The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-23


the committee had used dilatory tao
tics. he said t--fad done the business
as expeditiously as possible and was
not in the pay of any office. Inc
charge that the Lithographing COM
pany's bid was sent in after the others
were opened was denied. 1t is true
that the committee granted members
Of the Typographical union time in
which to present their case and the
committee had learned from the state
ments made that this union comprises
as intelligent a membership as any
labor organization in the country.
They take care of their poor, they bury
their dead, they have established the
Childs-Drexel home and are endeavor-
| ing in every way to promote the well
fare of men of their craft. Therefore
he had moved in the committee before
the bids were opened that the contract
be given to an union office, and this
motion carried with the understanding
that such would be the procedure, all
other things being equal
BLOOR'S PART
! Next morning the bids came up and
when the committee found it did not
understand the matter, Mr.. Bloor, who
had offered himself for the position OF
public printer, was called in, was given
the figures of the bids. His figures are
the ones on which both sections of the
committee base their reports. The
speaker said that Bloor had been at
tackled in the upper house because a
gentleman did not believe that in
these times men take positions for
honor He wanted to know then why
this gentleman had taken the nomina-
Ition for member of the Council. Surely
| it was not for the 81 per day. The
fact that Mr. Bloor's figures kept out
the Tribune bid shows that he was
not working in the interest of his sup
posed employers.
The speaker praised the Topographic
cal union, saying it was designed tC
help men. He asked if the territory
desired to lift men or desired to have
its work done at the cheapest place
He said the difference in the printing
of the journal will be II cents per day
He then submitted communication
signed by J. B. Graham, which took uJ
the statements made in the Council
and made the statement that the
News could not do good printing, in
Istancing chapter 6S of the laws of 1891
''in which are sc palpable errors" ant
also the title to chapter 81 in the title
of which there are 16 errors.
He said that there was no polite
or religion in the question. He believed
Ieverything had been done in good faitl
by the committee, and asked if it ha'
been good faith on the part of on
institution to put in three bids ant
then attack the committee through tn
columns of an evening paper. Tn
speaker concluded by saving it is tn
duty of the state to look after thos
who have no means of support and n
wanted to know if the matter OF 7
cents per day was going to be allowe'
to stand in the way of giving me-
work.
A REPLY.
Hubbard. in reply, stated that h
Favored the minority report because n
Ibid not think it the province of eithe
house to let charitable consideration
come into matter of this kind. II
ldoes not believe in favoring union
lanyway. He believed it was the priv
llege of any office to put in as man
bids as it pleased,
Sears said he had introduced the pc
tition against Bloor and was sorry r
had not asked the consent OF PoWers
Allen said he thought the commute
had done right.
Tolton was out for the lowest bic
no matter where it came from
. WINS took up the assertions of Pow
ers regarding the protest against BLOC
and made an able defense OF p ii. Car
The question was put to the Houss
and the action of the committee /
: accepting the Autograph company
bid was sustained by the followin
vote: ,ro,
Nebeker, Parsons Pigmsn, Powers
sears, Stanford. Varian, Warne
Wines, Speaker--14
Noes-Clark, Hubbard, WINS, Mo
Bride. Mckay, Monson, Moore, Stoke
lTolton-9. cnf
county and precinct officers copies
, 1.-The laws of 1890, of which he has
thousand on hand. Committee on way
= and means.
Sears presented resolution to max
: tha committee on claims consist {
seven instead of five members. Adop
} Varian presented a resolution to hav
the committee on ways and means pre-
: sent a financial report. Adopted.
Adjourned at 5:35 p m.