St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-26
ALIVE, BUT INACTIVE.
There Is Much Determination,
but Little of Activity
in 1t.
The Antitrust Delegation Talks
of What 1t Might
Do.

There is no longer even a shadow OF
doubt that the antitrust convention
that is to be held in the worlds fair city
june will prove pronounced sue
cess. Each day communications are re-
ceived at the governors Office from the
governors of the different states of the
Union. Yesterday the GLOBE pub.
liShed q list of prominent men that have
been delegated to attend the conclave.
and yesterday the additional lists were
received, as related below. The West
Virginia delegation is especially COM
posed of men of no unusual caliber and
public spirit:
West Virgina-Ex-Gov. E. Willis Wilson.
of Charleston: Hon. a. WV oodford Weston;
Hon j. 3. Wilson. Wheeling; W J. John,
son, Wheeling; Hon. John j. Davis, Clarks-
burg; Hon. solomon Cunningham. Upper
Troet; Col Robert McEldowney. New Mar
tinsville; Hon. j. NJ. Lydenstroecker, Lewis
burg Hon. Joseph A. Negh0ert Logan; r.
W. Morrow, Charles Flower
Missouri f. Techmin, jackson; W. r.
Bowles Greenfield; John p KeSer St.LOuis;
h. o. Slanord. 81. Louis; George l.. Brink
man, Kansas City; Ben Eli Guthrie, Macon
City; Richard p. Giles Shelbyyille; John
Butler. Milan; Il. II. Norton, Troy, and W. L.
Salmon, TorkiO.
Tlinois-John P. Still. Mount Vernon:
James NJ. Washburne. Marian: 5. s. Boyce
Buckley; W. G. Eggleston, Peoria; j. NJ
Thompson. Joliet; Henry ID. Lloyd, Chicago;
e. o. Brown, Chicago; Henry W. Ciendenih,
Springfield; George E. Doyirg, KOckson-
vile; John W. Pate. Rock Island
Hon. John f. Jacobson. of Madison,
and member OF the Minnesota dele
CATION, was at the capitol yesterday.
and he talked with considerable zest
upon the aim and expectations OF the
convention.
II think more opportune time for
holding the convention could not have
been selected" said he. 1T is not only
the farmers now that are interested in
doing away with these trusts. but the
entire business world. The recent fail
uTe OF several Of the largest and of what.
were supposed to be the most invineible
of these combinations must have awak-
ened the business men of the cities to
the fact that they are as dangerous to
them as to the farmers aud working
men. When a concern organizes
with a nominal capital of $50 600
| or more, aud then fails for
| an enormous sum ana reveals
| the fact that it really had but $4,000 Or
| $1,000 behind it, it naturally follows
| that the confidence of the business
world in these organizations will be
| shaken, and when number of them
| follow III the same course one would
naturally think the confidence of bust
ness men would vanish altogether. Just
now the attention OF the business men
in all the large cities has been called to
| this state or affairs, and they are think
ing of it, hence it is the best time in the
world to hold convention of this kind.
10 not anticipate that there is any
thing definite that can be accomplished
by the convention, but it can show to
| the world what the various states think
of these things. and may be map out
| plans for the future that will lead to
| good results"
The Minnesota delegation Will meet
at the capitol today to perfect an organl-
cation and to map out a line of action
to be followed at the convention. Near
! ly all the delegates are in the city, and
it is expected that full attendance will
| be had today.