Denver labor bulletin., 1916-11-25

! during the twenty flrst gen.
eral assembly OF Colorado, or nine Dem
ocrats and three Republicans, is mat
| ter that will have to be determined
either by the courts or by the legisla-
| ture itself. 1t seems there was a bad
mixup in tabulating the vote for mem
bers of the house owing to the mis-
| placing of name by the printer. Of
course when blunders are made some
body always has to be the goat, and this
| time it is the printerman. In the print
ed report sheets furnished judges and
clerks in some of the Denver precincts
the name of Thomas F. Lynch, candi-
date of the Liberal party for the house
of representatives, who received only n
few votes, was placed among the names
beginning with "F," and when the clerks
and Judges wrote out the totals from
the tabulated sheets they gave Lynch
credit for votes that We're cast for Dem
ocratic candidates. and threw the entire
totals out OF plumb down thru the rest
of the ballots. Under an old ruling of
the supreme court holding that the
election commission could not correct er-
rors in the official returns, the entire
matter will probably be made subject
of litigation. The three Democratic
candidates whom it is claimed were
elected and are entitled to credentials,
are James 0. Garrett, Evangeline Heartz
and John w. Maloney. Chairman Julius
/ Aichele of the County Democratic com
mttee announced this week that he
would file contests for these three places
| in the legislative delegation. Whether
/ the Democrats secure these three mem
bers or not the house will be Democratic
| by a good working majority.
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Men OF progressive ideals who have
hitherto been prone TO criticize wom-
ans suffrage will perhans revise their
opinion after careful study Of the
returns in the last election. In ten
out of twelve states in which women
have equal rights with men in casting
the ballot, Woodrow Wilson received
maiorities. 1t matters little whether
the women We're inspired by the fact
that Wilson had kept this nation out of
war or that many votes were prompted
by the fact that three million children
have been freed from wage slavery thru
President Wilson's insstence for pas
sage of the national child labor law, the
fact remains that the women voters
Joined hands with labor in these ten
states west of the Mississippi river and
wrote new declaration of independence
for this nation. Even in Illinois where
President Wilson's gain over 1912 was
something phenomenal and had the Cook
County Democrats been true, Wilson
would have carried that state by hand
some majority.
President Wilson is evidently partial
to union printers as postmasters. Upon
recommendation of Congressman Kett-
ner he has just named Lucius r. Bar
row, a member of San Diego Typograph-
ical Union, to be postmaster of that
city. Other prominent union printers
previously appointed for similar posi-
tions are Sherman S. Bellesfield of Pu-
eblo, and William E. McEwen of Duluth,
MINI. Barrow of San Diego has been
prominent in the civic affairs of that
city and is a director of the Panama
California exposition. He is a former
president of San Diego Typographical
Union and was indorsed for appointment
by every labor organization of that
city. The appontee is native of Vir-
gina, is As years old and has been a
printer, an editor, a legislator and a
miner in California and Arizona. He
will now proceed to make good as a
postmaster.
Denver is going to have an atmos.
phere of good cheer during the Christ
mas holidays. Wreaths of green and
holly are to festoon the busy downtown
district and cast over throngs of busy
shoppers a spell of JOY. Mayor Speer
and his staff of city officials have the
work in charge and are planning some
new features for the decorations this
year which will be little different
from those which have hitherto marked
Christmas week in Denver. There will,
OF course, be profusion of green holly
wreaths with red berries symbols of
Yuletide from time immemorial. for
Christmas without holly wreaths would
not be Christmas. Denver was one of
the first cities in the United States to
inaugurate the practice of municipal
street decorations for the holidays. It's
example has been followed by many 9TH
crs. 1t adds immensely to the holiday
spirit augmenting the beautiful window
displays of the downtown business
| houses
When President Wilson, then governor
of New Jersey, delivered a speech in the
Denver Auditorium little over four
years ago he seemed to be inspired with
a prophecy that was fulfilled in the
recent election. 1t was delivered on the
night Of Monday, October 7, 1912. That
he at least had a clear vision of how
the hosts of the West could show the
| East a pathway to a new freedom was
indicated in these words: 81 thought as
| crossed these beautiful valleys today
how clear the air was and how it sug-
gested the unimpeded vision by which
men might see the distant hills Of
achievement to which our great people
have been struggling thru all these
hopeful years. And as ], in imagina-
tion, looked down the slopes of the con-
/ tinent to the great valley of the Mis-
| aiasinri and hnNnnd To that On Of nrn