The San Francisco call., 1908-10-06

16 to vote for and use its best en-
deavors to have Dale reelected. Many
of the delegates are of the opinion that
as through no fault of his he was cut
out OF the honors conferred upon him
by election he should not be turned
down this time. Yet there are others
who would like to go to Denver, and
| unless they can be induced to wait a
year there may be a lively contest for
the place.
WANT ACT REPEALED
A letter from S. V. Costello relative
to movement to have section 625
of the civil code repealed will be taken
up with the idea of having the fedora
tion take strong action in the matter.
The letter is in part as follows:
at conference / had with your secretary
the other day / referred TO the imperative neces
sity of the repeal of that infamous section
of the code of civil procedure. known and desig
mated as section 625. This section was rushed
through the legislature Of 1905, which, of course,
like all other legislatures for many years, was
absolutely controlled and dominated by the
Southern Pacific railroad company.
The The obnoxious section reads as follows
In an action for the recovery of money only,
OF specific real property, the jury. unless in
sructed by the court to render a special verdict,
c1aI verdict. In all cases the court must, upon
the request in writing of any of the parties,
direct the jury to find a special verdict In writ
ing upon all or any of the sissues and In all
cases must instruct them upon the request in
writing of any Of the parties, if they render
a general verdict to find upon particular ques-
tionseof fact. to be stated in writing, and must
direct a written finding thereon. The special
diet or finding must be fled with the clerk and
entered upon the minutes. lWhere special
finding of facts is Inconsistent with the general
verdict the former controls the latter and the
court must give judgment accordingly)"
The particularly vicious portion of this sec
uon, the niger in the woodpile," is as fol-
lows: Where special finding of facts is in
consistent with the general verdict, the former
controls the latter and the court must give
judgment accordingly. No more ingenious trap
for unsuspecting and unsophisticated Juror
could be devised than is found in this concIud-
ing clause of this section.
/ repeat that this is one of the most vicious
and damnable pieces Of legislation that has ever
found Its Shiny way through corrupt and cor
poration ridden legislature
do not for moment desire to dictate what
your convention should do, but I believe that
the plainest principle OF justice and decency re-
quires that your convention should resolve that
every legislative candidate be pledged TO the
repeal of this Infamous act.
The convention, after presenting a
badge to each delegate, a tri-colored
ribbon with q medallion of the OBJ
! servatory at Mount Hamilton pendent,
adjourned until tomorrow morning.
PLEASANT EXCURSION
This afternoon the members of the
federation and number of ladies. were
the guests of the local chamber of
commerce and were taken in three
car special over the interurban road
from this city to Congress Springs,
| where a stop was made to enable the
guests to walk through the grove to
the springs and take the waters.
They Were then taken to Saratoga
and Los Gatos and then back to the
city after a most delightful ride
through miles of orchards and many
tracts dotted with bungalows. The
party was in charge of the committee
of arrangements consisting of F. w.
Brands, M. T. Murray, Charles Steck-
NEST, Robert Teller and Frank Hack.
After the adjournment Of the con-
vention the Vallejo delegation had a
caucus and decided to support u B.
Dale for delegate to the American fed
Grafton Of labor and to advance W. G.
Ross, now eighth vice president, for
third or fourth vice president
Carpenters unions Nos. 1882 and 4s3
want representation on the executive
board and will make an effort to Sc
cure the election of one of the dele
gates as vice president
Up to this evening A. NJ Thompson
of Oakland, first vice president, is the
only one put into the fight to succeed
to be several midnight caucuses to-
night, it is not known what combina-
tions may be made
Tomorrow night the members of the
federation are to be guests OF the
general committee of arrangements at
ball to be given in the Auditorium
rink.