The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-04
WHY THE REPUBLICANS WIN.
STEAL DEMOCRATIC POLICIES
BOURKE COCHRAN SAYS,


clans Are Crazy-Democracy 10 .
Faith, Republication 10 an Appetite.
W. Bourke Cochran, who was renominated
for Congress last night In the Twelfth district
by Tammany, made an address, In the course
Of which he said that the whole Of Demo-
cratic doctrine was comprised In the sem
tence, in the sweat Of thy brow shalt thou
eat bread" The troubles Of men and nations
rose from mans disposition to eat bread
on the sweat Of other mems brows. Every
attempt Of government to divert the fruits
Of labor from the man who creates tn en-
TO the man who covets them was un-Demo-
cratic.
Personal profit, Mr. Cochran said, was
the Republican governing purpose. The
Democratic party will sacrifice success
at the polls rather than suppress q con-
vlction the Republican party vice versa.
Democracy Is a faith; Republicanism is an
appetite.
The Republican party has maintained
itself In power, not by enforcing its own
principles. but by appropriating Demo-
cratic principles. The unbroken policy Of
the country for forty years might be defined
as a steady adoption OF Democratic policies
and the almost equally steady persistence
the Republican party. the latter tendency
having been a source Of great injury TO
the body polite; the dreadful lynching Of
negroes, for instance. which many In the
South believe to be necessary protective
measure, Ia sequel to "reconstruc tion' un-
holy enterprises Of conquest as a sequel to
the lofty enterprise Of humanity and oivliza-
tion--the Democratic policy OF intervention
In Cuba.
Mr. Cochran explained the forty year
L. -. . f1ll@
as corrupt. but somehow or other they have
sacoeedsd, in ReEsnadns the people that hat
electors. believing themselves reduced to a
choice between crazy men and corrupt men,
have preferred to trust the corrupt. probably
With accord ing to their ,roguery. while luna
tics cannot be dealt with at all. Remember
that am far from saying that this view OF
Rsoc[ ss wkSs eus aa
leave little doubt that the opinion Is widely
n neia Does not IN any %ay affect ia iar
fuence on results.
analysis Is essentially that Of a policeman.
honest is, Of Course. the 'V one whom every
one would like to see in the post Of authority.
But If you be reduced to a choice between q
every day and one who abhors robbery but
would insist upon stopping IT by blowing
very naturally try to make terms with the
rogue and save some Of your money, rather
than have all your property DESTROYED by The
to reason or make any terms whatever.
Now. the Republican does not deny that his
hand is in the national till and that 1t will
remain there. but some way or other he ap-
people Poop that AT the Democrats who denoun nee
his robbery would paralyze all commerce
snd Te nix peope sss
however srievous. and democrat liking. leaves
rather t s than risk - what they think might s.
the total destruction OF their Industrial sys-
by ws peea but
ticians more than I. Our business. here.
Causes ei our defeats, but to seek them hon
estiy, disclose them candidly. and labor to
remove them Intirinsy d Thst they can DO
that shes the polioies whish the bs%oeIstio party
orderly government. and that its candidates
were capable . Of enforcing Or them, popular
wheimingiy. The party has been successful.
as what Is known as a tidal wave has always
set in
To restore confidence in the Democratic
not that its leaders are honest. for that 1
think Is generally conceded but that they
are sane. In order TO remove the impression
of insanity, however. Democrats must not 60
TO the other extreme and let themselves sink
into lnanity. To free ourselves from sus-
we must not expose ourselves TO the suspicion
of having no principles at all To achieve
both these are absolutely essential. The
party must show first -that IL has principles
which are sane, and, secondly. that all Its
Let us but do this and victory decisive. over
and enduring is absolutely certain.