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Show 1SIC1S11 , FORCE HO Observer Goes to Annual Ball i at San Francisco and I Changes Ideas r.v RED! i .K.N M kSOX. f SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 30. Did you ver go to the annual ball given by lh Musicians union " It tool; place 1 on Wednesday nlglit at the Exposition Auditorium. I went there out of curi- ! oslty and I came awaj thinking' sr- 1 ious thoughts When several thou-1 sand people, all of the same profession i arc gathered together for the sake of : amity, they are it force. I have seen' gOCd musicians Avince! and 1 hive heard them use bad lang uage became they were under the, thumb of the union. Iiut I lie more Think of it. trie less I am inclined to sympathise with th lr altitude of mind j Musicians' union, local No. 6, has to) solve a multitude pf problems anil it! often happens that, whatever form the solution may take i; Is bound to hurt! y -4 BOmetfody. But the fact remains that, Wf as B consequence of the pollcj of th' ' union, musicians in San Francisco 1 mean especially the rank and file arejl hettcr off today l far th:in thev j would be if no union xjjsted. The acts of the union sometimes, strike the observer who looks at things from- the outside as highhanded If he could see the othe r side of the case Jhe might thins differently. But. supposing sup-posing that the union Is occasionally arbitrary, are not the acts of corpora-Itions corpora-Itions and go 'Tninents anil even individuals indi-viduals op.-n to the same criticism'.' The musicians have the- matter in their .own hands orne of our best musicians musi-cians union men because they have iIp ijo grumble ln-causf things art not exactly as they would have them; bui instead of attending the meetings. --! ing thell say, and easting their vote, they leave the management of affairs to others have heard men talk sneer-. Ir.gly of politic Sans' and wire-pull , lers." in the name of common sense whs don't thev become "politicians"! and ' wire-pullers" themselves? 'Why; did Theodore Roosevelt exercise such ;a mighty Influence In the affairs of' America? Because he was not only anj it'eali-t. but a practical mail as well ,1 The musician v. ho stands aloot from. th" unlun and criticises but does not take his shale In the discussions, deserves de-serves the worst thai cafi happen to him. USE WORKING Ml n Whoever knew of the failure of truth In a fair light? If you have a' grievance, go and plead it with your! fellows'' If you are right vou will al- ways find sympathisers. A little rlnri' of selfish men may down you for a time; but if you have grit and go oni Baying your Bay. In season and out of! si i son. I hi an of rlghi will triumph. I have my own ideal of what the union should b and do. and if 1 were,, i practicing music. an. it Is on the! floor of thC union :;.ai I would put up my fight If oiht I weiifl wiser than i mii mself, I would learn wisdom, if my ideas were saner than theirs, the sheer force of reason would win them to my side. I don't care how eminent a musi-cian musi-cian may be, ho ought to belong to jthe union. "But they are working men.' I hear some dandified exquisite exclaim. Thank God for that' Isn't A If ted Hertz a working man; isn't General Pershing a working man. isn't iJio Pope of Bdme a working man0 You may say they work with their brains. Well, so does the musician. |