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I BRYAN'S FORMAL DENIAL.
ir nf rr.j never the hired
I 0JMrt)C li" SILVER MINE OWNERS.
I i,ld, rr.a ! rlnlnry Editor and
I flisall Amount from III I.aal Profee
I ilan. Nrs Income Hits Been
I Derived Entirely ' l.ecturee, for
I Home of A hl" He Received Nothing;.
I Urrin Pki' Hook. N.Y.. Aug. IS.-William
I Jennlnc I 5 " '" ftn Intervlow to day. kept
bis proml" nml formally denied tho chnrae
I raadeb) a Mrago newspaper ami especially
called o public attention by Senator John
M Thurston that ho hart been tho hired cra
ter of I ) ndlcBte of 'liver mine owners. He
1" .... .
"I lave already denied this chnrgo on sov-
t rtl occasions, hut tho reiteration of It by Sen
tor Thurston, n distinguished resident of my
own Sla-c. Justifies mo in nnswerlng it again.
Ihsve liner at any time or under any circum
stances been in tho employ .f any mine own
er.. Individually orrullectlvoly. directly or In
directly. "or llMe "r lwcn ln tlie emDwy
of or been paid It u' bimetallic league or asso
ciation. Aldc from ray editorial salary of about
1150 per month, raid by thn Omaha Horld
JttraU, nd ft small amount dorlved from the
ettl profrsion. my Income ilnco my retire
rant from Cotigrosa lias l)en dorlved entirely
from lectures before Chautauqua, lycoutns.
and lecture bureau, which le usually paid
me a flie.1 sum, and from contributions made
by the people of the localities whore 1 havo
Dokts. 1 some Instances I have received
nothing at .l In most cases I havo received
sore taan enough to cov er trav elllng expenses,
la only two intnnces, I tlilnk. has my compen
utlon excrtfled $100, and In those Instances
It vtt about j'.'OO at one place and about $300
at tbe other
"The first platform upon which 1 ran for
Congress, r lt00, before I was known politi
cal); outride of mr State, comatned a free
Ctfinwe plank, and my Republican opponent
tut year was an advicnte of free coinage. In
th campaign of lbi'2 I again ron'upon a freo
ctuce platform. In 1MM I again ran upon a
fru-cotnaje platform, and mv opponent for tho
ftaite, Mr. Thuruton, while opposlm; unlimited
coiaue at IG to 1, Insisted that he favored bi
metallism. I wroto the free-coinage plank
tpon vblch I ran ln xSl'0, and the free-coinage
pinks in the Nebraska State platform., in
1881. 1S84, lSD.i. and lSUti, and tried to secure
th adoption of free-coinage planks ln the State
platforms of 1M-' and 1893 I only mention
this to ahow that my advocacy of free silver l
tot of recent date.
i "Baring made this ansirer to Mr. Thurston's
letter, I shall hereafter take no notice of individ
ual or asaripsper comment on this subject. If
thi RctrabUcan National Committee will say
Sclallr that It believes I have ever been em
jlojed to deliver speeches by any mine owner or
trcrap of nine owners, or by any association
supported br mine owners, I am ready to
teak, a statement showing In detail all money
rtceired by me for speechmakins."
Shortly after noon Mr. Bryan started on a
Cihhg trip fishing for fish, not votes. Mr.
and Mrs. Perrtne, their two daughters, and the
Bey Orator and his wife made up the party.
Tbty drove to the Twin Ponds, about five
miles from here, where some friends of the
IPerrJoes ware caaplns. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
at one vest to fishing. They wets vowed out
by one of the campers and for half an hour aat
solemnly watching their line. Aa a flsh
ermas, Bryan la a mure peculiar figure than as
a man rannlng for office, lie wore the same
warm-looking hhu.k suit that he would use
oo the rtump, and his heavy felt lint. He
caught nothing. His wife, "n tne other hand,
lasted ln a two-pound pickerel before she
bad been fishing for much more than half an
boor. Then a atorm cub qp and they were
compelled to pull back to camp. They stayed
In Ui shelter of the tenia until the storm
lasted, and then the Bryan went out again.
Mn. B'yan's line was not long in tbe water
Mfore abe nulled out her second fish. Dark
test droit them in. They took supper at the
camp and then drove homo. The rest of the
iT.nlng passed quietly at the I'errlne home.
Ip lo the lime of hie departure on a (lh
at trip Mr, Bryan .pent a quiet dav. He
vat sp early and took a stroll around the vil
lus with his wife. After that he stayed
aloot tbe I'errlne house, thinking up his reply
to Hr.Thuiston and receiving the few pervins
vto called. The callers were very few. They
jcrt for the most part Derons urging on the
Hoi Orator tho respective merit, of their
'artoas tuwn as good places for him to
ipeak. One place ottered a twenty-acre field,
"faer a town lot. another a central loca
tm. Tho Orator" was coy at first. He
ures'uur. He would not speak ln Dutchen
jwstj. By evening, however, he wae yleld
B acaln. and It was generally understood
titttevoola speak in Dutchess countr, prob
?.. Saturday afternoon, and at either
ThoU or Pine 1'lalns-
.-i".'.' '"' ,u"e. M many people path
TMaton. time within tho limit of Upper
i.- .?k s g'thered on the village green
"Wt to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Hrjan.
im reiiM tun ed out in force, and a large
MWer of peiple came from Bed; Hook and
" nrroandinK country, oa foot, on wheels.
uJi Iehl"-le of every description. Cnpt.
JUfUa Lasher, the oldest Inhabitant, and
"fjord or the I'ark Hotel, a small hostelry
r?22 i '?oe , throw of the I'errlno house,
IJ2?Sihlln,lf ,n "" terms as he leaned
r U bar to ilay
f..0?. -Vrtln v&n Buren upoke. yonder
IPPV Hook Uin't seen such a time. Whj.
R.1.1 11 git ont tbe bottles bv the nrm
SJ3l.Plr wa'1 k'or" I 80ld 70- told. 1
Sbw "! "'t, stutt-700 bottles. I'er
Sh. Prejudiced, but I know what I'm
Saa.be I?" "" " dl(1n't. Bryan'r a big
Iitata-h5fn". J'1"1 ln ""rails a"d a hickory
SSitaMM u,en efrne ," mpt- b er mu
Wwetlcafj rlnB tbls t"9C0Ur. ventured
-?i?ei1, el.,? w'boe O'BrienV
PrsUdS". d0V " know he's nominated for
IfiX? .an .'' ywM . ver to I'errlne's
ItaBTL J. t&l 'ruMiue Individual who was
"v!M"T lh ",her tnA ar 'he bar.
