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Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

Congress, its next session, will be vastly different
lin it's constitutional will have workingman in it!
OF course, we all know that congress has had many
members who 'swere born in log cabins and who 'spli
rails and secured their education by ''the light of pint
knot but they had progressed far beyond the working
stage when they hit the house Of representatives
They were no longer members of the working class an
referred to their early struggles only in spirit of boast
ing and to show what they had escaped There have beef
too congressman with union cards in their pocket but they
Ibid not go as union men, but as members of the
other political party and to that party they owed the
allegiance and their vote.> And they delivered both
Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, is the first man to SIT
Tin the Congress of the United States genuine repro
sentative Of the working GLASS; elected working class
platform owing allegiance to none but the working class
is not harassed by camors for patronage. He mad
mo promise to- and accepted help FROM any members OF
any other class. And the working class of Milwaukee
THAT elected him holds his resignation signed by him
which they accept and present at their sweet vii
For these various reasons Victor J.. Berger will rep
resent the working Glass; and because these
actuated another congressman other congressman
represented the working class.
If these things not true the world would not b.
sitting up to notice Berger congressman was
watched before It is universally recognized that his
trance into the historic chamber marks the beginning Of
new era when the voice of Labor silent many weary
toll stained years. will be raised in effective protest H.
will demand for Labor the full sociaVaue of its oduc
and while he will take everything he toward that end
he and the who sent him there won't be happy until
they get it all. And that is Socialism
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

ers Union that would embrace its membership every
person at any department Of the glass indus
TRY in America,
That is the only quietus for qualdes: that is only
way jerk the jursdctional squabbles into kingdom
come Whenever and wherever two unions exist, ii COM
petition in the craft that competition will grow int
contest and there will be charges counter charges s
bad faith ard bad there win be ample grounds
for all. [ss9#
can profit unless it be the officials whose jobs might melt
away under proper form of organization This would bt
Ia sad thing but it much sadder thing to see all the
workers of an industry suffer that few officials may
supiney sit in swivel chairs.
What does it matter to a glass worker whether the
initials of his union "A. G. w. u &c. B. B. A. e?
"A B G. & etc9 What shall it profit man if he
gain the whole alphabet and lose Is cents day his
wages?
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
Greater Wheeling

They can't blame the workers Of Wheeling for refus
ing to get very much excited over plan for Greater
Wheeling" We have nothing to gain by it, and some
thing to lose.
Our minds not far gone inssenile dementia but
that we remember when the Wheeling newspapers
were helping the Wheeling Traction company put the
$2 franchise steal through the city council they told
JUS that the improved nteturban facilities would enable
Ito buy cheap lot out in the country the instamen
plan and 'why pay rent when could buy home and
evade the high city taxes?
So we did, and that we shivering within our
upholstered walls the word is sent out that the city limits
must be pushed out past us Now to pay the high
taxes of yore and in addtowe must pay the fare
tribute to the Traction Trust And all while strng
Cling meet the payments the house and lot which the
newspapers induced to buy under false pretenses
That's why we are not very enthusiastic.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
What We Want

Cardinal Gibbons says that the people believe that
they must have automobiles and must to the theatres
must have various kinds of amusenens and must hava
many things less expensive, without with thel
grandathers got along well enough and prospered This
lack Of economy the cardinal things is hampering the
progress of the country at the present tine I.
What kind of people is the cardinal talking about wht
think they must have automobiles Surely not the work
ing people, for they do not do much JOY riding except Iii
five cent street And then they usually going tc
and from work. e-e..zs -+ II !, VI. -4s ,4
And he cannot mean the working people when he
speaks Of theatres for the working people rarely
theatrical production worthy of the name being limited
except festive occasions Greek moving picture show
or a cheap Virginia Theatre Offering
Seriously though it sa sheartenng spectacle to
man Of the clerical ennence Of Cardinal Gibbons telling
the people that they too much Of this worlds goods
heworkng people produce that is used in this
world; whyshould they not have it,. WhY5 should the
workers not have automobiles and good theatres and all
the various kinds Of things which their grandfathers did
not hayeg If we can produce, by modern machinery.
twenty times much our grandfathers could why
should we not live twenty times well? The cardinal
deplores the popular agitation against the trusts
he not see that it is because the trusts get much Of the
aforesaid twenty times that it dnesn live proper
tonately better than our fathers and graadfahers?
If the clerical gentlemen cannot see tLese things then
they had better conne their exhortaons to the ritual
and leave the affairs Of the earth to theeaty We work
ers are coming realize that get but fourth of that
which we produce and the same token somebody else
gets the other three fouTths. 49, -. s#
And we want the three-fourths and the automobiles
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
A Free Advertisement

