The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-09-20

company, one electric lighting compa-
ny, one telephone company in any city.
But the public should have the mo
nopoly.
CHICAGO, Sept. 16 Bryan began
an address on monopolies this morning
before the national conference on
trusts and combinations and received
rousing reception. His efforts TO fill
the breach which separates the trust
and antitrust delegates by trying to re-
strain the latter in their determination,
to force resolution denunclatory of
trusts before the convention have made
good impression, but may fail. The
antitrust leaders, especially the Texas
delegates, insist that the conference
must 90 on record.
CHICAGO, Sept 1.-THE trust con.
ference came to an end Saturday after
noon. The oratorlcal tilt between
Bourke Cochran and Mr.. Bryan was
the sensation of the day. The very
thing which Bryan sought to avoid, but
which both audience and delegates
hoped would happen, a colloquy be-
tween the two leading representatives
of the gold and silver factions Of the
gates and auditors were fairly swept off
their feet by the words of the Eastern
orator.
1t had been arranged that Cochran
and Bryan should speak on different
days to avoid even the semblance of a
| joint debate. But Bryan's pet theories
had been made the subject of some
hostile remarks by Mr.. Foulke of In
diana and Bryan began sharp retort,
when he was SUMMONED TO the plat
form by the cries of the assemblage.
There the "Boy Orator of the Platte
let himself out, and in the course OF
his remarks made some sarcastic refer.
ence to the Democratic party of New
York.
When the applause was at its height
Cochran was on his feet seeking recog
milton from the chair, which he OBJ
tanned, and the auditorium rang with
cheers as the gladiator mounted the
rostrum. With no alusion to the pc
litical side of the trust question, MOI
any appearance of personality in his
speech, Mr.. Cochran punctured the ar
guments of those who had precee det
him, and in effect told the conference
tudJ lu0 IOur udyS u6DdJe uHu SnOWl
that none of the speakers had beer
certain of what he had been discussing
In few rapid, forceful remarks Thu
speaker replied to the arguments o
Mr.. Bryan and then proceeded to tea
down the theories held by the western
orator, and others who had spent hour
in declaming against trusts and grea
combinations. Gathering force as b.
proceeded, Mr.. Cochran launched al
avalanche of oratory at Mr.. Bryan an
others who had been airing their thee
ries and remedies for faDcied and ina
mary evils. A torrent of applause fol
lowed this alu sion to Bryan
II said yesterday that we had been SUI
fering from that dangerous iutoxication o
phrases which seems to be sufficient to sus
tain magnificent periods, and when all
over none of us quite know what we hav
been talking about"
For over an hour Mr.. Cochran sum
married. the arguments which had beer
advanced against socailed trusts aud an
swered question after question whicl
had been buried at him from the bod
of the hall. Mr.. Bryan sat quietly nca
the rear of the hall, apparently un
moved by the triumph of his opponent
Thunderous applause greeted the ora
tor from New York when he desc endet
from the rostrum.