coml"V.rV.te1'',, -' V'at don't bent all; him
?Veerh,cK?:,rs'1!1Vr1t,I"ol('" rCP"Ld U'e man
iisfSihum! ,fi"e".,ihaf '" lmd Ju,t dr,ven n
ihov . ll) 'bauibUd serin's the green and
'tJ;'"'"1","". tin Hoy Orator
ffalr i,, ,rJ'w '"J1 .'i'1-'1'1 "' Purely a Bo-lal
Mrion,l'y ."," '."' f "f the more than 400
i"dran.hVi,,lMl ."ere. "ei'hen. who
'ritoSi. i '' i" "',,c.' br.-iirln.ltynrade-tWbinfl,r
'"'""' " evening, and beveral
'MrtiTlVr , i .,1;',1,'"'ledMr.PtrrIre
nd DreJn. lr:- ".r,',n "J1 "" ,l,e porch
istlli , i ', -'" to tho pr,,pio, vv ho ohii-.-ed
Vob n 1, .i ' "MftU'ea-iovfrtlio Him.
voice ,,, ' 'f o'P'V'lt limn with a hen, y
Crap,,"' H'' ' ,hi Miiile. Iil.l ,u Hoy
UrtVote, r ' '"" "i-'l ""k. ,,,!
coantr t ,n "Uirouiidlne
'be"BJrr iJ'rV "I',' 'V' I'1I"1 about one-hnlf
!r record fn,ri 1 f a"1 '"' and broke
lots' iVm tr.r ."'"aumptlon n thn Park
Mpl ', .nV";?1?'1 '? cimvlvul o"s
tT htni'i ' '' HSat!'"' "'"1 long after the
W II1 . ' """Itl'ed awaj and mi.it of tlS
N "h,' ' ,Ua,,lrln."!!. 'here came
-b Br. r -II .' rl' ?. ttb. ""'her tnattrr
"lltL" w, V i nl. '.'."vl't-l "He ain't
"'ier. .,Hj ofreehllver.
I""""1 t'H,IU.'l,, I.,.v.V.
nrV."?"r" " "" ,U " - Ae.
H IVi r,l"w Altendluiclt.
UlUrr' 'V,)UKl? TntiKraMe billet of
"War, ; ':V; un,lou e
H" flTd , . r" e "' liw VVar Uewtment
"etrt, ! " tyl" "(-,,rlr"t competent
''wt! o. ' ,' ",'."" r"""'d b' ll,e wth-
H5H " ' n The detail has beoti
iK'ositri ' .i . .,"" ""' o11 bin ii declined it
H- Acir v '"' ,"",r ' will not wrin i
'lb 11... k "br., !!, poiilloii c.irrhi
NUh. ', " ur" ",", 'l il require bit llttfe
Li' 05nB,,",,l!tlon. are many, intl
ijtolH.Vr '1,n,n.B.r,lulreinore mone than
MKHCUHT'H t'ltZVTEHIt HTI11KV.
The Nenrapaner'a Free, liver llaekers
Illdn't Ante Vp They lroralieil To.
When the compositors who work on the
Mtrcury applied for their week's wages last
night they were Informed by Ueneral Manager
Phillips that they would have to wait until to
dny, as funds were not In hand at the time to
meet their bills.
Ho explained that an arrangement had been
made Immediately after tbe Chicago Convention
by which the paper was to support Bryan nnd
bewail and was to receive a good-sized wad of
money ln return.
Tho money was to be furnished by a syndi
cate of silver mine owners nnd others Interested
ln tho cause of fre sllvor. The syndicate, how
ever, had failed to keep its engagements and
had disappointed tho expectations of the pro
prietor. William Noble.
Mr. Phillips assured the compositors that
they would be paid this morning, but they de
cided to go out, and left the office at ( o'clock
last evening. Tbo number of strikers was about
twenty.
All efforts to Induce them to go back last
night failed, nnd It was Impossible at that lalo
hour to secure men to tako their places.
Mr. Phillips was not at thaoftlco Inst night,
hut one of his assistants said that the paper
would be Issued ae usual this morning, old mat
ter already ln type being used to till It,
Mr. 1'hllllps, Mr. Noble, nnd the others inter
ested In the property will havo a conference this
morning to decldo upon the futuro course of
action. Mr. Noble 1 a wealthy builder nud the
owner of the Urenoble and Ktnplre hotels.
It Is said that he ha, already sunk a consid
erable amount of mouey In tho newspaper ven
ture. The assistant manager said lust night
that the circulation of tho paper has been on
the wune since It enmooutfor freo silver, and
that tho numlier of copies returnrd by the news
company vcaterday fur this week were three
times what they had beon In any former ween.
On this nccnunt tbe check received for papers
sold was much Uss than bad been expected, and
a temporary shortage was the result.
The arrangement with tho free-silver peoplo
was made at tbe time of tho Chicago Conven
tion. The a) n.llcate promised. It Is said, to put
up J00.U00 for the campaign, and the flrU pre
liminary pav ment was made on time.
Not a cent has been received from It since.
Under tbe agreement. It Is said. William
Oraham, a newspaper man. was to become
editor of the paper upon the completion of the
payments. As the pa; ment were not made,
Graham has not let taken hold.
Ills said that among the members of the sil
ver svndlcato were William P. St. John. the.
martyred ban President: Senators Stewart
and Jones of Nevada, and several other silver
mine owners. The local representatives of tho
syndicate are said to be William SuUer and ex
Iteglster Hellly.
It was admitted at the Mtrcury office last
night that the salaries uf editors, reporters, and
other employees were also in arrears, but that
the force had agreed to remain until funds
should be secured.
Nothing could be learned last night as to
whether tbe paper would continue to snppnrt
tbe Popocratlo ticket, in iivr of the flunk of the
Bryan backers. Mr. Phillips left word at the
odlca that some sort of a statement would bo
made public to-day.
A LITTLE PLAT nUnOLAR SHOT.
Jimmy rjtalth. m Make-brllrvo Cap, Cats m
Heal Cop' Pistol.
There was a make-believe burglary on Mon
day afternoon In the flat of Policeman Thomas
Smith of the First precinct, and nine-year-old
Jimmy Smith, the policeman's son. was shot In
the head by a little make-believe cop, Willie
Keegan, 10 years old, whose father la a fellow
tenant of Policeman Smith.
Jimmy and a youngster of the neighborhood
known to Jimmy oaly as "Matter" were the
burglars. No grown folks were In the Smith
flat. They sent Willie Into the flat with In
structions te overpower and arrest them when
tbey forced open the door.
Willie found an old revolver of Policeman
Smith on tbe sideboard and he thought It was a
food thing to gtveatoucbof realirmtohls part,
tie other boys rushed Into tbe tint from the
hall. Willie ran toward them with the revolver
leveled and shouted, "Stop! I arrest ou!"
The bovs ran at Wllllr, and he pulled the
trigger. The bullet hit Jimmy ahovs the fore
head and plowed a furrow along his scalp.
Jimmy ran down stairs and sat on the stoop,
with the blood flowing over his face and neck.
The other boys went to their homes
Neighbors who saw Jimmy took htm to a drug
store and tbe drugglt said he should be sent to
a hospital. He was taken home and a surgeon
attended htm. He declared sturdily for a long
time, to shield his playmate, that he had acci
dentally snot himself while playing with his
father's revolver.
Last nlgbt be tola the true story, as related
above, and Willie Keegan was arrested and
taken to the rooms of tbe Gerry society.
