United labor bulletin., 1912-04-18
ASSEMBLY ADOPTS
UTILITIES BILL
Bill to Give State Right to Mine
and Sell Coal Endorsed
Other Assembly
Business.

dorsement Of the law to be inttkS.a
Joint committee Of which the le8's.s.Ne
committee Of the assembly 70 pay nin.
towering the state land board to N"ine
coal on state lands and distribute ss"o
to the consumers at cost The Dill W.
endorsed by the assembly. .,,,
OF no less Importance was the Dill
drafted by Attorney Henry Cohen pro-
vidIna for a public utilities commission
The bill was reported by Chairman Bryan
Of the legislative committee. ano Auor-
nav Cohen gave q brief outline OF the
principal provisions Of the bill. Ihe Din
!, LENGTHY and could not be read at the
session Of the assembly. II was endorsed
bv the central body and the 'egis'atNe
committee Instructed to proceed TO INT
tiate the measure.
The measure provides for three coni
missioners to be named by the incoinins
s,oyernor in January, one to De
mechanic of not less than ten years
practical experience. one an attorney y,
not less than five years standing, anu
ono to he a certified accountant OF not
less than five years experience. Inc
commissioners are to hold office lot Two,
four and six years. the terms OF eacn 10
be designated by the governor. Ese.s
two wears thereafter the governor is 10
name a commissioner who shall serve Tor
six years.
The bill prevents the giving OF passes
ard rebates. and all common carriers
must be treated alike. The commis-
sion will have the power to make rates
n also provides for the safety and heai.n u,
OF employees and passengers. ne III
ia not 80 radical that biased commns-
.,on could ruin a public utility, and is
conceded to be good legislation a copy
s.,the bill can be seen at the Office Oh
Attorney Cohen, who drafted the Dill.
stated before the assembly tnat ne was
a delegate to the assembly twenty-sesen
years ago. and at that time tne a,o. oelesaess
we're discussing ratemaking Legislation
Mr Cohen has from that time to the
nresent day delved into statistics and
read ratemaking legislation until ne mas
become one OF the most thorough experts
ON the subject in the state ihat tne
hill In fair to the public and 10 tne Col
porations there can be no mistake Inc
Integrity and stability OF the wrl.eI -, Us
1 the bill has never been questioheu W
men
Other Assembly Business.
~ @rhe prcsident presided at the meeunE,
ana he with Secretary Bedford and Board
Member Hornberg were the oniy oiilceIs
present. Delegate Rogers OF the fress ~,
Assistants No IA was appointed 70 III
the temporary vacancy as sereeahta,
nruHs and Delegate Cammerer Vooh
charge OF the door.
The minutes OF the previous meeuhE
were read and approved -.
crodcntials were read from the BLACK
sniths Mine Workers. Carpenters ~
5b Beer Bottlers. Soda Water BotileIH'
@t,-srmakers Biacksmiths and Helpers
"a psr,c,dors. The credentials were
acrepted and the delegates present ooh-
gated The Soda Water Bottlers Is
new affiliation.
traebtedness incurred by two ex-or-
,anI-ers which had been referred 10 the
board OF directors. was reported upon
The board took the view that tne oIsan
izers had no authority TO incur ,he ~ a..
.sh,.snoss and recommended that In
~. case of Mr. Tustison the matter oe
referred to his organization, and IN tne
.a.a NJ Mr. Spencer that the Denver
omnibus and Cab company De houiieu
that the assembly would not recognize
&c bill. This bill was incurred oy spen.
cor in Joy riding at late hours OIL tne
night and had been charged to the Amer
,.sr Eaderation OF Labor. The bill is
TWO. vears old. payment having been re-
fused on a former occasion
A resolution from the Society Tor Meo-
,,ai Ereedom was adopted, and Delegate
Turner of the Cigarmakers was appoin,eo
10 represent the assembly at puon.
meeting to be given by that society AZ
tho Woman's Club building. SUNDAY
April 81. .,,r.,,or
Chairman Osborn OF the arbitrauon
committee being absent on account OF
sickness, Delegate Rogers reported pros-
ress in the matter OF having the door 10
the Mining Exchange care openeu io'
business, and made the same rePor. ~
regard to the resolutions introduced III
reference to the Denver fost oeins "'i"''
to the u. NJ. OF A. L.,
Chairman Compton of the pubic IN
stitutions committee reported progress IN
sthe matter of the sewer work OF tne city
an account OF which may be found IN an
other column. He also reported tnat ne
haa interviewed Judge Lindsey In regare
to sending girls to the Home OF the Coco
shepherd. A communication from Judge
Lindsey was read. and the committee In
structed to proceed further in the mat
ter.
Resolutions from the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor denouncing the Hearst
newspapers for their attitude toward or
ganized labor were read and adopted.
Chairman Farrell OF the lectures com
mittee was instructed to secure the lar
rest hall in Denver, other than the Audi
torium. for meeting at which Carl
I.egien of Germany would appear to de-
.iver an address.
Mr.. parrup. who is promoting woolen
MIL for Denver. gave short taik TO the
delegates. but the assembly TOOK no ac-
ton on the proposition presented oy 'ne
speaker.
The report Of the bylaws and consu-
tuition committee was laid over unui tne
hext meeting. T.,
AS,rhe assembly passed motion to IN
Via Labor Commissioner Brake to ad-
dress the assembly on May IL.
Delegate Pollard of the Cooks stated
that his organization had called out the
cooks in the Bob white restaurants. The
restaurants are on the unfair list.
The dance of the Womans trace
Deicrnte Hoffman announced that fifty
or sixty of the Musicians belong to the
National guard as musicians. Mr. Hoti-
man stated that II was purely business
propositions that the members joined