The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-08-04
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'SAYSLEGISLATORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
POLITICAL Professions of Pro-
fessional Men Are Ridi-
suled.
ROGERS A SOCIALIST
Committee Named to Draft
City Platform for
That Party.
ROGERS A SOCIALIST

Doctors, lawyers, preachers and pro-
lessional politicians were ridiCuled as
representatives of working people in
dent Of the West Virginia Federation
ol Labor, at a public meeting held at
Willard hall Sunday morning to dis
cuss the city platform OF the Social
list party The announcement wa.
made that the Socialists stood ready
to give union labor an equal say in the
building of the platform and that that
had been the purpose of summoning
representative of various unions to
the conference. 1t was explained that
the Socialists did not find out that they
could be on the ticket until too late
for several of the unions TO have
meetings and regularly elect represen-
tattves 70 this conference.
Mr. Rogers intimated that the pro
fessions composed conspiracy which
put the capitalistic interests in con-
troll He ridicuied the representation
that laboring people had had in the
last legislature and charged that mem
bers OF the legislature were drunk at
the time that the constabulary bill
came up and that the souses were
watched in their hotels with men on
guard both in front of their rooms and
down stairs in the lobby so that no
appeal could be made to them in their
sober moments.
The charge of drunken stupidity was
not particularly directed toward Ma
ron county delegatoi although MIR.
Rogers referred to the Joke" OF send
ing a lawyer from this county to the
lot 40 I,,Ia
bill.
Mr.. Rogers appealed to the working
men not to be union 1854 days in the
year and then vote a scab ticket on
election day. He said he was So
eialist and voted that ticket but would
not vote for a Socialist who did not
carry q union card. He called upon
REPRESENTATIVES of the painters union
TO testify that Dawson, the Socialist
candidate for city commissioner, was
In good standing in that union, and
upon representatives of the Brother
hood Of Railway Trainmen to testify
that Glasgow, the other candidates,
was in good standing in that union.
II. l.. Franklin and j. Ii. Snider were
other speakers who made an appeal
Tor a union of interests of the Social
lists and organized labor Mr.. Frank
lin pointed out how unique it is for
political party to consult labor and de-
clared that neither one of the other
parties gave labor thought in franz
ing laboring men on the ticket. Mr..
Snider, who is taken TO speak emphati
cally for the Socialists, said that the
plan WAS to give union labor an equal
say with the Socialists in the matter
Df city affairs.
A committee consisting of B. r.
Mills; who presided at the public meet
Ing, ii. L. Franklin, e. d. Fox, George
Beaver and ]. H. Snider will meet to-
night and put the final touches on the
platform. From the discussion at the
public meeting Sunday it is predicted,
that the platform will contain these
planks .sE
Honest efficient government of
The city.
?. encouragement of all movements
which are aimed to contribute to the
growth and prosperity of Fairmont.
3. a public market house for buying
andseIling of foodstuffs.
4. Public ownership OF public utili-
lies.
5.A minimum wage scale of SIS a
lay for city employees and an eight
hour day With recognition of the right
of city employees to organize.
G. Signs at the entrance of build
Ings indicating the nature of every
business sconducted in the property and
he owners named in order that illeglti-
mate business cannot be transacted
with men high in society securing
rents.
z. supreme council composed of
one delegate from each labor organiza-
ion one delegate from each fraternal
organization, and one delegate from
zach church to advise city commits
sioners; delegates serving for a period
Df three months.
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