The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05
OPPOSE BoURkp COCHRAN

behind Gaynor's suggestion there was
something more, which was even dearer
10 the heart of Tammany. This was
the completion Of the downfall of
Bourke Cochran. who once was the
eloquent idol of the braves Cochran
mas had variegated political career
IN the last dozen years. He bolted
Bryan in the first place and made
speeches for Mckinley; then he .drifted
PACK TO Bryan again and was for a
while in high favor with Tammany
Hall. He still possesses extraordinary
irish eloquence and next to Bryan is
the most powerful speaker in the demo-
cratic camp today. For a time Cock
ran was the man nearest Charlie Muir
ply and ran things with a high hand
on that account. Gradually Dan Co
halon crept closer and closer to the
throne and Cochran began to lose caste
just at the wrong time for himself
Cochran undertook to shake the local
plum tree for the benefit of himself and
family. He secured for his father in
law the receivership of the Knicker-
booker trust company. which Tammany
hall had marked down for its own war
chest For this Cochran has already
been punished, but he is to be punished
great deal more by being read out
forever from the rows of the elect He
was refused the position of delegate to
Denver and he will no longer adorn the
halls congress as Tammanys repre-
sentative
had a long. confidential talk with
Judge Parker, former candidate for the
presidency. He evidently expects to be
turned down" because he has a vivid
memory of what happened to David B.
Hill a. the Kansas City convention
when the former senator was succeeded
on the resolutions committee by Judge
Van Wyck at the dictation of Tammany
and to the immense chagrin of Hill,
who had come to Kansas City for the
express purpose of preventing the in
dorsement of the three cornered fool
ishness. 1t was Bryan who interfered
then to Kill off Hill. as Judge Parker
remembered, and it is Bryan who is Sc
cretly attacking Judge Parker himself
now.
hard and fast arrangement is said
10 nave been made between Jim" Dahl
man and Murphy as the result of which
the McCarren delegates are to be
thrown out of the convention in spite
OF their evident regularity In return
for this Tammany agrees to hurniliate
Judge Parker and substitute for him
on the resolutions committee somebody
like Martin w. Littleton, who is not
even delegate to the convention.
During the campaign of 1904 Parker
scarcely recognized the existence of
Tammany hall. Billy Sheehan and
the Belmonts ran the national head
quarters TO the exclusion even % Tom
Taggart Tammany does not forget
hence the leaders, unless they are
shamed out of it between now and
Monday. will Intentionally humiliate
the last democratic candidate for the
presidency, who came here for the ex
press purpose of going on the resolu-
tions committee, and put in his place
the young lawyer who placed him in
nomination before the st. Louis conyen-
tion four years ago.
THREE SCORES SETTLED
1t is not often that Tammanv gets
chance to kill three birds with one
stone, but the selection of Gaynor as
vice presidential candidate, and even
the mention of his name prominently
for two or three days. will be an eff
fective swat" at McCarren, Cochran
and Parker, and Tammany will con-
slider old scores evened up for the
time being.
Whether Parker or Littleton or anv
one else goes on the resolutions com
mittee, New York influence will he
thrown against any extremely radical
injunction plank. Bryan is prepared
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