United labor bulletin., 1913-08-16
THE OPTIMISTIC
LOSOPHER

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hand,
So it be valiantly
Spare me the towards fear
Questioning wrong or right;
Lord, among these, mine enemies,
Grant me the strength to fight.
l do not pray that Thou
Keep me from any wound.
Though l fall low from the thrust
and blow,
Forced fighting to the ground
But give me wit to hide
My hurt from all mems sight,
And for my need the while l bleed,
Lord, grant me the strength to
fight.
do not pray that Thou
Shouldst grant me victory;
Enough to know that from my foe
have no will to flee;
Beaten and bruised and banned,
Flung like broken sword,
Grant me this thing for conqnering-
Let me die fighting. Lord.
During the crusading days men
went to battle in order that a hero's
crown might be placed upon their
brow. Descendants of the crusaders
had festival in Denver this week.
attended by more than 10000 visitors
Not a drop of blood was shed, but
every man and woman present dis
played the courage and nerve to fight
for their country if necessary. Four
teen thousand Knights Templar par
ticipated in the parade. Each day
and night the streets were thronged
as never before. 1t was the most i'm
portant event to Denver since the
Cherry creek flood swept the city hall
down the Platte in 1861 and lost all
the real estate transfers. 1t was pro-
nounced the greatest conclave ever
held. Inasmuch as the Masons were
formed by bunch of strikers during
the building of King Solomon's tenn
pie, the record established here sets
high precedent. Every state in the
union did itself proud except New
York That bunch apparently re-
mained at home to impeach Govern
or Sulzer.
Next to being editor of a labor pap
er the grandest position to man is
that of bandmaster He gets in the
spotlight and remains there during all
ceremonial occasions Tuesday in the
big Knights Templar parade mat re-
quired four hours and fifteen minutes
to pass a given point, fifty-fiye crack
bands of the nation participated.
Each one had chosen master, and
the way these fifty-five privileged
mortals deported themselves on the
well cleaned asphalt payements
brought envy to the hearts of 100000
spectators. Field marshals and Ken.
lucky colonels were at a low discount.
All the fair ladies gave acclaim to the
bandmasters, not the least of whom
was our old friend Jack Sinclair of
Pueblo, head of the Cowboy band
numbering 1O2 Good thing ior us
men of ordinary clay that Knights
Templar conclaves come only every
three years.
Our own Dave Coates, former Lieu
tenant Governor of Colorado and now
Commissioner of Safety in Spokane,
Wash, proposes to take advantage of
what is termed the abatement law to
eliminate from Spokane public houses
of prostitution. He has announced that
the law is to be enforced. According
to the new abatement law, it is up to
the owner to see that prostitution is
t. 1t,
penalty of having the same closed to
any business for six months, and fur
niture and effects confiscated. 1t has
heretofore been the custom to make
periodical raids upon these resorts, re-
sulting in the finding of the habitues
anywhere from $25 to 500. 1t was
only recently that Dave Coates was
transferred, under the commission
form of government, from the Com
missioner of Property to the Commits
sioner of Public Safety. Under his
former position the men employed by