The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
EDITED BY o. NJ. BOYLE

Never in the history of Walters
Union No. 80 has a more spirited cleo
tion taken place than the one lust
1soseo The polls closed at II D. M
thursday and the last vote was count
% "a yesterday afternoon at o'clock
ne contest between the candidates for
PRESIDENT and recording secretary was
exceedingly close throughout. AT no
time was any man leading his oppon-
ent by over ten votes Not until the
last OF the s72 votes were cast was it
known who was the choice of the
union Kirkpatrick won the presidency
oN one vote, and A c. Beck and A
Schlleper were tied for recording sec
retary- Following were the success
tUl candidates: President J. d. Kirk
patrick; first vice president. Daniel
roster; second vice president. Burt La
hue; financial secretary Theodore
johnson; treasurer A J. Peterson:
business agents-R. L. Grimmer and J.
} q Brlen; trustees-W. c. Davis A.
henk and Ferd Jensen; executive
lboard-W- s. Moore, J. H Henessey,
Frank Wilson. NJ Kroyer, e F. Nc
henna, A. Kronberg. Fred Emery, Dan
roster, w. H. White, c. B. Hardin,
Ihomas H. Talbot and z. c. George;
delegates to local joint executive board,
theodore Johnson, A. C Rose and J.
c kirkpatrick; alternates-J. II. Hen
"A.
gates TO Labor Council-R L. Grimmer
A. G. Rose, Burt. La Rue. W. c. Davis,
NJ P. Scott, Theodore Johnson, Thomas
Aylward, ]. Z. Marsh, J. J. OBrien and
j. d. Kirkpatrick; delegates to Stock
ton convention of the State Federation
of Labor-A- c. Beck. A Schlieper, A.
Renk, Fred Emery, r. l. Grimmer and
J. D. Kirkpatrick The constitutional
amendment favoring free doctor and
medicine for sick members was car
ried.
In speaking of the probable work
that viii be done by the convention
Of the State Federation of Labor at
Stockton. Business Agent George W.
Bel OF the Gasworkers' Union declares
that the Japanese question is of para
mount Importance. He points out that
Japanese work so cheaply that they
are even forcing the Chinese out of
the labor field Under these conditions
he asks what chance a union wage
Garner has in competition with them?
On this phase of the question Bell
says: 7 remember back in 1S95-e6-97,
when the japanese began to make
vineyards Of Santa Clara County, they
worked so cheaply that they dis
placed so-called cheap Chinese labor
in two years. Since then the jap
SneSe have increased in number more
than tenfold, and they are not con-
hning their work to the rural dis
tricts. but are beginning to eneroach
upon the trades of the mechanics of
all the cities and large towns along
the coast. Right in the heart of San
Francisco on prominent thoroughfares
japanese are engaged in carpentry,
plumbing and various other trades Is
IL any wonder that the American wage
Garner OF the Pacific Coast should be-
stir himself to prevent further en-
crOachment2 The situation is greatly
aggravated by the fact that the Pres
idenI- Of the greatest nation on earth
has seen fit to espouse the cause of
the Japanese. even to the extent of
making them citizens of this republic.
To my mind this question is one of
the greatest that will come before
the State Federation of Labor for So
luton The brunt of this fight must
be borne by the workers of the Pa
cific Coast because they are the ones
whose experience makes them alive
10 the gravity Of the peril War, with
all its terrible consequences. is far
preferable to the Mongolianization of
the Pacific Coast, no matter what Sec
retary Metcalf and President Roose-
welt may say"
Cooks Union No. ~ held an election
last Thursday night. with the follow
ing result: President Charles F.
Fleischmann; vice president, Fred Du-
prey; recording secretary. Frank Holt;
financial secretary, Anton Balslow;
treasurer, George Bickford: outside
guard, George Porter; delegates to To-
cal joint executive bcard-George