Many good people Of Wheeling and vicinity honestly
object to child labor and sweathop methods They dis
those things at length condemn Them talk Of pass
ing laws against theand then proceed promptly to do
the products of child and sWeatshop labor
In another column Of the Majority is story well
worth profitable perusa It is the story of young girl
forced to work longer hours than human life can stand
and for less wages than human fecan flourish And
the top of the list length of hours and at the bottom
on the s for scautness Of wages stands the much adj
vertised firm of Hart Shaffner Marx whose Wheeling
''home,'' VIM. Wertheiner in, the Schmubach building
proudly processes to be-
T. You final purchasers, the wearers of Hart, Shaner
l& Marx, are the real employers.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

label and humane man, such ideas
must prevail over the greedy, practical
man, to save themselves from the
|devouring and consuming results of
his greed.
Yes, humanity's faith is finally in
the positive logical man, who to the
practical man always seems to have
an excess thereof, to the expense of
reason, made SO however, by the un--
reasonable greed Of the so-called prac-
teal man and for hisTthe logical
man's-sympathy for those he has in
his greedy mad and clutches, and who
has, gone to the other extreme.
Men are affected with the blindness
of radicalism and pernicious conser-
vatism. We know how it is ourself;
we can shoot the straightest when we
shut one eye. TX
The Reformers are the humane,
logical positive. and not the practical
men. The practical man is sticking
for his practicability, but he is in
error; his course means ruin to all
himself included. We have had
enough of the practical. What we now
want is umanity-humanc considera-
ton. for the people and private inter
est must give away to the public
good; this is the demand of socialism.
J.-W. MEET, Wellsburg, w. Va.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
sANArEL sroG1Es
Union Hand Made

guided by humane impulses: but the
practical man by his greed, a base
propensity finally reunions to himself
and all others. Jesus Christ, Thomas
Paine, Abraham Lincoln, and perhaps
Theodore Roosevelt, belong to this
class. The Emperor Marcus Arebius
belonged to this class; hear what he
says: "Do not waste the remainder
of thy life n thoughts about others,
when thou dostInot refer thy thoughts
to some object of common utility"
Society, while it is compelled to
note the accumulations of the practi-
cal man, it finally comes to fear his
self1shness and must take precaution-
airy measures against him.
Practicability is a relative quality.
Common and equal selfishness is
the supreme good; individual and I'M
equal selfishness is the great evil. and
must at times be reduced to the COM
mon level; for God and justice are
not respector of persons.
The greed, ignorance, injustice and
audacity of the successful man drives
the people to accept and place conf
dence in the positive or logical man
who is always humane and whom the
practical man stigmatizes as visionary
and impractical theoretrical; and it
is good thing, for he being a reason
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

