Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-12
LABOR MEN WRANGLE
Their Convention q Stormy One. In
Which 1t Was Impossible to ASrea
TICKET MOVEMENT.
Ii Was Rejected, But Discussed AZ.
fcrward During the Consideration
On Nominations.

The labor convention held ut Elletts
Hall. corner Fifth and Marshall streets.
! last night, was a wrangle. resulting only
| in the adoption OF one motion made du-
rins the four hours OF Its session. which
was proposition to adjourn sine die.
The meeting was very stormy, espe-
cially toward it's close. and at one time
1t looked as II there would be some blood
shed. one delegate had seen fit to state
that a member of the Committee ON
| Nominations had gotten to the plaza
of meeting before the appointed time
| that he might confer with certain other
| of the members as TO plan of action.
which they would carry through. The
member thus accused promptly arose,
and in heated words denounced the as
sertion as absolutely false The chairman
raped several times in an endeavor 10
restore order. which he finally secured.
The convention was called TO order by
Mr.. j. b. Doherty, president OF the Gen.
trail Trades and Labor Council. shortly
after s O'Clock, when about twenty-eighs
| delegates were In their seats Mr..
| Doherty was elected permanent chair
| man. and Mr.. W. l.. Yeaman permanent
| secretary OF the body a committee on
| credentials was appointed, and the work
| OF revising credentials revealed that all
the unions OF the city and many OF tho
| workshops were represented.
AN INDEPENDENT TICKET.
| On motion. committee on resolutions
was appointed, and retired. II soon en-
tered the hail again, and presented tho
| following as a minority, or supplement-
! tary report:
| Resolved, That this convention en-.
| dorses the placing Of an independent citi.
zens' ticket in the field, with five labor
| representatives, "a candidates"
] To some Of the delegates this came
| like q bomb, and a heated discussion Of
the advisabilty OF an independent ticket
! followed. Messrs. Booth and Mullen
/ spoke earnestly against such movo-
| ment, but others were heartily In favor
| Of It, one man said that he had talked
! with doctors. lawyers. merchants. and
! others about this matter and they said
| they were in sympathy with the work
ing people. There were many things
! ether than the Epps resolution which
were agitating the laboring men and de-
handing their attention. After a great
deal Of argument the minority report
was rejected.
THE PLATFORM.
The majority report of the COMMITTEES
| on Resolutions. which was never acted
upon was as follows:
I'VE demand the free and unlimited
/ coinage Of silver at ratio OF i6 10 ], in-
| dependent Of all foreign nations.
I'VE demand the enactment Of an hon.
est-elections law
I'VE endorse the bills presented IL thu
! last Legislature by the Trades and Labor
! Council
I'VE also demand the enactment oe
laws protecting the union labels.
1--WE demand the election of all city of
| fcers by the people"
| This report was signed by all the mems
! bers Of the committee. while the supplies
! mental resolution was signed by only two
| members.
THE TEN MEN NAMED.
Immediately after the rejection Of tho
| minority report OF this committee, Mr..
| Mullen, chairman OF the Committee on
| Nominations, appointed TO present ten
| names to the convention, from whom "a
select Ave as candidates for the Legisla-
ture submitted the following:
| To the Members OF the Labor Conyen-
! ton:
We, your committee, appointed to pre-
sent ten names 10 this convention, beg
leave to submit the following:
! /. w. T. Booth.
. j. b. DOherty.'
3. John S. Harwood.
I. r.. r. Frayser.
.. Julian Bryant.
! 6. John Jackson.
| T. ]. Aston Cabell.
8. ]. Taylor Stratton.
| O. Thomas -. Murphy.
10 William Il. Reddy
Respectfully Submitten.
w. H. MULLEN.
JAMES DILLON,
II. J. PAYNE,
| NJ. l.. DOHERTY,
w. l.. YEAMAN.
Committee
Mr.. Mullen said that each OF the cam
! didates had been communicated with in
! regard 10 his position on the question Of
! charter amendment. and that all had
! replied that they were willing to do what
| the people expressed as their desire that
/ they should do.
INEXPEDIENT TO ACT.
The presentation OF this report brought
! forth further and more animated argu-
! ment for and against an independents
| ticket. 4 large number OF speeches were
made. and at u o'clock Mr.. McCulloch.
| hoping TO solve the whole trouble and To
| get home, OneFcd the toIOWlnS'
Resolved, That II is the sense OF this
convention that IL IL inexpedent, under
present conditions. for labor 10 take any
| organized political action at this time,
| as we are OF the opinion that the placing
| OF candidates In the field at this late
DAY does not AFFORD proper opportunity
! for an expression OF what legislation labor
| desires, and the best means OF securing
| H."
There was further discussion, and n
motion 10 adjourn was made and lost
| by a vote OF II noes 10 II ayes. Few
minutes later the same motion was made
again. and the result was ~ ayes to
| noes. and the body dispersed WITH
| wrinked collars and soaking pocket
handkerchiefs
IL was said that the hard fight for
an independent ticket was largely the re-
suit Of the work OF the Knights OF Labor
| assembly here
battlefield Encampment of the Sons
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