The record-union., 1897-02-11

would Cypress labor and make the lot
of the tiller all the more burdensome
and
Whereas, Those of our fellow labor
ers employed in said State Printing Of
flee, who have faithfully and honestly
performed the tasks allotted to them
rendering full value in labor for every
cent paid to them in wages-have been
attacked and nlaligned by the Governor
Of this State under cover of a disagree
ment with the Superintendent of State
Printing; and
Whereas, The continual warfare be-
ing Waged against said State Printing
Office and against the workers employ
ed therein has convinced us that the
Governors object is not so much re-
form of alleged abuses as the uproot-
ing of the institution itself; and
Whereas, We are regretfully forced
TO the conviction that the Governor IN
the attitude he has assumed toward the
State Printing Office is either Willingly
or unWittingly playing into the hands
Of the old schoolbook ring which has in
the past few years been so tireless in
its endeavors to destroy the ability OF
the State to protect the parents or
school children from the eXtortions and
exactiOns of former years; and
Whereas, The statements contained
in the Governors message rejecting on
the faithfulness and efficiency of the
labor employed in said State Printing
Office is a gratuitous libel upon our fell
IAy l1I,
therein; therefore be it
Resolved, That as a preliminary
proposition this meeting declares that it
detests a demagogue and abhors pol
itician who would attempt TO make
cheap personal political capital at the
expense of those who toll for their
daily bread.
Resolved, That the allied trades and
jlabor unions of the city of Sacramento
in mass meeting assembled hereby eX-
press their emphatic condemnation of
the action of Governor James H. Budd
in vetoing the Act for the appropriation
of money for the support Of the State
Printing Office for the remainder Of the
present fiscal year, and denounce as
unjust and untrue the insinuation
against the faithfulness and efficiency
of the labor employed in said office
made by the Governor in his message
to the Legislature
Resolved, That it is the declaration
of this meeting that unless the Gov
ernOr's statements concerning the
financial management of that institu-
ton have better foundation in fact than
have his criticisms of the labor there
employed, such statements ara entire
iy misleading devoid of truth and ut
terly unworthy the Governor of a great
State.
Resolved, That organized labor, rep
resented by this mass meeting here to-
night, acting in behalf of hundreds of
faithful wage earners (bOth men and
women) employed in the State Printing
Office, the payment of whose wages for
labor faithfully performed is dependent
upon the action of the Legislature at
its session tomorrow, most earnestly
and respectfully petitions the honorable
members of said Legisla ture to pass the
bill for the maintenance Of the said
State Printing Office over the veto of
the Governor
Resolved, That we warn said MEM
bers of the Legislature against taking
stock in any accusations against the
State Printing Office until such accusa-
tionshave been thoroughly investigated
10y competent non-partisan committee
of fair men, for it is a matter Of public
knowledge that lSrge majority Of such
charges have their origin with interest
ed parties who hope to break down that
! institution in order that they may feed
and fatten upon the taxpayers of the
state at their leisure, and that in their
efforts to accomplish this object they
have often secured the cooperation Of
some of the highest officials of the
! State
| Resolved, That this mass meeting
/ hereby declares this matter a strictly
non partisan question-a question OF
| simple justice, and of the protection of
/ labor-and we appeal at this time to
Populists, Democrats and Republicans
alike to stand with US in our resistance
Of the blow aimed at organized labor by
! the Governor of this State"
The resolution calling for the passing
/ Of the printing bin over the veto of the
| Governor were received with loud
rounds of applause, as was the one
asking the legislators TO take no stock
in accusations against the State Print
! ing Office without an impartial inves-
! tigatiOn.
VETERANS PROTEST.
William jerks OF the Army and Navy
! League of Sacramento read the fol-
| lowing resolutions, which had been
unanimously passed, and also read the
call for the meeting. The call was
numerously signed. The resolutions
were approved.
At a special meeting Of L. S. Grant
Camp No. ;, held at these headquarters
the following preamble and resolutions
We're unanimously adopted: