The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-09-21

tic combinations portsndcd evil Tor the
people and said It was time to oall a halt
lie argued that concurrent ac.kn be-
tween the states and the national govern.
lment was necessary to coatrol the opera.
tiona OF the so-called trusts.
Governor Leslie shaw of lowe then
took the floor and. as seemed TO many,
flcetously derided the remarks OF Gov
ernof stephens at The morning sesso on.
Before delvlng into his subject, he paus-
ed ana made motion that the COVER
nors Of Missouri Tennessee and Texas.
be appointed to drsft and formulate
bill, such as In their og nlon may aafeiy
and advantageously be passed by the
legislatures OF the several states ana
which VIII In their opinion as far as pos
siolo, remedy the EVIL 20 universally &C
knowledged. The motion was tabled,
octopus. 1 was diverted as he told OF tha
downfall OF Rome caused from evils such
as nos confront us. 1 was made to re-
gre, hat in the expansion policy OF old
Romo she did not acquire some terr tory
as productive OF statesmen as The Louis
ANA purchase and which m ght have then
produced a governor OF sufficient fore
sight legislature Of sufficient wisdom,
an attorney general OF sufficient COURAGE
ana supreme court OF sufficient erud-
uon and fairness to have successfully
coped with muitl-m llionaires ana bank
efs which Il was claimed infested the
empire TO the great -amage to the com
mon people.
prefer formulated bill. such az
may safely submit to the general as
sembly OF my state rather than resoIu-
uons ] think 1 am politician enough to
drait a SO, OK resolu-.ons so drastic that
~ Needed, an trusts and combinations |
would immed ately take tAeir departure
from the commonwealth OF which / have 4
lhe honor 10 be chief executive; but I l
ann not SO confident that am statesman /
enough 90 draft a bill which Will compel
theh everlasting exit provid ng they are
determined TO stay II the commt ttee.
when appointed, shall draft a piu which
seems TO be comprehensive and effective
WI very gladly recommend it. for
desire here and now to say that 1 have
no sympathy with combination OF capl-
tai which rests In monopoly. / desire that
the governor Of Missouri shall serve upon
this comm ttee, TO rthe reason that he
reports the statutes OF his state made
quate 70 meet the demands OF he hour:
f''N A'NIt "a AN oAtAiA Aouhlutt ~ essen n
ton 10 this end, that he incorporate the
law recently approved by him. who III
l may trust the verbal testimony OF cit
lzens OF his state. permitted the ocmpet-
Ing Of street railways IN this city TO COM
biue, And I desire that the governor OF
Tennessee may serve upon this commit
tee, for In private conversation, ne ad-
ylsed me with evident pride. 1 thought
that very extensive deposits OF phos-
Isiate had been discovered In MS state.
tom which great fortunes are now be-
ng made, and he reported that many
producers of pnoBphate had been thereby
driven from the market ] desire him 10
incorporate I'm the bll. f no shall deem
t advisable. such provisions as Will pro-
libit cap IA lista from monopolzing the
phosphate business
Governor Daniel w. Jones ,oS Arkan-
sas bo.ng called ON, n yigorous terms
scored Governor Shaw f,s his facetlous-
ness, saying tact this was no time and
place Tor remarks not tend ng 20 fur-
hcranca OF the business before tho con-
ference. He then made a speech aga nst
.ho monsters. termed trusts. he had felt
.hcir power a'hong the people. In his
opinion the trusts should be annihnated.