Jimmy Is not dangerously hurt.
A3IERICAN VESSEL CONFISCATED.
JL Canadian Court' Decision Restarting; the
Frederick Oecrlna, Jr.
Halitax, Aug. 18. In tbe Vice-Admiralty
Court to-day Chief Justice Macdonald rendered
judgment In the case of the selred Gloucester
schooner Frederic Geerlni;, Jr. He declared
the vessel confiscated to the Dominion Govern
ment for Ashing Inside the three-mile limit.
Tbo Chief Justice declared that the evidence
clearly proved tbe vessel to have violated the
Canadian fishery laws. He said that the con
tention of the defence that, w hlle the schooner's
crew may bav e been rauuhl ln the act of draw
ing the fish on board Inside the three-mile limit,
the fish were caught outside the three-mile linn,
where the schooner's seine was dropped, was no
ground on which to nk for dismissal of tbe
charge. He concluded as follows:
" I cannot agree with the learned counsel for
the defence that the net was complete at tno
time tbe seine was dropped. The rrew were us
much engaged In an Illegal act In taking flih
out of the net Inside of the three-mile limit as If
they were from the first InBlde of It. Wo cannot
be too faithful In theenforrementof our fishing
lawt. American fi-hermen aie not oierscrupu
lous In the observance of them, and nil possible
violations should bo carefully guarded against
and punished. 1 declare the Frederick (teering,
Jr., confiscated to the Dominion authorities,"
An appeal will pos.ibly l taken. Mr. Morse,
the owner of the (Jeerlmr. estimates his loss by
the seizure to be about 87.000.
UAR1C TWAIN'S DAUGHTER DEAD.
Her Health Hroke Down While Hbe Was
rJIndylnc Tor t.mnd Oprr.
Haiithiiid. Aug. 1H. Olivia Susan Clemen.
Went daughter of Samuel I.. Clemens (Mark
Tunlti) died nt II o'clo.k to-night nt her fn
thcr b homo on Knrmlueloii avenue. Miss Cle
mens was a graduate of Bryn Mairr College
and was U4 ear old. After eroduntloii Miss
Clemens went lo Purls nud studied total music
under Mine. Marrhesle who pronounced her
soprano voice of Brent promise. Miss Clemens
whs stud) lug for grand op.Tii nml It was her
umbltl' n to (i.iiinlile her iduciuinn nnd take
oiioh a position III tho mimical world as to re
coup her lather's fortune!'. It iirnrli pros
trated her when ill health iuriiirlUil her to
iil.iiiiili.il her music. She returned tu Amerli-ii
lust ui-. nnd while her puri-nt and sisters
i Inra nnd Jean won on Mr. Cleiiiens'a lectur
ing ti.ui Blio was feekllc to rigiln l.rr lirulth
here, bhe would linvu J' liiod the fiunll) in
Ktigland. hut uus unuble tostund the Journey,
Mrs. ("lumens and ( luru are on tho American
llmr Paris that ! due to arrive on b'ridav.
Miss Clemen' llliic-s developed Into menln-
eltis, which causid her death. The burial will
e at Klmlra, N. V.
KI1.1.V.D AT HIE HOTEL SAVOY.
An i:icvnlr falls with Two aitn from
tbe Hevcnth Storr.
Henry Mcl.ane, a colored porter of (he
Hotel f-uvoy, et out yesterday afternoon to
tuke a bonnier'" baggage lo the seventh llnor
In the freight elevator. Peter Mulligan, the
elovator man, after starting the car, waited
for It to ascend nearly to the seventh Hoor
before making preparations to stop It. It
was going pretty fust at that time, and he
was torced lo pull up suddenly In order not
to let tho crg hv the floor he wanted to
stop at.
The Jerk he gave tho wire rope acted
In conjunction with tbe speed of tbe ele
vator, and the mpe was dragged from oil
the drum at the lot. of tho shaft. It was
snapped by the weight of the car, whtcb,
vvitn Its occupants, dropped at frightful
speed to the bottom of the shaft.
.Mcl.ono was so badly Injured that he died
later ln tbo Flower Hospital. .Mulligan's
left foot waa badly bruised, but he was ap
parently not otherwise Injured, The floor of
tbe elevator and the lower part of the aldst
were smashed.
PLATT, 89; ANTl-PLATT, 39.
THE RF.SVI.T OF LAST NIOllT'S RE
l'VDLICAN l'RISIARIES.
President I.auterbaeh Wine the Flctat la
Hie Ulatrlet-lUnyor rjtrons'e Offleehold.
er Capture Their HkIIIwIcUsj- EtTct at
the Prlranrten on the llaee lor tJovernor
The Republicans of New York county held
their primaries last night, and nobody was sur
prised by the results. Kven the antl-Platt men
woro not surprised. They had expected all along
to bo overwhelmingly defeated, and their expec
tations were realized. The primaries were held
to elect four sets of delegates.
Ono set of delegates will attend Assembly
district conventions, to bo held on Aug. 31, fur
electing dolegatos nnd alternates to the Repub
lican State Convention, which is to bo held at
Saratoga on Aug. "5. Another set of cloctton
district delegates will attend Assembly district
conventions on Sept, 8 to elect delegates to the
llepubllcan County Convention.
'1 lie third sat of election district delegates
will attend Congress district conventions on
Sept. ii to nominate llepubllcan candidates for
Congress. Tho fourth set of election district
delegates will stteud Assembly district conven
tions on Sept. U to nominate lleoubllcau candi
dates for Assombly.
Karly In tho evening there was a fracas at tho
Twelfth district primary, which was kicked up
by tbo Hon. hhlner Simpson, an anll-Plattile.
Tbls district Is controlled by I.afay Schulum,
whose followers went on that memorablo plcnlo
to Staten Island on Saturday nlgbt and who
returned early Monday morning ready to faco
an eighty-ton gun.
The Schulumltea wouldn't tolerate the Inter
ference of the Hon. Shiner, and they got a
couple of policemen to fire him out of tbe head
quarters. 44R Grand street. The Hon. bblner
w aa duly fired. In former days, when the Hon.
Shiner was a little boss of tho district, he called
In policemen to throw out tne other follows who
kicked up a disturbance. He merely got a little
of his own medicine last night.
Naturally the antl-I'lall leaders In tbe First,
Elgntecnth, Twenty-seventh, Twenty-ninth,
and Thirtieth districts had at their cummand
vastamountaof-muntclpal patronage. The Piatt
men, however, only referred to this Incidentally,
for tbe reason that If tbey had command of tbe
municipal patronage they would not hesitate to
uso It to boost themselves along.
The difference Is, according to tbe political
critics hereabouts, that the antl-Platt men
uave all along proclaimed themselves to be first
class reformers and have held up their bands ln
horror when the subject of patronage is Intro
duced. The Piatt men, on the contrary, believe
that patronage Is part of the slnewt. of war to be
used against their factional and party adver
saries. All of the patronage of the Public Works De
partment and other departments dominated by
Mayor btrong's lieutenants was used In Uie dis
tricts to defeat the Piatt men. The result of
the primaries Is merely another evidence of the
loyalty of the machine Republicans to Presi
dent Edward Lauterbach of the Republican
County Committee and to the Republican leader
of the State.
