Denver labor bulletin., 1917-03-17
THREE LABOR I LE(1ISI, ,ATIVE FRIENDS
ADDRESS DENVER TRADES ASSEMBLY Y
Dunlap DeBusk and Representative Meyer Attend
Regular Meeting by Special Invitation and Are Given
Hearty Reception by $50 Delegates Present;
Speeches Vigorously Applauded

States resided in cities. Today this
situation is completely reversed and
we find by the latest government sta
tistics that 66 per cent of our popula-
ton reside in the cities while only "a
per cent live on the farm"
In closing his address, Senator Dun
lap asserted that if the bill to amend
the initiative and referendum passed
by the senate becomes a law, the
rights of Colorado people to in any
way control Legislation will be COM
pletely abrogated.
DeBusk Receives Ovation.
Senator DeBusk was evidently well
pleased at the opportunity afforded
for him to meet face 70 face with so
many representative members of or
ganized labor in Denver. In fact he
said as much. His address, tho short,
aroused much enthusiasm among the
delegates and frequent bursts of ap-
plause interrupted the speakers re-
marks.
Besides being legislator, a farm
er. stockgrower, store-keeper, a Meth
odist preacher and newspaper pub
Usher" said the senator, Il am a bee
keeper. Bees have always been an
interesting study to me. They always
swarm together, make honey togeth-
.
organized labor should draw a lesson
from the manner in which bees con-
duct their activities. They will al
ways be found together in any under
taking.
"As a boy in SUNDAY school 1 was
taught by the church catechism that
man was created as the finest and
most perfect of the animal kingdom,
only a degree below the angels. Yet
today we find three-fourths of the
earth's surface the scene Of battle in
which men are killing each other.
Defeated Perpetual Senator.
"It seems to me that man is the
cruelest Of the animal kingdom. Other
| beasts fight it out differently Two
l buffalo bulls, for instance, fight it
out between themselves and do not
I try TO kill off the whole herd"
Senator DeBusk is the man who de-
feated Casimiro Barela, known as the
| Legislature, who had come up to Den
yer from Las Animas county every
| session for forty year. and was there
| fore considered unbeatable. DeBusk's S
arrival here at the opening of the
session was his first visit to Denver
| in twenty-five years. He came with
no strings tied to him except that he
I had made a promise to the Trinidad
/ Trades Assembly that if elected he
would do what little he could in be-
/ half of labor and said the senator
in conclusion. Il am glad to say that
this promise has been fulfilled"
Meyer Has Made Good
Representative Arthur D. Meyer
who is an active member of Denver
! Typographical Union No. 49, was in
/ troduced amid great applause. He
told of his efforts TO secure action on
the bill to repeal the industrial COM
mission law in the house and how he
had succeeded in getting it placed
upon the calendar over the adverse
report of the committee. Loud ap.
plause greeted his brief remarks.
Representative Mishou of Pueblo
upon being introduced, said that he
was always a friend of labor and had
| come with the other members of the
legislature Just to have a chance tc
meet the Denver Trades and Labor
! Assembly delegates.