Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-26

Specific Charges-Matter Goes over
Until Next Meeting to Allow Time
for Investigation President
Bauer's Communication-Rou
Matters.
A spirited debate occurred at yester-
days session of the Ohio Valley
Trades and Labor Assembly, after the
finance committee, who had been in
structed at a previous meeting to look
up several outstanding hills against
the Assembly, had made their report.
It would seem from the statement of
quite a number of the delebates who
sroke on the matter that the delegate
to whom had been assigned the duty
of settling an account with the Wheel
ing Bakery for provisions for enter
tainment of the potters, who met here
in national session last summer, had
neglected to do SO and was purposely
avoiding to attend the sessions and
aisc was avoiding the members of the
france committee.
No direct charges were made, but
there were many insinuations. 1t was
stated openly that the delegate had
not attended the sessions for ten
weeks past and some action should
be taken upon the matter.
Others spoke in defense of the al
legged erring delegate, and stated in
so much as the finance committee had
not been able to see him and secure
his side of the question, it was only
fair that the matter should go over
until the next time of meeting, when
the committee would be in better
position to make an unbiased report.
This sentiment finally prevailed, and
motion was carried II to 8, to the
effect that the matter should go over
until the next meeting and that in the
meantime the committee see the dele
gate and get his side of the story in
regard to the disposition he had made
of the account.
Under the head of matter pertain
ing to the good of the Assembly, Pres
ident Bauer presented to the Assem-
bly, for individual consideration, the
following:
To the Officers and Members of Ohio
Valley Trades & Labor Assembly:
/ have noticed in the public press lately
that different denomination and church
declarations are CRYING for reform:
Not that l oppose their ideas in view, but
the method they pursue, | would say 1t
seems to be a travesty on religion, that
, S. eteen hundred years of preaching,
teach & ana in other ways civilEing and
Christianizing the people of the world TO
do what is right 20 use the force OF gov
eminent and the coercion of law to ac-
complish what they give religion and
Christianity credit for. If the champions
of the present competitive producing and
distributing system claim the credit of the
good in civilization. they cannot shrink
from the bad. The reformerS are dealing
more with effects than causes and want
the putrid sores of immortality public APP
pearing upon the social system covered up
and driven back instead OF trying to re-
move the cause that created them. The
accused competitive system that puts the
value upon dollars instead of humanity
is a system that drives our boys, girls and
women into mills shops and factories,
many of them under conditions that are a
disgrace to humanity ara our boasted civ
ilization, making them beasts of burden,
demoraliZing, degrading and humiliating
them contrary to the laws of God. nature
and humanity; a system that creates dis
honest and deceptive methods that lead
down to the lowest stages of crime, to
wiring the dollars from any source either
adulteration or from the human flesh.
We know that the evils complained of
exist to an alarming extent in all CONNER
cial centers and industrial communities
that are supposed TO represent the pro-
gress of the ages. The cause of the same
is plainly to be seen in the fierce fight for
an existence under the competitive system
made to-day both by free and convict
products The thousands in our penal in
situations would be largely increased by
their proposed methods, thereby greatly
aggravating the already trying conditions
the workers are complaining Of The re-
suit of all these spasmodic efforts at re-
form only tend to increase existing condi-
tons.
A communication was read from
GAINESVILLE thanking the Assembly for
their contribution of s25 to assist
the A. F.. of l.. The communication
was signed by Fred Dewent, secre-
tary of No. S347.
A resolution was offered endorsing
Mr. T. V. Barton, State Labor Commits
sioner, for reappointment. The resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted.
A resolution was received from
the Social Democracy branch of
Wheeling. demanding of the State Leg
islature the enactment of laws in con-
formity with the recommendation of
the state Labor Committee. The res
olution was received. but no action
taken.
1t was moved that jeremiah Mead.
on request of Miners Union No. 1893,
be recommended for appointment to
mine inspectorship. The motion
was carried unanimously.
A motion was made and carried
that the Labor Assembly request the
State Legislature to act fayorably upon
the recommendation of State Labor
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