The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-12
N EYElNG THE TRUSTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WILL BE
REPRESENTED AT THE CHI
CAGO CONFERENCE
MONFORT MEMORIAL ADOPTED

Resolutions of Regret at the Death
of De1os A. MonfOrt Are Passed
Proposal to- ReOrEanfze the City
and County Governments Is Re-
vived and Set for the Meeting
Next Monday.
While the chamber of commerce de-
clined to pass a resolution formally de-
claring against trusts, it did appoint b.
" Smalley Ambrose Tighe and Walter
L. Chaplin as three members of a commit
tee Of five which will represent 1t at the
conference of business organizations
soon to be held at Chicago
The proposition to send delegates Was
debated at some length. H. Holbert
thought the trusts were favoring the
conference from which they would get
an Endorsement. Gen. Sanborn thought
delegates should be sent. He was OPP
posed to trusts and thought the chamber
should be represented. H S. Fairchild
offered a resolution directing the dele
gates to vote as a unit against trusts,
but this was lost.
The other two delegates have not yet
been named. -''',-'
On motion OF Secretary Tallmadge. the
board passed resolutions Of thanks to
the State Agricultural society and the
board of managers, and especially Ches-
ter r. Smith, the st. Paul member.
Memorial resolutions for the late Delos
A. Monfort were reported by commit
tee consisting of Gen. John B. Sanborn,
Kenneth Clark and c. F. Mailer. After
reciting the public services and business
career of the deceased, the resolutions
read:
He was so gifted by nature. that he
was able to deal with his netghborS and
in the trying financial crises that have
passed over the West during the forty
two years SO as to provoke no luminosity,
strife or hard feelings, and able to aid
many branches of business and contribute
to the establishment and the building or
our manufacturing and commercial inter
ests. Upright and just in all his dealings
with men, his word was always given the
force of q bond or legal obligation, and
no one relying upon 1t ever relied in vain.
Resolved, That the chamber of com
merce of the city of st. Paul does here
by express its. deepest sense of the loss to
the city of st. Paul In the death Of Delos
A Monfort, and it's appreciation of the
character and services to our business
Resolved, That the chamber of COM
merce does hereby express It's deep sense
Of sorrow and sympathy with the widow
and family of the deceased in their sore
affection
The resolutions were adopted by unan-
imous rising vote.
Gen Sanborn brought up the reorganiza-
cation Of the city government by again
submitting the report that he submitted
in January, 1896, and had the same made
a special order for next Monday morning.
The question that he desired the cham
Der to act upon was whether the city
should continue to go on under its pres
ent form of government or adopt new
and more economical system, and If the
sentiment was in favor Of reorganizing
the government whether it should be at
tempted by the appointment of a new
charter commission by the judges to
draft a charter to be submitted to the
people, or whether it would be in favor
Of adopting the Howard charter few
weeks or months before the meeting of
the next legislature, and then going to
the legislature and securing such amend
ments as were needed.
If nothing else could be done, 1t might
be the wisest policy in the last resort to
attempt to secure the abrogation Of the
constitutional amendments prohibiting
special legislation.