The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-15

onaracteIIZeQ. the, ee55i0ES OF me. -Nd-
tiOnal Amd-Trust conference preceding
the final adjournment tonight. The eli
max came when Delegate Joseph Par
ker. a middle-Of-the-road Populist, sur
prised the conference with a resolution
pledging the delegates to vote for no
party that does Tot stand for govern
/ meut ownership and the principle of di-
rect legislation. The Democrats inter
/ preted this as an attack on w. J. Bry-
/ an, and were on their feet in an instant
/ to block the movement A score Of del
| egates took the floor, and all tried TO
/ talk at the same time.
you must not stide free speech
/ here" was shouted.
Everybody must be heard" was the
! warning that came from q delegation
/ in the gallery.
| Chairman MOnnett was in doubt as TO
what to do. Disorder reigned for ten
! minutes and then Chairman MOnnett
used the savel, and temporarily ad-
! jour ned the COnTeEtfOn.
! Another whirl Of excitement took
| place alter the reading Of the report of
! the committee on resolutions, when
/ Delegate Quinn of Illinois offered an
/ amendment to the declaration of prin-
/ cipleC calling for the repeal of all laws
/ sustaining the right Of citizers to pri-
! vate property with a view TO giving
! every citizen d free home.
A long wrangle enSued over the dis
/ position of the amendment. Captain
| W. p. Black, Tom L. johnson and 9TH
eTs appealed to Quinn to withdraw the
amendment, but he refused. After
much discussion. during which Quinn
/ was denounced as a disturber by dele
/ gates on the stage, Chairman AIonnett
put the motion to adopt the report he
was in doubt and two ballots were
taken. Finally he declared the report of
The committee adopted, and the ruling
/ caused a thunder of disapproVal. Dele
| gate Quinn, during the UprOar. appeal
! ed from the decision of the chair and
his motion was seconded. The vote
was put, and Chairman MOnnett was
sustained by a large majority.
To Offset Partisan Effect.
A strong attempt was made at the
/ conference today to offset the partisan
/ effect Of the resolutions adopted yes
terday denOuncing the pending cur
rency bill. Frank s. Monnett. perma-
nent chairman OF the conference, made
"a speech in which he declared the puT-
pose of public ownership Of public Util-
4 titles was being carried in the Repub-
lican party. as we'll as by tae Demo-
cratic party.
In the Republican northwest, said
he ga per cent Of the public utilities
are owned by the public. whereas, in
/ the many southern DemOCra tic states,
less than 5 per cent are SO OWnsd.
/ I would remind the convention That
Ohio, which iS the state Of The presi-
dent is also the home of the Sherman
/ anti trust act. If we have an Attorney
General Griggs. we also had an Attor-
ney General Olney."
The convention was enlivened also
BY an attack by Professor BemiS on
/ universities whose endCW meuts come
from trust maguates." The professors
1 in these institutions, said the eX-pr0-
feSs0r of political economy at Chicago
university do their best, but cannot
overcome this handicap As a remedy
he advocated the establishment through
the state legislatures of chairs in state
universities devoted to the study of the
trust question.
A number Of set speeches We're heard
at the morning and afternoon sessions
and the night session which wound up
the three days conference. heard as
many Of the remaining speeC1ats as
could be read in the time that was left.
National Organization.
At the afternoon session Chairman
Monnett ruled that the report of the
committee of national organization IS
privileged business and called on the
chairman of the committee. General J.
B. Weaver of Iowa. General Weaver
Stated that the report had been undni-
m0Usly agreed to in committee, and
/ asked the convention TO adopt IL in the
same manner. Secretary Norton OF
Alabama read the report, which Was, in
part. as follows,
The committee on national organiza-
ton report that they have considered
the question of a national Organiza-
ton 20 combat the evils of a trust and
monopoly power Of the land. They
have thoroughly considered the plan Of
organization Of the American Anti
Trust league and find that the plan of
/ organization therein provided for as
[ amended by this committee, is admir-
ably suited TO the work before US; be-
ginning with the precinct league and
running up to the township organiza-
ton, from that TO the county Organiza-
ton. from that up to the state organ
izatiOn, and from that up 10 the ma
, / tlOnal organization. the plan being well
adapted to the easy masslug together
OF the men Of America opposed 10 mo-
uOpOlieS and trusts. and thereby ma k
ing their forces effective in driving
from the legislative halls Of the state
and nation the tools of monopoly and
trusts and putting in their places men
in sympathy with the public welfare.
Constitution Recommended.
I'VE. therefore, present to the con-
/ ference the following constitution and
recommend its adoption, and We recon-
mend that the delegates from the sew
eral states here represented recon-
mend from their respective states ma
ti0nal vice president for the state and
three men TO represent their state in
the national committee, and that the
said body Of men. composed Of the ma
tiOnal vice presidents and the three
b national committeeman, proceed to or
ganize every voting precinct Of the
: | United States of America into non-par-
tisan antitrust leagues, in which the
r test of membership shall be that they
( shall subscribe to the constitution the
declaration of principles adopted by
/ this body"
= The constitution recommends that
the name Of this organization shall be
the American Antitrust league. ANY
: American citizen Of satisfactory char
= acter and qualifications shall be eli
I gfble local leagues 70 be composed
I / wherever formed Of not less than five
members. county leagues of five or
more local leagues may form state
leagues on such basis of representation
as convenient
Unth the first national convention is
{ held the national league shall. consist
of the national committee. the national
z legislative committee and the national
I officers. Thereafter the national
league shall be composed of delegates
lelected by popular vote Of the mem