The morning call., 1890-04-05
FEDERATED TRADES.
Southern Endorsements of the
Australian Law.
The Steamship Sailors Withdraw From the
Council Tanners Assist the Moders.
The Permanent Office.

J. D. Condor and Thomas Riley of the
Furniture makers Union, No. %, and E.
LidstrOm of the Coast Seamans' Union pre-
sented credentials at last nights meeting Of
the Federated Trades and were seated.
President Strauss and Agent Mooney of
the Boss Butchers Protective Union APP
peared before the council and made a state
ment denouncing the members of the Butch
ers' Protective Association for dealing in
pork handled by Chinese and defending the
use of refrigerating peddling wagons. They
stated that the owners of these wagons deal
in meat handled onlyby white butchers, and
thatthe majority of the members of the lat
ter organization are black-listed by the Boss
Butchers Protective Association. The
council decided to take no action in the
matter.
A communication was received from the
Eight-hour League to the effect that no
parade will be held on May LIST on account
of the holders strike and the refusal of the
Governor to declare holiday on that day.
The Executive Committee reported that
the Coast Seamen's, the Cigar-makers', the
Musicians and the Brewery Workmen' s
unions had offered to donate the use of
their respective Offices for the use of the
Secretary Of the council. A ballot was
ordered by the council and resulted in the
choice Of the cigar-makers' headquarters,
where in future NJ. McGlynn, Secretary of
the council, will be found from 10 o'clock in
the morning to l O'Clock in the afternoon.
REPORTS OF UNIONS.
W. Cosbie, Mission-street collar-maker,
Informed the council through the Execu-
tive Committee that lie will not patronze
w. Davis & Son in future.
The coOpers who desire to work in brew.
cries Will hereafter be required to report to
the councils headquarters, at 1l59 Mission
street, between II and IL 80 o'clock in the
morning and and 4 80 o'clock in the after
noon. Situations will not be given out at
any other hours.
The steamship sailors presented lengthy
document, in which they told why they
would not submit to the councils order to
exchange cards with the coast seamen, and
concluded by announcing that they had
Withdrawn from the federation.
The Secretary of the Brewery Workmen's
Union reported that members of that or
ganiZatiOn in Sacramento had made an
agreement with their employers not to
work more than nine hours per day alter
May 1st.
j. d. Condor and D. O'Conner were
elected members Of the Organizing Com
mittee.
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW.
The Legislative Committee submitted the
following replies to communications ad-
dressed by it to prominent citizens on the
Australian ballot law:
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR,
LOUIS WILLIE Ky.), March 20, 1890.
Mr.. Z, W. Thurman, SecretarV Committee,
San Francisco, CdL-DEAR SIR: / have lust
received your communication OF the 9th inst,
and II gives me very great pleasure TO comply.
Will inclose with same mall copy OF the Aus
tralian law, also some ballots Our law is very
defective, and as the Legislature Is In session it
Will have TO be perfected or else greater fraud
IMAM man ever WIN be perpetrated. At present the
illiteraie voter goes with the clerk into the yOl-
ing booth, where the clerk fixes up the ballot lust
as he has been paid to do. So you can readily
see how, under the present working OF the law,
dishonest clerk can cheat an entire commu.
nifty out OF the candidates of their choice. The
Rhode Island (AustraIian) law is The best have
seen. IL has chief supervisor and each politi-
cal party has representative who Is sworn TO
secrecy, and when an illiterate voter offers his
ballot Is prepared by these gentlemen In fine
presence OF each other. l trust that you may be
able To prepare law that will protect the ballot.
Yours very Truly, CHARLES p. JACOBS, Mayor.
FROM CHATTANOOGA.
The next reply was from the Mayor OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, as follows.
CHATTANOOGA CTeDn.), March %, 1890.
II. ". Thurman Esq, San Francisco, CAL
DEAR SIR: have yours OF the 10Th inquirine
ABOUT our new ballot system under which we
voted last ial uast electlon). 1t is, as under
stand II, on the general system of the Australian
| system. During the voting Qtwo to four allowed
10 vote at once all others waiting TO vote are
| Kept from the building say fifty or sixty feet
Ihe voting Is done inside a building rented or
| constructed Tor that purpose. AS lie voter en-.
leLs the DullolnE eacn voter Is given ballot
which cannot be duplicated and which no one
can get except TO vote, and Is never allowed 10
| carry away with him. Inside the voting room
are numerous stalls arranged much as stalls In
stapies, Dut much smaller. In each Of these