The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-28
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bring them INFO one organization. II
The Trades Assembly in this city had
only been formed since last June, and
very few trades were not now repre-
scented in IL. He referred 10 the sue
cess OF the movement in Pittsburgh,
and said II the working man would
stand by the Trades Assembly he had
no doubt in the world they could carry
any man for any Office they might
choose. some had been arguing that
they couldn't stick together II they
nominated a ticket. He thought differ
emit. he didn't intend TO argue with
men who didn't know where
their interest lay-men who would nj
leave Il party If their God wouio
call them-nOt il they knew that
thereby thew could raise them
selves higher in society than they ever
had been yet; but still lay low ana han6
to the skirts OF some party Tor some
petty otIice-policeman or couhclll l1Lili
or something Of the sort; ana "heh
thew are called to come forward ana
mite with their felIow-toilers, say ITS
Imnracticable-we can't organize any
snGh a marty. He said let such men
90 Rats and Scabs in the trades We're
Generally composed OF such men-IeaHe
n trades organization after join
ing IL when men are on strike
When the men need the money
they should be earning for the
support of their families; when
men are almost starved and proprletors
are about giving in, they go back and
work for a mere pittanCe when they
didn't get half enough wages before
and throw honorable men out OF en-
ployment and then their families are
Could not they remedy this. Could
not they claim their share ofthe profits
of business. They did not want IL
all. They would allow a man that had
capital III u business u fair per centage.
They told them what they would work
forsand If he did not think he could
pay IL and max money he wouldn't put
bis money in the business. He thought
the intelligence in the different
trades organizations in this
city was enough TO see when a proprie-
tors business II paying. The capital
lists gTumble about the taxes and for
every dollar OF tux they pay they put
ten dollars on the men who pay rents.
There was another questionable
bonds ofthe United States. lie didn't
care whether IL was u Democratic or Re-
publican question. The laboFing man
owned no bonds. The man that does
own the bonds has his capital in them,
which he would have invested, if they
were not in existence, in some
other kind of work 10 furnish
employment to the laboring man.
He Will set up there and draw his in
terest on. the bonds in gold, while the
IHboring man works for poor pay and
pay the interest on the bonds. There
might be Republicans and Democrats
! in the house who wOuldn'tlike to hear
any questions oil that kind discussed,
but it must come forward. The labor
| ing man of the United States never
could support IA bond arisIocracy. be
| had to ubor, and when he bnySH cigar,
or shirt, coat, pair OF pants or boots, or
| any thing TO eat, he has to pay part OF
the revenue tax to support the bond
holders. He didn't care what party
did that, the party that got them up
and to pay interest in gold and
the principal in goid-dOne wrong
committed an outrage on the working
classes of the United States. Every
man that has a large amount of capital
gets it into bonds and pays no taxes.
Who is left to pay the taxes? The la
boring classes of the United States.
The bond question must be taken up
by the labor party. They never can
get round it.
Mr.. S. proceeded to impress on his
hearers the necessity of peTIecting an
| organization in all the trades as other
wise they could not command adequate
wages. The Trades Assembly In this
city had already appointed committee
| to wait on the different trades and So
| Iicit them to organize. He hoped all
Inc TRACES WOuIu nave representatives,
at their meetings here soon.
Mr.. $. then sat down and the Chair
man called upon Mr.. Handy to favor
the meeting with some remarks, but
that gentleman eXcnsing himself, the
Chairman suggested that before the
meeting adjourned they should call
convention OF the working men of
Wheeling and vicinity. for Saturday
two weeks at the Court House, to make
nominations for the coming cleo
lions in Ohio county. He thought
there were men in the ranks of
the working men as capable of
holding office and reRping its benefits
AS men who 'never worked liCk''-
men who stand around the grog shops
and drink whisky from one years end
to another. He wanted his hea rers TO
stand up and show they were men. He
wanted men to legislate for them and
not for the arisIoCracy, who pro-
fessed great friendship for the working
man on election day but never knew
him at any other time. He wanted 10
show that the men who toiled for n liv-
ing were as capable of running IL gov
ernment as those who causused together
and stole the money from the treasury.
One party would call a Republican
caucus and another n Democratic eau
Gus, and they will all work for one
another. I'm put you into Office and
we will divide the spoils." He told his
hearers that they had as good right to
steal the treasures OF the country rs
anybody. He said the working
men were the men who answered
the call when soldiers were want
ed, while the aIistOcracy stayed at
home and held tho Offices and got the
spells of the government.
Let party issues go, and when the
time comes they would show the aris-
tocracy they were men.
The chairman then moved that a
meeting be held, as suggested, at the
Court House Saturday October 9TH, and
putting the motion 1t WAS agreed to.
gentleman moved the appointment
OF committee of three from each
ward, whose business 1t should be
TO raise whatever funds were necessary
to procure band and meet other ex-
penses of the proposed mass meeting,
aud employ speakers from the ranks OF
the working men of the city to address
the meeting.
The motion prevailed, and the
chairman appointed committees for
the several wards, who were
Monday night and hold a. general meet
ing at the American Hall, next Friday |
evening. ,..#.. -.
While the appointment of these COM |
mittees was in progress, u gentleman
rose and stated that u new paper was to
be started in the city shortly 10 6e cali
ed "The Evening Commercial" He had |
been talking to Mr.. Johson, one OF the |
projectors, about turning 1t over TO the |
interests of the working men. Mr.. J. |
said If there was any proba-
bility of there being a |
working mans party he would do 1t |
very willingly; and he [Mr. j. i said III
the part Y would prove themselves TO be
men, would stand by him, and would |
hold out any inducement to him, he |