Show ANSWERED CLEVELAN CLEVELAND 6 IN JUNE AND ZID ra N SEPTEMBER ocil did the tile great tny hull liall orator stale state tho tile truth extracts Ix tract from 1 it 1 ungrateful task rans ran the von formally opened tho tile democratic campaign in the interior of the tile state by a speech at al 4 bany with como of tho the assertions regarding 19 the tile issues of tho the earn campaign djin which air mr cockran impetuously made be before forean an excited crowd of democrats on that occasion tho press proposes to deal later at present wo we will only discuss dicus lt alit th portion of the eloquent tammany orators remarks directly con bernod with the personality and proa pc pars of grover cleveland it is a characteristic nt act tr of mr cockran to do with all I 1 h might what ho lie undertakes irence hn pani panel bylic of tho the perennial candidate wi fery fervid id not to say flamboyant according cor diri to mr cockran speaking on sept 15 grover Clevel cleveland alid I 1 is a most remarkable and exalted personage ho ile said fuld the people of this country believe that lie typifies today the highest form of cf development which american citizen chip ship lias has reached because in all his life and all liis his career there is not a single i act which needs explanation and though enemies may criticise criticism critic ise him the whole people admire and respect him this is fine very fine it is the natural language of enthusiastic oratory ory in in which mr cockran is an adept TI alio 10 pres pre s will not attempt to answer mr A cran wo will allow him to answer himself here for instance arc are a few of his t tate statements ments regarding mr cleveland in that famous and arid thrilling speech which lie made in tho the hall of the tile chicago convention 1 I believe that mr cleveland is a very popular man a most popular man I 1 have said that I 1 believe that hois ho is 1 a I moet meet popular man let me say a man of extraordinary tra popularity every day in III the year except one and arid that is election day ay a popularity which I 1 might inight de scribe as tumultuous but not reducible to votes it is delusive so it is calculated to arouse enthusiasm four months before election and to produce disappointment neut for four years after election 1 I have heard it stated here I 1 think by the gentleman from pennsylvania that in the state of new york protested against the nomination of mr cleveland and foretold his probable defeat the gentleman from pennsylvania is mistaken in his hist history orv the state of new york voted for mr M r cleveland in the tile state of now york by an ail overwhelming majority presented his bis name to this convention A minority of the delegation protested in the hearing of tho the nominating body against the great folly of imperiling impe riling prospects that looked as fair as any that dawned over the democracy now the prophecy was not carried out or realized but why we are told that cleveland carried the state wo we are told that lie was successful at the tile polls but do not the gentlemen remember tb that it the victory was due to Dur chard d rather than to this amazing popularity which appears to be BO so great before tho the eyo eye in cpr springtime ing i and so impalpable in the colder coller lights of Novem november berr these sentences are taken dire directly aly from the version of the chicago speech revised by mr cockran personally they show that the opinion of Clev elands popularity entertained by mr cockran coe kran in juno june differs widely from tho the opinion expressed by himin him in september atal at albany bany mr cockran declared that iwo wo enter tonight on a canvass which must be prosecuted upon lines linee laid down by him cleveland five years ago what Wha were mr cockerans Coc krana krans views at chicago regarding the chances of democratic success s upon the lines laid down five years ago here they are 1 11 1 I 1 oppose him cleveland in this convention because he ile comes between my party and the tile light of success a at t the tile polls I 1 oppose him in this convention because Ie cause his candidacy imperils im perils the success of a party which is now visited with bright and alluring prospects 1 I warn this convention from the I 1 experience peri ence cf of every democrat who has carried tho state of new york aa a A none has failed to do it in nine years e es x capt mr cleveland that you cannot get gel one vote without vit hout drivie driving away a hundred undred li democratic votes I 1 wo we have a homogeneous party now Y for or gods sake leave it to us if v we e bo be not accorded the nomination that wo we ask for from the state of new york give ns its any citizen in this united state who is a democrat give us some man who will not raise raice up against us lis any active hostile force within our own ranks 1 I believe it was the distinguished military itry liero here from massachusetts cocu oral eral collin who declared there ans w s no democrat in this union that would vote against that ticket but there bit sit behind liim him two soldiers whose deeds have nut not escaped tho tile attention of history two bejoes who have led the union armies to victory but who have never mado 0 faces at the vanquished foe and arid they will tell yon you here comrada who fought with tl them g heroes who sustained them thein and heroes who lowered their to them on the held field of battle they vill will tell you that the tile soldier vote of new york of whom there are 8 at least Damo democratic cratie will not cup port jort tile nomination of mr cleveland gentlemen I 1 submit to yon is it wise vise to antagonize that vote to alit alize it to ant agonize it blindly defiantly antly recklessly reckless lYA tho the press tenders to mr cockran tho 00 assurance of its sympathy tho the awk ta 41 f acting as eulogist to the candidate whom ho he denounced so mercilessly in the tile chicago convention must be Z hi highly ghlyn ungrateful to him and wo we have his 0 own wit word vord t she show w that lie expects from ids present efforts nothing bothin but diz as er find defeat new nen Y yoa k |