United labor bulletin., 1914-11-07
The Optimistic
Philosopher

TT WAS as if travelling with Do
genes and his lantern to find an
optimist among the labor politi-
clans the day after election. In
tour about town the o. p. visited
the Building Trades Club, the Trades
Union Club, State Federation headquar-
ters in the German American Trust
building, and other favored resorts OF
the wise men of local labor, but no.
where was the glad hand and winsome
smile the same. John McLennan, presi-
dent OF the State Federation of Labor,
said he went to. bed late Tuesday night
in a dazed condition, and got up feel
ing hazy, having dreamed that one OF
Tam -Bon's elephants had stepped on
him some time during the night. Sec
retary William T. Hickey was dictat-
ing a farewell message, saying he
wanted to have it ready in case he fully
decided to move across the border into
Texas or Utah. Bill had case of
very bad nerves and couldn't sen ray
of sunshine from any direction. Earl r.
/ Hoage, president Of the Trades and La
Dor Assembly, whose smile is proven
bial, only wore sickly grin, but still
had hopes of Rucker receiving sufficient
votes to appear in the final election
tables printed. Edward Hines, chair
man of the Trades Assembly legislative
committee, did not show up until late
in the day, when he declared that Ia
boris political program might have
Jared better had not Tom Patterson
asked the people to present him with
the governor-hip as present upon his
| 18th birthday. Pete Johns, business
agent OF the Building Trades Council,
claimed credit for being prophet with
the cheerful phrase, Il told you So"
| S. =. oplnger, of the Label League, now
looking for some one that would listen
to how. it happened, but the returns
gave all the sad news the boys could
stand However, all found a grain of
solaec in the knowledge that it was
next to impossible for things to turn
out worse than they are at present
| ::t.
Walter II. Fink, publicity director
! for the United Mine Workers. has been
| figuring ON how many years il will take
for the working people Of Colorado to
1 get together on election day. He claims
that this year they worked splendidly
in reverse order. and the only thing
necessary is to induce them to turn
around and head the other way He
had figures to show that the labor vote
was divided between seven political fac
tions, as follows: Democrats, Progress
sives, Wilson Independents. Socialist,
Socialist labor. No Assembly and Law,
Order and Justice. BY punching the
votes of all these labor parties diff
ferent story can be told at the next
state election. But how to bring this
about is what puzzles Walter and all
the other wise men in the Colorado la
Dor movement. Yet. so long men
continue to vote there is hope that
1 th.x t.. hrnf,rht 70 n
realization of working together ct the
ballot box
But the o. =. ran across one man who
was not bothered about election results.
II was Duncan McPhail The State Su-
preme Court has answered his prayer
for a rchearing in a dog case that has
gained fame for Duncan all over the
country. Several years ago he was
fined $50 in the municipal court for
refusing to take out license for his
pet canine. After serving a few days
in Jail. Mcphail. who is lawyer. ap-
pealed the case to the District Court,
| where he lost out. He then appealed to
the Supreme Court and was ordered re-
lased from Jail on $50 bail. McPhaifs
argument was that the dog was not
| subject to taxation. since IL was kept
at home The dog catcher had not read
up much on that phase of the organic
laws of his state and nation. so Dun
can was hailed into court. where he
stormed at the reigning justice. The
court slipped over the fine and costs,
which was Duncan's cue TO seek the
man higher mp in the County Court
Nothing stirring there. he found, SO he
went ever upward. finally landing the
case in the Supreme Court. Meanwhile,
it is rumored, the dog has disappeared
from the haunts of canine life and lin
gers not in our midst to rejoice in the
awards of the learned judges.
The Bulletin is in receipt OF Volume
|. No. |. of The Typographical Re
view" published at Cincinnati. Ohio.
by committee consisting of c. A. Bur-
ton, w ]. Wilson, F. J. bennington. Pc
ter A. Grimes and Charles f. Meyers.
II takes the place of the deceased PRO
gressivc," first issued in Denver and
then transrlanted to Chicago, where. the
glooms became so thick that it died of
suffocation. The Review" announces
its mission is to be ~agin the admins
tration," presumably to follow this
course, right OF wrong. And this re-
minds the o. p. of story told by Vice
President Thomas Il. Marshall in Den
yer when he spoke here few days
ago. For forty years in northern In
diana said the vice c-president of the
United States, Il put on my coonskin
cap. every election day went faithfully
to the polls and voted the Democratic
ticket. voted the Democratic ticket
because IL was agin' the government,