As time progresses, and should the volume of
patronage at Albany be Increased, these Plait
lauterbach Republicans, who have been flght
Inr tho battles uf the machine In this county,
will cotneln for thetrshare of the plums.
It wae not gainsaid that as a rn.utt-of the
primaries last night the candidacy of Oeorge W.
Aldrldge for Governor strengthened ln
New York county. It was also made clear that
Fpeaker Hamilton Fish's boom fur tbe nomina
tion of Governor did not lose by last night's
primaries.
In the Nineteenth district Representative
Lemuel Ely Qulgg was selected as ono of the
delegates, and Representative tjulgg has said
all along that Mr. Piatt was his candidate for
Governor, and that he would attempt to stam
pede the Saratoga Convention for the lloga
chieftain for Governor.
Mr. Piatt has heard of this movement, and
he declared last night that he believed
he could Induce Mr. Qulgg to forego his
programme. In other words, Mr. Plait
said be would not for an Instant tol
erate such a scheme He had no ambition
to be Governor. He added Ihat be was rer
fectly content to remain nUln 'Ihomas C. Piatt,
The well-known Republicans elected In tho
Ninth district were itenublican National
Committeeman Frederick beymour Glbbs and
his father-in-law, ex-Police Justice Clarence
W, Meade, and ex-Assemblyman William Hal
pin. Mr. Glhbe Is very partial to Speaker Flh
as the candidate for Governor. In the Fifth
district War Horse Lucas Lucullus Van Allen
and ex-Senator Llspenard Stewart will be
among tbe delegates sent from the balllwlcx.
which ex-Postmaster Cornelius Van Colt car
ries In his waistcoat pocket.
Moat of the antl-Platt men elected at last
night's primaries favor tho candidacy for Gov
ernor of either Llmt.-Gov. baxton or Comp
troller James A. Roberts.
Nell, er Mr. Saxton nor Mr. Roberts, however,
has the slightest chance of securing the nomi
nation any more than the antl-Platt men bod
tn defeating the Platt-Lauterhacb Republicans
in New York cuuntv last night.
In the Twenty-second district Thomas F.
Eagan. the leader of all tbe Eagans tv bo hold
places under Mayor Strong, did not put up any
Cghl whatever. He was well uwaro that
hi- could not rapture the district, so instead
of putting up a fight he Issued a call
to his followers to meet at the antl-Platt head
quarters. 'IS East Forty-fifth street, and en
roll their names, for the building up of an or
gumzution wliose object Is to bo "tbe election
of McKlnley and Hobart and to smash the ma
chine." Charles K. Lexow. a brother of heua
tor Lexow. wa- one of ttie delegates elected.
Tho Hon. Abraham Grubercarried ever thing
before him In the 'I wenty-first district, nnd ho
said that tho trlumpn was the greatest In his
experience.
1 he following Is the result of tbo primaries as
received last night:
lule- Anil IVV- Anil.
Dill. QMit riatl. Halt. TKtt. g.itet. rtall. runt.
1 8 . S'M 8 a
2 n a . i ... . r. !
8 a a . . 3 .
4 a u . 'Vd 4 4
o 4 4 ,.V4 8 H
0 4 4 . -l O 0
1 .... 4 4 , .m .., 8 .. u
H a ..'(7 A .. 6
u a o ...3h a a
111 4 4 ..VII 4 4
II 4 4 ,.'80 4 .. t
vt a a . in s . r
1:1 a .. S'.u 4 , 4
II 4 4 . Ifl.l 4 4
IT. 4 4 ai .... n .. e
III ..4 4 M 5 6
17 ... a a i .
IN II . a Totals 3i D'J 30
til 4 4 . I
Chairman Lauterbach won in his fight In the
Twenty-ninth district Dr. IJenrw nnd Col,
Fred Grant will accompany Mr. Luutcrbacb at
delegates from the district.
HECKI'TIOX Of I.I lir.Ml cn.isa.
An Arm) nnd a Nnvnl Orncrr to llr Iletntled
to Accompany film on IIIh Tour.
Wamiimiton, Aug. Ih Secretary Lnmont
telegraphed to the War Department to-dav di
recting tho detail of a competent officer to as.
slut the official of the Government in rei eiv Ing
LI Hung Cbapg on his arrival at New York and
to accompany tho envoy on his tour of tbls
country. The detail will be announced to. mor
row, and later tho Navy Department will assign
an officer to represent the uav while LI Is its
guest.
The entire military arrangements fur the re
ception nf LI at Governor's Island will he In l lie
handnuf Gen, Ruger. who lias full nutlioiil) to
assign additional iroopi from the anjnci nl in. I
ilury Millions near Ns tnrkrliy tin t lio pm
oe nf making n good illsplav. Admiral llnnir,
onnrrivingat Imnpklusvilln the Inner pa t or
the week, will be Instructed .is to ibe imrl nf
the programme the Meet Is t'l occiip), ami li in
long It will remain In the harbor for Li's eillll
ration, Kvrrv ship on the station will iirohably
bepressnt nnd an attempt made to inakuilir
biggest review since the Chicago Exposition
year.
Girl Drowned on a Church Excursion.
Julia Madden, US years old, of Henderson and
Fifteenth streets, Jersey City, was drowned last
night from one of the barges which took St.
Lucy's Cathollo Church excursion out yesterday,
Tne excursion returned at 0:-l5 P, M., and tbe
boat and barges were made fast to the pier ad-
tolnlng tne Pavonla Ferry. Miss Madden. In a
lurrytoget ashore, attempted to climb to tbe
wharf over tbe railing ol the bargs. She fell
between tbe barge and the pier and did not
come to the surface again. The body was not
recovered, S
r
UllALR SMASHED TWO ROAIS.
An Kxeltlns; but Cnsnceesarm Whale Chaee
tlnr Amaaaneett,
AuAaANSKTT. Aug. 18,-Long Island whale
men had a lively encounter with a right whale
off the coast hero this morning. In which they
came off second best. Tho whale succeeded in
making bis otcapo after smashing two boats
with his tail.
Tho whole was sighted early this morning
well out to sea. There are two signal stations
here which were built for the purpose of sight
ing whales, and tho outfit of whaling boats Is
ahvnj s kept ready for use.
The whalemen, bended by CapL. Joshua Ed.
wards, tho oldest whaler on Long Island, quickly
gathered at the boats.
Thero Is an unwritten law here that every
man and each boat gets a share of tbe proceeds
ofnvvhato hunt. Thc.mnn who first sights the
" game " gets a half share extra as a reward for
his vigilance,
Tbe whale was about two miles off thoro
when sighted, and It did not take tbe boats very
long to get to him, T he w halo showed great In
difference to tbelr presence, but subsequent
events Indicated that ho was ablo to take care
of himself.
