Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-09-30
RALLY TO PROVEN FRIENDS
and Overthrow the Party That Heeds
Not Your Honest Cry.
RINGING ADDRESS TO LABOR
From the Largest Organization of Work.
ingmen In the State Of Ohio.
READ, PONDER, AND STRIKE HARD!

A Document In Which Are Given
Cogent Reasons Why All Wage
Farmers Should support the Zanes-
VILE Platform and the Candidates
Standing ThereOn-Cincinnati Build
ing Trades Council Takes COur-
ageous and Decided Step In the
Present Political Contest.
At its regular meeting Thursday
night there was issued by the Building
Trades Council of Cincinnati and
Hamilton county to the organized la
Dor and workingmen of the state
trumpet call that will be heard in
every city, town, village and ham
let in the state, and as its music re-
verberates it will forever silence the
carping critics who have endeavored
to show that the ticket nominated by
the GAINESVILLE convention would not
receive the united support of the or
ganized labor of the state.
They will find little consolation to
back their arguments in reading the
ringing declaration and address given
below from the largest representative
body of trades union men in Ohio, and
out side of the two cities of Chicago
and New York. the most powerful and
influential political organization of
building mechanics in America
It is the first time in its history also
in which it has taken such a bold and
decided step in a political campaign
as the Endorsement of a party platform
or pledged its support to party candi-
dates. The Building Trades Council
of Cincinnati is very conservative in
this regard, and in the past has always
refused to give its sanction to propo-
sitions in support OF anything beyond
the appointments to uinor offices, such
as building, sanitary and workshop in
spectors, and such other positions as
it felt should be filed by practical and
experienced mechanics having a thor
ough knowledge of the duties pertain
ing to these positions.
Councils Composition.
The council is a central or legisla-
tive body, composed of delegates from
the various unions of the building
trades, the principal of those therein
represented being carpenters, brick
layers, electrical workers, painters and
decorators, plumbers, steamfitters,
freestone cutters, plasterers, stone
masons, iron workers. hod carriers
and several others.
There are about &c unions represent
ed in the body, some of the various
crafts having several local organiza-
tions. In the palmy days of the build
ing industry it represented an aggre-
gate membership of nearly 10000 men,
and Notwithstanding the existing de-
preston in the trade, i: still maintains
its old position of supremacy in trades
union affairs.
The action taken in indorsing the
Democratic platform and ticket was
the logical outcome of debate which
arose under the head of Good and
Welfare of the Council" and in which
the platforms of both parties in the
state campaign were taken up and
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was pointed out that for the first time
in state issues the principles that Or
ganized labor advocated had been
openly championed by one of the great
parties and CONTEMPORARY ignored by
the other, and that the time had come
in which the delegates felt that they
were justified in breaking away from
the old rule and precedent against
committing their organizations to po-
litical action.
This was followed by a statement
from one OF the delegates that he did
not believe in confining an expression
of their opinions to local members of
the crafts. and called upon the council
to take broader grounds by sending
out an address defining their views to
the organized labor of the state at
large. The debate and discussion end
ed by the adoption and unanimous in.
dorsement of an address, which Sec
retary Kennedy was instructed to
transmit to every trades union and
labor organization in Ohio
ADDEAU Tn TADnD