The Labor enquirer., 1888-03-24


thing definite hang keped foE
within a lifetime from the sale q
arid land was 30 renote thak
Routt and his fellow monops hsd
no fears on that score. II
The COMMITTEES or ctedentialS
were surprised - find that several
Arapahoe county labor orgsnisa1
tons had sent Representatives ID
theconvention and, seeming danger
to the monop's, refused to endorse
their credentials, returning and
reporting to the convention. The
list of labor organizations whose
representatives desired admit
tance was then read and it was At
this point that the monop's
showed their hands. From the
corner of the convention hall
where were seated the horny
handed delegations from the Dem
yer board of trade aAd the lawyers
and real estate sharks there arose
cries of Wonder what next1''
and Where ere the organized
wash-house Chinamenf' and
where are the amalgamated
chimney sweepsl" etc etc. Routt
nearly lost his equilibrium over
the suddeness of the revelation
that the labor organizations de-
sired Representations in the con-
vention. He got hot" and
blurted out that IF Denver pro-
posed to run this convention,
then we might as well 60 home
Routt thought the convention was
being packed and he has de-
cided aversion to packed conven-
tions-when he isn't the packer,
which he, generally. heretofore has
managed to be. However the
the delegates from the labor or.
CARNATIONS got in and were moi
long in getting their work in too
first, on a set of resolutions com.
ing from the Settlers Rights asso,
citation and introduced by F. @
Stuart having for their object en-
tire state control of bitches and
reservoirs other than those owned
by individual farmers and operated
for the latter's own benefit. The
Routt party jumped. stiff legged
on the resolutions and filibustered
in great shape to kill them. AS
means of effectually strangline
the Stuart resolutions a resolution
to defer action on them was by a
scratch carried and debate on the
arid landproposition was resumed
the result being that the scheme
of the Routt faction, to ask con-
gress for the arid lands, was de-
feated andin its stead was sub
stituted the memorializing of con-
gress for money with which to
commence the digging of bitches
and reservoirs to be owned by the
Estate. A committee of FIVE were
suggested to 60 to Washington in
the interest of the sought for ap.
preparation. Previous to adjourn
ment of the convention it was pro.
posed by those in favor of the de-
ferred resolutions on state owner
ship of bitches that the conven-
tion reassemble as state conven-
| tion with the same officers that
had presided at the regular con-
vention. This move was the last
resort of the "state ownership"
delegates who desired to have the
body go on record on this impor-
tant point. The resolutions
which would if adopted commit
the convention to the state own
ership idea were then taken up
and a discussion of nearly two
hours duration ensued. The real
estate shark delegates. the board
of trade gamblers, the ditch cor
poration lawyers and Routt influ-
ence in general fought the resolu
tions bitterly.
1t is only justice to say that
there was at least one lawyer
there who dared to advocate the
socialistic resolutions. That law
yer was county attorney Lafe
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