The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-17

W as the ufSl man on the scene when
civilization began and he viii be the
last one to disappear
But, my friends, why should we try
to see who could hold out the longest
in suffering2 For 100 years all nations
have looked 10 this nation for hope and
instruction. Let us settle these great
questions that we have; let US teach
the world the blessing of a government
that comes from the people and let us
show them how happy and how pros
porous people can be-
At the conclusion the orator resumed
his seat, facing a sea of wildly waving
arms and a storm of cheers. Three
quarters of the audience left when he
had finished
Cochran Agrees With Bryan.
At the conclusion of Colonel Bryan s
address, -Bourke Cochran arose and
started TO speak from his seat in the
hall, but in response TO cheers and
calls to come to the 'front.' he too,
took the platform. Mr.. Cochran said
in part:
Just one moment while 1 express
my complete concurrence in much that
Mr.. Bryan has said.
IF there be a monopoly that oppres-
ses, l believe that there is no consti
tutional limitation, there is no provi-
sion of government, there is no power
on earth against these people redress
ing a wrong when it becomes a, wrong.
THE question to which 1 think the
attention of this conference should be
directed is whether this one exists and
where it is. Now, who is hurt and
where? Where has this octopus got
possession of somebody? On whom is
it acting? Where is its lair? I am
free to confess that whsS you call an
aggregation of capital-a combination
a hydra-headed monster-an octopus
it don't cast any light upon it that il
Eliminates my pathway. l can under
stand how the use of these phrases can
have some effect, as nothing frightens
people so much as incomprehenSive
names. Let a noise be heard now that
none of US understand and we will all
be going out of the window.
Want Real Remedy.
Nov, men can be put to intellectual
and. physical fight by the terrifying
noises of sound. What is it that we
hear? Are we doing pretty we'll? Well,
we have had here representatives of
labor organizations who have been tell
ing US that wages are higher today
than they ever have been. Certainly
they do not seem to suffer. We are told
that it is not the dollar that we want,
but we want the man. Well, what is
the purpose of the dollar if not to i'm
prove the condition of the man?
Iaughter)
If you want competition must not
somebody succeed in ii? Will you sup
press the man because he excels an
other so far that he constitutes mo-
nopoly? Are you going to place limits
upon excellency?>
I'VE seem to have drifted into an at
mosphere of bigness concerning what is
called the evil of monopoles. Now there
has not been al evil given that has
been attributed to monopoly here,
against which, if it existed, l would not
be entitled under the banner of those
to suppress it. If it be an evil thing
if you can show evil upon It'll do not
hesitate to adopt Mr.. Bryan's remedy.
If you point out to me, as Mr. Bryan
did this morning. the fact that we have
not seen the evils of this monopoly yet,
why then, l say, you are simply Great
ing fanciful picture; your excessive
affection for your fellows has conjured
a grade of evils that exist only in your
own brain.
An Age of Improvements.
eff we realize for the moment that
this is an age of improvements; that
the conditions of men are growing bet
ter and better we ought to hesitate a
side, may be, for one of fanciful ex-
perimentS''
Great cheering greeted the conclu-
sion of Mr.. Cockran's speech.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session opened with
addresses by Attorney General Smith
of Texas and James Dill, who had a
hand in the framing of the New Jer-
sey trust law. A general discussion fol-
lowed. which resulted in both Colonel
Bryan and Bourke Cochran taking the
platform. w. D. Foulke of Indiana
made short speech, in which he de-
remedies proposed by Colonel Bryan in
the latter's speech during the morning
session, could result in the attainment
of the object sought for.
Colonel Bryan, who was sitting in the
back part of the hall, arose and, amid
cheering. started to reply. Before he
had uttered dozen words, however.
cries of Take the PLATFORM" came
from all parts of the hall, and, with a
smile, he did so. Mr.. Bryan said in
part:
Il would not occupy the time again
but for the fact that the gentleman
from Indiana (AIr. Foulke) has re-
ferred to plan which l suggested, and
1 am afraid that he does not fully I'M
derstand.
Bryan Explains His Plan
MY plan was this: First-That the
state should have the right to create
whatever private corporations the peo-
pie of the state think best
'Second-That the state has, or
should have, the right to impose such
limitations upon an outside corpora
ton as the people Of the state may
think necessary for their protection.
"Third-That the federal government
has, or should have. the right TO i'm
pose such restrictions as congress may
think necessary upon any corporation
which does business outside of the
state in which it is organized.
In other words, / would preserve TO
the people of the state all the rights
they now have, and at the same time
have congress exercise a concurrent
remedy, then supplement the state
remedy. would not take away from
the people of the state any right now
existing. but l would have the federal
government and the state government
exercise the powers that may be nee
essaly TO annihilate the monopoly. /
do not agree with the gentleman that
YOU caunot annihilate monopoly
Expects co Be Assaulted.
az have no doubt that any remedy
that l proposed would be assaulted.
am not sure the remedy l propose is
constitutional l am not sure that the
would permit such an act
of congress as 1 suggest. l suppose
congress should say that whenever a
wants to do business out
side the state it must apply to and re-
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