The daily sentinel., 1914-02-21
MOOSERS AGREE
TO GO It ALONE
Gain Courage by Addresses But
Expect 10 Lose First EIac-
lion; No Fusion Talk.

people more than equaled the expec-
tations of the leaders who had the ar
rangements for the conference OF yes
terday in charge. 1t was expected
that possibly seventy-five persons
would attend the supper, but this
number was exceeded by third more
and the interest taken in every
speaker on the program was mani
fest, as no one left the room until
the last word had been spoken. Be-
fore seats were taken grace was spo-
ken by Rev. A. z. Shattuck.
The supper provided was substan-
tial and successfully served and 1t
was with feelings of comfort that
the guests settled back to hear the
gospel preached by the gentleman
named on the program. Ben Grif-
fifth acted as chairman OF the eve
ming and first introduced c. p.
Dodge. editor Of the Colorado Springs
Gazette, whose topic was Strikes
and Their Remedies" He first spoke
of the editors meeting in Denver
which he was asked to attend, and
said that he soon discovered that the
program was cut and dried and that
the resolutions were already pre-
pared Three miners each spoke fif-
teen minutes, but they were Italians
and could hardly be understood; Os-
good spoke for the operators and took
three hours to tell his tale. The Pro-
gressive leaders were against the OPP
orators because they were not fair
and they had secured the militia and
practically controlled it. The owners
admitted that they had organized to
protect their property, but they de-
MED the right OF he miners to unite
to protect their interests
I'VE must demand that property
shall not stand against human lives"
he said. THE employee must have
justice and under the law is entitled
to equal protection. The crushing
out process must be eliminated. The
remedy he suggested was arbitration
laws and arbitration boards and these
bodies must get together and work
In harmony Tor the interest of each
other. The human element must be
uppermost. We win power by service
and lose it By abuse"
Hon. Frank y. Catlin, Sr.. of Mont
rose, next spoke on 1.-THE New Ma
tionalism." and had his address care
fully prepared. 1t was an effort re-
plete with trite sayings and bristled
with interest.
II insist that the movement has
come to stay; men never go back
ward; we must never abandon our
principles" he said
He paid a splendid tribute to Theo-
dore Roosevelt which was heartily
applauded. lie alluded to the Presi-
dent as the most progressive demo-
crat,' and several times commended
the work done by Secretaries Nc
Adoo and Lane He referred to the
tariff and questioned the advisable
ity of the wiping out OF the leading
industry of Colorado by the tariff.
The new banking law was criticised
as wholly in the interest of the cap
italist, guaranteeing him 6 per cent
and providing no guarantee for the
depositor; ne characterized the work
ing Of the system as being done
through a Scientific sieve" The
main thought of the address was that
there must be an advance, steady and
sure, and there must be no retreat
ing; the new party had come to stay
and such men as Cummins of Iowa
were looking backward and not for
ward.
Miss Josephine Roche spoke next
on Women and Politics." and her
address was replete with facts and
figures showing the trend of thought
and action along humanitarian lines;
she had spent some years in proba-
ton work mong women and was a
progressive because of the attitude of
that party towards the crushed and
weak, whether men or women, and
the women have come into politics to
stay.
"In the west the vast natural re-
sources we're squandered and in the
east the lives of men. women and
children were wasted, she declared.
rhirty-five thousand men We're an
nually killed and two million lnlur-
ed by industrial accidents; IN thirty
years 10000 were Killed IN the
mines; women and chlldren were
working by the thousands at mere
pittances. In the New YORK canning
factories there were thousands OF
children and the courts held that they
did not come under the child iaoor
laws because they worked IN sheds