Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1896 — COCKRAN AT CHICAGO. [ARTICLE]

COCKRAN AT CHICAGO.

Eloquent New York Orator Addrcasea an Immense Audience. Bourke Cockran, of New York, spoke at the Chicago Auditorium Saturday night, under the auspices of the “Honest Money League.” The seating capacity of the hall is 5.5(X). and over 40,(XX1 tickets of admission had been applied for. As it was out of the question for all of these people to hear Mr. Cockran. an overflow meeting was arranged for at .Battery I), and this place was jammed to the doors. Mr. Cockran was noj able to reach the Battery until late in the evening.’owing to the length of his Auditorium address, and local speakers entertained the crowd pending his arrival. No man who ever spoke in the Auditorium had a larger audience than Mr. Cockran. All the seats were taken fully thirty minutes before the time set for the commencement of his address. In the assies men sat upon the floor, and every a vailable foot of standing room Was pre-empted.