OF the
things the Hon. job Hedges said about him
on Saturday night last. Said Hep
That marrow minded Republican partisan.
Job Hedges went out Of his way to make a
statement alb out me. and to comfort for his
own, filthy IMPOSES MS base n Islander as
was ever utter ed by any one. In tn" presence
OF the Mayor, who knew II was a lie from
his foul mouth. he said that left the admin
istration just as | WAS about TO find ont some
thing gainst the former Tammany admins
tration in my Office as Commissioner or
Accoun ts.
Hep turned to Gov. Odell in his indig-
nation and said that he was the prince Of
prafters at the head of the grating RepIb-
ifcan party. There were cries OF "Hooray
for Sunny jim" az Hep sat down.
No CUTTING CHECK no DE| ERI.
Expected Tammany ROOrback Disposed or