Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-15
BRYAN THE MAN,
SAYS COCHRAN
Continued from pnGe ono.

in my Judgment would he a house
cleaning publication of affairs political
and Industrial. The first thing the
Democrats must do i'm order to enjoy
any prospect of success Is to make it
absolutely clear that there is no con-
nection between great corporations
exercising public franchises and the
management of the party. For a long
time II has been suspected by the peo-
pie that both political parties are man
aged by men who while they pose as
opponents i'm politics, are really part
ners i'm business. 1t Is felt that the re-
suit of political campaign is capital
lied in financial operations, the man
ager of the side which Is successful be-
coming entitled to larger dividends In
the business. This reform will be aC-
complshed some time or other. as it
ought to be if republican government
Is to be preserved.
"On the other hand, the people of
New York state and overy other
state in the Union are essentially be-
levers in democracy and against So
cialism. They will not suffer private
property to be endangered. BY what
ever hazard that will he preserved.
For that reason they have long sub
mitted to what they regarded as pilfer-
ing by politicians. because the alterna-
tive seemed to be the adoption of
tionary, and therefore subversive of
law and order.
May Choose Riot Method
"If. however. the corporate influence
extends it's power so as to threaten q
usrrpation of government by financial
promoters, and, on the other hand the
alternative is the election of some per-
son proposing to cure these evils by
revolutionary measures suhVerS1Ve or
order, they may find themselves driven
70 a choice between rottenness and riot
and in that emergency they VIII very
probably decide that riot Is the lesser
evil of the two, on the ground that 1t
must necessa rily cure itself in brief
time. while the history of the world
shows that rottenness once fastened
upon state can never be shaken off
until the whole body corporate is cor
rupted by it's influence and ultimately
ruined.
"Of course the hope of every man
who wants to see the party steer
course between rottenness on the one
hand and riot on the other is the nonnl-
nation of some man whose whole life
and record will show that he is abso-
lutely free from the blighting influence
of the one and sufficiently well balanced
to reject the violent policy of the other.
This would be such a person as might
fairly be described as a safe ana sane
Democrat But that phrase has been
used generally to describe a man VINO
Is safe and sane only to the corpora
tions that should be curbed. but who
would in fact be the most dangerous OF
all candidates.
Corruption Must Be Ended
1T must not be forgotten, and it VIII
not be forgotten by the Democratic
voters. that the beneficiaries and pro-
moters of financial schemes through
politicaI influence are as much in need
of regula ton as the advocates OF reVo-
lutionary methods are of repression.
Whatever may be the outcome, OF
this much I am certain, that the people
are aroused to the conclusion that cor
ruption must be ended, and as f1rst
step to that end it must be unveiled
and uncovered. The man who o1ters
the best assurance that light VIII be
turned on the dark places and that the
sword of justice will not be sheathed
until corruption is stamped out is the
man whom the people of New YORK are
seeking and whom / believe they Will
find to their own safety and that OF
democratic institutions, and to the
general credit of this country
Mr. Cochran stated that his return
to the east was uncertain and that he
might spend several months in Cali