Show In a speech made by Bourke Cockran shortly before he went to Europe he said The annexation of Canada Is i the Wish of many an American the annexation an-nexation of Mexico Is not an Improbability Improba-bility nor the taking In oC South America an Imposslblllly That has caused much disquietude In Mexico The Mexican Herald explains to the l people that the trouble Is that many people here do not realize that the Hon Bourke Cochran Is a swell toad In apolitical a-political part that no sane man would consult him on any question of real statesmanship In short that he has a sonorous voice and turned phrase and nothing more but reactionary reac-tionary editors and other public writ ers here will seize on his words and endeavor to show that thc American people walk the floors nights planning to annex Mexico and subsequently to absorb Central America and so on 1 down to the Straits of Magellan Cock ran Is of the breed of men who never open their mouth without putting their foot In It In tho Inscrutable designs of providence he has an Irritative use and he Is annoyIng and unpleasant The Herald editor seems to have mado an analysis of the Hon Bourke Cock ran |