Denver labor bulletin., 1916-08-19
Convention Notes

After sitting thru three and a half
days of the convention like buzzard
waiting to vomit vermin over the $50
delegates, Editor Manager John, NJ.
O'Neill of the Trinidad Free Press turned
his tail between his legs Thursday aft
ernoon and fled from the hall. He came
with credentials from a paper organiza-
tion with the avowed purpose OF start
ing trouble. O'Neill had introduced two
resolutions, one to censure the Pueblo
Trades and Labor Assembly for branding
him "a liar, and the other to have the
Federation Endorsement withdrawn from
The Denver Labor Bulletin because this
paper told of his reprehensible conduct
in accepting display ads of the Associ-
ated Railroads to fight against the
eight hour demands of the Railroad
Brotherhoods. When these resolutions
We're reached in the report of the Griev-
ance Committee Thursday afternoon,
they We're both indefinitely tabled be-
fore O'Neill could speak. He had hired
stenographer and expected to spew
venom at ybOdy-but the delegates
were there to forestall his dirty work
and did it quickly. In great wrath
O'Neill got up and resigned from the
convention amid loud applause. When
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would express his opinion OF the State
Federation OF Labor to the readers of
| the Trinidad Free Press in the next is
sue. \ delegate said to him aloud:
! please tell BOTH OF them" Lee Tan
quarry of Pueblo made the motion to
table O'Neill's resolutions.
| Henry Cohen, attorney for the State
Federation OF Labor, addressed the con-
vention Thursday afternoon on the legal
side Of labor legislation.
Mrs. Marie j. Baer of Denver, daugh-
ter of Organizer Grant Hamilton of the
American Federation OF Labor, attended
the Thursday afternoon session OF the
Colorado State Federation of Labor.
Mrs. Baer graduated from the Washing
ton, d. c., high school last year, and
won one of the Taft medals for the
presentation OF the subject, What
trade unionism has done in the develop
ment OF popular government"
The Brewery Workers secured en-
dorsement OF their proposed beer amend
ment by vote OF SO to II.
H. j. Conway, general secretary treas
urer of the international Retail Clerks
I Association, addressed an open meeting
in Woodmen hall Wednesday night.
Margaret Noonan and Margaret Tier
ney of the Denver Garment Workers
Union were interested and much admired
visitors to the convention.
Next weeks issue of The Bulletin will
contain the final action on all tresolu-
tions. The convention lasted five days.
! Secretary Ed Anderson submitted the
following telegram for approval. which
was adopted and sent: To Samuel
Gompers, Washington, d. c.: Colorado
State Federation of Labor, in annual
convention assembled, went upon record,
with only one dissenting vote, of being
opposed to the Colorado Industrial Com
mission law, and the delegates pledged
thmselves to use every effort to secure
its repeal -,,
The following delegates signed Reso-
luton No /, to repeal the Industrial
Commission law: John r. Lawson, G. G.
Knowles, Alice McCabe, S. P. Oplinger,
Edward r. Mays, F. A. Hosngton, Emil
f, G. Larson, Eli NJ. Gross, F. A Mangini,
Ed L. Doyle, p. j. German, James j.
Torpey, Ed Anderson, John T. Brooks,
John F. Starr, w. II. Young, James
Mooney, Michael Lavoda, John Turney,
Thomas O'Connor, John d. Salmond,
Nels Jensen, E. A. Shields R. L. Denn-
hardt, Herman Ross, /. Holman, Cliff
H. Smith, Sadie Adney. Jean. Carr, Lizzie
Smith, Alex Allen, Abel Durand, William
Koch, w. S. Walton, Lewis Webb, R.
NJ bradshaw and w. Z. Secord.
Those who spoke in favor of the reso-
luton to repeal the Colorado Industrial
Commission law were: Louis Rudolph,
Denver Tailors Union; Miss Alice Nc
Cabe, Denver Trades Assembly; John X.
Lawson United Mine Workers; Ed l..
Doyle, secretary district Is, U. NJ. W.;
Emil G. Larson, Cloud City Miners
Union, Leadville; w. f. Secord, Switch
men. Denver; f. w. Innes. Painters,
Pueblo; S. P. oplinger, Walters, Denver;
Lee Tanquary, o. r. T., Pueblo, all IA
voring the proposition.
Those caucuses between Pueblo and
Colorado Springs delegates were most ef-
fective. They got all they went after
and succeeded in relegating the Yea,
Book into the realm of oblivion.
Delegate B. L. Dennhardt of Boulder
Typographical Union, and Jim Duce, a
resident of Boulder, conducted an active
campaign to secure the jl9l7 convention
for the college city.
When Harry Fox arrived from Chey-
enne he was surrounded by those dele
gates who had acquired thirst, but
Harry said he was not in that kind OF
business.
Jim Duce, former organizer of the
Farmers Union, and for some years past
state oil inspector, was "a visitor, but
didn't distribute any oil.
Beautiful fresh cut flowers adorned
President McLennan's station at every
session of the convention, being pre-
sented by auxiliary women members of
Colorado Springs unions. 1t was a most
gracious and pleasing tribute.
Mr. and Mrs Earl L Hna nc celehrafed