United labor bulletin., 1912-03-28
TRADES ASSEMBLY BARS
NATIONAL GUARD DELEGATES.


Sunday. the Trades assembly amended
the constitution so that no member of
the Colorado National Guard can be
delegate. 1t was a wise move, the ma
jority of the delegates believe.
But coincident to this action, James H.
Brown was invited to the assembly to
give a lecture on 'Our Republican Form
of Government" Mr. Brown is an officer
in the National Guard. He spoke briefly
on the subject, and did not attempt to
give the lecture prepared on account of
he lateness of the hour, but expressed
the desire to at some future time to de-
liver a series of lectures on the subject.
When he had finished, G. ]. Common
asked permission of the chair to ask
few questions. The privilege being CIV
en-, he asked, first, If Mr.. Brown was a
member of the National Guard, and then
several other questions in reference to
- remarks made When Mr.. Brown had
SAID yes or no to all the questions, Dele
gate Common said he wanted the invited
guesL to distinctly understand that the
assembly did not stand for any of the
things mentioned. Mr.. Brown desired to
reply. but the chair shut f the regret
table incident.
On Monday morning the Denver Repub-
lican said that the assembly had insulted
.-e National Guard as well as an invited
guest. On Tuesday morning the Repub-
lican contained the following from the
pen of Mr.. Brown:
To The Republican,:
On the tenth page of the issue this
morning. March 25. I notice an article
entitled as follows:
State Militia Given Insult at
Labor Meeting.
"Officers in Guard Slurred While
Addressing Assembly.
"Socialistic Spirit Controls Politi-
cal Faith of Central Labor Body"
/ am sorry to note under the above
heading an article which is extremely
unfair to the Denver Trades and Labor
assembly at its session Sunday afternoon,
March "a.
AS newspaper articles go. it is prob
ably what is called a good story" with
the accent on the STORY"
Please be kind enough, in justice to
the Trades and Labor assembly, to say
for me that neither the National Guard
nor myself were the recipient OF any in
suit. open or covert; on the contrary. the
assembly was entirely courteous IN its
treatment and conduct throughout the
entire time of my presence.
II is customary in sessions OF that
body. when speakers appear before them,
to make inquiries, and ] was fully ad-
vised when went there that such would
be the case The delegate who made the
inquiries was entirely within his rights
and courteous in his demeanor. l am
heartily sorry that the article was writ
ten. because 1t tends to perhaps perpetu-
ate a wrong notion in some quarters OF
the feeling of the assembly.
From what observed during the meet
ing there was not any manifestation OF
so-called "socialistic spirit"
expect to be honored with further
invitation at some future date to COM
pete my lectures before the Labor as
sembly and shall be prepared to repeat
the same before other organizations in
IL state when offered an opportunity
on the subject of Our Republican Form
of Government" l feel that the ignor
ance on the bench. at the bar. and among
the people at large. in respect to this sub
ject should be dissipated and more cor
rect notions and ideas disseminated.
There was no more evidence of So
called class hatred" want of sympathy
with courts, judges and decisions in that
assembly meeting than have seen and
heard manifested among those not devot-
ed entirely to the interests of labor. On
the contrary, l have heard some of our
members of the bar ''cuss" the decisions
of the courts, and of the judges in Ian
guage far more forcible, less elegant and
much more emphatic.
Please be kind enough TO give place
to this in your communication in your
paper tomorrow morning of prominence
equal to that of the article in question,
and do simple Justice to the Denver
Trades and Labor assembly. and also re-
neve the feelings of any members of the
National Guard whose prejudice is so
very largely appealed to by the article
and tenor OF your article.
/ remain, very courteously yours,
JAMES H BROWN.