Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-25
MIR. cocKRAN's GREAT SPEECH.

MN. COChhAN . GREAT ofhbOn'
A speech by Bourke Cochran, of New
York, made Saturdays session of the
House the liveliest and most exciting
since Congress convened. 1t was free
trade speech, bristling with denunciation
of protection asa policy of plumber and
the fountain-head of all evil and corrup-
ton in government. Democratic mem
bers wildly cheered their Endorsement OF
Mr.. Cockran's utterances, the ovation
which he received hardly having been
equalled at this session. Incorporated
in his speech was a severe arraignment
Of the republican party, so eloquent, so
dramatic, and put forth with such a
food of oratory that republican leaders
sat helpless in their seats, endeavoring
with Indifferent success to make light
Of the lasbing they we're receiving. A
few of the republicans ventured timidly
forth to pick up the gage of battle, but
they were soon driven to cover. Mr..
Dalzell yentured farthest and retreated
in the greatest disorder. He twitted
Mr.. Cochran with having supported
Mckinley in 1896 and then made the
mistake of losing his temper when MIR.
Cochran replied that he had supported
Mckinley as a matter of principle, while
the gentleman from Pennsylvania had
supported him as a matter of profit.
az have been informed" Mr.. Dalzell
retorted angrily, "tbat it was profitable
to the gentlemen from New York to sup
port Mr.. Mckinley" He had reference
TO the story that Mr.. &ntwan received a
large sum of money for making republic
can speeches.
A match to a powder magazine could
not have caused more terrific explosion.
Mr.. Cockran's face was ivid with rage.
He started down the aisle, stopping to
pound each desk as he passed and de-
handing the source Of Mr.. DalzelPs in
formation. He did not call Mr.. Dalzell
a liar, but he came as near it as he could
without transcending the bounds of par
liamentary usage.
"That is a statement" replied Mr..
Cochran, with yehemence, (Which has
been made wherever there has been found
a mouth foul enough to utter words be-
hind which there was no conscience.
(Applanse on the democratic side.) !
challenge the gentleman and all the CO.
horts OF vice and crime and corruption
that are embodied in the republican par
ty to show that the national committee
ever contributed as much as my railroad
fare during all of that campaign. No
man is quick to accuse another of any
infamy unless he has become intimate
with it himself"
When Mr.. Dalzell declared his inform
ant was democrat 'now on the floor
of the House" to Mr.. Cockran's explo-
sion was added an explosion of the entire
democratic side.
"Name him Name him % shouted
Mr.. Cochran, by this time so possessed
with rage that he jumped up and down
and shook his fists with menacing ges-
lures. "Name him Name him Name
the man p shouted Mr.. Cockrans DEM
ocratic colleagues in chorus, some OF
whom, carried away with excitement,
also we're shaking their fists at the re-
publican side in general and at Mr.. Dal-
zell in particular.
The climax came when Mr.. Dalzell,
with a wave Of his arms, exclaimed,
"Why, of course, | will not name him. "
Then, STRIP shouted Mr.. Cochran,
putting a world of disdain and aversion
in his voice, "the man who makes that
confession cannot interrupt me here
again or come voluntarily within the
range of my vision"
Mr.. DaIzell had nothing further to
say.
Aside from the Dalzell incident, the
feature of Mr.. Cockran's speech was his
naming of Joseph Folk, of Missouri, fol-
President, and John Sharp Williams, Of
Mississippi, for Vice President. He
also mentioned the name OF Judge Par
ker.
So verOcious was the demonstration
on the democratic side that it was some
time before Mr.. Cochran could resume.
Describing the long reign and mis-
takes of the republican party, Mr.. Cock
ran predicted its reign would end and
end now. 1t mattered not whether the
man to lead the democracy to victory
was the one named by the New York
convention, Judge Parker, or whether
the leader should be the officer who has
suppressed Doodle and crime in Missouri.
In any event, he hoped the minority
leader of the House (Mr. Williams Of
Mississippi, would be on the ticket.
Frequently there were cheers from the
democrats and galleries in the course of
his speech, but when Mr.. Cochran was
nominating John Sharp Williams for the
vice presidency and paid such tribute
to the South as has never been listened
to in the national capital, there was
scarcely a man among the democrats
who was not on his feet, cheering at the
top Of his voice, and hundreds in the
galleries followed their example.
The Daughters Adjourn.
The thirteenth Continental Congress