The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-28
Why COCHRAN ACCEPTS CIRCUIT
RE( Arse THE COMPTROLLER RE-
MOI need PARTESANSHIP.
Tells VIII. Tie Thinks the Ned iAEhR VIII
Not Follow Tamn'sny 10 brooklyn
TIr T,nderiOIn End de Ate" lie
says Are 10th Republican Districts.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music was
crowded last evening with Tammany
! audience 1t was called u Labor Mass
Meeting under the auspices of the Trades
| Union Democratic club.
| Candidate Mcclellan and Senator John
, A. Hawkins were among the speakers.
W Bourke Cochran occupied the bulk of
tn time. Mr. Mcclellan mercy REID
the same piece he has been reading since
the canvass began, with the addition of
few remarks regarding his personal hon
esty and the cleanliness Of his life. BE
branched into this topic in connection
with r 81 Lights. He said that nasmuCh
us Grout and Fornes had been in the fusion
camp and had been on the fusion ticket,
il must be he WHOM ould ring the Red
Lights to Brooklyn
He wondered what he had ever done
that anybody thought him capable of lead
my red light procession across the
Before he introduced Mr.. Cochran, Mr..
Campbell announced that while MIR. Cock
ran was perfectly willing to answer all
questions that might he addressed to him,
he made the request that such questions
he put in writing. This, Mr.. Campbell
explained, was on account of Lying and
Nenal press, which otherwise would be
One of IN" questions addressed to Mr..
Cochran was this
why have you opposed the Democracy
in previous years? Are Murphy and
McCarren better than Croker and McLaugh-
limp"
You see shirk no questions" said Mr..
Cochran, as he read this query aloud to the
audience, although the lasr inquiry seems
to verge somewhat on the personal l wish
to enter into no personal controversy.
! have always had high regard for Mr..
Mclaughlin ] may say that for IA time
l svmpathized with him in a part Of his
position in this campaign. agreed with
him in opposing the Placing of the names
of MIR. Grout and Mr.. tornes on the ticket,
When they were nominated to the De mo-
cratic ticket they stood on piat form that
was opposed 10 Democracy. But when
they renowned that platform, when Mr..
Grout denounced non-rart izanship az a
mask and a sham and declared himself a
Democrat. then | gladly welcomed him
back. | have not praised Mr.. Circuit from
the platform, because Mr.. Low pretty
we'll exhausted the subject in his letter of
acceptance.
IL have opposed the Democratic party
when thought it ceasedto be Democratic.
] did not vote for Palmer and B,n kner, but
| went and cast my ballot for William
Mckinley and said that ! was going to do
so. voted for Gen. Tracy, although l
knew he had not one chance in ten of being
elected"
Mr.. Cochran took for the text of his
speech a letter which he said he had received
that evening and which he read. The
writer in number of queries wanted to
know if Tammnny was really responsible
for the red lights, and if the election of the
Tammany ticket meant carrying the red
lights to Brooklyn. Before proceeding
to answer these queries Mr. Cochran had
Co., Il. aI.
Mr.. Ridgway had commented on the fact
that there was not single Democratic
newspaper in New York. meaning by that
that there was not single Tammany news
paper in New York.
II do not care much whether the news
papers support us or not" said Mr.. Cock
ran. Il once defined a newspaper, stating
that its function, its only function. was to
assemble the people OF the world in mass
meeting every morning at the breakfast
table, .-..
made up independently of the editorial
page. The newspaper does not live il it
cannot print the news It will have to state
tomorrow morning what occurred at this
meeting 1t may put all the injurious
construction upon the langua ge that it can
with the ingenuity Of the editorial writer,
reach . correct conclusion on the lines Of
morality independent of anything that
malice can state.
Mr.. Cochran hen took up he FED Light
questions asked by bis correspondent,
above mentioned and said
Now there are two districts in New York
which are said to be the home Of the Red
Light on" is known AS d Ate" and the
other is the Tendoroln, and one has been
solidly Republican for TWENTY-FIVE" years
and the other has also been Republican. My
friends. tho Democrats have never elected
n Democrat in the Tenderloin within my
recollect ion.
The waves of virtue may sweep across the
continent but never once has The TendeTloin
swaryed IL IT'S allegiance to Republcanism
as the very origin and essence OF graft. the
chosen representative of Office in this com
munty. Now, am far from saying that
every Republican lives by his form Of vica;
but this much | do say, that every den of
vice that seriously affects the life of the COM
tnInitv Is AL NNuNS EpnMh linnn.