Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-15
TRUST CONFERENCE,
Enthusiastic Interest and Crowded
Hall Last Evening
PINGREE A STAR SPEAKER,
He is Received With The HeaTtiSSt Of
Applause.
COCHRAN DOES GOOD WORK
He Brings About Harmony mt u Point
Where Serious Discord is Threat
ened-The New Yorker and w. d.
Bryan Down for Speeches To-Day.
COCHRAN DOES GOOD WORK
Bryan Down for Speeches To-Dny

interest and crowded hall put tonight 5
session of the conference on trusts sharp
~ in contrast with the forenoon and al
ternoon gatherings Central Music Hall
was packed with an audience that repre-
scented nearly every class of people.
Governor Pingree, of Michigan, was
star attraction. The Governor was re-
ceived with applause so fe-vent that 1t
was several minutes before he could pro-
coed with his address. He was obliged
TO rise several times after taking his seat,
and bow his acknowledgment before the
audience would allow the chairman to In
troduce the next speaker.
The house was divided against itset
during The address of the next speaker
ex-Secretary-of-t he-Treasury Charles Eos
ter The audience finally became 50
demonstrative in interrupting the speaker
with questions and remarks that a dele
cation asked the Chair 10 clear the gal
leries unless the interruption ceased
THE MORNING SESSION.
The second days session of the Trust
Conference opened here to-day, with VIII
liam Writ Howe, of New Orleans, in the
chair and a falling off in the attendance
Of both delegates and spectators.
Chairman Howe proceeded at once 10
business by putting before the house
resolution. introduced by c. Farr, OF MIS-
souri,. providing for the appointment Oh
che in,portant Committee on Resolutions
N fifteen.
be selected by Chairman Howe. 10 inns
committee all resolutions, according 10
Mr.. FAIR, were 10 be referred, WITHOUT
reading or debate. The motion instantly
developed the undercurrent or strlie DC
tween the factions for and against the
trusts which Yesterday threatened the
conferences harmony. An amenuhen0
was Immediately proposed, various SPEAK
ers vigorously urging that the resolu .ioi'
ne so altered as TO allow the appoih'-
ments TO the committee to be maue py
the delegates themselves, one colhiiii''eS-
man from each State.
The original motion was not acted upoh'
but the amendment i'm regard to the man
ner of appointment was carried by !"
standing vote of 80 to IA. ,,,-.,.,.
Governor Atkinson. of West virginia
rising from a far corner. declared That II
was unfair TO bind the delegates by reso-
luton. u,,n,,
DEBATE WAKES WARM.
The debate waxed warm, and delegates,
clamoring for recognition, rose In every
part os the house.
Ex-Governor Luce, OF Mlchlsdh, nun"
dered that the reference to committee,
without reading or debate meant 'hae
OF would
sleep in the hands of the committee anu
| "sleep the sleep of death
At this rally there was ripple Of mer-
riment which ceased with the clamor OF
otbers who wished 10 be heard. The pro-
trust neople and the ants were fearful
| n became evident, that one side or the
other would secure control and pind the
n,inoritv TO something of which they dis
approved.
Edward Rosewater editor Of the Omaha
Roc amid applause. in an informal speech
| declared that the people OF the Ohl'eu
| states had the courage of their conVlc-
| tions He averred that the conference
should adopt resolutions as 1t saw NJ.
COCHRAN SECURES HAKMONf.
II remained for Mr.. w. Bourke Cock
ro, 10 roneat his performapce of yester-
! dav. when he restored the harmony whica
| mad heen lost in an endeavor TO secure
| committee on programme. Upon his sug-
| e,eetion il was finally decided That the
| Co,nmittee on Resolutions should consist
| NJ not only one representative from each
! state delegation, but one from each ma
| t,cnal organization. To this committee
| # was resolved that all resolutions be
| referred without reading or debate.
| Mr. Lawson Purdy, OF the New 1oIf'
Tarinf Reform Club, and Byron w. Holt
of the New England Free Traders CiuD'
made anti-tariff speeches.
John F. Seaman, of Illinois, took up
| the cudgels FOR the protectlonsts. lie
called forth stoi n OF mingled misses
| and applause by declaring that he was d
| brave man. who. after the experience OF
| the last few years, would advocate
policy of free trade.
| Thomas Updegraf, of Iowa, followed
Mr.. Seaman in defence of the tariff.
! a Daper under the caption, Excessive
| Financial Energy" prepared by Horatlo
| w Seymour, was read reasoning thdt
without the tariff the trust is Impossible.
| AGRICIJLTURE AND THE TRUSTS.
THE afternoon session was devoted TO
naDers on the relation Of agriculture 10
! trusts. Dudley Wooten acted as cnalr-
man of this session, but presided over
| delegations even thinner than they were
| during the forenoon. w. Bourke Cochran
was missed from the ranks Of the New
| York delegation. but those gentlemen as
serted that he had not forsaken the con-
| ference An eastern delegate slept
| through the entire session, a pronounced
| example Of an ennui which affected many
| others TO a lesser degree.
Governor Pingree was in attendance
end at the close responded TO clamor
| from the pit to speak He merely OBJ
served that ne was opposed to trusts.
for reasons. he said. which he would tell
those who attended In the evening.
Samuel H. Greedy. Of the Chicago Boarc
of Trade. spoke on the protection Of
American grain markets from railroad
ana warehouse monopoly. He was fol
lowed by j. c. Hanley. OF ST. Paul a
| delegate from the National Farmers Al
| liarce and IndustIill Union.
The last speaker Of the afternoon was
Major BENJAMIN r. Tucker, OF New
| York. editor OF an anarchistic paper. H'
| gave his yiew OF trusts from the stand
| point of the anarchist.
The speakers with one accord. over
| stepped the twenty minutes allowed eacf
sneech. AT the close. an opportunity fol
discussion was afforded. but u motion
10 adjourn was Overwhelmingly favored
and carried
PINGREE'S SPEECH.
yice-President Corilss. of New YORK
presided ut the evening session. and In