The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-10
MR.. RILEY ELECTED PRESIDENT

AT yesterday afternoons meeting OF
the Ohio Valley Tradcs and Labor As
scmbly. after transaction OF routine
business and The admission OF the newly
elected delegates, the annual election OF
officers was held. First the question OF
salaries came zip and thcerc was an In
terestlnS discussion. The motion that
salaries should remain the same os last
year was defeated. IS 10 is. Ex-PresI-
dent Tlghe then moved that salaries be
fixed as follows: Secretary. $50; janl-
tor and trustee, $50: three trustees, 81
each: treasurer so; tanitress, $40.
This would be a saving OF s102 annually.
1t was also suggested that expenses
could be lowered BY giving up the per-
manent hall and renting hall for the
twenty-six meetings held annually.
Amendments 10 tx the salary OF the
secretary were made, the figures being
$40 and SEQ per year. No Williams In
PRODUCED a substitute as follows: Sec
rotary, $50; treasurer. $40; three trustees,
IS each; janitor. ss4:: tanltress, sos. It
was stated that the PythIan castle could
be secured for $40 year, saving to
the assembly OF at least 500. After
decision by the chair had been appealed
from and not sustained, the Williams
substitute was lost, - 20 Il. Then the
Donley amendment providing that the
secretary's salary be fixed at $50, was
put and defeated. q to 1s. Then the
Bauer amendment. fixing the secrs-
tary's salary at $40 a quarter. was de-
feated 10 to IL The original Tighe mo-
ton was next put and defeated 20 TO Is.
Then O motion that the secretary's
salary be fixed at $50 was made, and
two amendments and a substitute were
offered. Finally tho amendment fixing
the salary at S3o-was carried, % 10 %.
A motion was made that the janitor's
salary be fixed at $50 per year. An
amendment for $s4 was defeated. The
original motion was then passed.
Mr. Tighe then proceeded further
along the lines Of his first salary mo-
ton, and moved that the trustees re-
csive 81 per year. There were amend
meu.s for IS and $50. The twe-and-
one-half people won, 81 TO L
4 motion to fix the treasurers salary
at SO. There was an amendment for
s.. The flyers won easily.
The retrenchment people followed up
their fight by suggesting reductions on
committee work. This required an
amendment to the constitution. There
was some opposition, however, and
nothing was done.
Officers were then elected.
The following were nominated for
president: A. L. Bauer, ". a Il. Riley.
FL. Nelson. Nominations closed and
the first ballot resulted as follows:
Bauer Observation-Disclosures. .
Riley ........-......---... =
Nelson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ]
The lowest candidate was dropped
and the second ballot taken. resulting
as follows:
Riley ...-.............-..... %
Slr. Riley was declared elected and the
vice president was next taken up and
these nominations were made: BIon
.. Williams and Ed Brown. The ballot
resulted In the election OF Mr.. Williams.
as follows:
Brown ........................ Ii
EOT Inc etCTeld1 sup THESE HOIIllla-
lions were made: Thomas V. Salisbury,
editor OF the Ohio Valley Workman.
and Oscar Howard, secretary OF the ty-
biographical union. The vote stood as
follows: ~
Salisbury ....................... %
Howard ......................e q
These were nominated for treasurer:
John Donahue, a. L. Bauer, Herman
Knoke, George Weber. E. ". Collins, a
A. Harris. SIessrs. Doaahue and Bauer
| wanted TO decline and were allowed TO
do so. Oscar Howard also declined
There being opposition. Mr.. Knoke was
not eligible TO succeed himself. The
first ballot:
CoilinS ...-...-..~-. .................... Is
Harris ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is
Howard ....................-.- J
Then came the election OF trustees,
and Upon motion II was ruled that the
| highest three should be declared elect
ed on the first ballot This resulted in
| the election OF Messrs. Ned Sims, John
Donahue and ]. T. Harris. as follows:
| DonaEue ...................... II
G!l!ies .......-...-...'....'.. ~
| Harris .....--............... %
| THOMAS ...-...-.......-.....- Z
| Silvey ....................... 4
Bennett Observation-Disclosures IL
Coates ........--..-......-.. .
Sims ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .
TiGhc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l