Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-30
The Optimistic
Philosopher

~ ENJOYING the mothballs from the
- pockets of last years overcoat
and donning the garment for the
first time this season, the o. z.
journeyed from his snug hotel room to
the Auditorium Wednesday night to hear
the address of Charles Warren FAR
banks, Republican candidate for vice
president of the United States. Inside
the city's big building the atmosphere
was scarcely warmer than outside which,
perhaps, was due to lack of enthusiasm
for one of the "cold storage twins" who
are conducting knocking expeditions
thruout the country. The crowd was
small considering the star attraction put
forth biz the Republicans for the cam
paign opening in Colorado. Immediately
adjoining the speaker on the stage were
Carlson, Buchtel and Gabbert. Some
members of the I. w. w. branch OF the
Woman's Suffrage party occupied bal.
cony box. which was profusely decorated
with yellow Chinese dragons-very ap
propriate to their work and the occa
sion. The lower floor was fairly well
filled, while fringe of us common peo
pie occupied the first two rows OF the
balcony. Having heard the Hoosier can
didate on numerous occasions, the y. L.
expected to gather some good Republic
an reasons why Wilson and Marshall
should be ousted, but was disappointed.
The speech was lacking in the usual
virility of the perpetual candidate for
vice president, and was really distressing
in its vacuum other than the usual
knocking of Wilson, which manner OF
speech the Republican spellbinders hav.
adopted in lieu OF argument. About
one third of the audience departed befor,
the speech was concluded.
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College students like to read The Den
yer Labor Bulletin So says James T..
Gustafson of Boulder, one of the winners
in the recent popularity contest OF
free trip to the Worlds ampionehip
base ball games. He bought twenty-five
extra copies of last weeks issue for the
purpose of mailing them to friends in
the Fast. and had them sent to the
Boulder Y. NJ. C. A The State Univer-
sity students held stag party there
last Saturday night and after one OF
two of them got look Mt The Bulletin
they all wanted copies so that the en-
tire bundle was carried away by the
college boys. Hence Gustafson was com
PEELED to order some more. He said no
kick was coming as he was glad to see
the university boys take such a keen
interest in labor paper.
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Clarence J. Moorhouse. secretary and
campaign manager of the Labor Temple
Association. has a desk in The Bulletin
office During the past two weeks he
has learned more about Denver real
estate than he ever knew, for he has
been besieged by real state agents and
property owners who want the honor
of providing the site for the Temple nj
prices ranging from $4,000 to 100000.
Clarence is a methodical individual. and
has kent a record of all these offerings.
not only for present purposes. but per
haps to engage in the real estate brok
erage business after the Temple is com
pleted and turned over to the Associa-
tion, for he will have a wealth of real
estate knowledge that might Just as
well be commercialized as not. One sure
thing has been demonstrated. however.
he says, and that is there is no real
cheap property in the downtown section
Pof Denver.
Halsey NJ. Rhoads, a genuine Denver
pioneer printer and now candidate for
the state legislature on the Republican
street railroading in Denver reaches
back farther than that of any present
day chronicler. After reading this col
umn last week, as he does religiously
every week. Halsey came into the office
and said that Craig Davidson, publicity
man for the Denver Tramway company
who is publishing a serial history OF
early street car movements in Denver
in Tram o-Grams didn't give credit to
the first line actually operated. "The
first horse car line operated in Denver
extended from. Twenty y-fourth to Twen-
ty-Sixth on Champa," said Halsey. ut
was constructed soon after the territorial
legislature voted n franchise in 1867. and
it was out in the country, being built to
hold the franchise. was setting type
on the Rocky Mountain News then and
some of us boys would occasionally take
day off Just to walk out there and
ride on the car. There was one car,
one horse. and one man. which comprised
the entire onerating system. Two round
trips over the two-block line was made
each dav. The driver. who also acted
as conductor. took care Of the horse.
and farmed between trips. This line was
later extended down Champa to Six
teenth and on Sixteenth to Larimer, as
related by Davidson. Otherwise the
Tram % Grams history is pretty accu-
rate
The Denver Manufacturers association
is going to inaugurate novel Colorado
made goods campaign October % to last
for ten days. On the day the campaign
starts the signal will be given by the
firing of bombs and the sounding OF
whistles on every factory in the city
For fifteen minutes thereafter work will
be suspended in every factory and the
proprietor or manager of each plant viii
tell the story of the ''Buy Colorado Made
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