United labor bulletin., 1912-09-05
MAURIN FOR GOVERNOR
His Labor Reeprd Presented to
People Of the City
and State.

Joseph H. Maupln, who is an aspirant
for the Democrats nomination for gov
ernor at the direct primary election next
Tuesday. has been resident of Colo
rado for thirty-fouf years.
There is no omfial in the state, in
whom the working classes take a deep
er interest than tie candidate for gov
ernor He it is, whom they examine and
question. and go over and through his
record and life with a fine tooth comb,
to see there are no flaws in it.
1t is he, above all other candidates.
they desire to see and know. What is
his labor record Nill he be fair? Will
he show us the c2nsideration which is
our due? These and numerous other
questions are asked by them every day
of the candidate for governor.
Joseph H. Maupin is one of these men
who courts such an investigation. He
is anxious that it be made and that
every one knows every act of his life,
from the day he left the farm in old
Missouri. and wended his way to Colo
RADIO with not only a legal diploma in
his pocket. but also an agricultural di-
ploma as well. for as young man he
was something OF a farmer himself, and
wrote the prize essay on agriculture be-
fore vending his way to the Centennial
state.
Big in brain as we'll as in body. he at
once took to himself every passing event
in the state of public import or indus
trial Importance. Kind and benevolent,
with his heart always attuned to the
crying needs of humanity, his fee was
the last consideration with him. and in
listening to the troubles of his clients,
he questioned not the source of his pay,
but at once took up the merits of the
case, The question with him was JUS
tice, and he never hesitated to jump in
and secure it, whether it be for prince
or pouper.
Some twenty years ago, during a coal
strike at Walsenburg, when sixteen
miners were unjustly held in Jail. and
while languishing there without hope,
without one ray of sunshine in the form
of expected relief or assistance. Joe
Maupin went at once to their defense.
II mattered not that he could have Sc
cured a big retaining fee from the coal
company; he brushed it aside. These
men are entitled to a hearing and q fair
trial." said Maupin. ''and they shall have
it If | can get it for them"
1t made little Inference to him that
the Jail was filthy and loathesome, and
the scourge of smallpox was eNuding
from the damp and Shiny walls. This
deferred him not he went into the cell
with them. heard their case, took it to
I.
fury that these miners were unjustly ar
rested and held. and demanded of the
court that they be accorded their God
given rights of Life. liberty and the
pursuit of happiuess ess." They were ac-
quilted, and to this day. no one has sue
ceeded in getting Zoe Maupin to accept
one cent for services in that case.
No maudlin sentiment acutated him in
this movement; no desire for public
a m
tive. but the big loyal. tender and hu-
manitarian heart within him demanded
that he use his efforts to see that these
poor unfortunates were accorded justice
and consideration.
This is not fairy tale. but an actual
occurrence. and can be verified by nu-
merous men who we're acquainted with
the facts, as well as some of those who
were in Jail and liberated at that time.
Thomas ]. Murphy of Denver. now a
contractor but at that time coal miner.
was one of the men liberated. David
Morris. Of Santa Clara. Colo, was an
other. These facts were chronicled in
the press at that time. They were also
notated in the United Mine Workers
Journal. and other labor publications.
This is but one OF numerous instances
of near, or like character. His life as
an attorney has been full OF just such
oCCurTtuCtS, anu Stthoutn MI. -houPth
Is one of the more able and eminent
attorneys of the southern part of Colo
RADIO. he has never yet been known to
accept a retaining fee of corporation.
He has invariably been the people's
counsellor. and the poor man looking
for justice in the courts Invariably hunts
up Maupin. and regardless of how busy
he is. or the lack of funds on the part
OF his client. Maupin was there to plead
his case with the same force and fervor.
as though his fee was to be thousands
OF dollars.