The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-16

scandalous but wholly baseless story
rejecting on tho integrity and imPuGn-
ing the honoT2of Worlds Fair Commits
sioner ]. W. St Clair, OF West Virginia.
Tho genesis OF the SANDER was the fact
that Charles II. Taney's name appeared
in the list of incorporators Of the Co
lumbar Exposition Catalogue and Di-
rectory Company" which is the cons
Germ that will handle the Conkey pub
LEGATION. Now, Mr.. fancy is part pro.
prietor Of the RegiSIer, OF Wheeling, W.
Va, Democratic paper OF great In
fuence with the party OF that state
and for a time hostile to Mr.. ST.
Glars political ambitions. From
these things was evolved this theory,
which has been talked OF to n consider
able extent and which reached Mr.. St
Glars ear: United States Senator
Kenna, Of West Virginia, is dangerously
i'll and may not recover; St Clair has
aspirations for the senate, and hoped,
in tho event OF Kenna's death, TO be APP
pointed to the vacant seat. To this end
Mr.. st. Clair desired the support OF
powerful newspaper like the Register,
and it was necessary that fancy should
be placated. fancy was induced to
come on here and by certain hocus-
pocus proceedings at which some
Worlds Fair officials seem TO be adopts,
the catalogue concession was awarded
without competition to tho Conkey.
Taney outfit, In return for this bit OF
iobbery the Wheeling Register was to
have become friendly to Mr.. st. Clair"
Gen. st, Clair denounces the theory
46nN H. 10 n candidate fnr Mr. Ranna'I
placein tho event OF his death as simply
brutal, and gives another explanation OF
his connection with Mr.. fancy, which
is accepted as true by tho Chicago
papers It is to the effect that he IN.
terested himself in Mr.. fancy to secure
the Registers support for the Worlds
Fair appropriation bills before the
legislature and Congress, and that he
succeeded.
THE woRKrSdMEN's STATEMENT.
On Wednesday OF this week the issue
between the board of control OF the
Worlds Fair and the Chicago labor
unions reached a crisis when deleGa-
ton from Typographical Union No. lG
and the Chicago Trades and Labor AS
sembly appeared before the board and
presented the following protest:
GENTLRMEN OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
OF THE WoRLD's COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION:
We, your petitioners, representing
many thousands OF the taxpayers OF
Chicago, which municipality has invest
ed 100000 in the enterprise conduct
ed under the title Of the Worlds Co
lumbar Exposition, hereby protest
against the contamination OF the
catalogue concession to the W. B. Con-
key Company on these grounds:
81. The Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton is essentially public institution;
it is being run with the money contrib.
uted by the people, both in their indi-
yidual and corporate capacity. There
fore, no scheme by which any one is de-
MED an opportunity to try to secure tho
Worlds Fair contracts should be sane
toned by the board OF control, pro-
Vided that the stipulations agreed to
between men who are now responsible
Worlds Fair directors and the repre-
sentatives OF organized labor are con-
formed to. And we can prove that
Charles H. fancy, proprietor OF the
Wheeling, W. Va, Register, q paper OF
great political influence in that state,
has block OF stock In this mysterious
catalogue publishing company; that an
other politician from the same state is
in the deal, and that certain local
wealthy Worlds Fair officials are also
deeply in the job. This being the case,
we can safely assert that an attempt has
been made to suppress competition for
this contract in order that certain Off
GERS Of the fair might reap pecuniary
benefit or satisfy their political ambi-
ton.
40. The Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton, as a governmental enterprise,
should be conducted 30 as to render the
greatest possible service to the greatest
number Of people. No one will dispute
the fact that labor organizations IRE,
under our present industrial system,
necessity to the worlds workers. With
out such associations the artisan and
the laborer are at tho mercy of the
capitalist. And unless the masses arc
allowed to organize and fix minimum
rate of wages for their labor, subject to
arbitration, American freedom will soon
become degraded slaves. A minimum
rate Of wages that will insure continu-
GUS standard OF living now enjoyed by
the American mechanic is tho
only barrier to anarchy, revolution
and chaos. The person to whom the
catalogue concession has been awarded
has been and is doing his level best
primarily to degrade and enslave the
American printer, but bis aim is to
make all wage workers, humble, help
less serfs. If the catalogue concession
shall be given to the Conkey company,
then the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton sets its seal of approval upon the
acts OF man who is doing his utmost
to rob American workingmen OF their
dearest and most cherished right. And
the most despicOble feature oil the
whole business will be that the people
will have been inyeigled into furnish
ing the money that shall buy the let
tiers that shall enslave them. Tho dol
lars that have been poured into tho
Golfers OF the Worlds Fair were never
intended to be put to such base and
damnable uses.
"S, TheWorld' s Fair rectory,through
its spokesman, stands pledged not to
rive this concession to the Conkey COM
pany or any other firm which practices
ConReys prInclples' Nnen the men
who are now snubbing organized labor
were pulling heaven and earth to get the
fair to Chicago their representatives
gave pledges to the representatives Of
Organized labor that their unions and
their scales OF wages should be recog-
nized and observed by the directors Of
the fair. We demand that the promises
made be redeemed. II they are not,
the workingmen Of this city will know
that the word Of men now high in the