New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-29

District attorney attacks Tdmman3
Orator.


In sensational speech delivered at ths Cen
trail Congregational Church. in his whirlwind
trip through Brooklyn. District Attorney Je-
rome last night called w. Bourke Cochran to
deny that within short time he had deposited
check for $1,000, paid by certain corporation
interested in street railroads.
IF he denies it 1 will accept his statement"
said Mr.. Jerome, for have nothing but a
shrewd suspicion and some information This
was the climax of Mr.. Jeromes assault Mr..
Cochran in this speech which dealt almost ex-
cusively with the Tammany orator. Mr. Je
rome said. after deuomnating Mr. Cochran in a
phrase improvised from Kipling as a political
herumferdite. Democrat and Republican, too"
I have searched diligently for some informa-
ton on the issues Of this campaign. I have read
| the speeches of Grout and Mcclellan in the op-
position papers. and found them the best docu-
nents for fusion At last amid all the husks I
find this one pearl of wisdom uttered by that
Mulligan Guard Demosthenes. Bourke Cochran.
who comes suddenly from. God knows where.
from trying to butt into the English Parlia-
ment as an Irishman. from trying TO butt into
the -Four Hundred at Lenox and Newport
as statesman:
Only the liar believes the lie
Now. Mr.. Cochran, Who to my mind. answers
70 the description Mr. Devery gave OF HafIen
as "a joke who has suddenly occupied the
centre of the stage, 70 the exclusion OF MCCIel-
Ian, with his typewriter speech that Murphy
gives him. and he reads, and Grout. VINO Is so
utterly discredited that one believes anything
he says, he says this is the worst administra-
ton since Tweed Then. when he is challenged.
he goes himself one better and SAYS il is worse.
even. than Tweeds regime Mr. Grout that fine
specimen you have given US from Brooklyn-I
have some local pride and I will say that we
have had thugs and thieves, and most every
thing in Manhattan but it remained for Brook
lyn TO give traiJor-said in his acceptance or
the fusion nomination. which turned out not 70
accept anything, that it WAS as honest an
administration as people can expect from human
beings
NOW WHO IS THE LIAR"
No one but the liar believes the lie saws
Nj. Cochran. Now, who is the Iiar-Cockran
or Grout-I can't tell. and am prepared to be-
ueve YOU if you say they both are.
Now, take up the political past Of this man.
this distinguished statesman. Mr.. Cochran, last
heard of trying TO butt into the English Paria
ment and then giving out press statements that
he would not sacrifice that priceless heritage
of American citizenship. Would To God he had
acquired British citizenship.
In 1896 ne supported Mckinley. why, He told
us because he was so interested in the coinage
the coinage, mark YOU In 1871 ne supported
General Tracy for Mayor. Why He said De
ca Sc the coinage question was Yet unsettled
In 1900 he supported Bryan. He hasn't told US
why. but suppose It was sun the coiIdse ISSue
Now. in 1903 ne is supporting Nj Mcclellan,
I don't know why; he hasn't told Us. but sup
| pose it's still the coinage VIII Nh COCHRAN
| DENY that in 1891 the Republican County Com
mittee contributed Il certain amount 70 MI
| Cochran to support General Tracy 1 don't
| Know. I have nothing but a shrewd suspicion
| and certain information Will he deny #? If
/ ne does. will accept his denial -,
/ Now. in 1908 want To know II II IS sun
the coinage that prompted him 20 support
/ George B. Mcclellan. | don't know. ana II dc-
| cept his denial whether he has, within a period
of time which the law Wou'd Geil2IIiiidlt -
| "reas onabIe period deposited check for SlVeo
paid by certain corporation 1nlet ere go III
street railroads If he will deny It VIII accept
| the denial and consider the incident closed.
! Mr.. Jerome then proceeded TO anayze por-
! ton of Mr. Cockran's latest speech. dealing with
the charge that the two centres Of immortality
the "Tenderloin" and De Ate Assembly District
/ we're republican and that the former had never
| been carried by Democrat within Mr.. Cock
| rams recollection. He said.
/ II is interesting to contemplate how short the
| recollection is of man whose intimate know
! ledge of conditions in NeW-1 ork are based upon
his efforts TO butt into the British Parliament
| as an Irishnan. Now as a matter or tact the
| TeuderIoin is not in the Nl\th Assembly DIS
.rict which is Republican, but in the Nineteenth
Police Precinct, which Is IN the AANIn anu
| XXVIIth Assembly districts, when IN 1879 gave
| Alton r Parker. Democrat but by the way. n
Democrat not according 20 that definition or
Mr. Cochran. which is A Democrat for revenue
only that is for coinage '-agalnst justice Wal
IaCsL3 I55 to . 31 and 2.S3S 10 2.555 respect
ively This is a fair sample This whole speech
of Mr. Cochran is one tissue OF Hes, one pursC
OF mendacity. such a mass OF peurlHty that the
fusion cause couldn't have better documents,
and all the little fellow disciples pale before the
enulgence of this great luminary Bourke
COCHRAN Les lies lies, nothing hut lies. ut
tered by Cochran and re-eehoed ny Mcclellan
Mr.. Jerome then passed to discussion Of the
characters Of George Z. Mcclellan and Big
Tim" Sullivan After discussing TIE various
advantages Of the two men. the falsity to tho
educated world of Mcclellan and the truth to
his lights of Sullivan. Mr.. Jerome ended his
speech with the declaration that he would pre-
fer to entertain sullivan at his own home than
Mcclellan He contrasted Mcclellan and Van
Wick in the following phrase.
To look at the two men you would think that
Van WICK had brains to burn, while Mcclellan
had none 10 be found
Mr. Jerome spoke also al Ariou Hall in Will
iarsburg where he talked excise to a large crowd
OF Germans who gave him enthusiasts re-
ception Then he visited the Central Congrega-
tional Church and then the Brick Church. in
Flatbush AT all these he received a wildly en-
thusicstic greeting and carried his audiences
with him. He was delayed in getting to his last
meeting at Prospect Hail. and It was IL o'clock
before he arrived After a brief attack on
Grout, which brought a good deal OF laughter
and several rather sharp jokes at the expense OF
Brooklyn, which the audience did not wholly
relish. Mr.. Jerome cut short his speech. A few
| people in the audience, who had evidently
waited simply 70 see him, had started 20 go out
and caused some little disturbance. The crowd
had waited nearly two hours after the time the
District Attorney had been scheduled to appear