United labor bulletin., 1914-10-17
TELLER PUTS MAN
ABOVE The DOLLAR
Election to the Supreme Court
Bench Is Duty of People
Position Taken During the Memorable
Labor Troubles Of 1908 Proves Him
a Friend Of the Workers

candidate for the State Supreme Court,
is so far superior in ability, sense OF
| right and fair Interpretation OF law that
| there should not be the shadow OF a
doubt in any working man or woman's
| mind as to how to vote in this contest
on November 3. He is now a Judge OF
| the District Court in Denver and has
made record for judicial integrity and
| square dealing. He is above suspicion
and has never been tainted with corpor-
| alton influence. Judge Teller was a
| brother to the late Senator Henry VI.
Teller, who so ably represented Colo
| rado in the Senate and as a member OF
| the Presidents Cabinet.
The corporations are against Judge
| Teller because they have never been
| able to control him and know that he
| will not waver at their dictum if ele-
waited to the Supreme Court bench The
| C. F. & /. and all other Rockefeller and
| Guggenheim interests are supporting
Judge John Campbell, Overwhelmingly
defeated by the people two years ago
| because of his reactionary decisions and
| belief that the rights of property are
| superior to the rights of man. Judge
Teller reverses this order and places the
man above the dollar. He is a strong
| advocate of acquiring industrial peace
through the establishment of industrial
| justice.
In December, 1908. Charles Meyer,
president of the Western Federation OF
| Miners. and an organizer for the Smell
ter Mems Union, visited Pueblo and
were at once taken from their hotel by
the chief OF police and expelled from
the city. The Star-Journal, in reporting
the matter, said that this action OF the
Hi saT ,F ~ a Y-a1
by the business men of Pueblo
The next day Judge Teller issued a
statement eondemning this action, in
which he said:
This summary proceeding by the
city authorities has, you say, the gen
eral approval OF the people OF this city.
This is serious charge against the IN
telligence and sense OF justice OF this
community. That such high-handed
and un-American course may be ap-
proved by some of our citizens OF for
| eign birth, who are Yet ignorant OF the
elementary principles of free govern
| ment, NAV be true, but that anyone
reared in the traditions of liberty and
with knowledge of the struggle by
which our liberty was attained, can fail
| to see the danger and folly of such a
| course is incredible.
is il not automatic that upon the Sc
curity OF the rights of the weakest de-
| pend thc rights OF ALI Are the MEM
| bers of the Citizens Alliance and the
Business Mems Association willing to
say to the world that freedom OF speech
will not be permitted in this city. That
the agents OF labor organizations may
not come here and invite workingmen
| to ioin their order! Are they prepared
to entrust to an ignorant and pompous
| police official authority to determine
who shall be allowed to work and speak
| in Pueblos
No student of history and no lover
OF liberty can fail to be surprised and
| distressed at the acquieseenee OF the
people in these extraordinary proceed
| ings. Doubtless the business interests
are supposed to be the benefieiaries of
these acts. and hence they are approved
But what of the precedent thus es-
| tablishedf Suppose these same business
| interests at some future date find
themselves in the minority; suppose
| the executive office be filled once more
by a man of sanguinary mind who is
| willing to wade in blood to the bride
of his war horse in support of the claims
| of his followers Will the people who
now applaud their violations of law in
their interest cheerfully acquiesce in the
| suppression of all the newspapers
through which they make their appeal
to the worldf VIII they loyalty re-
frain from all comment on the acts OF
the military. led, perchanee, by eallow
youth. who for some inscrutable reason
is permitted to make the state a laugh
ing stock in the eyes of the world And
| will they accept a domicile in the bull
pen as a just penalty for having been a
member of some citizens alliance
| Thinking people should know that the
breaking down of constitutional safe
cnards is dangerous matter. If 1t
| NAV be done for the benefit of one
| party il may be done for the other. lt
is a two-edged sword that cuts both
ways. For temporary advantage
neither individuals nor communities can
afford to override principles OF justice
"The people of this state are cred
tied with being broadminded and pro-
gressive, but it is clear that they are
at least decade behind the times in
their feeling and attitude toward the
labor problem. In the East, generally,
the right of labor to organize is con-
ccded, not grudgingly. but freely, and
while the actions of labor unions may
be criticised, their right 10 exist is not
questioned. Anyone familiar with the
sentiment in the East cannot fail to be
surprised at the feeling manifest here.
An opposition TO the principle OF union
ism, and a tendency to denounce all
members OF union< as blatherskites and
enemies of the public welfare. This may
be due to the fact that in this state
the subject is comparatively new, and
with deeper study of it we may expect
to see our people abreast of the senti'
ment entertained in more conservative
localities.
"rhe people of this city can i'll af'
ford to countenanoe anarchy. whether on
the part of hoboes or of those of the