New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
hall and with a smile he did so. Coionei nrya"
then skore in part as follows:

| fact that the gentleman from lnddahbiaPPT' sug,
, has r a% sraG G ha he not fully
Now am not sure the remedy pr9PSse, ~ ion
constitutional am not sure that tne as sug-
would sSGe en should say
| a corporation wanted to do bushes, roro somebody
must apply tor to a tSa Purpose license DO
business Suppose the law nnouse should be Is
com Tyst hat The evidence shall show th my
there water in the stock serOnTation has not
in the past and is not attempting now 10 of any
Ollie any branch Of industry, or proVidng for that
pubcty which everybody has spoken qi ans done
which everybody agrees s,s SppPI law would be un-
TSs Snremo Court in deciding the knight
dd not say that broader law than .st there are
would be lead to that but unt
hn onestIon is presented the court you
say that court has passed upon then
| the law is passed and Is heId ur
! we can amend the CONSTITUTIONS
W1pING ASIDE THE DIFFICULTIES
o gentleman suggests that It is difficult Inhs
TO get two-thlrds OF both houses ahu I'M That is
| ~ the States to favor an amenamen n,o,o,Ie want
t Ui mt IS dcuit thing but II the peoPig Of
TO destroy the trusts you San q the states But
ba M The alternative? SIT down and 90 hotnsh
Allow them TO trample upon y1 Cod that YOU still
sn9a e Sygr ife left? Is that the only remedy
Let me suggest one r Gthfr drection The great
trouble has been that while our platforms nd
|
.9lPo "nGnr obiiFaton 10 them the men VINO are
elected TO enforce ;he law. (AppiauSe)
THE CAMPAIGN FUND AssAILED.
70, mo propose a remedy-not remedy put a
,nH thipk in the right direction. Let the Ia%s.
state and NaIGn nj acobr S to the Campaign fund
off' nolitlcai party CONTINUED cheers ana ap
pansel Nebraska has such a law. passed Two Two
Ears ago Tennessee has such law, passed W.
years ago. Such law was passeu or OI va far il
has not reached the stage OF actual law ,,o ono
State Of New-York LaughterJ N3w' rd,nenber
The testimony taken before Senate Conmi,rrr IT,,
few years ago. when the head OF the 9us busness
testified that the Sugar Trust mad i wi liked
to contribute campaign funds ana Wh 6nneSded
to which It contributed rePneG INA do vor con-
tribute in Massachusetts was asked 70 ~ tn &c
Republican fund" ITO which fund in fnnd in
New-Jersey?' and the man says: We'll VII nav
to look al the books, that IS a uouO''U' ''''N'
Continued laughter and APPLAUSE
BOU-RKE COCHRAN SEEKS INFORMATION.
At the conclusion Of Colonel Bryan's address
BOurke Cochran arose and started 10 SPEAK
from his seat in the hall. but in response to
cheering and calls to take the platform, he too
complied. and spoke, in part as follows:
The question to which think the attention OF
This conference should be devoted is whether a
monopoly that Expresses exists; and where IL IS.
Now. who is hurt. and where? ,Mhere mas ms Is
# acting Where is its lair? am free to confess
that when you call an aggregauon OF caP tnr "
combination, hydra headed monster; an octopus.
It doesn't cast any light upon II that iHumlnes my
pathway can understand how me use oil INNS
phrases can have some effect as nothing lTisn,ehhs
people much az incomprehenslNe nolsss l-du IL
6ot '' none Of MS understand and we will all be
going out Of the window. tLaughter2 h.,ooi
Now. men can be put 10 inteleC'udi anu I.Si g.
/, that we hear? Are We doing pretty well? Wen
we have nSd ReTe 6@n enf us that wages are
higher to-day than they ever have been. CertaihE
NOT the dollar that we want but We want the man.
/ Well. what's the purpose OF the doii, II noI ~
II Won want competition must not somebody sue
coed in IT? win you suppress the man because ne
excels another so far that he constitutes HoIop
oily? Are you going place limits upon excelIency
RAILROADS AS MONOPOLIEs.
A voice-We object to the railroads being used
for the benefit OF one set Of fellows to the detri-
NM Mr.. G Gockram|i agree with You there. would
invoke the power of the Government for that purc
human Ingenuity and human skill in every instance
in this development and production ana eXceis a.
1ency lasts When the excelcncy decays oppcsi-
ton springs up ] venture TO take Mr BRYAN MN
dom Of competition II you are going to destroy
which it develops. and the domination Of that ex.
cellency In industry, why not do 1t In intellect?
tent lawyer to aid the smaller lawyer struggling
against superior competitor. and a doctor who
a VoiceNDo YOU Contend that all of the dominant
Industrial force 'O-day has secured that superiority
Mr.. Cockran-No, sir: as said last night at
some length. any industry maintaining It's supreme
ment direct Indirect through the facilities Of
fered by private corporations through tariff law
in itself oppression that can flourish through the
eXcellency OF the service because of the exceency
ference. Applause) Restricted competition always
| produces the domination Of the baser while free
ITSompetition produces the domination OF the best
IT, in every other department Of human labor.
LOOKING FOR THE EVIL
| We seem TO have driftcd into an atmosphere Of
blgness concerning what is called the evil OF monop
BEEN abued to monopoy here araR M Whch
| If it existed I would not be enlisted under the
ding If YOU can show me evil upon it do not
hesitate Is, to adopt M Bryan's remedy
morning, the fact that we have not seen the evils
mpy 9fHP9 anc % pt mfm yo sy o@ 9S
affection for your fellows has coniured up a grade
Don QuIxote Of old. you are constituting yourself
a knight errant of political economy-not against
SIDE "a Ppaus @u5 and angfterS II we realize III yGo oT
the moment that this is an age of improvement
better tt we ought to hesitate While before w" we
change and take the side. maybe, for Of fanci-
| full experiments
THE CONFERENCE ADJOURNs.
Great cheering greeted the conclusion Of Mr.
| Cockran's speech General discussion was Their
| resumed. Ex-senator Blair. of New Hampshire
and William Writ Howe. Of New Orleans. read
short papers. Soon afterward on the motion OF
| Representative John w. Gaines Of Tennessee
| the conference passed vote OF thanks to the
Civic Federation for the courtesy shown the
visiting delegates. A motion to adjourn sine die
| was then passed
AN ANTITRUST CONFERENCE
BRYAN AND ALTGEI.D SAID TO FAVOR TIL
PROPOSITION.
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