The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-25

I u TIE COIl1cICHCe, ESdNeuScTdIt says
Noftzger is a good fellow, but cannot run
on his beauty, and Noftzger says that
| Ravenscraft's other excellent points very
properly detract attention from his per-
sonal appearance. Ravenscraft is a suo-
cessful cattleman, a good fellow and has
been two times representative from
Clark county, once defeating Harry Pone
| He is a Populst, but he thinks Long will
probably be elected to congress, thereby
proving his good judgment.
this place Chester I long, in enIarging
upon the reasons why trusts are not the
! paramount issue in this campaign, COM
pared trusts to political parties and Incl
| eentally made a reference to the new
phase that has been placed upon the
Seventh district politices by the action of
| the Populist congressional committee at
| Hutchinson.
"A while back" said Mr. Long, "you
all thought that trusts would be the para
mount issue IN the campaign. But GER
tain things happened and you do not
har much these days from knowing Dem
ocrats and Populists about trusts.
| I'm the first place there were certain
! disclosures In New York city which
would have made 1t embarrassing to have
| had trusts the paramount issue. One of
| the claims of the Democrats have been
! that the protective tariff is responsible
| for trusts. The ice trusts exposures were
made in New York. Close friends OF
Bryan and Democratic leaders and off,
Gals of the city were implicated-Croker
Van Wyck, and others. Now it would
have been extremely difficult for the
| Democrats to explain just how any
schedule of the Dingley tariff law pro-
| tects in any masner the component parts
| and constituent elements of ice.
There is difference between the mod
ern trusts and the old-fashioned trust.
The old-fashioned trust was a cbmbina-
ton o Corporations to control and regu-
late prices-a combination of different or
CARNATIONS. Just at present there is a
! Populist candidate for congress in this
| district-Mr Campbell. and a Democratic
candidate-Mr. Duval. representing the
| opposition to the Republican party The
modern trust is one large organization.
which has gradually absorbed its asso-
dates until It at last completely is in
control. Just as at the recent fusion
/ conventions at Fort Scott there was prac-
tically one organization IN the opposition
in the state 70 the Republican party and
the candidates and platform are agreed
upon in advance. Just as in this dist
rict, as a result of the meeting Of the
Popuhst committee at Hutchinson, both
| MT. Campbell and Mr.. Duval ave agreed
to withdraw as candidates for congress
and there will be held. in the city Of
Hutchinson. on September TO- a one-roof
convention where two-thirds Of the Dem
ocrats and Populists viii nominate can
didate for congress in opposition to the
Republican candidate.
"Au students OF the trust question
have come to realize that congress has
TO power TO deal with trusts which do not
have to do with interstate commerce.
This was decided in the Knight case
before the supreme court. The RepI5h-
can party in congress gave the country
the Sherman antitrust law in 1850, and
several successful prosecutions were
made under It But tn the knight case,
which related To the sugar trust. the
court held that the provisions Of the Sher
man law cid not apply. for the reason
thai this trust was not engaged IN inter
state commerce, but IS manufacture and
production.
The states now have power IN trusts
dealing IN manufacture and production.
Some OF tkzse states have on their stat
ute books stringent antitrust lazz; some
have none;. some sars 20 have none This
being the case. 4 was thought wise 10
give 20 congress the power u lacked 70
deal with these uew trusts-thoss en-
g2ged in manufacture and pro3uctIoC-
and the Republicans proposed a Joint res
olution 20 submit 10 the states 81 snen1-
Snent 20 tre coaEs tuition giving thls
power 20 co7s-ezs We thought. u
course. as The Democrats and Pcpuiists
had rallied 50 hitte-ly against trusts
thar, given the opportunity az solution
q the prcblsrn they woal5 aid IN e.
tecti1g Il Ju6Ee q our surprise uhen
tbev 6ld not DO 50.
There are 10 Democrats from TIE
south 5n coagress. ard . from TIE NORTH.
As IRE Republicans lad only a barr
majority IN TIE aoese ard a. Z uec=s-
stated a tv~o-1 hiris vote - Pass the RS
olution 20 amend the cons-ftutiou We
needed = Democrats vutss JgzE before
TIE proposition cerae 1p she De-noersts
BID a can-sz a-E -fe- IRE Dsrucc-asr
IN TIE house hsl1 a casc1s. * raesus hzs-
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ssn3 20 oppose soretsizE 1hs EsrgeE-
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