The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1899-09-23
MEETING
Distinguished Delegates Attend
Convention In Chicago.
DOWN WITH MONOPOLY" THE SLOGAN
Texas Delegate Eniivens Meeting BY His
Fierce Onslaught Against the
Trusts and Combinations.

Aho SAVtO EOuoiotioh
on the uses and abuses OF trusts and
combinations began at Chicago We'd
nesday with less than half the dele
gates appointed by the various states
in attendance. New York, headed by
W. Bourks Cochran, End Wisconsin
were most numerously represented.
The meeting took place in Central
music hall and was called to order by
Franklin h. Head, president Of the
Civic Federation. The delegates lis.
tened to an address Of welcome to I'LL
nois by Attorney General Akin on be.
half Of Governor Tanner, who by i'll
ness was prevented from appearing in
person.
With the progress of the speaking it
became evident that many Of the del.
egations had come with firm convic-
tions for or against trade combina-
tions. The speech Of Mr.. Wooten, Of
Texas, delivered during the afternoon,
hammering the trusts in merciless
manner, aroused the widest enthusi-
asm in the ranks OF the labor repre-
sentatives and the delegations from
many western and southern states,
while the fasteners generally smiled
critically.
Mr.. Wooten was frequently inter-
rupted by cheering and was rapturous.
ly received by his fellow delegates
from The Lone Star state upon the
completion of his peroration. He said
accepting in good faith that
amendment which the heroic legions
Of the south resisted unto death
OF a thousand battle fields, we be-
lieve that neither slavery nor invol-
untary servitude, except as punish
ment for crime, shall exist within the
United States or any place subject to
their jurisdiction And we conf.
IDENTIFY assert that the commercial aud
industrial bondage being rapidly i'm.
posed upon the toll and talents Of 70,
900, 900 American citizens by the syn
Dictated wealth Of few corporate mo-
nopolies is more dire and dangerous
than the slavery which bowed the
heads and burdened the backs OF
1000, 900 southern black men.
"And above and beyond these great
written guarantees Of equality and
justice, we look to the lessons OF
history and appeal TO the authority Of
existence. When we ore told that the
spirit OF commercial combination
promises golden rewards to the pres
ent tendencies OF our economic system,
we remember that no republic has
ever survived the mercenary despotism
Of merchants and money changers.
Mr.. William Fortune, Of Indianapo-
lis, president Of the Indiana state
board OF commerce, made an earnest
plea for conservative procedure as o
more hopeful course than the applica-
ton Of revolutionary or too radical
measures to an evolutionary problem.
He indicated q grave doubt of the use
fulness of the dootrinaire In arriving
OF radical solution OF the question.
He guardedly suggested the danger
capital may bring to itself by needless
abuse Of its power and indicated the
importance to 1t Of seeking proper reg
ulations which will make trust meth
DDS acceptable rather than obnoxious
to the people by whose permission and
federation only can their existence con.
tinue.
The committee on permanent Or
ganization met after the afternoon adj.
journment OF the conference. The
committee, consisting Of one delegate
from each state represented and each
organization OF general scope, was, in
part, as follows:
Texas, Hon. A. B. Davidson; Flor.
ida, John Franklin Forbes; West Vir.
ginia, J. B. Harris; South Carolina,
B. @. Kaufman; Mississippi, ]. W.
Culver; Louisiana, w. w. Howe.
A programme for Thursday was pre-.
scented and adopted. II was the inten.
ton to have W. Bourke Cochran talk
Thursday night, but he objected to
the arrangement and expressed de.
sire To sneak FRIDAY evening. follow.