The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-27
RADICAL
TALK K ION ].
Y'1'AlRM.SDAY.
socialistic Utterances Of Organizer
Bryan Before the Trades II
Il; Assembly. =.
CAPITAL A !. AGAINST LABOR.
he Would Sacrifice All Millionaires,
That the White Slaves,
K Might Be Free. y

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The Ohio Valley Trades & Labor As
sembly met at their hall yesterday nf-
ternoon and transacted some compare
lively unimportant business. Mr..
Bryan, ofS Y Cleveland, organizer OF
street car unions, was present and adj
dressed the delegates. His remarks
were of "a decidedly pessimistic nature
and took on the tlnge of a Democratic
political speech. He referred TO Cleve-
land as the home OF the President OF
the United States, Mark Hanna.
President Bauer. OF the assembly,
raped the meeting to orderat 2 o'clock
and there was a good attendance of
delegates present. Credentials were re-
ceived from the following, and they
were duly Obligated: James HENS,
John Fitzgerald and George WeIser, Of
Virginia Lodge No. 4, A. a.. Of /. s. S.
w; Charles Huggins and E. D. Noon
,ey. of Local Union No. 12G. A. f. G. W.
u; H. S. Hart, William Carroll and
William Howard, OF Wheeling Lodge
No. 6, a !. A. os l.. $. & T. w; Peter
Hillenbrand, Of the "A. NJ. C. 6 b. w.
OF N. "A. Peter Putnam was elected to
I'LL the unexpired term of ]. v. Glatz. OF
the Journeyman Horseshoers, Union.
Chairman Boes, of the organization
committee, made a report regarding
the condition OF affairs in the clerks
union. He started out to say they were
In bad way and the union about to
collapse, when Delegate Sims rose to q
point of order on the grounds that it
was q private affair Of that local and he
did not think such matters should be
aired in the assembly. Mr.. Boes was
in a quandary and did not know how to
proceed. He was toli by the chair that
the committee had full power to reor
ganize locals and that they should pro-
coed with the work OF recognizing the
clerks union.
Chairman Bauer called on Mr.. Bryan
for remarks and he arose and address
ed the delegates. He started out by
addressing the delegates as fellow
slaves" He said he was always ready
to raise his voice in the interests of the
toiling masses. His remarks were
those Of q misanthrope inasmuch ms he
took a pesslmistic view of affairs all
over the country. He. said that wealth
was stored labor and added that the
capitalists had stored their wealth
while the workingman had forgotten to
store his labor. He painted q dark pic
turc Of conditions IN the south. Chill
dren Of tender age down there. he said,
were laboring in the factories and at
meagre, compensation. ;,i -
The speaker went on to say that the
laboring men were the conservators Of
the moral atmosphere of the country
and the sooner they awoke to that fact
the better itwould be for them. He drew
smile of an elephant at the circus be-
Ing led by man whose strength was as
q Pibhs " q tiaiit al comparisons. i He
elephant, II he knew his strength, could
hurl his captor into kingdom come.
This was the condition with labor.
They did not know their own strength.
He said that the wealth OF the coun-
try belonged TO the workingmen and
they should receive their share Of
what they produce. They produce 100
per cent and receive seven and one-half
per cent. He saw the Rockefeller mon
olith at Cleveland and said he did not
care how soon all Of his kin were bur
led under 1t. Rockefeller was great
Baptist, but was so smeared over with
oil that water would not have any ef-
feet upon him. He would give 100000
to the cause OF religion to-day and raise
the price of oil a quarter OF cent to-
morrow to pay for 1t.
Continuing further. Mr.. Bryan SAID he
would be willing to sacrifice all the
mill!onaires In the country in order
that the white slaves might be free.
He said there was no such thing as
freedom in this country. People said
he was IN ldealist. What was ideal!s-
tic to-day would be realistic Tomorrow.
Business men were the paupers between
the producer and the consumer. II
they had brains enough to last them
over night they would get into the Ia
Dor movement. Higher wages to labor
would increase the volume OF business,
Concluding the speaker said the fault
was not over-production MS has been
said, but It was under consumption,
The assembly then launched INFO
discussion as to the best way to carry
out the plans for the labor day picnic.
Some OF the delegates wanted n street
demonstration. but It was voted down.
as the time Is too short to arrange
anything OF a creditnble nature, They
then adjourned, after which the picnic
committee met and perfected plans for,
the labor day picnic TO be held at the
State Fair grounds next Monday.
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