The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-09-21
AN ANTITRUST CONFERENCE
ONE ORIGINITED BY GOVERNOR
 S1YRES or TEYAS.
With Officials from Various States Present-Shurp Antf-Trust Talk Humiliation ofaII M MDnopOlies Sought Question of Legislation.
Question of Legislation.

St. Louis, Sept. 20.-Promptly at il
 o'clock this morning Attorney General
 Crow of Missouri called to order in the
 Planters hotel the antitrust conference
 originated by Governor Sayres of Tex
 as. MT. Crow made short address,
 welcoming those present. Governor
 Lon V. Stephens of Missouri nominated
 Governor J. D. Sayres of Texas as per-
 manent chairman and he was unani-
 mously chosen. Governor Sayres was
 greeted with hearty applause when he
 assumed the chair. He rsad some
 what lengthy address, setting forth his
 views on the question of trusts, which
 was frequently applauded. During the
 evening session and before a large at-
 tendance Governor Stephens caused somewhat of a sensation among the re-
 publican state officials present by de-
 nouncng the administration of Mckin- ley and its war policy and declaring
 that trusts and imperialism go hand in hand It is hinted strongly that the re- publicans attending the conference may go home as the result of this outbreak of partisan rancor, and will leave the democrats to continue the conference alone
 Attorney General Smith of Texas pre- scented resolutions favoring legislation that would do away with trusts and combinations. They were referred to a committed Governor McMillin of Ten nessee, chairman of the committee on resolutions reported that the commit tee was not yet ready to report. There being no further business before the con- ference speeches were called for. Gov ernor Thomas of Colorado was the first to respond He contended that the con- solidation of business combinations in few hands was injurious to the people as a whole. He argued that concur rent action between the states and the national government was necessary to control the operations of the so-called trusts He made a vigorous attack up- on the Standard Oil company. He hoped the trust question would be kept out of the domain of partisan politics and that it would be considered from the lofty standpoint of American citizenship.
 Governor Shaw of Iowa then took the floor and, as 1t seemed to many, derid- ed the remarks of Governor Stephens at the morning session. Before delV- ing into his subject he made motion that the. governors of Missouri, Ten nessee and Texas be appointed to draft and formulate bill such as. in their opinion, might safely and advantag ha h1- hn 1ppigJa pf the several states and which would in their opinion, as far as possible, remedy the evil so universally acknowledged. The motion was tabled Governor Shaw in his address made facetious remarks about the governors of Missouri and Tennessee and also in part said. T regret that the call for this conference did not include all that is in the mind of him who issued it. It was evidently the purpose to make it not only an an- ti-trust conference but an anti-expan- sion and a free trade and free silver If the committee when l appointed shall draft an antitrust bill which seems to me comprehensive I | will very gladly recommend it; but I have no sympathy with any combina- ton of capital which results in monop- ply"
 Governor Daniel w Jones of Arkan- sas vigorously scored Governor Shaw for his facetiousness, saying that this | was no time or place for remarks not | ending to further the business before l he conference. He then made a speech against "the monsters" term sd trusts, saying that he had felt their power among his people. In his opin- on the trusts should be annihliated He protested against anything like partisan politics in this discussion