The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

Is Il reasonable prospect OF Democrats
defeat this fall
Mr.. Hepburn Speaks.
5 Tho feature 81 the day, WHICH wa
clearly OF the sensational order, was IN
charge OF Mir. Dhlsei against Mr. Cock
ran that he worried for hire for III
election OF Mr.. Mckinley the denounGe
mont u this charge and OF the gentle
mnn. who made 1t, was In iansuaEe pl'
ter with resentment md scorn.
Nj, Hepburn referred TO The criticism
Of tic Preside by MI, kitchin yes.
terday. The gentleman. he SAID WAS Q
member OF a coordinate branch OF the
government
nSct you listened TO the bitter yea, the
criminal denuncation or the President
rhjs was degradation OF the ilalioh'
In THE eyes OF the people. he decmreu'
Referring to ''the alleged quotation ~ !li
tie President" that there Is s'.',''
or baibarlsrn running thtouGh me PEI
reg OF The SOUTH MT Hepburn saiu lne
rentlelnnn had sought TO place the We
sponsihilty for this barbarc spitIS upon
the President of the United states, pl44e-
Ing him as one who was the haNoeHte
OF lynchlng and the justtiier OF me nor
rid outrages when take place II, we
section of the country, from Wnich th9
gentleman comes. That these things did
take tlaIt All, llNIrbhiil f'AN'' '''i'#~.
M denial but the PRESIDENTS statement
had reference 10 the frontier
He Takes Democrats to Task.
Mr. Hepburn took the Democrats to
tas,, .ot talking tariff before the money
r,,ostiop was settled First he asked
II IT was not settled,
"Nc!'' shouted Mr. Maddox Georgia.
Mr.. Hepburn read that part Of the
Democratic platform OF 1896 which SAID
That no agitation OF tariff changes should
be made until after tho money question
was settled.
Speaking of Democratic presidential
possibilities. Mr. Hepburn said Hearst
'Ifnt young giant OF the West, vas
not liked by the leaders, SO the friends
of Cleveland, German and olney got to-
ecther and found u man who had never
uttered a single political sentiment and
at once said This is our man.
but when the masses OF the Reptb-
lican party shall name BY reclamation
Theodore Roosevelt prolonged Republi-
can applausol 1t will be because they
know him..
When MIR. Hepburn concluded, Claude
Kitchen expressed surprise at the attack
on himself BY the gentlemen from OHIO
and Iowa (Nlr. Giosvenor and Mr. Hep
burn) lie was their friend, and only
tried to impeach the gentleman who had
assaulted them, He agreed with Mi
Grosvenor in his published estimate of
Theodore Roosevelt If the gentlemen
would listen he would show them that
he was the best friend they had. He had
quoted the President yesterday that they
were politically corrupt.
II said to myself: | am going to rescue
those gentlemen If Theodore Roosevelt ex-
pels me from this body by executive or
der Caughter). What thanks have ! got
for 1t? They have called me a peanut pol
gitician."
Diff ference Between the Parties.
Mr.. Cochran. after discussing the tariff
question, said The difference between the
two parties. which was indicated in
every Republican song was that the
Democratic party did not know what 1t
wanted and did not know how TO get It;
the Republican party knew what 1t want
reach out for It, The Democratic party
was essentially one OF divisions
As 1--WE are going into the campaign torn
with distracted feelings, many Of us
holding divergent views That Is fea-
ture Of Democratic procedure. That Is
why we are going to hold convention.
You are exposed TO no such peril. Your
proceedings arc already arranged for
you In a public building al the other end
OF Pennsylvania Avenue"
Mr.. Cochran humorously referred to a
remark said to have been made by Pres
ldent Roosevelt about good and bad
trusts He said that naturally bad russ
were those that raised prices, but a
great onslaught had been made on one
which did not raise the prices-the North.
ern Securities Company-and II had only
been compelled 10 change is dose. The
trusts which raised prices were those
which were protected BY tariff wall.
Mr. Cochran continued his argument
against protection and the protective sys-
TEN.
Dalzell Makes Charge.
Mr.. Dalzau (Pennsylvania) asked Mr..
Cochran II he held the same views when
he was making Republican speeches IN
1896.
Nj, Cochran responded that he never
made a Republican speech lin his life;
that he supported Mckinley when the
people had forced financial plank IN
the platform, which met his (cockran's'
III will state that have been Informed
that 1t was profitable to the gentleman
from New York 10 support Mckinley
when he did. remarked MI Dalzell,
amid applause and laughter on the RE-
publican SIDE.
"That Is statement" replied Mr.. Cock
ran, with vehemcnce, (which has been
made wherever there has been found o
mouth foul enough to utter words behind
which there was no conscience, (Applalse
on the Democratic slde.) challenge
the gentleman, and all the cohorts OF vice
and crime and corruption that are en-
bodied in the Republ can party, to show
that the national committee ever con-
tributed as much as my railroad fare dur
ing all OF that campaign
This was greeted with prolonged cheers
and applause by the Democrats.
II do not suppose the gentleman paid
any railroad fare" said MI. Dalzell.
MIR, Cochran SAID he paid his own OK
penses wherever he went, and continuing
the challenging the gentleman now as
challenged Mr. Hanna while he was liv-
ing, and as ] now challenge every one
on any side. to show where, in the last
twenty years, | have not been sub
scribcr TO. Instead Of recipient from
campaign funds. The gentleman attri- |
butes 10 me what he knows to be the
universal custom of every Republican
politician"
This was greeted with prolonged cheers
an dappause by the Democrats.
~ can say as to myself said Mr.
Dnlzell, precisely what the gentleman
has said as to himself with respect to
campaigning.
~ should not have suspected the gen