The San Francisco call., 1908-10-31
FAVOR MUNICIPAL
WATER PROPOSITION
Labor Council Receives ResOIu-
items Strongly Indorsing
the Project
Action Postponed Until Friday
and All Unions Are to
Be So Notified


ETsA9l lIss2 llGsNs9steo teo9EsD ell received last
f6zIclsS9 night a resolution
signed by Michael
Casey and A. j. Gallagher favoring
municipal ownership of water works
for San Francisco, in which is the fol-
lowing:
Resolved by the San Francisco la
Dor council in regular session assem-
bled this 3oth day of October. 1908.
that we reiterate our position In favor
of public utilities; and be it further
Resolved, that we approve the ef-
forts of the board of supervisors to
acquire a water supply and works and
urge members of trades unions to vote
Thursday. November IL, In favor of
the Hetch Hetchy valley proposition
because of its undoubted merit"
1t was stated that at the next meet
ing the engineers and others who are
posted on the Hetch Hetchy PROPOSE
tion will appear before the council to
explain the matter and also answer
any questions that may be asked. 1t
was finally decided not to take action
on the matter until next Friday, and
that all unions be notified of the meet
ing and the matter to be discussed
A motion to indorse the resolution
led to considerable discussion, during
which Michael Casey stated that some
of the supervisors would be willing to
crush the proposition under foot. and
he thought that if the council indorsed
the resolution it would be 1.-The means
of stiffening the backbone of some of
the supervisors"
Daniel O'Connell, an attorney, spoke
for an hour against constitutional
amendment No. 81, which provides for
the extension of the term of the fran
chise of all except public service cor
porations. In his talk in support of
the position he took he quoted from
editorials in newspapers of 1906, which
opposed amendment No. 90, relating to
the extension of corporation franchises,
and urged that these condemned the
amendment as vicious.
He was asked the question: Have
you the proposed amendment of two
years ago?"
O'Connell hesitated and finally
said, No have not; but 1t is the
same as the present one, except it did
not contain the words quasi public I"
He made an attack on tie newspa-
pers of the state that support the
present proposed amendment.
Hiram w. Johnson, who was to have
answered O'Connell, was unable to be
present. but there was a reply by Ste
phen " Costello. The latter said that
he had come to present legal argu-
ment in response to one of the same
kind, but that he had heard only abuse
and had come to the conclusion that
the one who finds fault with every
one and everything is rotten before
ripe
He said that the burden of the
trouble that would arise in case saw
ings banks were forced into liquidation
would fall on the depositors, mostly
laboring people, who do not make any
lot 49,
had changed position because the OBJ
jectionable feature of the previous
amendment had been eliminated He
spoke briefly, and in a few forcible
words argued that the interest OF the
community demanded the adoption of
the amendment
The Asiatic exclusion league notified
the council that it has taken up the
matter of salt works complained
against and that the same is being in
vestigated.
Carpenters union No. % at its meet
ing last night received 12 applications,
initiated 25 candidates and received five
members by cards
The hosting engineers at its meeting
last night indorsed the candidacy of
Judge Frank j. Murasky.
During the last meeting of the board
OF directors of musicians union local
No seven members who had been
suspended for nonpayment of dues were
reinstated 10 membership. C. Reich
muth, E. Shoylin, II. F. Price and w
j. Jaeger were admitted as members
of the local.
The price list for 1909 has been
adopted and is said to be more com
prehensive than any previously issued.
But little change has been made in the
rates. The list contains the names of
all claRSi fed halls and rinks