The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-05
THE PRINTERS.
They Declare That Governor Budd
Has Deceived Them.

AT the meeting OF the Typographical
Union these resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, Sacramento Typographical
Union, No. If, branch of the interna-
tional Typographical Union of North
America, and affiliated with the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor, being obligat-
ed to Foster the interests of its members
and 20 protect them against the as
saults of foes wherever found, conveneS
in special session to-day to protest
against the concerted action of Gov
ernor Budd and the San Francisco
Chronicle" and Examiner" in their
attempt to annihilate the State Print
ing Office of California.
Sacramento Typographical Union and
all sister unions stand for the mainten-
ance of that institution. They take that
stand because it is one Of the bull
warks of organized labor in California,
and it's fall would be a severe blow to
union wage earners. Union printers
have received some setbacks of late
chief among them being the introduce
ton and successful operation of type
setting machines. Against the ingenui-
ty of man we may not demur, but when
a public officer in high station throws
the great weight of his office into the
balance against the interests of organ
lied labor, then it is our privilege, as it
is our duty, to make our grievances
known.
The Governor of California has elect
ed to align himself with our enemies
This angry man, made dizzy by the
hight to which labor elevated him, now
turns his back to labor; this angry man
having a quarrel with one union print
er, seeks to revenge himself upon all
union printers.
This Union knows nothing of the per-
sonal difficulties existing between Gov
ernor Budd and The Hon. 4. ]. John
ston, State Printer. We know that a.
J. Johnston is our friend, and the friend
Of organized labor everywhere. He has
shown it by his deeds, not by his pro-
fessions, and by his deeds shall he be
known. Ee has hired nothing bat union
men and has repeatedly declared that if
he could not employ union labor he
would not employ any He has paid
good wages and has doggedly set his
face against countless proposed reduc-
tons. He has been the answering
friend of labor at all times. in season
and out, and as such he will be CRATE
fully remembered when his detractors
have nodded in forgotten graves
On the other hand, we have in James
II. Budd a man who breaches much
good and practices much evil. His adj
miniStraton. so far as labor is concern
ed-and in that are we mostly concern
ed-has been one long carnival of de-
ceit and in his last and greatest crime
against labor-the attempt to close the
State Printing Office-he becomes the
star in hyprocrisy's masquerade
wearing the guise of a benefactor, he
smiles in the face of labor and sticks a
knife in its ribs. He performs an act
(by vetoing the State Printing Office
appropriately which throws several
hundred people out of work, and then
declares ii to be a good thing"
This Union denies that the closing of
the State Printing Office will be a good
thing, notwithstanding the fact that
Governor Budd and the San Francisco
Chronicle" and Examiner" have so
published to the people of this State.
This State requires certain amount of
printing work that must be done; and
it can be done as cheaply and as well
in the State office as under the contract
system. The contract system would
cost just as much, but the money would
be differently distributed. Most of it
would go to the contractors and very
little TO the laborers.
The attack of the San Francisco
Chronicle" and its advocacy of the
contract system is in line with the atti-
tude of that paper for years past. The
management Of the Chronicle as the
agent of the corrupt book ring, opposed
the establishment of the State Printing
Office and the State system Of text
books It has consistently kept up the
fight, and now glories in the action Of
the Governor. advocates the abolish
ment Of the Office, and in a villainous
article insults the employees in the State
Office by asserting that their work is
inferior This we strenuously deny.
The work shows for itself, and COM
pares favorably with that done in the
best offices in the Uuited States. We
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