The Contention

The thirtieth e0nVenuOn OF the american rederaclo
of Labor has passed into history and we may now review
its labors perspective picking out the wheat from the
cha. From this distance and rom me pllnted
proceedings the convention seems to haye pee OF real
benefit to Labor There less jursdclona pickering
than has been customary and there was better spirit OF
solidarity manifest. III ST
capture the Federation there could have been no
failure Every year, as the begins
the cheap writer's of the daily press spring story OF tho
Socialist plans to capture" the Federation and then
after the adjournment of the 1t can be recorded
that the scheme failed The righteousness OF such story
is apparent all but the editors and one Soc
alist put it: What would do with It II captured IT
Socialism is political and trades unonsm is Industrial
and each has it's own peculiar And certainly n'
Socialist believes that the members Of trades unions can be
compelled by resolutions to vote certain pohtlca part
ticket That belief is only held by old party politicians
who are perennaly bled by Labor glers who pretend
to be able to deliver Labors vote when they cannot
even deliver their own. ~. ~..sa@ -.=-.--..
ventio1 was the unanimous adoption IF the resolution III
troduced by Victor L Berger compelling local unions t.
join the bona fde city and state cenra BODIES taxes
the much talked of solidarity of Labor out OF the realms
of resolutions and perfervd Orat0r ard makes 1t real AMI
actual Berger always was practleaN sl,asj.A
And the proposition calculated to be most harmful
Labor was commended for by James OConne OF the Ma
chnists who wanted the Western Federation OF Miners
kept out of the American movement until they turnet
their Machnist members over to the craft The Western
Federation IF Miners retains machnsts in its Oca
unions because it has found that the only way to fight for
better conditions industry is to have all the workers
in that particular industry united: The United Mine
Workers have learned that too and the Typograph
ca lUnion insists upon the linotype
chnists who couldn't set single line Of type But Door
nell need not look beyond his own organization to see th
baneful effects of craft chickering's the Baltimore
Ohio railroad the machnsts have been valiant fighting
for more than year against the Of the piece
work system and consequent reduction OF wages Will
every other craft union with members employed that
system has been helping the company by simply remain
ing at work What good would it do the mine machinists
to belong to little local Of their own # the United Mine
Workers ignored them when they made settlements
the railroad brotherhoods have done It sign Of the
progress Of the American Labor movement that President
sustained Gompers against OConnelss may have been
dsconcertng to OConne but it was the best thing for
the machinists. ~4 ~ n. ..z7 r ee.s =,
All in all the Labor movement of America is better
for the holding of the convention. =
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
SOCIALISTS WANT
800 REGISTRARS

That almost 300 registrars OF TIE
city of. Pittsburg and the city of NJ i.
Keesport must be appointed from The
Socialist party in districts where tn
Socialist party ticket polled Il .argrr
vote than the Democratic party is the
contention Of Fred H. M6rrick. d ST.
cialist party organizer, who Is makiu-
a comparison of the returns bet@ern
the two parties,
The four registrars in each district.
it is contended, must be appointed tvs
from the leading ticket and one from
each of the two parties polling The
next highest vote Accordin., to Met
rick, this will mean that two viii be
appointed from the Republican, part,
one from the Keystone PARTY ana on'
from the Socialist party in ail the dis
tircts where tn Socialist part pQlled
the third highes' vote. He SAYS the
Socialist party ran third in Almost 592
districts, of Pittsburg and Mckee
port In the Third precinct of the
borough of Wilmerding and IN VIM
taker township the Socialist party was
the leading ticket.
Have Won bou9bt stock ID the Il !.
iorifY vat9 n
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08
IL Re- TECH |
IS EVERYBODY Us OPINION.

IF you HAVE ANYTHING EXPRESS.
T T4R 4N 70 TE FRIs NOR FOES
FRONT us ARE ENOUGH
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

Have you bought stock ID the "
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-31
Alleoed New York Murdered
Rejects Lawyers Not Gull
" Plea and Refuses TO
Make One Himself.
VEAL THY WOMAN WILL
PROVIDE HIS FUNDS
She Aids Accused Man, Not
Desiring to See Him 11RaiI-
roaded'' Plans Of the De-
tense Outlined.
(Americau News Service,

New York, March 31.-Albert VOL
ter indicted for killing pretty fifteen
year old Ruth Wheeler, stenograph
er. created a sensation today when ar
raigned by rejecting his lawyers plea
|of not guilty. and refusing to plead
ito the murder indictment. Twenty
four hours was granted for the prep
aration or the plea.
Before Albert Wolter was arraigned
today to plead to the Indictment
charging him with the murder Of fif
teen year old Ruth Wheeler. It wai
learned that his counsel. Wallace D
Scott. had been engaged to defend
him BY very wealthy woman.
When Mr.. Scott was asked about
this, he replied:
That is, personal matter. which
would rather not discuss =
A report was current today that
Mrs. John Murray Mitchell. of Tux
edo, wife OF the former congressman
had furnished the money to retain Mr.
Scott.
Called Legal eutchery.
ut would be legal butchery to rail
road this case, as It Is planned" said
Lawyer Scott. ''It II absolutely unjust
to force man to trial with only forty
eight hours notice. Wolter is limo
cent. and IL have only the ordinary
length Of time granted m attorney fol
the defense. can proxa Il :. -
The 1fns ef aeSenss was rsvealed 70.
p Xen1
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-31
R0AOfRs Ne
faY RlP )OlT
Thousand Men on Edmond
Division Affects n In
crease in W >.
local PAYROLL HEAVY
RichMoNp FuLl Il oooo WAS
nisTRisuTEo n. - rloYEs ON
DIVISION.
LOCAL PAYR0Ll HEAVY

