The times., 1897-07-28
THE PRINTERS ELECTION
Columbia Union Will Today Sc
lect New Officers.
THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT
One "Down-Town" and Three Gov
erument Printing Office Cam
didates for President-The Sew.
eral Issues on Which the Election
VIII Turn-List Of Nominees.

The annual election for officers of
Columbia Typographical Union, No. 1Ol.
will take place today, between the hours
OF 1 p. III. and Z p. III. Polls will be opened
in the city, including those at the Govern
ment Printing Office, between the hours
named, ana also at Typographical Temple,
where the members OF fthesecretary'sc chapel
VIII vote. Immediately upon the closing or
the polls the chairnen Of the chapels Will
return the poll lists and the ballot boxes,
containing the votes of the individual
chapels to the board of election superyis-
ors of the Temple, where a final tabulatom
VIII be MADE, and the result of the election
announced.
For more than o week interest In the
election has been above feyer-heat IN ty-
biographical circles, the friends of the can
tlidates for the different offices all being
more or less confident that their choice
will come out a winner The greatest IN
terest, or course, centers in the race Tor
the presidency, for which there are four
aspirants. Originally, there were six can
didates for this office, but two of them
Mr.. John d. Kehoe and Mr.. Charles E.
Miller-haye, since the campaign begun,
withdrawn from tie race.
Aside fTCm the personal popularity OF
the candidates tneIc are, il Is said, three
very potent factors will have great in
fluence in determining the result of the
coming election, at least so far as the
selection of the president is concerned
The first of these is whether or not the
candidate is down town. man or an
cmploye Of the Government Printing Office,
the position of the candidate in reference
to the operation of the civil service, and
finally, his politics, whether Democratic
or Republican So far as the first of
these qualifications is concerned, his be-
ing a down town. man has heretofore
acted practically as bar against the sue
cess OF a candidate, 1t being stated that
only once in tie last twenty-five years has
an outsider" been elected 70 the preSi-
dency of tie union
So far as the other qualifications are
concerned, it is stated that they will have
a positive and general influence in the
present election. From what can be
learned the candidates are evenly divided
as to politics, two being Democrats and
iMO iNtpu'lhNdliS. VII AiiN 1HtHtiOh Va SAfii
service they are also divided in their opin-
ions as to the methods OF its operation.
It is estimated that the total vote polled
viii be in the neiehborhood Of $50. OF
these about 275 VIII beroted in the down
town chapels, leaving the Government
Printing OFFICE vote about ,oT5. on gem
erai principles it's conceded that tbedown-
town vote win be given TO the downtown
man, while the Printing Office vote viii
be divided among tho three candidates ae-
credited to that Offices It does not follow.
however, that the vote or The printers win
be given to any special candidate because
OF where he halls from or his politics
or his opinion in reference TO the operation
OF the civil service rules.
For other important offices. secretary and
treasurer, the candidates are the present
incumhents and have no opposition.
The nominees OF the union for the several
offices are.
For presIdent-James II. Irwin. J. NJ
kreiter. C. NJ. Robinson and S. ] Triplett.
For vice Dresidnnf-A. ]. Arnold, Frank
Hall and Thomas W. Haworth.
For secrefary-Willaln n Garrett.
For treasurer John J. Higgins
FOR sergeant-at-a arniS-J w ~ afford.
For doorkeeper-J. L. Fechtig and n. c.
Stoops.
For trustee-Charles W. Otis.
For delegates To Central Labor Union
Il. NJ. Blake, Jarvis r. Moulden, Lon A
Shlnp, Aipheus Scholl, c. F. Sudworth
William E. Thompson and w. C. Watson.