The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28
CRUDE POLITICAL
TRICK IS PLAYED
Hundreds of Cooks and Walters
Have Their Intelligence
lnsulted.
MURDOCH AND FREE BEER
AT JENNINGS HALL MEETING
Men Go to the Hall Under the
Impression That a Union Is
to Be Organized.

1t was the most contemptiblo niece
OF political chicauery ever fiaunted III
the face of organized labor. and con
slider 1T an insult TO every union man
IN Salt Lake City said c. II. Walker
as he stood III jennings hall "Wednesday
night and watched the Republican eau
dlddtc for the Office OF mayor leaving
the hall.
Walker and about $50 others had been
asked TO attend meeting called for
the aVowcd purpose Of organizing
unlon OF ihc cooks aud walters and
When the cooks and walters attended
The meeting they had been asked TO
istcn TO the views Of James D. Mur.
doch and Osborne Loeb
Frank Smith who had called the meet.
ing of the cooks and walters, presided.
and when the hall was filled, he arose.
raped for order and introduced James
u. Murdoch as the coming mayor o.
salt Lake City, who he said would
address the meeting for a few minutes.
Talks About Himself.
Amid j dead silence, Mr. Murdoch
arose aud began TO tell The assembled
cooks and walters about his carly train
ing in Scotland and how he had received
lcct he told of his carly struggles
and how he had worked Mt The trade OF
machnlst for 50 per week: how he
had become dissatisfied with his cond.
ton, as those present were in all prob
ability disguised with their positions.
and had decided to organize At this
point there was considerable applause
Mr., Murdoch then told about his visit
to Utah and how BE- had become inter
csted in the mining business at rarl5
City He told of his visit aud has later
adoption OF Salt Lake CITY as the place
of hls residence and how he had become
interested IN politics after he had
been appointed Il member Of tnc board
of public works, and had been elected
to the council.
At thnt point in the speech Of the
eondidatc for mayor. the noise in thc
room became 50 loud hat The ncws
paper reporters sitting within five feet
of the speaker were unable 10 heJr him
and the chairman repeatedly raped Tor
order. Those who had come TO the meet
ing for tho purpose Of taking steps tn
better the conditions Of the cooks and
walters of The city refused 80 listen
further 10 lbc speaker. and paid no at
tcntlou 70 the continued rappine of the
chairman
Suddenly the speakers VOICE was
entirely by the din which arose
from the street below. The Republican
drum corps had halted directly in front
of the doorway TO Jennings hall aud
nothing could me heard but tho roar Of
the drums. Tho doors. of the hall,
which, up TO this time had been kept
closed, were uow thrown open and
crowds from the street below pushed
their way into the room. The chairman
sent men below 10 stop the drum corps.
but Mr.. Murdoch. who was reading his
pledge TO the people, in case he WIS
elected, read on 10 the end. regardless
of the din He sat down amid a spas
lnodie aud scattered applause.
Music and Beer.
The noise of the drums had by this
time been stopped, and Chairman Smith
arose and introduced the next speaker.
Osbouruc Loeb. Mr.. Loeb after motto
ing thJt Il number Of persons were
making their way 10 thc door, said that
be would rot dctaiu the meeting for
, very long period. He then recitcd
poem entitled 81 d Rather nc a Lob
'ter Than Wise Guy and after pro-
onged applause he SAT- down. lust be
fore he reached the end of his rccta-
ION The Republican Drum corps flied
uto the room and sat aronnd GU their
lrumS until the dancing began and the
pcer was served, after which the mem
As soon as the speeches were finished
he chairman arose and stated that dan
ing was inc order and that refresh
nents would be served. Sandwiches
nd beer were then passed around and
consumed between the dances by those
vho remained.
w, e. LaZaro, y cook residing ot 10
elizabeth place and employed at the
blot cafe, stated to n representative
i The Tribune that he mad gone 10
he meeting believing that the men aud
,omcn Of his craft had at last decided
o organize When he and a number of
is friends who had been looking for
,a!d to organizing a union arrived at
he hall and found that the meeting
ad hecn called for the purpose Of
lowing James u. Murdoch To address
be cooks and walters on political is
les Mr. LaZara said that he and
is friends bad left.
All Are Incensed.
Mr.. LaZaro represents large major
" of thc cooks aud waters who at
,nded the meeting and later on left
disgust. Feeling that they had been
nposci upon. a large number Of tho
licensed cooks and waitcrS>called at the
iitoral rooms of The Tribune later
the evening and expressed thcir
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