Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-02-14
STRONG RESOLUTIONS
They Are Adopted at the Antitrust
Conference at Chicago.
WIRED SENATORS
Besides a Committee Appointed 10 Go
10 Washington and Work Against
the Currency Bill as Il Now
Stands for Passage.

Chicago Feb 10 - Judge John W.
Beeman Of Indiana. was the first speaker
at the antitrust conferences today.
He made strong speech against trusts.
The following resolutions were adopt.
ed and ordered telegraphed to members
Of the senate:
Whereas. there has been passed by
the house Of representatives bill known
a. the currency bin. which bill IL now
pending in the senate Of the United
States, and. whereas. by said bill and by
the senate amendment il is proposed by
the law 10 extend further special aud
exclusive privileges TO favored classes.
and whereas. the said bill and amend.
ments II enacted into law would rele.
gate 70 national banks governmental
right 10 issue currency, bestow bonds
upon bond holders give bounty of at
least $780, $1,000 10 National banks;
demonetIze silver aud all paper money
dollars. make all debts heretofore con.
tracted aud hereafter TO be contracted.
payable in gold place It in the power OF
the money holding and money lending
class. TO contract currency at will and
10 POSSESS themselves OF the property OF
the people at pleasure, and In short.
snthrone a money oligarchy; establish a
q continental bank trust. enslave the
people and destroy the republic 10 the
end that free government may perish
from the earth.
Now. therefore. be ii resolved. that
this conference hereby utter a most sol
emn protest against this most infamou,
measure And be- it further resolved
that the chairman Of this conferences /,
hereby instructed 10 appoint a commit
tee Of seven members 10 prepare me
mortal against said outrage. and whC
shall be required to go TO the capital Of
the nation for the purpose OF presenting
this protest to both houses Of congress
OF the United States
And be il further resolved. that W,
warn the people Of the United States Of
this new menace TO their liberty. ant
call upon them everywhere 10 meet 10
/ gether at their courthouses and In theil
schoolhouses and other public place
and thunder their protest against thi
most dangerous audacious and oppres
sive measure ever presented 10 legis
latiye body by set Of conspirators."
These resolutions were presented Il
the conference by Judge Fleming o
Kentucky when Judge Beeman fin
ished his speech. and were adopted by
rising vote
After the adoption u the resolution
Mr. Thornton Of New York notified thu
presiding officer that he would refuse
20 deliver the speech for which he wa
scheduled. Mr. Thornton made n,
state ment on the floor II the conference,
regarding the matter. but in an inter
view later explained his reasons for re
fusing 10 take part In the conference a.
he was assured be said. this was to b.
a nonpartisan gathering / had that
assurance over the signature NJ Prssi
dent lockwood Of the antitrust league
and / am certain he does not approve OF
the partisan resolution against the cur
rency bill Mr. Lockwood was no
present when the resolutions wer,
adopted and II he had been here thel
might have met q different fate.
have positively refused 10 address tn,
conference aud will not be- furthe
identified with il a. ! consider tho 40
ton makes IL partisan gathering
The first speaker at the after
noon session Yesterday was Gov
ernor Andrew Lee Of South Dakota
Following his speech was the selec
tion Of the various committees
Addresses We're made during the af
iernoon session by Jay Miller Of Illinois
Geo. sherman Of Michigan r c. Shell
ing Of California. Frank Elliott Of Kan
sas. G. B. Matthews of New York and
paper prepared by Alexander Delmar
the political economist Of New York
was read by Judge j. b Fleming
The conference then recessed until
O'Clock p m.
II s. Bigelow. Congressman Sulze
aud Bolton Hall spoke Immediately aftel
she night session began
John r. Sovereign and w J Stronl
closed the evening session with speeches
Permanent organization will be tn,
FIRST business today
poittieln shot.
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