United labor bulletin., 1912-05-23
RESULT OF CITY ELECTION.

The result of the city election shows that the
Citizens ticket has been elected in its entirety.
With the head of the ticket Stocker Danks and the
have been elected to administer the affairs OF
the. city for the next four years. The result was
made possible by series of events which were
taken advantage of by professional political news
papermen. Any happening during the campaign
was written to rebound when published to the ben
eft of the Citizens party and to make votes Tor
Arnold and Stocker During the campaign the
newspapers would say continually ''The Arnold,
Lindsey Ticket The of Lindsey was used
at all times strengthen the ticket and then such
influences the Denver Post would follow that
title with ''Vote the ticket straight; if you scratch
your ballot it will not be counted. This was done
to carry into office such scabherders Allison
Stocker and Militiaman Danks. Vote the ticker
straight the cry from the union men that were
with the Citizens ticket They were willing that
the worst of men should be elected that they them
selves might be in line for inspectorship some
petty appointment that will pay less than the same
men would receive by working at their trade.
1t is almost wonderful to note the different in
fuences that harmonzed to elect the Citizens
ticket Muckrackers of the McGauran- -Eiser-Rush
hue fought hand-n-hand with such corporation
tools and corporation baiters the owners of the
Post and News-and the Denver Express sick OF
the whole outfit, occasionally would say word to
let the people would rather have Arnold than
the people that it had offended in the past. And
even George Creel stopped to using street reports
damaging to character that excuse would be at
hand why he should draw large weekly stipend
While in the last two years Bonfis knocked Pat
terson down with his fists yet during the campaign
the Post praised Patterson great man.
The working people of Denver should by this
time know what Patterson is, and by putting him
with his newspaper, and the Post, in charge of the
city what is going to be the results What position
does it place the printing trades in with the News
already operating with a non-union pressroom?
Does it mean that the threat of Patterson Will be
carried out to rat every newspaper connected
with the Newspaper Publishers associations
The election means. if the pledge of the party is
carried out that Denver will have commission gov
ernment in very short time. The election means
that saloons will be curtailed; that the town will be
toned down." that the lid will be put on; that
tourist trade will diminish if this program is carried
out Is means that fewer walters. cooks, bartend5
ers brewery workers and cigarmakers will be en-
ployed, for an open town is what makes all these
crafts prosperous.
The new administration has promised to
omze Will it stop improvements and lay off the
workers of the city; will it build, and economic
by cutting out the graft Labor and the city will
not be benefited by the laying off of workmen; 1t
can only be benefited by new enterprises and the
employment of labor. 1t is to be hoped that labor
will be benefited. We will watch and wait