The San Francisco call., 1908-10-03
WOULD WITHHOLD
PAY OF JUDGES
Labor Council Hears Report OF
Committee on Having DAM
age Cases Given Priority

lid PaITf1z~ The report OF the
E7FA1Isll sllgsas22fScousc11 committee that in.
Justice Beatty. in
the matter of having personal damage
suits made urgency cases in the SUI
perior courts was read to the San
Francisco labor council last night and
was as outlined in The Call yesterday.
The committee recommended that in
accordance with the suggestion of the
chief justice the council appoint a COM
mittee to bring the matter before the
legislature so that by law personal
damage suits be given priority on the
calendars; that the judges be urged
to abandon vacations until the calen-
dars are cleared; that candidates for
superior judgeships declare themselves
on this point and that judges be ques-
toned as to whether they can not dis
pense with the services of shorthand
reporters.
A motion to concur in the report led
to a protracted discussion. Delegate
+ p. Johnson suggested that the law ap-
piled to the supreme court whereby
the justices can not draw salary until
there was a certificate that decisions
have been rendered within certain
time should apply to- superior court
judges.
Delegate j. o. Walsh suggested that
the judges should be required to work
not less than seven hours a day in
court and that If they were made to
do so they would not adjourn court al
noon in order to go to the races.
He was asked what superior judges
do that and he replied that he had seen
police judges at the track and that il
any OF these were elected to the supe-
rior court they would probably follow
I the same practice
/ The matter was finally referred to the
/ law and legislative committee.
/ To the same committee was referred
/ the proposed amendment to the consti-
tuition to increase the salaries of state
executive officers and clerks
Hiram Johnson. introduced by Michael
/ Casey as the attorney for the brother
hood of teamsters. urged the adoption
| of the proposed amendment to the con
stitution which would give savings
banks the right to continue in business
/ at the expiration of the term of cor.
porate existence by fling a certihcat,
! of desire to continue. This was re-
ferred TO a committee.
The attention of the Council was
called to the fact that what purports
to be Liverpool salt. and sold as such
is manufactured in San Mateo county
by one white man assisted by so Jap
anese. The matter was referred to the
executive committee for investigation
The council indorsed the proposed fed
eral law to grant postoffice clerks ir
first and second class offices 80 days
vacation year, with pay.
The difference between the. plasterer.
who are working on the First nationa
bank building and the contractors as
\ to the placing of certain ornaments
which, it is stated, will be safisfac.
! toIily. arranged and that the plasterer:
I will do the work, is still in such shape
| that d. II. Burnham & Co. the arehi-
! tects. who are determined that thf
building must be completed within ?
stated time. notified the contractor.
yesterday that the ornamental plastel
ceiling OF the directors room must bt
/, put in not later than Monday next. witt
or without the plasterers, and thaf
the work must be rushed to compile