Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1911-09-28
President Of Belmont Assembly Sc
Iected at Be;saire Organized
Labor Convention.
CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE 70
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
stirring Platform Adopted, voicinc
Labor Demands In New
Constitution.

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Michael J. Snyder, of Bellaire, presi-
dent of the Belmont Trades and Labor
Assembly for three terms. former
business agent Of the district for the
Structural Iron Workers, and now
representing the Electrical Workers,
was nominated by the Bellaire Or
ganized Labor convention Sunday for
Labor candidate for delegate from
Belmont county to the Ohio constitu-
tional convention.
He wohover George H. Harris.
Flint Glass Worker of Martins Fergf
and Thomas hughes. miner, Of Bridge
port The race between the first
named two was a close one through
out the counting, Harris getting a
lead at the first and holding It for q
brief while, and Snyder then forging
ahead and gradually increasing his
lead until the end of the count. The
vote was, Snyder, 81; Harris. 4s;;
Hughes, Z. After the result was an
nounced, a motion prevailed to make
Snyder's nomination unanimous.
Big Convention.
The convention was big one
much larger than many people anti
cipated. Forty locals were represents
ed. The mine workers were ID be-
majority. naturally, but III
thought Of dominating The RreN ely
workers had resU1utI0n providing
for a plank in the platform demand
ing provision in the state constitu-
ton which would make state wide
prohibition impossible, but it was the
sense of the delegates that the direct
legislation provision and the home
rule for cities covered that point
thoroughly. On this question and on
the equal suffrage provision, the only
division arose, and the convention, on
the whole, was remarkably harmon
ious.
The gathering was called to order
shortly before II o'clock by President
M. j. Snyder and Andrew Crunelle
acted as secretary, with his usual
efficiency.
Immediately upon the convention
being called to order, Delegate Dona-
hue moved that all persons present
not accredited delegates, leave the
floor and take seats in the gallery.
This prevailed, and the front rows Of
the gallery were soon filed. Later,
however. when William Roy, vice
president Of the sub district, a mem
Der Of the first convention andsa mem
Der of the committee on platform, ten
dered his resignation. it resulted in
both he and William Applegarth be-
ing given seats and votes as dele
gates, on the ruling that, being mem
bers Of the platform committee, they
were members of the convention.
credential Committee Reports.
The only delay Of the convention
was that necessarily occasioned by
the wait for the report Of the creden-
tial committee. Delegates B.
o'Toole. John ]. SKeehan and =. p.
Tharpe were made credential COM
mittee, and they reported 12l dele
gates qualified. The roll call follow
ed showed almost all of them presnet.
Rules Of Order Committee.
The committee on rules Of order
then reported TIE following order Of
business, which was adopted: Calling
to order. Credential COMMITTEES re-
port, Roll call, Report Of the commit
tee on platform. nominations and cleo.
ton of delegate to constitutional con-
vention. Five minute speeches
The Platform.
The platform Ammittee report was
read by secrets Crunelle on mo-
ton 1t was decided to take up the
planks seriatnm. Every plank, as
taken from the platform Of the Ohio
Federation Of Labor, was adopted.
There was no discussion even, on any
plank. except. the one on woman
Suffrage. All the others were unani-
mously approved. and the woman
suffrage plank was adopted BY Z
rousing majority vote after It had
been discussed. some few delegates
not favoring 1t.
The Dlanks o. The platform are IS,
follOws;