United labor bulletin. (Denver, Colo.) 19??-1915, 1911-03-30
A LIVELY SESSION
AT THE ASSEMBLY
Commission Government Discussed
and Committee Appointed.

+. The Trades Assembly met Sunday aft
ernoon In regular session and transacted
q 0reat amount Of Important business be-
aide listening to Attorney Pershino, who
gave q lengthy address on commission
form Of government. Mr.. Pershin0's
talk was at long range and called atten-
tion to the good work that had been done
In other cities, Galveston for example,
and believed that a commission form OF
government would be good thing for
Denver.
He called attention to the things ac-
complished under a commission during
the Galveston food; and also TO the fact
that in Des Moines the laboring people
had three representatives on a commits
siok Of i've His talk was from an aris-
tolSatic viewpoint. and many felt that
tha form of commission government ad-
yocated by Mr.. Pershing was not the best
for the people, although II Is believed
that the assembly will support the right
kind Of a commission form OF govern
ment He expressed himself as being
opposed to the recall. Before the assem-
bly, adjourned q motion was made that
committee be appointed TO investigate
the different commission forms OF gov
ernment and report their findings The
motion included President Dellitt. and ne
named Delegates Spigl and Fallon as the
other members of the committee. c. J.
Moorhouse announced before the com
mittee was appointed that the Direct
Legislation league is preparing to call
conference OF all commercial and other
ORGANIZATIONS in the city in the near fu-
ture to consider the question and sug-
gested that 1t might be appropriate for
the assembly to have committee wnen
this conference Is called.
The resolution which was printed In
last weeks Bulletin. regarding the act OF
President Taft In sending troops to the
Mexican border. and which was present
cd TO the assembly by Delegate Vetter OF
the Machinists, was favorably recon-
mcnded by the resolutions committee
and was passed by the assembly with
but one dissenting vote. The resolution
brought forth much discussion and was
debated by Delegates French. Netter.
Common. Moorhouse and others. The ar
gument was spirited and showed the
feeling In the ranks OF labor caused oy
the government sending troops to the IN
ternRtional boundary seemingly to pro
tect the interests OF the moneyed kings
and keen the workers OF Mexico In bond
age through the bloody reign OF Dinz-
one thing that broke the monotony OF
the meeting was the motion OF n X
.frustison to prevent the male delegates
<rom smoking during the meeting OF the
assembly. Mr. Tustison believed that the
women would be driven from the assem-
bly, II the practice was not curtaiied. as
IL was hard for the delegates to see each
other at times. The matter was left IN
the hands OF the women and they voted
almost unanimously TO allow the men TO
enjoy the enticing weed during the long
hours of the assembly session Fritz
hcnning threatened to resign II he were
prevented from smoking for three hours.
"Chet-" Common informed the delegates
,h,, hc couId not perform properly IL he
were denied the narcotic and the assem-
bly, would lose much of its oratorical dis
rIay. Delegate Hoffman and others OBJ
jected to being deprived OF their union
made cigars at the assembly session. but
the women came to the rescue and very
promptly and properly voted the motion
down.