The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-13

Following Is Mr.. Conitf's communicate
tIon to the Trades Assembly referred to
above: i!
To the President and Members OF the
Trades Assembly, Wheeling, W. Va.
Gentlemen:-Siy attention has been
called to an article printed In the
Wheeling Intelligencer Of August 18th
last signed by"Nota Benc," and also
TO other criticisms which appeared In
the same paper before that date, all OF
which were criticisms OF what seemed
10 be some neglect of resolutions con-
corning the fee system and the hours OF
labor in municipalities, &c, that had
before the Democratic state convention
been passed by your body.
These criticisms escaped my atten-
thon Ut he time OF their publication
because OF absence from the city. The
circumstances OF my connection and
treatement OF the resolutions are these:
Late In the afternoon OF the day on
which the committee on resolutions had
organized and appointed It's sub-com-
mittee, your secretary came TO me and
asked me IL / vera no.. chairman OF the
committee on resolutions. I Informed
him that was not, but that l was O
member of the committee. He then
told me of having mailed Mr.. Chiffon
copy OF some resolutions which the
assembly had passed. requesting him
TO present them 10 the committee on
resolutions of the state convention. The
import OF the resolutions was explain
ed 10 me. l then informed your sec
rotary that the Subcommittee on reso-
lutions had been ut workfor sometime
andwas theulat mreportIng to the gen.
cral committee. 1 Immediately went
to the committee room to ascertain
whether the subcommittee had 2omc.
Other members Of the general commit
tee were there, and upon inquiring, l
found that no one seemed to know
where the subcommittee was at work
or when we would hear from II. then
met your secretary again, and he will
probably recall that I then suggested
10 him that he should give me copy
OF the resolutions, so chat l would not
fall to get them considered by the COM
mittee. He gave me copy.
The subcommittee, several hours
after the time at which 1t was 70 re-
port to US, made its appearance. We
then learned for the first time that the
committee lad come To the city to do
its work. The report OF the sub-com-
mittee had been put into shape and
signed, for submission 10 the general
committee. Some time before the SUBJ
COMMITTEES appeared the convention
had reached the point in the order OF
business when the committe on reso-
luttons should make its report. In
fact, the convention was compelled TO
suspend business awhile awaiting the
report Of the subcommittee to the gen.
eral comnittc. In the meantime Colo
mel Arnctt and E. w. Wilson. ] think,
addressed the convention. We imme-
d!ately assembled IL our room to hear
the report OF! the subcommittee. While
the report was being read, repeated
calls at the door were made notifying
US that the convention was awaiting
the report. AS soon rs the reading of
the repor. was completed, inquired of
the members of the subcommittee
whether the resolutions referred to had
been submitted to them. They said
they had not. ! then informed the
committee that had copy OF the res
buttons and would read them. While
reading the resolutions we were again
interrupted by calls from the conven-
ton for our report.
It was then suggested by some mem