When the leading boat was sufficiently near
tho harpoon thrower took his place, and, at a
signal from the helmsman, sank his harpoon
Into tho side of the whale. As the harpoon
(truck tbo helmsman shouted:
"Hack hor, back her I"
The oarsmen responded to tbe commend, but
not in tlpi. Tho whale swung around like
lightning Jrsd hit the boat with his tall.
The boat r.'se up ln tho air and fell tn pieces.
The men wero thrown Into the sea, but fortu
nately escaped Injury.
In the effort to rescue their unfortunate com
panions the other whalemen paid no attention
to the whale, nnd ho left for other parts. It
took uearly half an hour to rescue the crew of
the wrecked boat. Tbey were divided around
among the other boats, and then the boats
started to look for tho w hale again. It was dU
covered some distance away.
One boat got very close and another harpoon
was cast. Tbo whale wheeled, and again tbat
terrible tall got In its work, and a second boat
shot upward. Like the first one, this boat was
knocked into kindling wood and lis occupants
were left struggling In the water.
Tbo second rescue was more difficult than the
first, for several of tho crow had been struck by
flying oars and pieces of the wrecked boat. All
of the men were saved, but the boats ware then
too crowded, and the chase had to be given up
until some of the whalemen could be lauded.
After the landing au effort was made to sight
tbe whale again, but It had disappeared.
SNOW ON MOUNT WASHINGTON.
It Follows a. Two. hour Display of a Xfac
nlflccnt Auroral Halo.
BLTUUEnLU, N. II., Aug. 18. At 10 o'clock
last night a beam light shut up from the west
ern borlxon, and In ten minutes spread to the
eastern horizon, forming a magnificent auroral
halo. It was puro white and had tho appear
ance of a narrow band uf paper. For two hours
the centre of the arch Inclined northward, and
at l'J.08 It disappeared. It seems to have pos
sessed the same features as the one observed
last week In Illinois. During the continuation
of the halo tho northern lights shone with great
brilliancy, and there occurred a shower of
meteors which lasted six minutes. From 10
o'clock to midnight the mercury dropped eigh
teen decrees. "The temperature en Mount Wash
ington to-night Is 28. and a snow storm Is raging
with a howling gale. The phenomena was ob
served throughout tbe White Mountains.
MORE TAQVIS REVOLT.
A Thonsand of Them Iola tbe Bevelntlon
ary Mevensent,
NooAt.ts, Ariz-, Aug. 18, Word has been re
ceived here that the Yaquts, numbering about
1,000, emnlojed In placer raining In the Alter
district of Sonora, Clrnega, eighty miles south
west of Nogalcs. bave arisen In sympathy with
the recent revolutionary movement ln this
place.
Titio.v. Ariz., Aug. 18. Three Indians were
killed, thirty captured, and three soldiers
wounded mortally in a fight between Troon E
of tho Seventh Cavalry and Yaqul Indians,
twenty miles south of here.
HORSE JUMPS ON A CAIII.B CAR.
Five of the PassenKcrn More or lee
Ilrnlerd In the Collision.
Frederick Eltenwoln, ,"' vears old, of 1,000
Third avenue tried to drive a youug boreeup
Third avenue on Monday. The horse was at
tached to one of Itlngler & Co.'s brewery wag
ons. At 101st street the young man lost control
of the horse, and at 10','d street It ran head on
Into the side of an open cable ear that was ou Its
way down town well tilled Willi passengers.
The horse reared up on the steps of the car,
and tho wagon shafts crowded five people into a
bunch between the middle scats. They were
more or less bruised, but all were ablo to pro
ceed on their Journey when tho tangle of horse
and car was straightened out. Ktsenwein said
ho did bis best lo control tbe horse when ar
raigned In Harlem Court vesterday and was paroled.
ltr.SSEMER STEEL WORKS CLOSE.
Ur. Osgood Knye It la Hue to the TJaeaU
tied Cundttlon ul the Country.
Drnvrn, Col., Aug. IH. President J, O. Os
good of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
In a card to the local press relative to the clos
ing or the Bessemer Steel Works at Pueblo,
says:
" All rail orders are filled, and the present un
settled business and financial condition of tbe
countr prevents the railroads Irom buying
rails for renewals, and all new enterprises are
held in abeittiice. A! the oilier departments
of the company's works al Beasemar are In op
eration, uml w 111 be continued so long as we can
find a market for the product.
ir II ITN EX.V A.M) E It III I.T WEDDING.
Announcement of the Nrlrellon of ITehere
uml llrldrantiilffH.
NrvwiiiiT. Aug. 18, Harry Pavne Whitney
has selected his ushers for hi wtddlug with
Miss Gertrude Yandertdll neat Tuesday, They
will be Frank L. Polk, It. L. Cnttonct, Alfred
Vnnderhllt. brother of tlio bride; C. I'. Baldwin,
and P. II .MncMlllau. '1 he bridesmaids urn to
ho .Mi 'lav lor. Mis Gerry, and thn e cousins of
Miss Htidei bill, .Miss Kiull) N a mil rbllt Mount',
Miss Li'liabloJtic. and .Ml.s bhepaid.
Author of ' leiitlilrrn slits ournern" Jlcud.
PuiiTl.A.Mi, Me., Aug. IN Prof, V Nicholas
Crouch, author of " Kathleen Mavournecn,"
died here suddenly this evening, uged MH. He
was staying with George A. Thomas, having
come on from Baltimore three weeks ago. He
had failed rapidl) since the hot spell last week,
anil his dcutii was peaceful.
A .lapenrseHtudenturAineitcttaafunlclpal
lnnonty.
II 1 urva, Secretary of the Department of
I iiiinnrrce and Agriculture nf Japan, who Is on
a tmr of Invo'liRatiuu In the United States,
railed on Major Strong vesterday. He wanted
In Inquire into Hie workings of the various city
derailments, tho granting of street railroad
fiaut'hlses, and the melhral by which suits are
brought against the city. Secretary Hedges
obtained tho desired Information for him.
Hutlicrland May ,eave Minn; Hlna In a
Hpcelul Train.
'Die Coney Island friends uf Kenneth Suth
erland, formerly Justice of tho peace in
Gruvesend, who vvL'l be released from blng
Slug prison on bopt. 1, are preparing to give
blm a big reception, Jt Is said that i&ey are
talking uf hiring a special train to bring
htm from Slug Blng to tbls oily. Suther
land was convicted with other offender
against the freedom of tbe franchise at
Oravstend,
aaaajnanaBan aaaae rjnmaaanaBBJSJBJB
numni riddled.
Nailed Down to Facts by
Cookran at the Garden.
THE BOY ORATOR UNMASKED.
V
Behind a Sham Philanthropy,
Behold Repudiation's Chief.
THE BIG GARDEN PACKED.
These Thousands Came to Hoar
and Stayed to tho End.
Fnlly 18,000 Persons, Mostly Democrats
Gather In Madleon Hqilsrs Garden to
near the iCosiressnaa Confound the
JlBKllna IJcclnlnser ortbe Platte-Chrcrs.
