The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-17

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ls@Jt will be remembered thah on the
"a. . Z! 4. M
nrst OF she presoHt month sthe lhteli'-
gencer published On aftldaVit,A packed
bySi contirmntory statements, from
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10 thes enect tlfae Whlle inc committee
Of window z glassworkers were In Wash
inrtn IN 1894. protestinp to the ways
80 ss, - ~ :,
aiio aio " s ttis - -
representatives, against the reduction
| Of the duty on window glass, in a con-
I,,,, !, fto, M. tnor,nc- n,o !. o,,.r&
..e - -'1t N.s ''.'
William Jennings Bryan, the present
free silver candidate for President de-
| nonnced tbe wa ane-workers who nsked
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10y 10y Wy uuty W " puoifu : IVY
were trying TO show him how the pro-
posed reduction would result In a re-
1no,,,,, ~ tho,r ~, i, no, ,yhnr h,, ,,,dn
uue.1'u '.A " tne't mases Nsn ~ 4tA"us
the remark. Ihe reauctlon OF the taFllt
was made and the reduction Of wages,
1 fol,owed Mr. Rryan contr;b,,ted his
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sts VoMasu u,!nI =, nS y. Sts ~, M.naom "
s4assM9rkers 4na ~ otner "orhers @ -. "
ISu'.ioii. M po.ue.tnS " " ss ~
MnetMsr tney .Mess puot'c pesS 49, s oe-
| AorS ~; tlat oT Hot.
IHe InteinsehceE puohsauoh, walsa
was not ohiys sWorn 70 put was oaseu
on otner equally sood autnorlsy,5 ere
atea interest an iaoor circles tAToush-
4 OUT tlrs country, ana When Mr-& bryah
arrived IN aWheenng on me same, gay
ehe aTt1ee was printed, ne was lnteE-
Il viewed as 10 lis trutn. t. BESuu MAS
oesGrloed py, ahe Resister as reaoms7
MrBryants sworn statementreSa
the scene IN tne commltteS room anu
/ 9uoteu MS reply Ghat the oniclai snort-
/ ifdno reeoru oL she ptoceeuinSs " .ns
incident had occurred or not i !
This was an evasive answer to the
charge, and one which was not worthy
Sannv S 20 ~. III T1,s4sJ ~ Sat-. e. ma ~ an IN
dayit distinctly stated thar the con-
versation between AR. Bryan and the
giassWorkers oecurred AFIGH me or.
dnri,,. thas H nroccaa5,n~s ~ ~ tha S.p,,,ntei
tss 20, ,ssc,,a,,ti,, ~ eso,,id not nnanr
1 5n>tbe otric;nj recorI Str,i Tpyyan. Itnsw
i tb,s md lyct be TaIiher,te,v turned ar
| th,. 'o,iast;on In the n,onnar mentioned
/ IIts cSnIanatinn did mr. srnia;,,
nv ~ fntaIIio,., ,,rere .rro,Inests. Nv .,r-
i ,sct,on ,,,ith tho nnhiien t,or, ~ M.
Rrvant,s nfsIdavit tbat other t-entie,nen
i ,vhn ,vcre mrssart viii The SaiaTs.io,,
s,nod Wo wtI rsay tn ,no" oa ~ srr}h
~ the sfotement' since thsn several
. have done ar. yetsardoy, tho Tntsi,;.
cancer rercived rom Wr Jarnas a
4 Ca1npbell. n, foymer president Of the
j National Window Gla ssworkers' or..an-
Eiyation. and one Of the hest known
/ men IN the Ia hor c;rcIas ~ America tba
! foiIowino I additionolt afTld,vit ,rh;cl,s
4 conf,rn,s In "ovarv no rtjrmISr tso stnta
1narta r,,Ia ofora. : = 80 I
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"a committee, representing the y Wia-
dow Glass Workers Organization OF
i america .con,nnsea ~ Joh, D ,-har-
49, ,a,.,.... :, ,y.s.. : -. !,
IaA :, piestaciit' a. A. A. i1uinlilett' treas
urer, anu James Campbell, oil Of Pitts
i burch, Pa, G, L, Cake and John Keal-j
4. .ot Tao n,att, %, c,,r,o, I,,,....
= ,, 's' =. ''n.ol
Alexandria, indiana, ana Joseph Rig
gins. OF Br:dgeton, New Jersey, We're
sent 70 washington an September.1S9
! 70 protest aSainst any reduction of the
tarln on WINDOW Slass!5We produced
hconciusife evidence to any fair-m!nded
man that reduction or the tariff
would result IN q reduction OF the
wages OF the workers. Notwlthstand-,
insSthc evidence, the tarE was re:
duccd and reduction OF tie WORKERS
WAGES followed.
w.. ), bryan. now j candidate for.
EfPresidentS on the Democratic ticket,was
a memher OF the ways and means COM
mittee at that time, and after the COM
mltsee had adjourned, a manufacturer
WHo WIS present, soe INTO u cohEersa-
Inc @ 10 him n tho thnneiIcia, @ rosnit ptu, t,sat
A the people OF this country had received
under the protective tariff system. and
l y shg tae'n, On wlnuow NOV, siass was re.
forced to redlee the wages o Of the wop. y.
kers, which, he had no desire to do. Mr.
Bryan looked him straight In the eye
and said: "You are robber." One of
our committee spoke up and said: Mr.,
brSah, u me empioyef Is 9 robber,
nran,nt,,. ,on,,o, '"vSn = ~ invh N,h,, 70
90 rs'. 9ne nr our com nv Ill w. pSS, !
SIva dn nnf Consider II hat.a;n,- 4, ap.,:
| for protection AGAINST tho cheap ~ MID MD
i labor of foreign countrles.' lie said.
Nevertheless you are public begsnrs.,
and with that, left the committee
1 room. The above Is Substantiallv what
occurred after the ways and means
committee had adjourned, Al II Z. Il
/. .iJ. "a JAMES .CAMPBELT,
i October II. lS06.-Pers9naily annrar.
4 ed before me. j. d. Patterson. M, vor
Of Harrisburg. James Patterson. = Who
4 being duly sworn, doth sny that thr
\ foregoing statement js true md cor.
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