Notwithstanding eact that q.
most al railroads industries at
nra..nt =. trvo,,. q strikes ana
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c1,ae-osels s'ss So. ss ~ - O.01 D...., -
Fcressed vases. tne I..1.a tai.
Ioed COMPANY COM 49, wisl -
announcement g percent morn.
pn.n aov.nce = 49, -el1eC.Iso. g. -
p1n !, n.1n .pla ,, 80. s.I
go !, ealOu1s nd. men 9 le ie,Osa ~ -
-.
ne ~. snnoune1 ~ = tne ~,
t1osi1ed Iaase q tne lectols g tne
noon ~ supsrinte ant Nsttleton
- and - 9ener notices of 4
ssefe aenf cyer tne vision g once
adlng the Joyfal alnss The en-
!aoyes ~ Over tne anon are wear
ln9 oesmin9 counts snces soday. 9
the same time wond ms 4 there can
~ any probability at the Intended
raise u meant IN ADfil f0ol
80 =
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-31

Albert M. Wolter. the suspected muir
derer OF Ruth Wheeler, the lrkkle NJ
teen-year-old stenographer, w1O an
swered postal card request cent by
Wolter to business college which
the girl was graduate in Nesk York.
Her body was found all ch4d from
an unsuccessful attempt to bexn II up.
In the yard next to the house n which
Wolter lived. He is Of bad reputAtion
and has made practice OF hgratiat-
ing himself into the affections Of q
certain class Of girls. He denies the
murder. but the police declarp there is
such positive proof that he will con-
fess.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
NEW USE FOR OUR LIBRARY.

young in Ogden taking different
IN the correspondence specialize
tcular line thereby their best and
themselves brighter future than they could hope for without the
special training,
These correspondence schools high and their aid
principally selecting the primary books for those who become their
scholars suggestion has been made that the Carnegie Library
of Ogden to these young and all
this community make effort supplant schools by
providing department devoted the technical stepping stones
of a number O industrial callngs.
No there capable Of half dozen lines
of effort Ogden would offer young
desire gain fundamentals through this department the
library thereby give the library added
auxiliary educational institution
Perhaps $4,000 been contributed these
spondence schools the last three years. That money would have
given to the Ogden public library library
the primary books to the advanced publications
On such subjects electricity gas steam, drawing,
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
WIDOW FORCED
TO D|VULGE LIST

SALT LAKE, Dec. 14.-After five
witnesses had undergone rigld
crossexamination this morning In the
contempt proceedings of MIS-. AiInea
Walker widow OF D. F. Walker, pe-
fore Charles w. Baldwin. master oi
chancery In the United States district
court. at the hands Of Attorney -, u
Dey, several mysteries OF the walker
will contest case were cleared up ln
a TELEGRAM which Mrs. Althea walker
was compelled to reveal. was Hst
of securities which were carried
away by herself and her son., Ciar-
ence, and Attorney j. E. Bennett
when the body of her husband was
sent to San Francisco on SEPTEMBER
13, The steamer trunk mystery was
unraveled and the manner In "nicn
the trunk was deposited In the salety
deposit box in the Utah Savings IL
Trust company's bank and how 1t was
taken out also came to light. The
hearing will probably be concluded
late this afternoon and the testimony
submitted to Judge John A. Marshall.
of the United States district court
Caretaker on the Stand.
w w. Hardy, caretaker of the safe
ty deposit boxes in the Utah Savings
e. Trust company's bank, was the flrst
witness called at the hearing tins
morning. During the lifetime of MIR.
Walker. Hardy testified, he used TO
accompany Mrs. Walker to her safe
ty deposit box No. 39i. He said that
he never saw p T. Raybould come to
the bank with Mrs. Walker. as Ray
bould testified. When asked if he
knew anything about small black
steamer trunk which was in the safe
ty deposit box, he said. Yes. / do,
According to my reports, 1t was
brought to the bank on September IL,
the day that Mrs. Walker and her
son and Attorney Bennett went with
the body Of MI Walker to California.
II was put In the vault in the morning
of September 13. In the afternoon
Mrs Walker accompanied by Mr
Bennett. called and took the trunk
out of the vault Bennett cut the
wires and Mrs. Walker culled over
the papers, and believe took bun
die OF them with her.
The trunk was removed from the
bank on September 27.' Mr.. Hardy
said in answer to a question regard
ing it, ''by Clarence Walker. He pre-
sented at the time a written order
from Mrs. Walker"
When asked In regard to the order
he produced the ORIGINAL copy, which
read as follows, please deliver the
trunk you now hold and give my son,
Clarence. access to my box,
(SignedD Al THEA WALKER"
This was dated September 27, and
according to Mr Hardy, the trunk
was removed and Clarence Walker
went through the safety deposit box
but the witness did not know what he
took out with him besides the trunk.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
WE WANT A RAILROAD COMMISSION.