Modes, and American Flaae The JXeul
Meaalaa: or the Pepocrntle Aeeaulta
Upon Thrift, Honor, and lloneaty
Brjaa't Conseleneeleee JnclflnsE of Man
Acalnst Uss and Claee As.ls.t Claae
The Ceaeplraey of the Political Quacke
Aanlast tbe Laborer The WorklnKtaaa
at the Bottom of the llesp lVhss Money
la Cheapened and Pticce Are Boomed.
When the Hon. Bourke Cockran walked down
to the front of tbe speakers' stand ut tho mass
meeting held under the auspices of the Honest
Money Democratic League In Madison Square
Garden last evening, prepared to deliver an ad
dress In answer to William J. Bryan's essay of
the week before, he beheld the most remarkable
political demonstration ever known In this
country.
For an andlence that filled the whole Garden
from the foot of tbe speakers' stand up to the
upper galleries, an audience that numbered no
fewer than 1S.O0O souls rose as one man, all
holding American Sags, which they waved
above their heads as tbey shouted their greet
ing. For minutes the cheering lasted unbroken
and then the band began to play, and from
cheering that mighty throug turned to
singing "The btar-apangled Banner." Tbe
vaulted celling, the arches, the columns
every available spa:o had been decorated with
the national colors, but nothing that was ever
done to arouse a patriotic feeling In a public
gathering could create a deeper or more lasting
Impression than that shimmering rainbow
spray of flags above the faces of tbat vast
throng.
OATilERCD IN TUB SlOf Or A JUST CAfSH.
Nor did ever a private American citizen a
man who waa not a candidate for a great office
draw so many people to hear him speak as gath
ered to listen to Bourke Cockran'a arraignment
of the policy of repudiation as presented by Mr.
Bryan. Compared with tbe audience that heard
the orator of Populism the tbrong last night
was significant.
The Garden waa packed full, and Instead of
hastening away while the speaker was bat be
ginning his speech, tney steadily Increased In
numbers for at least a half hour after Mr. Cock
ran uttered his first words. Moreover, the
closest attention was paid to everything the
speaker said from beginning to end.
A MCI.TITUDt! or TrlJMKIUS.
It was not In numbers only tbat the audience
was notable. It was the kind of a crowd that
might be expected to gather In the metropolis
of the nation when a great peril was threaten
ing the nation's life. It was a gathering that
bad come from tenements and fiats and small
houses and palaces.
Above all It was a gathering of clear-cved
thinkers. One bad but to look at tho faces of
tbe people to see tbls. but It that were not con
vincing enough the further proof required was
found In tbe ready and enthusiastic- applause
which greeted the speaker when he made what
would ordinarily be called the dry mathemati
cal points of a financial discussion.
To the minds of honest-money Democrats,
however, thero was one feature of the meeting
thatwas mure significant than either theunlque
character of the demonstrations or tbe elo
quence of tbe orator, and that was the fact
tbat It was a Dsmocratlo audience come
out to protest against dragging the good Hag of
Democracy ln the mire of Populism. How this
was demonstrated beyond psradvenluru will
aupear further on; there were a hundred to one
more Democrats than Republicans present.
16.000 BEAUTS I'MIEHI-OMblVE TO POPL'MIiTb.
If any reader of The St'N has had fears about
tbe Inroads nf Brian' Populism among tno
people of tlio metropolis, or has supposed that
any material part of the population would
be unable to comprehend tho serious Im
port of the Popullstlc programme, or un
derstanding, fall to disapprove, let him
rest In peace. When that mighty audience
rose and literally filled the air with tlio old fing
while the root rang with their applause fur the
defender of booest money, tlio question was
settled.
Althuugh tho door on nil sides of tho Garden
were to be opened at li o'clock and the taking of
a seat at that hour Involved a wait of no less
than two hours and a halt beforo the speaker
would begin his address, the people who had
gathered at the Twenty-seventh slreet entrance
ware formed In line before U, Their number, aa
counted by a Suit reporter, was 210. There
were gatherings of smaller numbers at each of
the other entrances, except that of the Brook
lyn contingent, who were to come In a body
later.
Even at that early hour tbe speculators, who
bad reserved scats for sale at tbe Madison ave
nue front, were beginning to do business. Al
though the people In line were mostly men, wo
men were by no means wanting. The throngs,
as a whole, were noticeably good natured and
even cheerful aa they awaited the hour of ad
mittance. Aa the doors swung outward and tbe first In
line entered they saw the vast floor of the Oar
den covered with chairs as thickly as the law
would allow, with a narrow wooden rail running
around tbe rtaerved space at tbe centre ot tbe
up-town side. Beyond tbls and perhaps tsn
test above tbe floor rose tbe wide speaker'
stand, festooned and draped around with tbe
national colors, and supplied with 800 chain
for the Vlce-Prtildsnts. X broad onndlnej
board had been erected ome distance behind
the rostrum, which looked like a plain onk box
rising Just above the rail.
zto ropocnATio norcuTT or the tlao nr.iiK.
The boxes, stalls, and galleries were draped
handsomely with the American colors, as was
also the speaker's stand, while from each end
of the skylight long stroamers, such ns old
Yankee sailors call whips and hoist to the truck
In token of victory, radiated In nil directions to
tile end walls. Other whips of the samo kind
were laced across the centre of the celling
above tho heavily draped chandoliers. The con
trast with the Bryan meeting drapery was no
ticeable. But attracttvo as all this was to the f yo, tho
ono featuro of tho decoration tlmt plenncd the
gathering throngs most was the distribution at
all seats of American flags on tiny staffs. Just
right In size t!old in tbo hand conveniently
an appeal t once tothuloveof the beautiful
and to the patriotic lovo of the nation's honor
of every ono who enme. Not a man nor a
woman but picked up the Hag and mndo It con
spicuous, and within half an hour there was a
fluttering sheen of red, white, nnd bluoovcr
every space oocupled.
HOW THE MUI.TITUUE (J HEW.
The way the occupied spaces grew and spread
over the flour waa a matter of Interest, even to
the old-lime attendants on such gatherlugs.
Beginning with the soats direct!) opposite the
speaker and beyond thoso reserved tho incom
ing procession filled the chairs with a rapldltr
that was astonishing. A thousand ebnlrs. by a
most conservative estimate, were taken within
fifteen minutes, and by 0i4o there wero moro
than a hundred persons standing In thu un
reserved spaco for want of chairs there, and
In the hope, ot getting a cbanco at some uf
the reserved seats later. It was at about this
time tho band lu tbe easterly end of the Garden
began to play a novel medley with " Yankee
Doodle" for a foundation, and the "Star
Spangled Bauner " for a superstructure, 'I bo
audience listened with pleasure and applauded
heartily at tbo eud.
Long as tbo wait beforo them was no audi
enco could bave found more comfortnblo con
ditions around them or have found the time
leas tedious, for the shower tbat had passed over
the city Just bsfore 6 o'clock bad cleared and
cooled the air to a delighlful degree. Indeed,
if there wero an) complaint at all It was that
the breoze tbat drlflod ln through the open
doors was a trifle too cool for light summer
clothing.
