The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-01-14
LABOR FOR Annexation
\ STILL CLEARER STAND MADE
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The building Trades Council PASSES
Strong Resolutions-Com
Fitzgerald's Work Endorsed

The Buildings Trades Council of San
Francisco has made its stand clearer
than ever ON the subject of Hawaiian
annexation and has, demonstrated un-
equivocally the absurdity of the claim
that labor is unanimously opposed TO
annexation.
At recent meeting attended and
addressed by Labor Commissioner
Fitzgerald, the matter was fully dis
cussed. and the labors of Commission
er Fitzgerald at Washington in be-
half of annexation fully endorsed. The
following resolutions were passed.
Whereas. The attention of the public
has been attracted, by the action of
the Sacramento Federated Trades
Council and published in certain news
papers. to the action taken some time
since by the Building Trades Council
of this city in its stand concerning the
annexation of the Hawaiian Islands,
and its subsequent action in selecting
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald to rep
resent it in Washington in furthering
certain measures in labor's interest,
and
Whereas, 1t is well known from
what source this opposition emanates.
which are primarily the organs own
ed and controlled by the Sugar Trust,
and secondarily, the partisan feeling
which had its birth in, and is the out
growth of the State Printing scandal,
which occupied the attention of the
last Legislature, and
Whereas. The influences. which nj
that time sought to relieve the State
treasury of large, unnecessary and I'M
reasonable amounts of the public
money to recompense political obliga-
tons and take care of a certain branch
of organized labor, have now allied
themselves with the mouthpieces Of
the Sugar Trust in condemnation OF
Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald and
the Building Trades Council of San
Francisco. and
Whereas. The Building Trades
Council and its atfiliating unions rep
resent in labor Il numerical strength
greater than all other labor bodies IN
this State combined, it deems itself
worthy and capable of expressing its
views as to the best interests of labor.
and its actions are the result of care
full and earnest consideration-free
independent and untainted with polit-
zeal influence: therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Building Trades
Council. in regular meeting assembled,
condemn the action of the labor organ
izations as unwarranted and unfilial
and tending to destroy the autonomy
of, and the harmony in the ranks O..
labor:
Resolved. That the action taken by
this Council with reference to the an
neNation of the Hawaiian Islands is
hereby reiterated. believing as we do
that it is to the interest of American
labor to have this territory a part OF
the United States.
Resolved, That we deprecate the SUR
cast upon the action of Labor Com
missioner Fitzgerald, as the latter has
thus far well and faithfully performed
all matters entrusted to his care by
this Council. and we do not consider
that any expression of individual opin-
ion by him as inimical to the interests
of labor. We therefore endorse his
action, and believe that in every way
he has shown himself worthy of the
trust imposed and true to the cause of
labor
II. c. HICKEN,
President Building Trades Council.