The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-17
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/" Which fund do you contribute to in
Massachusetts2b was asked.
g To the Republican fund
&c To which fund in New York
"'To the Democratic fund. - 80
''To which fund in New Jersey? and the
- wei, I will lave to look at the
books, that ;is4a doubtful state tCentin-
ued laughter and applause9 ss.s sf@
=, L Believe that when YOU prevent a. cor
porat1on from contributing toacampaign-
funds that you take a step in the right
direction toward Hbetter legislation; II
and YOU never accomplish. anything in
this country until the people are in ear
nest, and when the American people I'M
derstand what the monopoly question
ical ,financiaRi or otherwise, to prevent
them taking Possession Of every branch
Of government from pfssident to the su-
prene court: and mating the govern i,1
(Cheers and applause.3'I DAfS
MIR. GOCKRAMe CLOSES. =
Al the conclusion sof Col, Bryans reply,
Bourke Cochran arose and started to
speak from his seat in the hall, but in
response to cheering and calls to, take the
platform, he too, complied, and said:
The question to which think the at
tention OF this conference should be oil
rected is whether a monopoly exists and
where.i it is Now, who is hurt and where?
Where has this octopus got possession of
somebody On whom is it actfng2 Where
is it lafd?i ! am afraid to confess that
when you call an aggregation. OF capital
a 4combinat ion-a hydra-headed monster
an octopus-it don't cast any light upon
I it that illumes my pathway. l stand here
to say that these expressions can have no
light, as nothing frightens people so much
as incomprehenSiveF names.
1--WE have had. here representatives of
labor organizations who have been telling
| us that wages are higher today than they
have ever been. Certainly they do not
seem to suffer. We are told that 1t is not
the dollar that we want, but we want the
man. Well, what4is the purpose of the
dollar if not to improve the condition OF
the man QsaughteD. If You want COM
petition, must not somebody succeed IN
eXcels another so far that he constitutes
a monopoly? Are you going to place
limi S upon excellency?
''Mr. Bryan has said that the prosperity
Of the people or in other words the
amount of wealth which they can create
is a sordid question? Why upon this the
lectual and moral depends. Can the poet
live in the sublime and beautiful as long
as the food which supports him is not
supplied by other hands? Must he not
rely upon others for the pen and paper
and other materials by which the evolu-
lions of his genius are given circulation?
Must not the philosopher who surveys the
wide expanse of the heavens depend upon
thematical instruments and whose labor
reinforces hisidisceveries? Can the physi-
clan spend days and nights at the bedside
of pain, fighting death if the food that
supports him, the. house that shelters him,
the clothes promote his comfort and the
medicines that reinforce his skill are not
produced by the efforts of other men
whom he has never seen? Does not the
painter use the labor and ingenuity Of ten
thousand persons in the pigments and
paints with which he casts upon the can
vas the sublime conceptions Of his genius?
Who can live without his fellows? Who
can raise his hands in q single act with
out contributing to this grand brother
hood of man whiChI hope this conference
will bring around to better conceptions of
the relations which bind us together in
this great work Of life
Great cheering greeted the conclusion
of Mr.. Cockranis7 speech
General discussion was then resumed.
Ex-senator Blair Of New Hampshire,
and William WRIT. New Orleans, read
papers. 81 ms
Soon after on motion Of Congressman
John w. Gaines, of Tennessee, the con-
ference passed vote of thanks to the
Civic Federation for the courtesy shown
the visiting delegates. A motion to adj
journ sine die was then passed.