New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-27


FIRST man publicly TO announce the sufhciency
Of the Sherman Antitrust law was Mr. Knox
Mr.. Daizen referred 20 the colloquy between
himself and Mr.. Cochran last Saturday. and
called attention 70 the reply Of Mr.. Cochran
that he had never made Republican speech,
hut that he supported Mckinley when he
though It right. but the gentleman from Penn
sylvania would support him when he thinks il
profitable"
GOT A BRUTAL REPLY.
Mr. Dalzell. with some feeling. declared he
had asked Mr.. Cochran a civil question. Il got
a brutal reply" he said He insisted that he
ala not question Mr.. Coclran's honesty. The
query might have called into question ny
Coclran's consistency. The reply" he sac
was that the gentleman from New-York stood
upon the high plane of conscience while was
playing politics for profit"
Mr.. DalzeIl provoked loud Republican applause
when he said that while he was an Intense pa.-
tisan his brethren on the other side VIII ADMIT
that generally. al least, am a gentleman.
Judging by certain press dispatches appearing
after Mr.. Cockran's speech Mr. DalzeH SAID j
would be inferred he had made an unjust at
tack on Mr. Cochran. ION the contrary, ne
said warmly ''he made mean and conteInpu-
bic attack on me" and he added that the man
who would have MADE any other response IMAM
he die would have been a poltroon and coward
Mr.. DslzeH explained his remark OF last sat sat
urday by saying that he had been INFORMED
that Il was profitable for Mr.. Cochran 10 support
Mckinley when he did. He vehemeptly oe-
clared that he was so informed Il say now,
ne exclaimed that I was justified in making
that charge because II is the current belief 10
this CAV that the gentleman received money for
political work"
To support his charge he said he would men
ton some facts and circumstances connected
with the history Of Mr. Cochran. He then read
from a number Of documents TO show that Nj.
Cochran started as a Greenbacker. and in 1870
stood with the Mckinley side because he was
for sound money For sound money in lN''o'
he said amid Republican applause. travelling
all over the continent. in 1900 in support Of
Bryan: Greenbacker. Sound Money man. Free
Silver man He has been Bryanite and an
snti-Bryanite lie WAS for Bryan in 1900 Is
he for Bryan now"
So far as he could judge. AIr Dalzen said,
he was for some gentleman up in New-York.
or maybe In Eev--Jersay," and Republican laugh
ter was renewed when ne added. IF he is for
Grover Cleveland he has more wisdom than I
think some Of HIS brethren have" With some
sarcasm Mr. DalzeH said that possibly Mr..
Cochran Is for some respectable political non
entity who is not known to have a single con-
viction upon any public question. and who is
willing TO stand on any platform that may be
made for him.
"A HARLEQUIN CAREER.
Looking Mr.. Cochran in the face. Mr. Dali
zeiI. speaking in derision. said that Mr.. Cock
ran has been Tamrnanyite, and as such has
been a member OF Congress; he has been an
anti-Tammanyite. and as such ceased TO be a
member OF Congress. The gentleman from New
b. York is a Tammanyite again. and
again he IS z member Of Congress- The Re
publicsns were reused TO high pitch Of enthu-
siasm and approval when Mr. DalzeH softly in
quired, Would not that make one suspicious
that It was more than a matter Of conscience
with gentleman having such a harlequin ca
reer?"
The Democratic side Of the House. he said
had become hysterical when on Saturday he
would not disclose the name OF his informant.
He then read from The New-York Journal
published by Mr. CoclOran's colleague w. R
Hearst in August. 1896, a statement that Mr.
Cochran was for Mckinley, "a position which,
said the publication, TO those who remember his
career in Congress. does not seem TO involve such
a strain on his feelings as might be supposed.
especially with rumors in the air Of $4,000
checks out OF Hanna's educational fund"
He quoted from article in The Tribune IN
1903 IN which the statement was made that
Mr.. Cochran evidently had been deeply incensed
by the charge that his oratory was for sale TO
the fusion cause but that he had been hired Tor
a large price by Tammany Mr. Dalzen then
appealed 10 the House TO know whether or not
when he was accused Of being ia politics for
profit. he not justified in saying he had been
Informed that Mr.. Cochran rrsctised politics for
profit.
Mr.. DalzeI made a comparison Of the various
campaign utterances Of Ny. Cochran. and said
that II in 1896 he was combating the 6estruc-
ton Of the Supre17e Court Of the T-n+ad cta+as
in 1900 he was aiming a blow that would have
resulted in such destruction: If in 1896 he was
opposing the notification or abridgment, If I'm
- 1896 he was fighting with the fortunes that rep
resented the fundamental conditions Of civilized
. society. in 1900 he was exercising all his power
20 the contrary.
AN INTERNATIONAL HoODLUM."
Mr.. Dalzeu closed amid wild Republican ap-
plause with a most bitter denuncatiol OF Mt
: Cochran. He referred to that genuenan's speech
before the Democratic convention which sent
him 10 Congress. in which 1Ir. Cochran said:
We have reached point where The country is
: regarded as an international hoodlum." Facing
the Democratic side ard locking directly at Mr.
Cochran. Mr. DalzeI declared that thai utter
snce was of as much interest 10 them as 10 him
self IF there be any hoodums among US"
he said. speaking with much vehemence they
are not the product Of American soil. American
Institutions American civilization" He was
interrupted with loud and prolonged Republican
applause. Continuing. he said: They are to be
found rather among those Adventures who
having left their own country for their country's
good ind IN the field OF American politics prolific
source OF notoriety and pelf: men who. without
conscience and without conviction find an on
portunity now with one party now with another
20 find market for their peculiar wares among