The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-24
MIR. COCHRAN
 STIRS HOUSE Magnificent Effort at
 0ratOry. FLATS THE REPUBLICANS DalZell Draws Fire of the
 New Yorker.
FLATS THE REPUBLICANS
Pensysvanlan Rebuked for Intima- ting That Cochran Drew Pay from Republicans for His Speech
 es Supporting Mckinley.
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 Colorado Building,

Colorado Building,
 Washington, Ap-n g. Col. Pete Hepburn of Iowa this after noon, helped by few fiatulent gusts from his side of the House, sawed the wind of hollow Reclamation and reaped a whirl- wind of oratory which took everybody of his feet and drove the Republicans pell mell into their cyclone cellars.
 Bourke Cochran furnished one of the most wonderful sustained forensic delv- erances that ever stirred the passions and captivated the admiration of members of the House of Representatives. As man after man of the Republicans ven tured into the arena. seeking to dlscon- cert. perpleX and distract the orator, knowing his effort was almost wholly ex temporaneous, his replies. as instant as powder touched with fire, swept them, every one. shrivling to naught in the flame of his impassioned speech.
 The one interruption from the Republi- can side that had the sound sense of cum ming scurrility came from Dalzell. It met a, swift and terrific rebuke and the Pennsylvania high tariff priest sat under 1t pitiful figure of waxen pallor, lashed to wriggling impotence by the indignation of the man he had impugned.
 Best Speech of Years.
 By common consent of those who heard the speech. 1t was the greatest perform ance of their experience. It was great in the matter and in the deliverance. mar velous as a physical achievement, and surpassing all expectations even of Bourke Cochran. of dramatic splendor and electrifying eloquence.
 Provoked with the occasion and the as sauits of his foes on the floor, the House simply went wild as far as the Demo- crats were concerned. Such cheering. shouting and yelling have never been pro- dueed by one mans outhurst in the mem ory of any who saw the occasion. What most delighted the Demorats was the real excellence of the speech in its exposition of Democratic doctrine on the tarin The speech will form another of the campaign efforts which will be sent over the coun- try, this speech probably to the number of million copies. MT. Cochran began his speech by res marking that there never was a better illustration of the close connection of the vicious principal of protection with all other vicious legislative prophets than this bill.
 Prosperity No Issue.
 This question of subsidy prevented the full issue between the parties, he said. The challenge had been made by Messrs. Hepburn and Grosvenor for the Demo- crats to name the issue. They would name 1t prosperity" he continued, Out prosperity is no issue. All men who la- bor seek prosperity"
 T did help to frame the Wilson bill" said Mir Cochran, that went out of this House, but voted against the emasculated condition of 1t as 1t came back from the Senate" Great applause was provoked when Mir. Cochran added that the corpo- rations had been able to write their own schedules in the Senate.
 MT. Marsh Qll) asked if it was not the present leader of the Democratic party in New York who had written the Wilton tariff schedules in thes Senate.
 The truth knows no distinction of persons" replied Mir. Cockran with em- phasis This remarks aroused renewed Democratic applause.
 Difference of the Parties.
 The difference between the two parties, which was indicated in every Republi- can song was that the Democratic party did not know what it wanted and did not know how to get it; the Republi- can party knew what 1t wanted and al- ways knew how to reach out for it. The Democratic party was essentially one of divisions. The Republican party had an appetite and knew how to gratify 1t. "We are going into the campaign with distracted feeling, many of us holding divergent views. That is feature of Democratic procedure. That Is why we are going to hold a convention. You are exposed to no such politics, though I congratulate you on your security. You will hold a mass meeting. Your proceed ings are already arranged for you in d public building at the other end of Penn sylvania Avenue" As to the platform i1r. Cochran said that if the New York Democratic platform was evasive he won- ttred what would be the terms of that written in the White House
 The Republicans laughed at this. MT. Cochran paused.
 "I wonder if there was mirth in that laugh It was by the chairman of the ways and means committee and if that be an expression of joy. I want never to zee that party in state of sadness
 MT. Payne's Delight.
 Mir. Payne "I am delighted"
 MT. Cochran: "I am afraid the gentle man did not carry his submission far enough. He did no. accent the first svl- lsble of the verb he used
 Mir. Payne: This gentleman from Nes, York can leave that sort of exploitation to the leader from Mississippi tMr Will liams) and his colleague from New York (Mr Cockran).'
 'The gentleman from Mississippi fur nishes to this House a striking sample of what can be accomplished by a minority when it is lead by patriotism and ability. Democratic applause If the jority IS proud of this latest performance of their leader. I congra tulate them and the coun- try on the prospects which open up for them" Taking up the 'postofice scandals. he said the failure of the Republican party to make further investigation was proof of crime. S@rhis House is disloyal to the path of it. members if 1t hesitates to make the investigation"
 MT. Cochran made an argument against protection and the protective system.
 Cocl<ran's Course in -8o6.
 MT. Dalzell (Pa asked Mir. Cochran f ae) held the same views when he was making Republican speeches in 1896
 Mir Cochran responded that he never made a Republican speech in his life, that