United labor bulletin., 1911-10-19

| at 81 D. III. IOr Ine Ol nd-
tional officers and the transaction of
other important business. 1t is essential
to the democratic management of party
affairs that every member in Denver at
| tend.
| Comrade Ehrhart of Littleton gave a
pleasing address on the broad subject of
| Socialism at Howe hall last Sunday
evening. He held the attention of his
large audience to the close of his lecture.
| But his subject was so broad and the
| points touched upon so many that no
adequate report can be given in a brief
| notice. The only way to get the full
benefit of the Howe hall meetings is to
attend.
The Thirteenth ward branch has
changed it's time of meeting from the
| first and third Monday evenings to the
first and third Wednesday evenings.
They still meet at Alkire's hall, corner
of South Pearl and Iowa streets, and
are still building up.
| The entertainment given by the Thir-
| teenth ward branch last Monday even
ing was a very enjoyable affair. The
music under direction of Comrade Mrs.
Mercer was excellent. Miss Maud
Bowen, pupil of Mrs. Mercer, rendered
difficult piece in splendid style; Miss
Coleman teacher in the College OF
Music, gave two fine selections; Mrs
Mercer gave a piece in her own inimita-
BILE style; Mrs. Alexander. who pos
sesses a voice of unusual quality, gave
two vocal solos, and the talented young
son and daughter of Comrade Kirby
gave spice to the program with their
catchy little songs. Then the chairman,
Comrade Brown, gave the subject of the
evening. Our Party, Its Aims and OBJ
jects., and called upon the assistant
editor of The Bulletin for Commute
response
The Fifteenth ward branch had an un-
usually interesting meeting last Tuesday
evening Several important matters
marked the business end of the meeting
First, Comrade H. F. Schwartz was ad-
mitted on transfer from the Centralia,
Ill. local He was called to the front
and personally introduced to every MEM
| ber present.
| Special arrangements were made for
| the regular entertainment that is sched-
uled for the first meeting in the month,
this time to fall on November Z, and the
principal feature of which is to be the
| lecture of Comrade DR.. Ward on the sub
ject of The Origin and Nature OF Social
Institutions"
A special committee was elected to
take charge of the work of securing sig
natures to the petition to congress ask
ing for equal suffrage for women, and
| instructed to make thorough canvas Oh
the ward.
Then the business of the meeting was
closed and, on invitation, Comrade j.
w. Martin, who has just returned from
a lecturing tour through the southwest
| ern part OF the state, gave an interesting
account OF his travels and of the general
conditions of the party He reported
substantial growth with but few ex-
ceptions all along the line, and locals
| forming in places where locals had never
| formed before.
| The Scandinavian branch has had a
hard struggle for existence, and In view
OF that fact the following communica-
| ton from it's secretary is encouraging
and significant:
THE Scandinavian branch meets the
| first and third Thursdays of each month
| at 16 Sixteenth, avenue. 1t now begins
| to look as though the members we're
| waking up, as there was a GOOD attend
| ance at last meeting and three new
| members were taken in during the
| month. If the members will please take
notice from this that the branch is meet
| ing twice a month and remember the
| time and place OF meeting 1t Will not be
| necessary for the secretary to send out
notices each time. Fraternally,
AXEL AHLSTROM, Secretary.
| What has become of the Socialist
Board of Relief? 1t may be that good
many comrades are wondering about 1t,
SO the following statement seems to be
| necessary: 1t is no more. 1t has gone
the way. 1t struck capitalistic snag
and has gone asunder This disastrous
| end was in nowise the fault OF either
| Comrade Brunson or Comrade Mrs.
| Miller. 1t was entirely the fault of the
aforesaid snag And this snag bears
the name of THE State Board of Chari-
| ties" Our people ran into it in this
way:
| 1t was necessary for the new organiza-
tion to get a license from the State
Board of Charities in order to solicit
goods, otherwise they would have been
| just plain beggars; SO they applied for a
| license The state board said Milky,
| you're a political organization and this
board can't see you at all, or words to
that effect. So, our folks consulted with
Judge Hilton, changed the name to "'1he
Cooperative Board of Relief and went
again This time Father O'Ryan of the
board discovered that there were already
too many licenses out on general prin-
ciples and again turned them down. Just
what the legal number is of licenses that
may be issued, and just how many have
already been issued the father did not
state. He forgot, too, to state that he
was sorry our folks could not be accom-
modated But the state appropriation