The morning call., 1892-11-02
NO LABOR VOTE FOR BOSSES.

THE CALI has made pretty thorough
canvass of the members of the leading labor
unions in this city and has arrived al the
conclusion that the bosses will not get
many votes from that section of the people.
Among other unions that were interviewed
were the carpenters, furniture makers,
plasterers, plumbers. steamfitters. gasfitters,
stouecutters, shareholders, cigar-makers,
pressmen, musicians, painters, bakers and
seamen. These unions are not in politics.
One of the rules of their organization is that
politics shall not be discussed and that as
unions the members shall not take part in
politics. Still among themselves and in
formally the members do talk politics and
arrive at conclusions which are generally
nearly unanimous. Thus. influential men,
heTs of the several unions were able to give
The CALL some general idea OF how their
members expected to vote.
They appeared TO be all pretty much of
one WY of thinking nti-boSs and anti
De Young. For instance. ont of 600 votes
in the Painters Union the Crimmins and
Kelly ticket will probably get not over
twenty-five. In the Building Trades Coun-
Gil. whose members cast from $500 to 1000
votes. leading officer said that the Grim
mins-Kelly-De Y Dung com bination will not
musicians, who cast a very large vote,
member said that the Kelly and CTimmins
vote would not amount to a row of pins. a
member Of the Pressmen's Union said that
bis body was going against De Young on
account of the character Of the people put
up in his interest for Senate and Assembly.
The Seamen's Union, Bakers Union and
others were said to be emphaLically opposed
to bosses.
That the labor interest should oppose De
Young viii surprise no one who remembers
that he had his building out up largely by
Scao labor and the materials chiefly supplied
from the East. 1t viii be readily under
stood by those who recall how earnestly he
tried 70 cut down the small profits Of the
little newSbOys in order 10 add few nickels
to the receipts Of the Chronicle and Post
De Young has always crnged 10 organized
labor and besiayered it with adulati0n in
| his paper, but when it came 20 the point Of
| hiring labor lie wanted the cheapest in the
| market and was ready to disrupt labor
| organizations TO get il. There is no man in
| the city who has worked more industTiously
! to reduce the wages Of labor while he was
! processing the most ardent devotion to its
| interests. Its but natural that the working
! men should try 10 get even v tn him when
| the opportunity offers. II Will not speak
! we'll for their common-sense If De Young
! candidates get one workman's vote on next
! Tuesday.
There IL, however, higher reason than
! retaliation for the wrongs Of the past that
should animate workmen in Shaping their
vote. The contest Of next Tuesday is a
death struggle against bossjsm. For the
nrst time IN many years the people have a
chance Of throwing IF the yoke Of the
bosses who have usuTped the government
of the city and divided its spofs II the
Non-Partisan ticket Is frankly supported
BY the great mass Of the jrkmen. in oppo
sition TO the two old boss parties, bossisn
Will be killed; at any rate for time
Workmen may look forward to series g.
yeas % -,ee1IsesI administration. conducted
! by persons Of the same class as themselves
Professional politicians, shouider-hitters
ballot-boX suffers, personators and repeat
ers VIII be driven to the rear and forced IL
work at honest trades for living Is moi
this prospect worth working for7 As a
membe OF the union Of Coast Seamen said
| in his pithy way. What Go the bosses DO
! for poor Jack. anyway"
Workmen should never forget that in
creased taxation resulting from dishonest
! government always falls upon labor. Capt.
! tai takes care CT itself. but the workman
| has no such resource. lie does not get a
| share Of the Doodle chat is going round. His
! part in the play is to pay. and keep on pay
! ing. so that life of toll may, perhaps, leave
| him 10 better al Than when he began,
| though the bosses whom he has kept in
| power by lis votes have retired with for
| tunes. II is not the men Of means who
have generally been the victims OF the
bosses but the daily wage-earner; and this
is the first chance lie has had to set himself
! free