Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-09-22
CONFERENCE Is ENDED.
COL. BRYAN WAS ACCORDED AN I'm
THUSIASTIC ATTENTION.
His Speech Was the Star Event--Thc Chi
cago Trust Conference has Closei its
Session Many PromLaent Speakers Too Z
Part In the Meeting.

Chicago The conference on the
uses and abuses OF trusts closed lbs sas
sion here Saturday in blaze of ora
tory, in which Col William Bryan
and ". Bourke Cochran were the ce1-
tral figures. M Cochran followed tao
noted Nebraskan, bat disciaim9ad any
intention Of debating the conclusions of
his immediate predecessor AMI de-
claring his complets concurrence in
much that Mr. BRYAN had said The
westerner had delivered the speech of
the day during the forenoon amid
frequent interruptions Of tumnltnous
applause
He spoke of the growing Importance
Of the trust question, and Of the dan
ger of the multiplicity Of the combines
When monopoly has control of all the
industrioes brains will have TO give
way to reia tives of the powers that be.
The high t.ri # has aided the trust !;
discrimination by railways has given
an impetus TO the monopoly movement
The matter OF tae organization Of
trusts should be left to the state in
which the combinations are to act
the people of the commonwealth should
understand the local results OF trust
better than the federal government.
The Nebraslsan continued on the grand
eur OF the declaration of independence
and upon the rights of the laborer and
the capitalist
At the conclusion the orator resum-
ed his ssat facing sea Of wildly
waving arms and storm Of cheers
Congressman John w. Gaines. of
Tennessee, then assumed the chair and
introduced James H Raymond, Of Chi
cago, who spoke on "Patents AMI Mo-
nopolies
Mr.. Foulke, of Indiana, commenting
on tho speech, made assertions which
Mr.. Bryan decided further to discuss.
He was requested to take the stage and
complied, for the second time facing
wildly enthusiastic house.
At tho conclusion, Mr. Cochran rose
ard ohseIv we'd, Just few words. -
The spectators wanted more, and re-
fused to subside until he had taken the
platform. He agreed with Mr. Bryan,
he said, but he wanted information,
The crowd which greeted Col. Bryan
when the doors were thrown open
amounted almost to mob Central
music hall was iammed from pit to
gallery with admirers of the Nebras-
kan. When he had concluded his
speech 80 per cent Of the people de.
parted leaving few struggling
spectators to listen to the remaining
speakers and the report of the com
mittee on resolutions
Ex-Governor Luce Of Michigan,
was chairman of this committee, and
he rigidly adhered to the resolutions
passed, in which it was resolved tina.
no resolutions giving the sentiment of
the conference on the trust problem
should be presented for considered.
The decision of the committee was
submitted and Chairman 5 Luce's re-
port was unanimously adopted, and a
motion was put before the house thank
ing the Civic Federation for its enter
tainment of the delegates
Other speakers during the dav were:
G. W Notrhrup, jr, Prof David
Kinley, T. B. Walker, W W. Lowe,
Ex-senator Blair, of New Hampshire
ATTORNEY General T S. Smith, of
Texas; J B Dill, A G Copeland, ".
D Foulke, while many others took
part in the discussion which closed the
conference. 1t was decided that those
who had prepared speeches but had not
been allowed owing to the limitations
of tho programme, read them. should
deliver them into the hands of Secre-
tary Easley, to be published in book
form. together with those which had
been delivered from the stage.
At the adjournment many of the an
THRUST delegates met in the Sherman
House to formulate resolutions ex-
pressive Of their views