Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-06-09

NNATlUS DOSNELL1. men were not so
radical, hence the fight. The conven-
ton was late in getting to work in the
morning and the delay was caused by
the failure of the committee OF. resolu-
tions to report. When the convention
came to order the committee asked leave
to retire and finish its work and per-
mission was granted.
More Delegates.
The convention went on with its
work, and the first thing they did was
to admit small delegations that had
just arrived in the city from Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Colorado and
Idaho. A letter was read from Cover
nor Shortridge of North Dakota, in
which the governor said he was unable
to attend the convention on account OF
sickness. The chairman, Governor
Nelson, then read letters of regret from
Judge Tourgee and Elisha Greenwood.
which were referred to the committee
on resolutions. General j. E. Weaver
OF Iowa was called upon for speech
and lie responded to the call. He said
the convention was the first If the kind
in the history of civilization. 1t was
called 10 devise means to fight the evils
of two centuries growth. The speaker
denounced the coal trust in unmeas-
ured terms and then turned his atten-
tion to the Chicago dressed beef COM
bine, which he said was fully as greedy
and merciless as the other.
Resolutions Arrive.
The entrance of the committee or
resolutions put a stop to General Wea-
ver's speech and the report of the COM
mittee was read by its chairman, Editor
Rosewater of Nebraska. The report
was quite lengthy, but that part OF it
containing the action against trusts
recommended by the committee was as
follows:
Whereas, Combinations in restraint of trade
and the free exercise of personal rights have
been by the courts of the country declared to
be dangerous, unlawful and void, as against
public policy, and
Whereas, 1t is apparent that legislation
seeking the suppression Of such combinations
is not yet complete and sufficient, and the exe-
cution of existing laws is in many cases Ia
grantly neglected,
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this conven-
ton that the state and federal legislatures,
upon careful investigation of grievances and
remedies, should enact new and more strin-
gent laws and amend old ones looking to the
complete extinction of unlawful combinations
destroying competition in production or ex-
change.
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this conven-
ton that the faithful and efficient execution
Of the laws be imperative enjoined upon the
executive officers OF the state and nation, and
that the failure Of any officer in his duty in
this behalf should I've attended by the severest
legal penalties: that we demand that the at
torney general of the United States proceed to
enforce the laws of the United States now
in force against trusts and illegal comb-
NATIONS on the statute books, and we demand
that congress shall enact such additional laws
against trusts and combinations that control
production and prices Of commodities that
may be found necessary for their suppression.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this conven-
| ton that it create n permanent association to
| be known rs the Antitrust Association of the
United States. consisting of three repres -nta-
| tivcs from each state and territory to advance
the interest Of the purposes hereinbefore sug-
gestcd and that we recommend the Organiza-
tion of an antitrust association III each state
| and territory for the purpose of aiding such
| national association in securing uniform legis-
| lation and the rigid execution of laws for the
most speedy suppression and final eradication
! of said trusts and combinations.