United labor bulletin., 1914-01-03
THE OPTIMISTIC
LOSOPHER

sum,
But what did we give today?
| We shall lift the heart and dry the
We shall plant hope in the place of
| We shall speak the words Of love and
! cheer,
But what did we speak today?
We shall be so kind in the after
while,
But what have we been today?
We shall bring each lonely life
smile,
But what have we brought today?
We shall give to truth grander
birth
And to steadfast faith deeper worth.
We shall feed the hungering souls of
earth.
But whom have we fed today?
We shall reap such joys in the by and
by,
But what have we sown today?
We shall build us mansions in the
sky,
But what have We built today?
| 'Tis sweet in idle dreams to bask,
But here and now do we do our task?
Yes. this is the thing our souls must
ask,
What have we done today?"
OF the many happy Christmas
homes in Denver the past week, none
exceeded in genuine cheerful spirit
the humble abode of Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Doull at 3437 Usage street.
Their son, Andrew Doull, an electri-
cal worker, who is wire chief with a
telephone company in Montana, re-
turned for holiday visit and brought
the money to pay off a mortgage that
had been a wet blanket on the family
home for twenty-one years. John A.
Doull, the father, is characteristic
Scotchman and a charter member of
the local Stone Cutters Union. He
was prominent in the Denver labor
movement until his advanced age and
impaired health caused him to forego
such activities. During the panic OF
1893 he lost all his possessions ex-
cept the home, which was mortgaged
to tide over until better day. This
did not come until the boy, "Curley,"
as they call him, grew to manhood
and was able to earn and save the
$500 necessary to lift the mortgage.
1t was happy moment when he en-
tered the old home on Christmas eve
and handed his mother the cancelled
faded paper which freed them from
debt.
Frank Miner, president of Trinidad
Trades and Labor Assembly, failed to
receive a $1,000 cash gift, or even a
certificate of state Indebtedness. from
! Governor Ammons on Christmas
| Nevertheless, he was entitled to IL by
all the rules of gentlemanly honor.
For the governor had repeatedly as
serted to protesting committees of
labor men that he would make such a
present to anyone who would pro-
duce evidence of outrages committed
by his brave soldier boys in the strike
zone. During the recent special
state labor convention a committee
and present the policy of action
adopted, which recited some OF these
Illegal acts. Miner was one OF this
committee. Again the governor Wig
orously declared you can't prove it;
I'll give you thousand dollars If you
do" Just then Frank modestly arose
and quietly said: "Yes, Governor, /
can prove it. The militia raided and
searched my house, tore out the
ceilings and ripped open the furni-
ture." In his surprise the governor
could make no reply. for his thousand
dollar bet had been called. But 1t has
not as yet been paid
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Ernest Mills, secretary-treasurer OF
the Western Federation Of Miners,
whose headquarters are in the Rail-
road building, was there with substan-
tial sympathy for families of those
whose lives were lost during the
Christmas celebration in the Michi-
gan copper mine region He immedi-
ately telegraphed $4,000 to officers OF
the miners union at Calumet to be
used in relieving any immediate dis
tress, and he has sent additional
funds by mail. Since the strike be-
came aggressive Mills has had a
large office force at work, part of
which is kept busy acknowledging re-
ceipt of contributions from unions and
individuals to the cause of the strik-
ing copper miners. These contribu-
tions up to December 20 amounted to
the good sum of $113,2s3.95.
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After spending $1,000 to excavate
the stock yards ground from the
Great Snow, things are taking shape
for the big Denver Stock Show and
Roundup Week. beginning January 10.