Bradford County telegraph. (Starke, Fla.) 1888-current, 1900-02-16
League Meets In Chicago and Dis
cuSSeS Evil and Remedy.
FAVORABLE PROGRESS IS MADE
congressmaRSuIz of New York,
Makes a FOrcibIe Argument
Against Present Conditions.

A Chicago special says: Monday
night, at the close of the first days
proceedings Of the antitrust confer
ence called by the National Antitrust
League, good progress had been made
with the set speeches, of which dozen
or more were delivered.
Mayor Harrison welcomed the dele
gates on behalf Of the city. Already,
he said, the senate of the United
States had been reduced to q small
convention Of the owners and repre-
sentativas of the trusts. A few years
mere would sec the house and our ju-
dietary reduced tc the same condition,
Former Judge William Prentiss, of
Illinois, was selected temporary chair
maa, and addressed the convention.
The resolutions committee mean
time was busy and formulated resolu-
tons covering the following points:
Government ownership of oil rail-
way and telegraph lines; the abolition
of all special privileges by legislative
enactments; placing on the free list
all trust goods, and direct legislation
from the people.
The discussion in committee was
carried out on those lines. An amend
ment was offered for the taxation Of
all franchises, but was voted down on
the ground that such action would
simply legalize special privileges. H.
S. Bigelow was the first speaker at the
night session.
Congressman William Sulzer, of
New York, received hearty reception
when presented to the audience. He
said:
1.-The law on the statute books
against trusts is clear and plain and
the highest court in the land has pass
ed upon its validity and sustained the
constitutionslity of its provision. The
antitrust law of 1890 declares that
every contract or combination in the
nature of trust in restraint of trade
and commerce among the several states
or with foreign nations is Q conspi-
racy, illegal and void, and punishable
by fine and imprisonment. Under this
act it seems to me every trust In the
United States can be prosecuted for
violation of the law, the charter an
nulled and the men behind it punish
ed for conspiracy. Every trust by its
very nature is in restraint of trade aud
commerce aud in violation of this
law.
Chow much longer will the people
consent to be robbed and submits
sively permit continuation of this
outrage? The trusts have their being
and grow by special legislation; they
live aud wax fat by governmental ia
voritism. If the question is ever pre-
scented whether the trusts shall own
and run the government and enslaye
humanity, or whether the people shall
own and run the trusts-not for the
benefit of the few, but for the good of
all-and free the industrial masses,
then 1 shall vote for the people and in
favor of government ownership Of the
trusts.
"To sum it all up, the Republican
party stands for Hanna, and the Re-
publican party is Hanna"
'The Democratic party is the party
of the plain people. 1t is opposed to
trusts and monopolies-to special
privileges. 1t stands for the suprema-
cy of the law. 1t believes in freedom
of thought, freedom of speech, free
dom Of action, freedom of trade and
free institutions. 1t believes in the
constitution, in fostering commerce,
interfering trade, establishing indus
try, aiding enterprise, maintaining
equal opportunities, defending liberty,
unshackeling the mind aud the con-
science and handing down unimpaired
to future generations our free institu-
titions."