The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-18
THEIR RECORDS AS
VIEWED BY LABOR
VOTES OF D. p. JONES AND J. O.
HAYNES IN CITY COUNCIL.
Both Candidates Appear to Have Been
Friendly to Measures Espoused by
Organized Labor-Epitome Of Their
Alderman1c Records and Sketch Of
Milton N. Rogers.

A review of the records of the DEM
ocratic, republican and public owner
ship party candidates for mayor has
been prepared in printed form by rep
resentatives Of organized labor for cir
culation among all union men. The
Harry L. Dix, president of the Mime
sofa State Fee eration Of Labor; T.. w.
Nee, president Of the Coopers' Machine
Operators union, No. rs, and John Cal
quhoun, president of the Minneapolis
Stone Cutters union. The subject mat
ter is treated in an impartial way, sim
ply giving the public record OF each
candidate and leaving the reader to
draw his own conclusions as to which
one is the man for organized labor to
support.
In David P. Jones' record as mem
Der Of the city council, his vote on
eighteen different resolutions, reports,
etc, is recorded. In but one case did
he vote against a measure supposed to
on resolution, Feb. 10, 1899, when he
voted against Alderman Rand's reso-
luton that all official advertising must
| be in papers carrying the label Of the
Allied Printing Trades Council. His
action in this regard, however, was not
in opposition to organized labor, but
because of other issues coming up and
really taking the issue altogether out
of the labor field.
| Among the cases where he showed
himself the friend Of labor is cited his
affirmative vote on the eight-hour day
for public work and $175 minimum
pay at the pumping stations, 1899;
voted for the Nelson resolution making
$1.S5 day the schedule for city labor
ers, 1903; voted for union schedule as to
hours and wages for bridge and iron
wages Of lamplighters from $50 to $45
month, 1899; voted for committee re-
port that stone for substructure Of tho
Thirty -second avenue bridge be cut in
Minneapolis, thus giving employment to
local union stonecutters; voted for
adoption of minority report Of water
works committee that the stone for the
and cut in Minneapolis, thus turning
$4,000 into the pockets Of local union
stone workers, 1901; voted for resolu-
ton that all city stationery and docu-
ments bear the union label; voted for
resolution that all millwork for the city
must bear the label Of the Woodwork
ers union, 1900; voted for per cent
voted for adoption Of union wages for
bricklayers engaged in city work.
In the record Of Mayor Haynes as an
alderman considerable space is given
to his vote for the Nordeen resolution
1894, making ten hours a days work
for city workers, reducing wages of
bricklayers l5 cents an hour, common
tenders rs cents a day, men and teams
so cents day, and all other labor in
like proportion. This resolution, which
passed, was reconsidered at the next
meeting and Haynes voted aye for the
reconsideration. FfThis change Of senti.
ment on his part,' says the circular
"was brought about by vigorous work
on the part Of the members of the
Bricklayers' union and other laborers
affected by the resolution
Dec. 16, 1892, Haynes introduced an
ordinance regulating street car trans
fers, one feature Of which was that
there should be no transfers to or from
the interurban line. Another provision
required that sewers should be- built on
all streets before new car lines be built
Haynes is recorded in 1892 and 1893
as voting for the eight-hour day; in
1898 voted for compensation Of IS cents
a hour to bricklayers and a nine-hou1
day. ..
Milton N. Rogers, mayoralty candi
date of the public ownership party, is
given nearly two pages Of space, but al
he has no public record, it is entirely
sketch Of Mr.. Rogers life and Of the