Denver labor bulletin., 1916-06-03
AUMAN EXPLAINS
METHODIST VOTE
ON LABOR UNIONS
Says Not as Bad as Appears
on. Surface
Several Noted Visitors Given the Floor
at Meeting Of Trades Assembly
Last Sunday Afternoon

-Four distinguished visitors with mes
sages to organized labor appeared before
the Trades and Labor Assembly at last
Sunday afternoons meeting The Rev.
Orrin W. Auman of Grant Avenue Meth
odist Episcopal church was given the
floor for five minutes to say that the
action of the general NJ E conference at
Saratoga Springs, y. Y, in knocking out
the preferential" union labor para
graph in a resolution covering the labor
question, was not as bad as it appeared
on the surface. II just want to say that
while The Denver Labor Bulletin, in an
editorial critieising the action taken by
the conference, might be justified from
the viewpoint of the editor, the vote
against the preferential paragraph,
which was Az TO $50, is really evidence
that the church Is making progress to-
ward recognition OF union labor These
POS affirmative votes represent the
Young Turk sentiment OF the church
which is favorable to union labor, and
this element is growing in numbers and
influence"
DR.. Auman. who has always been rec
ognized as a friend OF the wage-earners,
and formerly a fraternal delegate in the
Assembly from the Ministerial Alliance,
was given close attention. and received
applause at close of his talk
Will Attend Collins Lecture.
Judge John l. Mullins was present to
extend a personal invitation to the dele
gates and members of organized labor to
hear the lecture of Peter W. Collins at
the Broadway theater, Sunday evening,
June 4. on the subject What Is Wrong
With the World" Seats will be reserved
for members of organized labor There
Is no charge for admission, and all are
invited. The lecturer is a member and
former general secretary of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood OF Electrical Work
ers. The lecture will be under auspices
OF Denver Council No. 539. knights of
Columbus The invitation was accepted.
State Sociological Conference.
Prof. L. D. Osborn of the Colorado
State University at Boulder wanted the
Assembly to send five representatives TO
a sociological conference which will be
held in the Senate chamber of the Cap
itol, June l4-l6. The general topic to be
discussed, he stated, is Administrative
Efficiency He said similar representa-
tives We're being invited from other civic
bodies of Denver and thruout the state.
The Assembly VOTED to accept the In
vitation and President Bulger appointed
Delegates Clint c. Houston of Typo.
graphical Union, Earl R. Hoage of the
lithographers, $. P. Oplinger of the
Walters, Thomas o. Spaeey of the Bar
bers and W. I. Hickey of the Web
Pressmen.
Favor Request of the Women.
Mrs Ellis Meredith Clements, former
secretary of the Elections Commission,
appeared as a representative Of the
Denver Nomen's Club and asked endorse
ment of q proposed state constitutional
amendment to abolish capital punish
ment in Colorado. She made an inter
esting address of some length, asserting
that while luries sometimes imposed the
dealth penalty upon men, they always
passed up women charged with capital
crimes. This, said the speaker, was not
in accord with equal rights before the
law claimed by the women of Colorado
majority of the delegates appeared to
agree with this view of the matter and
voted to endorse the proposed amend.
ment. Petitions are now being circulated
to submit the matter TO vote of the
people at this falls general state elec-
tion.
A hearing. of the dispute between the
Switchmen's Union and the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen was sidestepped bv
referring the entire mater to the Com
mittee on Arbitration and Grievances
Inns question had been made 4 special
order for $3.50 o'clock, but the other
speeches overlapped that hour Repre-
sentatives of the Trainmen We're present
to give their side of the jurisdietioual
controversy. 1t may come up again
when the committee reports.
Koch on Labor Day Committee.
The Labor Day Committee reported
that practically ali the unions had voted
for parade and that plans were being
made in accordance with the expressed
wish, and that prospects are for ban
ner Labor Day celebration
Owing to Fred MaRgini of the Cigar
makers Union having failed to attend
any meetings of the Labor Day Commit
tee, he was removed. and President Bull
ger named William Koch of the Brewery
Workers to fill the vacancy.
The newly organized Boot and Shoe
Repair Workers Union applied for affil-
iation,. and the same was granted.
At request of Chairman Spacey, the
special committe on the unfair Old
Homestead bakery was discharged. and
this matter will now be handled by a
committee of Bakery Workers Union
No. 20,