The herald., 1896-10-05
M. P. SNl DER FOR MAYOR
Indorsed as q Firm and Consistent
Fr;end Of LABOR
Edward I. fiutchison lndorsed for Council
man Of the Eighth Ward
The Various Candidates for the Legis-
lature and Supervisors Passed Upon
and Several Of Them Endorsed.
Other Resolutions Presented.

The Los Angeles county labor congress
held its regular meeting yesterday af-
ternoon at Council Of Labor hall. There
was large attendance and the session
lasted five hours. ''Af
The various candidates for senate, as
sembly and supervisors were discussed
in thorough manner. In a number of
cases the endorsement Of the congress
was not registered. pending further in
formation, and the following were en-
dorsed by the congress-: s-i... o,a.
Seventy-third assembly district, VIM.
Mead; Seventy-fourth assembly dis
trict, L. H. Valentine; Seventy-fifth as
sembly district, s. A. Waldron. Super
visor, Second district, R. E. Wirsching;
supervisor, Fifth district, James Han
ley; supervisor, Fourth district, w. A.
Morgan.
The following is the platform adopted
by unanimous vote:
In view of the fact that the next mayor
and city council of the city. .of. Los Ange-
les will be called upon to settle the wa
ter question for many years, and may
expend, or bind us to expend, several
millions of dollars in taxes for a water
system that may be either u failure as
a water system and an onerous burden
or q complete and serviceable system
secured at a just and reasonable price
according to the character of the men
elected to fill those positions-in view of
all these facts, we declare ourselves op-
posed to the purchase of the plant of the
present water company unless 1t can be
secured at such price as 1t Is actually
worth, as part Of complete system for
the whole city; that we do not consider
that the city is in any way bound by the
existing contract to purchase the said
plant at any price.
Second-We favor the city ownership
and control of street car lines, lighting
plants and telephones.
Third-We favor the employment of
none but union labor on all public work.
Fourth-We favor the limitation Of
labor on all public work to eight hours
per day for six days, at the union scale
Of wages, and that no wages be less than
81 per day.
Fifth-We favor the abolition of the
contract system on public works.
Sixth-We favor the abolition Of the
chain-gang.
Seventh-We pledge ourselves to use
ceaseless efforts to elect the men we
have selected for endorsement, to the
end that good government may prevail
and that special privileges be awarded
to none.
EDWARD L. HUTCHINSON.
Chairman.
OSCAR HINTERS,
JOHN r. WALKER,
CYREN E. FISK.
The following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved. In as much as the municipal
conventions will be held soon, and as
there is under way an arrangement to
allot the various districts to various po
litical parties, we heartily recommend
and indorse Mr.. Edward L.. Hutchison
as our candidate for councilman from
the Eighth ward, and that the confer
ence committee is instructed to request
that the union conference committee
allot the Eighth ward councilmanship
to the Populists.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed unanimously:
Whereas. No class Of people in the city
OF Los Angeles Is more vitally interested
in the issue Of municipal ownership of,
the city water plant than the working
men. Among us this question has been
under discussion for some time past,
and we are in favor Of any policy being
adopted which will in any way delay the
contamination of a plan whereby mu-
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the earliest possible date; and
Whereas, At the approaching munic-
ipal election this will be the vital issue
which must be determined by the city
administration which will be elected
in December, and which will take office
upon the incoming Of the year 1897; and
Whereas, 1t has in the past been
been clearly enunciated by this congress
that it would indorse no candidate for
public Office who had not declared him
self in language not to be mistaken on
the question Of municipal ownership Of
the city water plant; therefore be it q
Resolved, That the labor congress does
hereby indorse Hon. M. p. Snyder's can
didacy for mayor. We know him to be
absolutely on the side of the people in
the matter Of municipal ownership Of
water-works, and we are thoroughly
convinced by his past record in public
and in private life not only of his hon
esty Of purpose, but of his ability to fill
the position Of mayor of this city. Mr.
Snyder has at all times been consist
ent friend of the working people and has
frequently exerted himself in their be-
half. He is a man whom every working
man in the city can vote for with as
surance that they are voting for the
right man for the right place.
The congress adjourned at very late
hour to attend the silver meeting at the
wigwam.
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