The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-07-07

tuition and American example-an-
other magnificent tribute to the gov
ernment-building capacity of the
Anglo-Saxon race.
Senator Clapp spoke of the events
that led up to The Hague tribunal
which had been established through
the persistent efforts of two American
commissioners.
In referring to trust legislation
Senator Clapp said:
In the closing hours of Cleveland's
first administration Democratic con-
gress, after having vainly striven for
weeks to effect some legislation, in the
vulgar vernacular of the hour ,''threw
up the SPONGE" and declared that they
were incapable of solving the problem.
In a short time that administration
was succeeded by Harrison's admins
tration. and in 1890 Republican con-
gress and a Republican president
passed and signed the Sherman anti
trust law.
In a short time an accident hap
pened to the American people-one
that is not likely, in my Judgment, to
happen again very sCOn-the Demo-
cratic party came into power, and for
four years the, trusts were a side
tracked question. No Egyptian
mummy swathed in the cerements of
his sepulchre, sleeping the sleep of
death through the centuries, was ever
more silent than the Demoractic party
during those four years upon the great
subject of trusts.
The demand for immediate tariff re-
vision and the legislation incident to
the war with Spain made it impossible
to take up trust legislation right
away, but with the assembling of the
Fifty-seventh congress, trust legisla-
ton was taken up.
Congress passed three laws upon
this subject The first of these laws
was presented by the senior senator
from Massachusetts and provided for
the speedy trial of cases involving
trust questions. Of the other two
laws. one created that great depart
ment OF government and sought to
clothe it with power to deal with this
problem and implanted in that law the
provision of publicity. The other of
those two laws, recognizing the fact
that the trust problem and the trans
portation problem meet where discrim-
nation may be exercised, sought to
prevent discrimination aid to that end
prohibited it; and, that the humblest
citizen might invoke that law, it
opened the doors of the United States
court to the citizen: and not only that.
but permitted him to enter that court
under the sanction of the authority of
the United States.
One of those laws. through the cour-
tesy of it's author, was named after
another person; but I am justified to-
day, gentlemen, in reminding you that
these two laws, respectively, were con
ceived and passed through congress
through the agency and purpose Of the
two Minnesota senator's.
Some one may say it is only two
laws. That is true. But after years
OF study of this trust question, / con-
Tess to-day doubt as to what additional
Legislation should be enacted. But I
undertake to say to-day in your pres
ence that whatever the wisdom and
Judgment of the American people may
be as to ultimate legislation upon the
trust proposition, that legislation will
forever rest upon two eternal founda-
ton stones-publicity and equality.
Senator Clapp spoke of the COAL
strike commission work in averting
tie-up of the coal mines and the
distress it would bring upon the peo-
pie. It was President Roosevelt's
policy and saved the people and the
industrial interests of the country from
strike, the evil results of which none
could predict.
The Isthmian canal was discussed
and then the senator dwelt at some
length of the tariff in which he plainly
showed the inconsistencies of the
Democratic party in all tariff legisla-
tion and pointed out the beneficial re-
suits Of Republican legislation.
At the conclusion of Senator Clapp's
speech the convention adjourned un-
til p. N. and upon the re-assembling
of the convention Senator Ward of
Alexandria moved that committee of
fifteen on credentials be appointed by
the chair. It had been agreed to by
the gubernatorial factions and the
committee was named as follows:
For Collins-R. P. Brewer, St.
Cloud; E. w. Stark, Chisago: E. A.
Nelson, Kittson: A. A. Dodge, Rice:
c. c. Eastman, Wadena: Frank Will
son, Goodhue and Geo. Somerville.
Brown.
For Dunno. G.. Hartley, St. Louis:
V. G. Seward, Lyon; Henry Feig,
Kandiyohi; W. B. Anderson. Winona:
A. D. Stepens, Polk: T. b. Caley.
Mile Laos, c. L. Benedict of Blue
Earth.
For Eddy-C. B. Ward, Alexandria.
The committee retired to rooms at
the Ryan hotel where it took up the
contests from the different counties
and the majority and minority reports
were not made to the convention until