The Washington times., 1910-11-01
Chairman Prentice Calls For
mer Representative Off
the Stump.
MUST HIRE A HALL
IF HE WOULD TALK
Therefore the Situation Is Said to
Be Indeed Sad for Flow
cry Orator.

The rhythmic voice Of W. Bourke
Cochran will be heard no more In the
public meeting places in behalf Of the
candidacy Of Henry L. Stimson, Re
publican candidate for governor of New
York.
Republican State Chairman Prentice
has conveyed TO the once noted Tam
many orator a delicate hint that his
speeches probably will do the Stimson
cause no good. And Mr. Prentice is
taking no chances with the wrong sort
OF spellbinding these days.
Mr.. Cochran has been speaking ever
since he participated in the Friday aft
ernOon recitations at the old school
house He has spoken, and spoken
well, upon every topic from the acqui-
sition of the Philippines to the discov-
cry of the North Pole and the fate Of
Dr. Cook.
ayes, Them's Mine"
In fact. speechmaking probably has
something to do with the life of no.
litcal retirement W Bourke is now
leading Mr.. Cochran used to lift his
melodiOus voice in protest or in acclaim
of various legislation proposed when he
was member Of the House. Reading
the Congressional Record one day, Boss
Murphy, of Tammany Hall, was unable
TO share in some Of the altruistic OBJ
servatiOns Of MI Cochran as officially
reported by the House sIenoEraphers.
who always had 10 hustle when W.
Bourke talked.
1t is understood that Mr.. Murphy in
quired Of Mr.. Cochran about as fol-
lows:
Are them your sentiments?' Mr.
Cochran allowed that they were.
Two years ago Mr.. Cochran was ad-
viSed that he had best not come back
TO Congress. And, with Mr.. Muphy's
permission, Cochran stayed at home, at
the same time removing a Tammany
tag from his coat lapel
The Call Of the Irresistible.
Is it ANY wonder then that Mr.. Cock
ran felt called upon 70 plead the cause
Of StimsOn, especially after he read
the papers one morning and noted that
Colonel Roosevelt said that Boss Muir
ply didn't want Stimson elected and
had put up his own man. Dix
Mr. Cochran talked the matter over
with the colonel I am Just aching
TO go out upon the stump and denounce
this Murphy person, and you know
am some speaker, colonel or words
10 that effect, said Mr.. Cochran.
Bully; lambast en- said the colonel,
without talking the matter over spe-
cifically with Chairman Prentice And,
FOR a short and lively period, the famed
Tammany orator did lambast EN-.
Mr. Cochran and Mr Prentice held
a long conference yesterday When il |
was over Mr. Cochran came out and
said that his last StimsOn speech had
been spoken. Prompt confirmation was
obtained from Chairman Prentice
Further than that Opponents sayeth |
not.
W. Bourke Cochran has been mixed
up with too many parties, thought Mr.. |
Prentice He really doubted that he |
could bolster the precariOus StimsOn |
machine Would Mr.. Cochran kindly /
20 home TO his law practice and per
NIT the rOCk-Tibbed Republican orators
TO do the spellDindiuE2 Not that Mr. !
Cochran hated Murphy less, but that
he loved Prentice and Sumson more, !
ne would.
Yea, It's Sad.
An. but It's sad when an orator has
something 10 say and no hall wherein
to say it. Joseph 3. Foraker, OF Ohio, !
IS a star witness as to that.
But then, the Foraker brand OF ora
tory was never like unto that Of W !
BOuTke Cochran. FOrakeTs tongue is !
tipped with gall and satire: ridicule and
invective chase out of his parted lips
In short, staCCdtO sentences
COckran's utteranCeS rise and fan iT
rhythmic precision that might lull
baby to sleep or make a voter vote
against his party. Cochran Will rub
the fur the wrong way and then put
II back into place again He knows
every figure of speech by its first name
and SMILES are his breakfast foods. !
His sentences are as well rounded as
an auto race track; there is never a
Earring turn
Again, II is a pity when real orator
u fG .
of an uneasy State chairman.