Denver labor bulletin., 1916-05-06

municipal campaign has beer
the ay in which the Times mas
forced the Post to eat its OWL
sauce. By republishing articles and car
toons appearing in the Post eight years
ago giving reasons why the people should
support Speer for mayor, all the pow del
has been taken from the Posts on
slaught against Speer in this election, II
Speer was the proper man for mayor OF
Denver eight years ago, he is certainly
qualified by travel, study and expert.
ence for the same job today. People
know that because the Post couldn't con-
troll Bob Speer the publishers turned
against him, and it is because Bonfils
and Tammen cannot control him low
that they are conducting such dis
graceful newspaper campaign against lin
and his supporters. When Speer is
mayor under his non partisan charter,
the municipal government will be di-
rected from the proper place, in the city
hall, and not from a newspaper office on
Champa street. Use of the police le-
partment in blackmailing schemes
against citizens of Denver will cease, be-
cause the police will perform their proper
duties as peace officers. Every police
man in Denver will welcome the change.
1t will be recalled that Chief of Police
O'Neill was deposed because he refused
longer to demean himself by reporting
daily to Bonfils for instructions. Speer's
election insures square and fair deal
for every citizen.
Talking to an audience about taxes,
Mr.. Speer told why Commission of FL
nance Clair j. Pitcher is being so Wilt
fled by the Denver Post It's all because
/ II. T.,
pay taxes on the publishing plant, the
circus and the coal business, which, by
the way, comes from a non-union mine.
The Post propretors threatened Pitcher
and swore in long vitrolic oaths they
would not pay the taxes assessed. Final
ly Pitcher went to the office with armed
guards sworn in by the courts, accom-
panied by two large moving vans, and
announced to Bonfils and Tammen that
the presses would be chained and the
office furniture moved away and sold,
unless the taxes. long overdue, were paid
instanter. Faced by this situation,
Bonfils capitulated, sent to the bank ior
| the money, over $1,000, in one and five
dollar bills, to make it more inconven-
lent for the city Officials, and paid.
When the Post appealed to the city coun'
ell for a return OF tax money on the
circus and coal business, claiming they
were charitable institutions, Commission
er of Safety Nesbit. head of the police
department, was the only one of five
commissioners to vote to repeal the tax
Later the Post prayed an injunction
against Pitcher before Judge Charles G..
Butler of the district court, but the hon
est Judge refused to hear the PRAYER.
One reason why the Post is opposing
Speer is because Pitcher, the man who
dared do his duty and force the Post pro
pretors to contribute their share OF
taxes, same as other people, might be
retained as tax collector for the city.
There came to the o. P.'s desk this
week the Prosperity Edition Of the
Steamboat Springs Pilot. 1t consists
of thirty-six pages and is typoEraph
ical beauty, as well as being full of in
teresting reading matter concerning
Routt county, the land OF promise in
northwestern Colorado. To those who
know the printing business, the TACT of
such high class publication being pro
duced up in the mountains is marvel
for all the work was done in the Pilot
; office by expert printers and pre- men
, Color work and half tone Illustrations
were printed as neatly and accurately as
could pc done III tne Hio't up -""s s'
: office in Denver or New York. Charles
II. Lcckenby and Delavan w. Gee cdi-
tors and proprietors of the Pilot are
practical printers and both members Of
Denver Typographical Union No. ~. The
Steamboat Springs Pilot, be it special
or regular editions, sets the high -tand-
, ard for country newspapers thruout the
entire United States. And don't lorget
it is published in Steamboat Springs. at
sign of the hobby horse.
NH Ropkey, seller OF 'Mergs, writes
: the o. p. from the Midland hotel in Pal
: isades. that he arrived at the home OF
, the Colorado peach" during the nervous
; season. That is, everybody is anxious
about the weather at this time Of the
year over there except Eli Sherman, pub
E Usher of the Palisade Tribune, who ha'
, a monopoly of good things, including q
peach ranch, two-cylinder automobile ant
Junior Merg." Just now write'
r Ropkey, "the inhabitants here talk moth
ing but figures-those Indicated on thu
, thermometer. They live in fear OF Jacl
Frost for period of about thirty day
during this season. | met fellow oil
the street and greeted him with Hello
: How is it with you?' oh. the thermom
10 eter registers 33 on my back porch wa
u the reply. Then he added, She's all righ
N if it don't drop to 80. but I've known j
:, to 20 to 20 and not lose crop. TIL
Waterman at the power house keeps hi
:. weather eye on the thermometer and In
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