United labor bulletin., 1913-06-14
THE OPTIMISTIC
LOSOPHER

THE common herd"-God bless us,
every one,
We common folk who toll from sun
to sun;
Nor strive to hide the callous on each
hand:
We who in countless thousands
throng the street,
Oft silent though in sympathy we
greet;
Without our help what great thing
has been done?
1.-THE common herd"-God bless us,
every one!
1.-The common herd"-that flinches
not from toll
Through freezing winters, when the
summers broil;
That bravely trends its round from
day to day,
And clothes and feeds itself on mea-
ger pay;
That comes more near contents than
they who boast
daily income that would feed
host;
That sweetly sleeps when each days
toll is done
THE common herd'-God bless us.
every one!
Jere Sullivan, former Denver boy.
who is here this week, has for years
been mortal harbinger of good will
and peace on earth. He is the work
ing head of the most diversified labor
organization in the world, and has
avoided any material rupture in the
big family. With the bartenders.
cooks, walters, hotel and restaurant
employees, ETC., grouped together un-
der one banner, they have made signal
progress since your Uncle Jere was
placed on the watch tower as secre-
tary-treasurer at national headquarters
in Cincinnati. Jere is also some editor.
and the bon mots he hands out in
"the Mixer and Server are eagerly
read and frequently quoted. Also he
is some philosopher. for besides
preaching the doctrine of good
cheer" his ancient Irish lineage OF
kings and potentates has instilled
traits of character that make him a
welcome guest in any company with
his ruddy, smiling countenance. He
has been a frequent visitor to Denver
since becoming a national official, and
always finds the latch string ex-
tending from Mount Morrison to the
Kansas state line.
One of the real live wires attending
this weeks convention OF the Hotel
and Restaurant Employees and Bar
tenders League of America is Frank
Hoffman, second vice president. He
halls from Minneapolis, where he is
secretary of Bartenders' Local No,
1872 During his seven years in this
office the membership has increased
from II to 635. which is sure some
record. Frank once upon time was n
near" printer and still retains ac-
tive membership in the Typographical
Union. Immediately upon reaching
Denver he called on Harry Parker at
the Trades Union Club in the Quincy
building, his old side pardner at
Sioux City, where they were Missouri
river pirates together way back in the
SOS. During the past nine years Min
neapolis local of bartenders has paid
out $15.49S.55 in sick and death bene
tits.
When it comes to being of philos
optical turn and mind, Jim Conkle Is
not so SLOW In letting go of the
Bulletin last week he said: I'm
passing the control of The Labor
ha <If a
sires to say that 1t is with regret that
he must do SO. We have made many
warm friends in the labor movement
and many bitter political and personal
enemies, and while we are pleased &c
enumerate the former, yet 1t is to the
latter that we point as our monument
To oui critics we extend many thanks;
for it Is to them that credit Is due
for our development and success. TIC
our enemies we are ever grateful, fol-
it was they who made vital our sue
cess, as well as making 1t Inevitable
O @ O
ENCOURAGEMENT comes to ye labor
editor as he reviews the record oi
Frank A. Kennedy OF the Omaha
Western Labor, who this week is cele
brating his eighteenth year as the
guiding spirit of that virile publica
ton. To remain in the harness that
long and wax fat would appear to
place the "innocuous desuetude'
stamp upon the old fauacy that labor
editors never succeed for any de
finite length of time. According to
Franks own story he bought the West
ern Laborer upon a promise to pay
$500 and assumed an indebtedness OF
$50. He made good right off the reel
and the paper has grubstaked the pro
life Kennedy family ever since. Frank
Kennedy and John Ralph Franklin