THItV COME II V THOUSANDS.
Moreover, the early arrivals found plenty of
Interest In watching tbe endless processions
pouring dowu the aisles, and In cheering as
men of more or less note appeared ln different
parts ot tbe Garden. At one time a hundred
or more meu marched In at ono of the easterly
entrances, and tbat roused tbe curiosity of tho
aud ience so tbat some thousands got up trpuke
a look. Tbe fluttering of the tiny hand llass
was at this time especially noticeable.
DirrERENT rnoit the rorocuATic cnowu.
As the crowd came in comparisons between it
and the audience that came to hear Bryan were
Inevitable. The experienced reporters noticed,
first of all, that a remarkable number of clergy
men, both Protestant and Cathollo, were recog
nized. There were more womon In the
boxes and ou the floor. The stalls up
to 7:20 were not so well filled ns at the
Bryan meeting at the enme hoar, but
the boxes contained many more occupants,
while the galleries were Oiled and the floor was
more densely packed try at least 50 per cent, by
those who wished to hear Cockran Ou the
whole, ln spllo of the fact tbat the Hon. Bourke
Cockran was a citizen of the town and mi well
known that not a soul would be led br cariosity
to go out to seo him, there were at least So per
cent, more persons present at 7:30 than were
present at auy hour at the Bryan meeting.
AtX HAIL KTUOKUi
The first man to attract general attention
from the audience was Mayor Strong. He ar
rived at 7-45 nnd took a seat in a box not far
to tbe west of the speakers' stand. He was rec
ognized Instantly as he came down tbe aisle,
and a shout from a hundred throats, with cries
of "Strong! Strong 1" turned all eyes tn his
direction. Then a prolonged cheer groeted htm,
and his Honor acknowledged it with a bow and
a wave of tbe hand. A v olee shortly after cried
cried out:
"What's the matter with Mayor Strong?"
and to that thousands ot voices replied in
hearty fashion:
" He's all right,"
A voice Just after this greeting bad died out
asked -
' What Is tbo matter with Bryan J"
Bnfore the lils.es In answer had fairly begun
to rite on the air the band drowned out the
soouJs and the memory of tbe Incident by play
ing the "Red. White and Blue."
THE lAllfitST CIIOWI) EVEII OATnEltKB tit TTIE
QAIlIir.N.
By 8 o'clock the Garden showed the largest
throng that had ever gathered within Its walls.
Even the boxes at tbe ends, where less can be
heard than In any other part of the auditorium,
and where there w as vacant space on the night
of tbe Bryan meotlng, were well filled, while
tbe stalls that a short time before had seemed
rather scantily filled wero au neatly packed that
not a half dozen empty arnts could be seen In
any one of them. Yet there was no eud to the
long processions of peoplo who poured In through
every entrance
The good humor of tho crowd, ln spite of tbe
prolonged wait that many bad endured, was
everywhere manifest. There was a continuous
roar, arising first tn one corner and then In an
other, where the people were cheering favorite
sons of the city, 'lhej cheered and applauded,
too, tlio patriotic airs thai were plated by
tho band; but of all the noise that rne and
fell, tho one thing that was significant was
the hearty applause that greeted "Dixie."
It was manifest that a very great number
of men from tne South, where the 1'opocrats are
supposed to be strongest, had come out to pro
test against the poller uf repudiation,
coi'kitAS iirc'Eivrn iv oiia.mi rtym:.
Klnalb, at bu':i o'clock, tho speaker of the
evening came in through the nurlb entrance,
aud, althuugh surrounded by his associates, he
was greeted by some thousands who were with
in view nf him. Tho cheering lasted three aud
a half minutes. Mi, Cockran took a seat
out of sight of the audleuco at the back uf the
speaker's stand. A minuto later Major John
II) rue. President of the Honest Money Demo
cratic l.enguo of Amerli-u, came duvvntothe
front of tbo stand and held up his bund for or
der, and silence fell upon thu vast throng,
T he Major briefly told that he, as the head of
the league, was there to call the meeting to
order, and explained In a speech that appears
elsewhere In Tin: SrN the character of tbe
league and what it Intended to do. In so doing
be made a uumber nf expressions such aa
"Wehaveloxl thu ship but wo have saved tbe
colors." "The downfall of tepudlatlun, anarchy,
and socialism," Ac, all of which wero heartily
cheered, Then enme the Hon. Perry Belmont,
who was Introduced by Major Byrne us tbo pre
siding officer uf tbo meeting. His speech was
brief, as II appears elsewhere, but there was ouo
feature of It that must have struck ev ery atten
tive person there as of tbe gn atest significance,
A pemocbatic enow I).
He had little more than begun his speech and
bad been received with tho greatest cordiality
when be asserted In a voice that was distinctly
beard throughout tbe Garden tbat "Populism
is an exaggerated form of spurious Republican
ism or Greenback-Federalism gone mad," A
laugh at first greeted tbls remark, and then a
mixture of cheers with hisses arose. The
cbssra for a brief Instant felt, and the hisses
roe. It was a If tbe cbsorsrs bad bad their
breath taken away by the Mates. Then, wRh,
roar that was thunderous, the cheers arose until aaaaal
not a hiss could be heard. As the applause laaasai
died out the blasts once more arose, but theep- xemaal
plaute that then nioso was an prolonged and so aaasai
enthusiastic that mi one could fall to understand laaaaal
that this was a tlnong of whose Democracy laaaeei
there could he no doubt, t aaaaal
Tho applause was nil liberal and hearty, nor Vaaafl
was there any Impatience shown, although th .aaaaal
people bod come to bear Cockran. When Mr. vxemaal
Belmont enmt to say, " It Is my duty and pleas- u'naafl
uro to tntroduco to you the apcakor of the even- aaaaal
lug." and so on, tho peoplo began to get up from, I'aaaaal
their seals, nnd by the time he had finished say- ''aaaaal
Ing "the man who honors us with his presonce. bbbbbb!
whoso sole ambition Is to servo bis country, Kaaafl
without fear or favor, now In the hour of Its laaaeei
noed, the Hon Bourke Cockran." the whole ijaaemi
viiBt audience was up aud nlert. 'HH
Then followed tho most remarkable scene ever iaaaB
known in any political gathering In this city. 'enema!
