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LABOR MEN WANT FASSETT.
THE CENTRAL UNION PRACTICALLY IN!
DORsES HIM.
THE CANDIDATE WHO WILL WORK FOR TIE
BLANKET BALLOT Is THEIR MANTLE !
RECORDS OF FAssETT AND FLOWER
CoNTRAsTED.

| RECORDS OF FAssETT AND FLOWER
I coNTRAsTED.
The Endorsement Of j. Sloat Fassett for Gov
| ernor of the State Of New-Yorls the all-ab-
| sorbing topic Of discussion at the regular meet
! ing of the Central Labor Union yesterday. There
| are sixty-fve labor organizations represented In
| the Central Union, and the Democratic delegates
made a big fight against the adoption of any
resolution which would be likely to help the causc
Of reform as exempIfed by tie Republican candi-
| date, but without success. In the constitution
! Of the Central Labor Union is clause to tho
effect that the organization cannot indorse either
the Republican or Democratic party, and In conse-
| quence of this the resolution finally passed did
not contain the name Of any party or party candi-
date, though it was conceded to be practically an
| Endorsement Of J. Sloat Fassett.
| J. j. Doyle was the presiding officer ut the
meeting and did his best to defeat any resolution
favoring the Republican candidate for Governor.
| as he was in favor of the Socialist Labor party.
| The first business the report Of the poDticai
| committee appointed some time ago to confer Win
| the Peoples Municipal League In regard to CO.
| operating to agitate for new ballot law. This
report was to the effect that candidates for ofioe
be questioned to learn their ideas relative to the
blanket ballot and to indorse those in favor of IT,
| In the discussion which followed this report
William McCabe, delegate Of typographical Union
No. 6, said that he was going 10 make motion
which would be something Of surprise, but
| which, he thought, would be good one for the
! workingmen of this State If carried He then
| said:
II move TO iDdorse j. Sloat Fassett as the can.
didate Of the worlyingmen, for he will work for
the blanket ballot
| Great excitement followed Mr.. McCsbes mo.
| ton. and there were cheers and howls and hisses
When order was restored, George X. Lloyd
| jumped up and asserted that there was Municipal
League money in the room.
"You are a liar!" responded the treasurer Of
the Central Union, E. b. Murphy, and it was
some time before quiet could be restored which
was not done until Murphy had apologized for
his supplementary language
| When Chairman Doyle could make himself
heard he refused to accept Mr.. McCabes mo-
tion,. on technical grounds. as being contrary
to the constitution of the Central Labor Union.
This brought Mr.. McCabe to his feet. and he said.
If that isithe case, will change it, and 1 now
make the motion to indorse the candidate Of
any party who will pledge himself to work for
the blanket ballot.
| This motion also Chairman Doyle refused
| to entertain, because of the use Of the word
| party
| Again Mr. McCabe jumped up. "Mr Chair
| man, sbe said, this motion must be put befofe
the house, and now put it as follows: 1 move
| to indorse any candidate who will pledge HIM
self to work for a new ballot law embodyinS
the Australian system of voting as exemplifed by
| the blanket ballot
| Mr. McCabe then went right on and eloquently
| pointed out the many strong points OF Mr. fas-
| sett as O candidate, and asserted most emphau-
cally that he was the only man who would work
/ 49, La nC1
that Mr.. Fassett had pledged himself to bring
| about change for the better in the ballot law.
| Continuing, he said: Z" 1t is necessary to make
| political stand to accomplish anything really.
Tammany Hall controls $4,000 votes through pat
| ronage; it buys $4,000 more, and there are
| 20, 900 others not affiliated with Tammany who
would vote the Democratic ticket, even IL the
devil himself were a candidate"
John J. McAlanus at this created a laugh by
getting up and saying that this was slander on
the Democratic party; adding: am here on this
floor to deny it, for l am Democrat, and always
have been"
McManus was greeted with cries Of Rip Van
Winklev" sit down." and cat calls, and he sub
| sided.
George Warner now made motion to lay Mr..
McCabe's motion on the table, but it was lost
and Mr.. McCabe's motion was then carried Dy
large majority, and, although Mr. tassetts name
understood To mean the Republican candidate for
Governor
Wide attention has been given TO the recent
declaration OF the Central Labor Union in favor
of the Australian blanket ballot, and TO the
mastery exposition of the unions attitude on
the question promu gated by Jerome OllSill: chairJ
man; Samuel II. jacobson, Edmund B Murphy,
Michael ]. Fenton and Frank Balmes, the COM
mittee of the union especially charged with the
subject The Unions position is not new ones
hence its committee Justly says that in making
tba
Australian system Of ballot reform its members
only reaftlrm the principle which they contended
In their able review of the situation, reference
is made to the condition Of things which has
moved the Union again 10 enter the political held
for reform in the ballot, and o reason given y
that it is impossible 20 free electlons untu
a system of balloting prevails that shall. In the
first place be absolutely secret and, in the second
shall give TO the poorest naepenaeMno en- 1,s canriIa
partisan. Yet the Democratic party adheres STUD
bornly TO its "paster" ballot. and shows relentless
hostility TO the blanket ballot, which the repre-:
sentatives of organized labor desire to see
The record of the candidate of the Republican
party for Governor, j. Sloat FaSSett Is unossaii-
contest for ballot reform in the legislature his
voice and vote are recorded for the blanket ballot
When the vote was last taken upon the subject ~
the State Senate. which was on February ~ OF
last year. Mr. Fassett spoke thus OF the blankeo
ballot 1.-THE exclusive ballot, in the form In
which IL is contained In tniS DILL seems 10 nc tno
most deadly and effective weapon that can be ce.
vised to prevent bribery and corruption at the
polls a..
Senators for the blanket ballot. Only two Demo-
Gratis. Chase and Ahearn. voted with him, bnt
eleven Democratic Senators voted on the other
stdr The platform of the Republican party Is
sanarry in accord with Mr.. Fassett, and makes q
plain and straightforward demand for the blanket
Bnt how do Mr.. Flower and his associates on
the Democratic ticket stand on this vital ques-
tion? When the query was put to MIR. Flower
last week at his rooms in the Hoffman House
What are your views electoral reform p ha
answered Il stand by the platform"
The Democrats platform distinctly declares
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