Standard calls the legislature of Utah which will be in
month provide for railroad public utilities
mission body be named by the governor therefore,
the commission to be elected by the people
in need of readustment of its railroad
any the west For years these have dominated
politics. dictated state government Disseminated bust
affairs and evadd taxation The powerful have
played community against the other injected into
politics and confusion order that they might their
plain duty to the state and its people.
With the awakening the public the has arrived
decided railroad and policies the
method whereby to bring about that reformation
public utilities commission with penary power to command the
spe the transportation and equitable adjust
of railroad and bring about deal for every indie
pendent interest in the state of Utah
We railroad commssion-a
the people
This commission could quickly solve the problem Why does
not the Herald Republican advocate solution of the high
of fuel instead Of appealing for legislative investigation which
granted could accomplish results within the short period of e
tive activity it would simply great huabalo
terminating rc protest devoid good
advantage for the coal in this state The
demand for investigation has the marks of nsnce effort
at remedyng the evil complained against
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-15
AUTO|STS AT A
STATE MEETING
TWO Hundred Members Automobile
Club Of Utah Have Good
Time.

Members OF the Automobile club OF
Utah and their friends met at the an.
nual banquet at the club Wednesday
night at the Commercial club in Salt
Lake. TO discuss good roads in Utah.
The large attendance was the signal
of rejoicing for those In charge Of
the banquet and the management OF
the club. Two hundped participated
in the banquet, which was erved in
six courses. Everybody in attend
ance had a good word for the mag
nifioent spread.
c. a. Qulgley. president of the club.
served as POSTMASTER. In a hearty
talk he told of the objects of the
club and the special object OF the
meeting Wednesday night.
Spry is Heard.
Governor William Spry was intro
duced as the first speaker OF the even
ing. He was given a cordial recep-
ton. Accepting the introduction, he
said:
Until your president made his
speech, ] did not know there was to
be a serious side to the banquet.
thought We were here for a good time.
But now that / know you are here
to talk good roads, ! am glad of the
opportunity to speak TO YOU ] am In
favor of good roads. and want to see
them built In the past no end OF
money has been wasted by trying to
build roads with no system Of con-
struction. Now we have a law that Is
helping us to get the worth OF the
money snent on the building Of good
roads The people of the state want
good roads and are with YOU. The
roads are bound TO come Outside OF
the railroad there Is no greater de-
veloper OF a state than good wagon
roads. Since we have Deen unable TO
get new railroads, let us turn our at.
tentlon to good wagon roads
Good roads is one of the paramount
issues in Utah In some communities
the county commissioners are doing
wonders in the way Of making GOOD
roads. | believe that in many parts of
the state good roads can be built at a
cost not to exceed 5000 a mile If the
county official is doing things In the
way Of good roads. ! am for him 1t
is the man that Is doing things that
gets NV support, and not the man
that merely fills the office chair and
looks wise. | believe that a new law
should be passed TO assess the prop
erty owner for the road II will in.
crease the value of his property
Just here let me throw OUT hint.
l believe In law taxing automobiles
according to their horsepower, that
each may bear It's proportiouate part
Of the expense Of good roads. Say up
to one dollar a horsepower, Some of