The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-15

Illinois Commercial News association,
Samuel B. Donnelly; American Fedora
ton Of Labor, Samuel Gompers; National
Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees
union, F. M. Hart; United Garment
Workers, Henry White; National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, Theodore
Search; Kansas, John E. Hessin; Ten
nessee, c. E. Snodgrass; New Hamp-
shire, Henry w. Blair; Minnesota, Hon.
W. b. Douglas; National Grain Grow
ers' association, S. H. Greeiy; National
Farmers Alliance and Indus raj Union,
John FILL Jr.; Missouri, Cen E. C. Crow;
Travellers Protective Association Of
America M. w. Phalen; New Mexico, C.
j. Gavin; knights of Labor, J. c. Schon-
barber; National Single Tax league, Louis
F. Posts; Brickiayers' international
union, M r. Grady; Association of West
ern Manufacturers, Walter Fieldhouse;
Wyoming, j. d. Adams; United States
agricultural department. Washington,
d. c., Prof. H. F. Newcomb; Delaware,
Henry Alloway.
AGITATED HIS AUDIENCE.
The next speaker after ex-secretary
Foster was Attorney General Davis, of
Arkansas.
eff the whitening blight of trusts is to
overshadow our free American institu-
TONS said Mr. Davis, 'then in my
Judgment, away with American liberty,
American patriotism and the good of
American people. A trust is but the
ripened fruit Of misused tariff legislation
and the robbery of the people upon the
silver question. 1t is not of the legisla-
tive department of this government that
| would complain, but of the judicial de-
partment We have got to reconstruct
our Judiciary. If we ever have another
Civil war it will be brought about in
my judgment, by judge-made law. tell
you one of the greatest evils of the
country is judgemade law, the judiciary
department invading the department Of
the Legislative"
When Mr.. Davis concluded the audience
was IN a state Of agitation which made
it thoroughly enjoy a slip of the chair
man. who announced that 'the next
toast" and was overwhelmed by the
laughter which ensued He finally found
opportunity to Introduce George Gunton,
of New York, who said in opening:
1.-THE trust question is only a new
phase Of the old problem of free indus
trial enterprise Every improvement in
industry since Hargreave's spinning
jenny has had to fight its way against
popular prejudice. The hand-loom weav
ers marched through England and broke
the new power LOOMS and drove the in
VestOrS from their homes. Today, a CEN
fury later, We are face to face with an
other movement of the same character,
the antitrust agitation. About the same
reasons are given against trusts and
large corporations as We're given for
breaking up the first spinning frames and
power looms. The movement is taking
political torm and men OF national re-
pute, party leaders, are asking the peo-
freedom and arbitrarily suppress large
corporations. Are the American people
ready for such step?
During the latter portion of mis- speech
Mr.. Gurton was frequently interrupted
by questions from spectators in the gal
lery. GLOW about the Standard Oil COM
parly?" asked a man ir the rear. The
speaker started to reply but was inter-
rupted again and again despite the chair
mans gaveL
Delegate Jones, of Ohio and Delegate
Buell., of Illinois, spoke in favor Of fair
play and declared that every speaker
should be heard without interruption.
DEFENDS COMBINATION
Attorney General Gather. of Maryland,
spoke about The Regulation and Control
of Trusts" He said in part:
"Abhorrence of monopolies is one of
the most deep seated convictions of the
English-speaking races. Our modern
form of monopoly differs however. most
radically from the form which cur an
cestors fought against. Ancient monopO-
lies owed their existence to the exclusive
privileges with which they had been in
vested by the royal prerogative. Med
ern monopolies, or trusts, claim no pro-
lection from the law-on the contrary
they simply ask that they shall not be
interfered with, relying upon the. crush
ing power of the exclusive privileges
which their own control of great aggre-
cations of capital has obtained for their
ftourishing existence. The old monopoly
trust seeks to establish itself without
Legislative assistance, and in many in
stances in defiance of expressed enact
1nents. 1t is manifest, therefore, that
present constitutional prohibitions
against monopolies do not touch the
modern type of these dangerous elements
in the business worId-that a prohibition
on the sovereign power from creating an
prevent such privileges from being exer-
cised when acquired by means independ-
ent Of the sovereign itself. We must,
consequently, look for the machinery to
properly deal with these new creations
of modern industrial life in new legisla-
ton applicable to the new phenomena,
and not in any attempt at adaptation of
old principles which were meant to apply
to practically opposite conditions.
Every evil which is attendant upon
the present development of trusts can be
restricted and finally eliminated by wise
legislation under which the management
and development of these corporations
can be controlled and direc:ed-'
At the conclusion of Mr.. Gathers
speech the convention Adjourned, after
the announcement had been made that
tomorrow night there would be an adj
dress by W. Bourke Cochran, of New
York, and W. j. Bryan, of Nebraska.
ANTITRUST MEN ORGANIZE.
The antitrust delegates to the confer
ence organized their forces in earnest to-
night and declared in open meeting that
they will place the delegates to the con-
vention on record as anti or pros. This
plan of procedure was decided upon at
a meeting at the Sherman House, when
a steering committee and a committee
on resolutions were appointed. The steer
ing committee was named as follows.
Ambrose B. McGuirk, Iowa; NJ. L. Lock
wood, Pennsylvania; Lawson Purdy, New
York; L. f. Post, Chicago; P. E. Dove,
New York; John T. White, Chicago; r. E.
Prince, Chicago. The committee was In
structed to sound all of the delegates
and to line the ants up for fight.
The committee on resolutions include
the following: NJ L. Grogan. Texas; M.
l.. Lockwood, Pennsylvania; w. H
Claggett, Idaho; Lawson Purdy, New
York; Cecil Smith. Texas; Henry John
son, Colorado; w. S. McComas, Chicago