By this time tho number of peoplo presentbad 'jH
Increased until a look around showed one solid inaaaal
mass from tho foot of the speaker's stand across .'aaaaal
the floor and up over tho riling stalls and Into jnmema
the boxes and tlio galleries, that were Just under .flH
tbo light-marked roof. Every ejo was on the rH
speaker's stand as Mr. Belmont stepped toon ) 'MH
side and themasslvo features of Dout'ko Cock H
run appeared as be mad hi WAT down th H
A UltKAT bllOI'T ran THE 8PEAKKH Or THO - H
KVE.NINU. '''aaemi
For tho briefest Instant there was almost abso aaemi
Into quiet, and then that tremendous throng, as 'H
with one movement, not only shouted aloud j
their pltnsures, but every person-more than H
lft.000- lield up tiny American flags and wared ' jaaemi
them in tho air. The solid , mnaa of human iH
beings was covered over with a shimmering H
sheen of the colors of Old Glory. For two ruin. -H
lites aud a half the people shouted and waved JH
their flags, and waved nnd shouted again. leaaal
and then the band began lo play tbe "Star- Hai
spangled Banner," and a minute later fully jH
10,000 voices hnd taken up the retrain and fully isH
10,000 bands beat time with the banner of IH
which they sang. This applause latted for four imi
full minutes, and wheu It died out there were Sail
heard dimly from the overflow without th . JoU
Garden cheers that sounded like the echo of nami
what bad been beard within. ' ifflH
While waiting for the applause to din out, th JlOjal
speaker stood with his brow wrinkled up and JEanl
his bands on the rati. Butwhencjulet had come 'HH
ho began by easing: " Fellow Democrats." and WkU
at tbe word Democrats the enthusiastic ep- . iijjl
plauso rang out again. Iflai
When considered as n reply to Mr, Bryan's ii'l
speech. Mr. Cockran's effort was noteworthy f$f
for two features. One was that he made a num- IMSJ
her of his most effective points In answer to . HM
shouts from the audience, thus showing that ': IjHl
his remarks were extemporaneous. ' fl
Tbe other feature waa that ha evoked some of - IU
the heartiest applause when he was making : )RjH
what, from other lip, would have been dry It-ai
points ot tbe principles of finance. ' ffifl
The speaker was never more eloquent and " li'
never hod moro Intelligent auditors. Theocca- f: Oil
slon for a demonstration in the Interest of mo- - NI
rality had come, and the people and tbe speaker ; film
necessary for the occasion were there. ; HHW
Of like significance was tho fact that the lllS
numbers present not only did not diminish as i tiOai
they did when Bryan spoke, but up to 0:18 - K9
o'clock, or until long after tbo speech began. : 19
the numbers actually multiplied. IgK
There were continuous procelone coming in ; Fane!
at nearly every entrance until that boar, and j Lane!
by tbat time there were fully 2,000 person jH
standing on tho main floor. ', H
When the cheers evoked by his appearance" t H
died out, Mr Cockran stood erect on bis heels, J iQ
and, facing tbo vast throntr, be began his reply t ajM
to Bryan. h
The speech was wholly extemporaneous. Mr. I fH
Cockran did not have ev ep a scrap of paper la j mMm
his hands as he began to talk, and only once In 1 aaH
his addres did be make reference to any sort of tamlfl
a document: thai was when he quoted from th iaWj
OmnrrMiorui! Hectirti certain remarks made In a IB
controversy he bad in Congress w lib Mr. Bryan. J W
The speech follows: I Hj';
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COCKRAN'S FLEA FOR HONRSTT, i V?
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No Labored Kasay. hut a tommon-eeaee I '. V
Argument Analnet Dishonor. Zl r!
"Mb. Chairman, Ladiek and Gi.vti.eme:. llv
F i.i.ow Demch-hats Ali : With the Inspiring 1 1!
strains of that national song still ringing in our jjj ,
ears, who can doubt the Issue of this campaign 1 11
Applause. That Issue has been well staled by f If
your presiding officer. Stripped, as he says. IB1
of all verbal disguise, it is an Issue of lb i
common honesty: nn issue between th if I
bonest discharge and tbe dishonest repudiation J j
of public and private obligations. Iilsaques- ! 1
Hon as to whether tho powers of this Govern- Wra
ment shall bo used to protect honest Industry tEll
or to tempt the citizen to dishonesty. On tbls ffil
question bonest men cannot differ. It Is one of Ipl
morals and of Justice. It involves the existence f-fil
nf social order. It Is the contest for ?Ml
civilization itself. Applause.l If it be dls- Ei
heartening to Democrats nnd lo lovers of free v S'laj
institution to find an Issue of this character ! U
projected Into a Presidential campaign thl ' j jfl
meeting furnishes ns with an Inspiring proof of I Waa!
how that issue will be met by the people tbla ,. 19
fall. Applaud. tt tf
riEMocitAcv can.not nicujiE ropoc-nAcr. j g
"A Democratic Convention may renounce th j 2
Democratic faith, but t'jc Democracy remain j S
faithful to Democratic principles, lApplaus. in j
Democratic leaders may betray a Convenlloa p r!
to tbe Populists, but they cannot seduce MtjA.
the footsteps of Democratic voters from th &fi1-
pathway of honor and of Justice. I' iplause. A fhfle
candidate bearing the mandate of u Democratl lisi
Convention may In this hall open a canvas ifSi
levelled against the fouudut.ons of social order, ) jl-V
and he beholds the Democratic masse confront- Vi
Ing him, organized for the defence, Applause. j'Si
Fellow Democrats, let us not disguise from our- ; $ pf
selves the fact that we bear lu this rontsst a 1m.
serious and crave and solemn burden ot duty. jjff
We must raise our bands against the nomine u.
ot our party, and we must dolt to preserve the 1
futuro of that party itself. Applause, Wa fo
must oppose tbe nomlneo of the Chicago lift
Convention a voice. "HurrnhI"J, and we know jflj
full well that tho success of our oppotl- fin
tlon will mean our own exclusion from publls iff
life, hut we will bo consoled and gratified by ' jJ
tho reflection that It will prove tbat the Amerl- dU
can people cannot be divided into parties on a Inai
question of simple morals or of common hon- vfl
eaty. Applause. fH
lirtVAK'S JI.SOI.tM1 nrXI.AMATlON. , B
" e would look lu vain through the speech 9j
delivered here one wrek ago to find a true state- IH
ment of tho Issue Involved in this canvass. - M
Laugnter. ludeed, I believe It Is doubtful ' jjjl
If the candidate himself quite under (fH
stands tho nature of the faith wbloh fH
be professes. Laughter.l I say this not H
In criticism ot his ublllty, but in Jut- fjS
tlce to his morality. Laughtor. I bellev ifl
tbat If be himself understood tbe Inevitable jjBB
consequences of tbe doctrines which be preaches, UilM
tbat his own hands would be the very first to 'Mai
tear down tho platform ou which be stand. jll
Applause,) But there was one statement la
In that speech which was very free from jIV
ambiguity, one of great significance, pregnant iifl
with hope and confidence to tbe lovers of order. 111
Ho professes bis unquestioned belief In tbs fflH
honesty of tbe American masses, and he quoted JHJ
Abraham Lincoln In support ot tbe faith that jlM
was In him. S ell, I do not bellsve that th IR 1
faith of Abraham Lincoln was ever more if I
slgulfirantl) Justified than In tbe appearance. U,
which Mr. Bryan presented upon this plat.
form. In the change tbat bas com oyer B
the spirit and tbs tone of popullttlo eloquence, '.W
since the ( hicago Convention. We all raaat e. : t '
l I. tlmt iurid rhetoric- which glowed ai
tUc-M) i.t tb j Western skies as those (ousel i III
which through lit pAal week forstold tbs torrli 1 H