The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

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I'm New York COURTS. Cochran deserves
great credit for the sutcess I hat has
come to him. When he removed from
Ireland to America at the age OF seven
teen he brought with him nothing hut
his education, his ambition, and also one
habit which Threatened once to make
him worthless to himself. For the ti1no
was when Cochran permitted himself to
be cornwall. THE moral fibre Of the
man. however, was displayed when he
discovered that a man who had a1nbl-
ton and a career to make, must Of neces-
5sity exercise set -restraint. He saw
many brilliant men who were intca1'a a
tated orsstiii1ed by reason filler fond.
ness FORK onglSial r,1easutcs, and he said
that whether he made aSnn1ile md q ca
reer for Himself or not he would not I'e
NIT himself any indulgence which 4 threat.
ened success 8
From that day to this Cochran has
been n total Habstainor He does not
preach temperance, but lie practices abb
suncnce. and he has a horror Of public
bathrooms and resorts where corvivial-
I ityS prevails. Only once during his areer
of prosperity has he been tempted to
break his voWs At the Chicago convell.-,
ton OF 1854 Cochran made a very bril-
liant speech. He threw his whole soul.
Into 1t, aud Wien lie finished 3ho was
tTeHlpllHB Win eAGllelIleillHu ii't &eaiti
ton, IA is friends sswho had checred him
to the echo, seized him, and before lie
lS1iows1t took HIN ITO q neighboring res g
tauranE, OF a fashionable sort. Dripping
with perspiratioh, trembling SO that no
could hardly stand,7f almost exhausted
when they asked him ito let them drink
his health and to the glory Of his speech.
he called himself for n glass of brandy
and water Tho liquor was handed to-
lin. and sunthinlsingy. lie brought 1T
almost ito his lips. Then of "a sudden
his vow came OHM He set down tic
glass, called fora glass of water, and.
turning to his friends, said i Will
drink TO this" s8
EN- Senator Smith is the most widely
known of the New Jersey delegates. but
II perhaps more influential member OF the
delegation from that State is Robert
Davis. ss.bossh Of Jersey City. Colo
mel James Nj GuffeysS and former Cove r-
nor Pattison nres dc legate at-largc, and
David r. Watson q district delegate from
Pennsylvania. Watson, who l,ns been
for q dozen years or more tho recognized
leader of the Pittshurg bar. is one Of
the ablcst a s he is also one OF the most
successful of living lawyers He began
With no other backing than brains and 4
herd work, and delightstto tell how, ut the,
end Of his first years practice he found
he had made just S57. Nowi{he isscount-$
the bulk Of his wealth has come direct
" from tho large fees paid him. II Isl
speciality is corporation law. ard he will
not take a hopeless case and seldom loses
one. He is $strongcst in.t the hard Ia bors
OF preparat lon. III and oBtseld omsS argues 5 az
case In Gpurt Instead, he 4 prepares the
winning IS aH,a3 ets others exc
Ready t. Fight for Eryan.
J ohm Mediation heads the Ohio delega-s
ton and Daniel ]. Campau that from
Michigan. Ono Of the veterans Of the
Indiana contingent Is ex- Congressman
}shively. OF South Bend. 4 The presence Of
General James B. Weaver among the
Iowa delegates also serves to recall m ore
than one stirring chapterbo of political hiss
tory vi II # y :l5
Weaversis an Ohio man, horn In Day
ton in 1888 and during the Civil War
fought his way UP from the ranks to-
brevet major general. Returning from
the war, he was, In October, i S66, elected
district attorney3in Iowa 81 a ffewS months
later he was appointed assessorgo of inter
nal revenue for the First District OF
Iowa, and held the office for six years
Het was sent to Congress rs amember of
the Greenback party In 1878, and lin 4 $50
was Its candidate for President, polling
800. 900 votes. From a sS5 to 1889 he was
$ofsfthe organizers Of the Popilist party
and as its.candidate for President in 4 So2s
pooled million votes and carried four
States. ~ In 1896 lie $3 became an ardent
supporter Of Bryan. whom he nominated
at the Popnist Ma tional Conventions Ell u
1900 he aga in supp orted 4 Bryan. and this
year appears at st. Louis, still faithful
to and ready to fight for his leader con a
Etinued reverses having failedsto subdue
his spirit or impair his energy. $
IS It was Weaver who prompted ono OF
John Aliens best stories. Then e In
Congress; he was. a 81 an fobstructionist,
the peer of the lamented Holman; and
during his last term, after lle had failed
of re- election, ho 5wasgmore than usually.
active In 4 doing nothing. AS the last
days of the session " llch would end his
Congress ional career: 3s were rapidly slip
ping away and he was ambushing legis.S
flation, he was the cause OF much anxiety
and grief on tho part of members who
wanted toNget certainSbills through be-,
fore the noon hour of the fourth Of
March, ] $50. In the midst Of the excite
rnent, he stood there, Il in their way
watching the Congress die. calm and un-5
disturbed. lien went up TO. !, him. Do
gyon know ri said ~ len, 'you& remind me
of that manson 5tlle 81 nEtpE tshlns All the
crew nnt1tt the cap t AIM wore iewol'ns { out
working the pumps snigh and day. All
the passengers had taken q hand ut the
5pump-all but one man nd II hey, too,
were exhausted. This one man, Il how
ever would not do n stroke Sof work; &