The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-22
waited on the City Fathers.

b. DRESSER occupied The CHILL.
Waited on the City Fathers.
The first speaker Was the chairman.
Mr.. Dresser. He said the COMMITTEES com
posed Of MeSSrS. Reese SGubbs and him
self had waited upon the city council last
Tuesday, who had given them ten min
utes' time in Which to &Tate their case.
which had been done BY Mr.. Stubbs, who
acted as spokesman for The committee.
The matter had been raf2'ra1 t! the
council as a committee ~ the whole, TO
gether with the board II Dubic works
be heard at the meeting - be held in The
evening. In the opinion Of -he speaker
the council was prepared to do whatever
lay within its power, and he thought
give Salt Lake work II Salt I4ASe work
men, but that the quesIip1 Of 1he rate Of
wages was outside of their jurisdiction.
John Stubs then reports his eonpe;-
ton with the matter and made a srrong
plea to his felloWWor Iirgulen to be pres
ent at the meeting IF the council in the
evening. The committee. ne SAID, had
see the necessity for immediate relief TO
the unemployed, and tina. The matter had
been postponed until thAG evening, and
that then would be the real battle in tho
matter. The sewer contractors would be
there and the speaker would nave to sub
stantiate the charges lie. nad made
against them. and he wanted to do so bv
having his felow-wot l,ingnleu there 50
that he could ask them to say whether
the things he had said we're true or not.
Besides their presence alone would give
weight to their requests.
Considerable Accomplished
1t had been asked him what good these
meetings did? Well they could show that
already they had accomplished consider
able for the laborers of Salt Lake. And
if the men themselves took the interest
in the matter that they should they
would al be there and they would then
see battle royal for the rights of la
Dor against the wrong system of letting
contracts for the city's work
Mr. Stubs touched upon several other
topics, and made scathtng denunoi1tion
of the gravity sewer contractors, particu-
larIy asserting that men were led to eX-
peCt SLID per day at the beginning of the
work and we're then paid on at the rate
! of S150 per day.
) a short address, explanatory of the
Australian ballot system was made by
Warren Foster, in his usual happy strain.
Remarks were also made by quite a num-
Der of the audience upon the various
questions under consideration.
After great deal of discussion, the
following resolution Was passed:
Resolution Adopted.
Whereas. the constitutional convention
is soon to meet to frame a constitution
for Utah and it is desirable that the
WOrhingmen formulate their IDEAS as to
those provisions which seem necessary
for their protection, therefore be it re-
solved, that this meeting of the Working
mems Protective and Political Reform
club desires to see the following pro-
visions Incorporated in the new .constitu-
ton of Utah;
''F'frst-Providfng for the Australian
ballot system for all elections.
"sec9nd-Repealing the pon tax and
"Third-Providing for a state board OF
arbitration for the. settlement of all dis
putes between capital and labor.
Notwithstanding for a state labor
bureau and the abolishing of the con
tract system.
F1ftnmA6olis is the o Zee system fol-
The following portions of the resolutions
were laid over until the next meeting in
order to give all a chance to more thor
oughly familiarize themselves with the
questions:
First, the provision relating to the
election Of United States Senators by di
rect vote of the people: and, second, tc
the fixing of the salaries terms OF Of
fee Of judges by the constitution.