Denver labor bulletin., 1917-01-06
\ RANT HAMILTON, representa-
tive of the American Federation
of Labor, arrived in Denver this
week to cooperate with the

of Labor, arrived in Denver this
~ week to cooperate with the
Joint committee of the State Federation
of Labor and railroad brotherhoods in
securing a repeal of the Colorado indus
trial commission law. The national Ia
Dor movement is particularly interested
in this matter for the reason that SO
long as The Canadian law remains upon
the statute books of Colorado it is an
invitation to the corporations and un-
friendly legislators of other states to
ATTEMPT enactment of a similar measure.
Thus while Colorado is the only state in
the union having an industrial commits
sion with power to enforce involuntary
servitude in contravention OF the United
States constitution, it is a menace to
the working people of every other state
until abrogated. Grant Hamilton is
member of Denver Typographical Union
No 40 and while his duties have com
PEELED him to be in Washington during a
greater part of the time for the past
fourteen years, he is always glad of the
opportunity to come back home. When
Grant showed up in The Bulletin sane
tum Thursday morning, one could imme-
diately notice he was more than usually
chesty, Wednesday night he had gained
the added distinction OF becoming
girl to his daughter, Mrs. Maree j. Baer,
residing at 1884 Decatur street. Mother
and daughter, papa and granddaddy, are
doing nicely.
Monday afternoon the .. p, in com
pany with John Z. Collett, official staff
art critic of The Bulletin, attended
New Year reception held in the bachelor
apartments of Bobby" Burns, proof
reader on the Rocky Mountain News. In
the receiving line was Frank Goodale,
father of A. l.. Goodale, well linowu
Denver printer. GOOdale senior is an
old time union printer and for a number
of years conducted a daily paper in
Trinidad, where he supported the Min
ers Union during the strike of 1908. The
reception lasted from about 2:30 until
O'Clock, during which time Bobby
dispensed hospitality in lavish style. 1t
is really treat just to visit his apart
ments, which are conveniently located AT
ITO East Nineteenth avenue. The four
rooms are crowded with works of art,
bric-a-brac and souvenirs gamered from
the four corners of the globe. Besides,
he has an extensive library, comprising
historical, biographical, travel, adven-
ture and the choicest best sellers OF
fiction.
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When the Colorado legislature con-
vened this week, absence of Casimiro
Barela of Las Animas county, was wide
ly commented upon. 1t was the first
time since 1874 that a Colorado legisla
ture has convened without Barela being
member of either the house or senate.
He started as a member of the terrific
rial legislature, TWO years before the
state was admitted into the union, ana
was reelected from mere force of habit
until last fall, when the Democrats sue
ceeded in ousting the old Republican ma
chine of Las Annas. DIR. Samuel De
Busk of Trinidad gained entrance into
the hero class by defeating Senator Bar
ella. Until then Barela had held the
record of being known as the oldest
incumbent in public office in point OF
service in Colorado, having served in this
capacity for forty two years. The man
tie of public office longevity in this state
now falls upon Captain James T. Smith
of Denver as a member and secretary OF
the board of trustees of the School OF
Mines at Golden. Captain Smith, who
is mining editor on the Rocky Mountain
News, was one of the first students at
the School of Mines, entering that insti-
tuition in 1875. A year later he was
appointed member of the board, hav-
ing therefore been state officer for