Arizona republican., 1899-05-26
And Almost Equally Shy of So-
 Cal ed Imperialism"
THEY GAVE "TRUSTS" FITS
The Conference of inc Democratic National Committeeman and inc Subsequent and Inevitable De- mocrafiC Dinner Disclosed Only That inc Party is Jumping Side ways for a National Issue.

St. Louis, May 25.-With twenty-two
 members present in person, the demo
 cratic national committee went into secret session at 10 o'clock this morn-
 ing. MT. Bryan was presented and
 made a short address. He made no
 specific suggestions except that strong
 efforts should be made to provide q
 campaign fund.
 When the conference adjourned at
 53O o'clock no action had been taken
 regarding the Policy Of the party in
 the coming presidential campaign and
 no plans for platfcrI1s were even dis
 cussed.
 The meeting from first to last was
 one Of discussion regarding the meth
 ods of the work of next year and the
 ways and means by which the work
 could best be accomplished. All mem
 bers were urged to see that the CT ganization of the party in the respect
 i've states is perfected as soon as pos
 sible and all preparations made
 for the fight Tie matters of
 anti-imPerialism" and silver were
 not touched upon. No action was
 taken regarding them and no recom- mendations were made.
 The next meeting of the conference will probably be held in Chicago on
 July 20, and Chairman Jones of the national committee has been asked to call formal meeting for that date. It is expected at this meeting that definite action vii. be taken and the question as to what is to be the rally ing cry of the democracy in the fall Of 1899 determined
 Notwithstanding the statements of Mr Bryan and MT Altgeld, it cannot be gainsaid there is a strong Undercur- rent Of feeling among the members If the national committee that silver should not be given the exceedingly prominent place it he'd in the last campaign
 The much heralded antitrust" di1- ner took place tonight, attended by the members of the conference and prominent democrats from all parts of the country. MT. Bryan was the prin- cipal speaker. Little was said to fur nish an indication of the democratic war cry in the next campaign, beyond the frequent allusion to trusts. The subject of expansion was not even al- luded to by many of the speakers and i silver was treated with almost studied | neglect
 Harry B. Hawes, toastmaster at | the banquet, said in part: Tt was l not intended that this dinner should l he merely the means of affording en- ! tcrtainment. but it was believed by it's | promoters that the serious discussions | to be held tonight would be the means of crystallizing public sentiment against the encroachment upon the liberties of the people by the giant mo- nOpolies and trusts. It is not thought CT desired to push to the backg1 ound the vital issues of 1896, nor to lessen in any particular the fight to be made upon the greatest of all trusts, the money trust which, greater than all, is more dangerous than all, and by it's excess renders possible many combi- nations of wealth that without it could not survive" MT .Hawes gave but few words to imperialism, declaring it { and the acquisition cf foreign country to be foreign to the policy of the democratic party.
 In beginning his speech MT. Bryan said: An actor who visited Nebraska on learning from the repub.i- | cans that confidence had been restored. 1 remarked that he had examined Web ster's dictionary to learn what coni- dence meant, and found confidence de- lined as trust and then he understood that cofiGence had bcen really TO- | stored a
 More trusts have been formed e turing the last two years than existed .s It the beginning of the present admin | stTation and the capitalization of Ihe f trusts new in existence approach, if t' | dces not equal in amount. the worlds t .ctaI supply of gold and silver. The s influence of trusts becomes so enor- q nous that people without respect to larty are asking themselves hcw the '- vii can be remedied. The purDose nf he trusts is to control the product of 2 ome article of merchandise and inc b methods employed are first. union Of p Il individual factories under one D management CT in one corporation, D nd, second, the crushing out of new al ivals. The monopoly when onas u not only dictates terms to hose who buy the product, but die Il ates terms to these who sell the raw cC laterial and to thoseN who furnish tha 9, ibor If trusts are permitted co con- di