The San Francisco call., 1896-04-14
0'DONNELL'S BAND BILL
Musicians Union After the
Chronic Candidates Poll.
tical Scalp.
He Failed to Pay for the Music TIL at
Attended Him in the Last
Campaign.

! The Musicians Union at a recent meet
| ing decided not to enter politics. The
| musicians will, however make one excep-
ton, and that will be in the case of DR..
| c. c. o. Donnell, the persistent candidate for
some Office or other. There IS no inten-
| ton on the part of the union of working
in the interests of the white-haired doctor
On the contrary, the musicians propose to
knife him, and already they are putting a
razor edge or that weapon.
The trouble is all about oil for music
bill of about $50 that remains imp aid
since the last election. L will be remem-
bered that during the Campaign year of
1894 DR.. ODonnell wanted to be elected
Mayor of this City, and in order to attract
the attention of the voting element Of the
community he sent expressmen around
the City sounding a cowbell in wagons
built up with election transparencies.
Some one called his attention to the fact
that he could never ''pull" the laboring
vote by thus '.scabbing" on the business
of organized labor.
The hint was not thrown away, and the
biennial candidate at once secured the
services of a union band of musicians to
play patriotic airs whenever he held forth.
By the time DR.. O'Donnell officially
learned that the people did not want him
to preside as Mayor the bill for his band
music amounted to $120.
In the course of time those who pumped
music for the doctor obtained about $50,
but. from all accounts, they have never
seen the color of the balance. Complaints
were frequently lodged at union head
quarters that the debtor had failed, after
various excuses, to Hquidate. Hence the
boycott that has been placed upon the as
piring doctor. One of the members of the
union yesterday said:
DR.. O'Donnell cannot get any more music
from the union musicians until he pays that
bill. and it is doubtful if he can even then.
hear that he intends to run for Congress.
Well, we will know it if he gets there The
members of the union will remember the last
election and they viii tell the other labor
unions how promptly the doctor pays the
workingmen their dues. AS he has drawn his
heaviest support from the ranks of organized
labor he may find himself little short of
votes this year.
At the last meeting of the union it was
decided that 'the prices contained in the
pricelist shall refer to one establishment or
locality only" The explanation of this
was that during the recent grand opera
season at the Baldwin Theater members OF
the California Theater orchestra were
transferred to the Baldwin Theater to play
the grand opera engagement, for which
they received no extra compensation. The
question as to whether the unions laws
had been violated was brought before the
board of directors through mem Der who
believed he had been injured by this ar
rangement. 1t was claimed on the other
side that both houses being under one
management were considered as one or
chestra. and consequently no laws had
been violated. The directors desired that
the union should settle the matter and
| recommended the enactment of the above
resolution.