Denver labor bulletin., 1917-12-01
JOHN R. LAWSON TRIUMPHS NSTATE LABOR FEDERATION
AND SUCCEEDS JOHN MI LEHMAN AS PRESIDENT JANUARY
VICIOUS TACTICS FAIL TO
OVERCOME LOYALTY OF
THE RANK AND FILE.
Colorado Organized Labor Gives
Complete Vindication to Man
Who Has Been Grossly Per-
secuted; Anderson Is Re
Elected as Secretary.

John r. Lawson of the United Mine
Workers has been elected president OF
the Colorado State Federation of La.
Dor by majority of S92 in a total
vote cast of l0.0!s. His opponent was
Albert Carpenter of Leadville. mem.
ber of the Mine. Mill and Smelter
Workers Union. The official count OF
the tellers gave Lawson 5.470 and Car
pentcr 4.57S.
(Lawson's majority would have
been much greater had IL not been for
''plunker" votes cast by few miners
unions whose officials are controlled
by the Moran-P -Pippin- -McLennan crew
Of wrcckers. who paid per capita tax
and voted the unions en- masse without
regard for the referendum election
lRw).
Wins in Spite Of Tricks.
In spite of these tricks Lawson has
made a clean victory, thereby being
completely vindicated before the pub
lie Of the underground charges made
by those who last June endeavored 10
read him out of the Colorado labor
movement Organized labor accepted
this opportunity to demonstrate that
the rank and file will not stand for
the vicious tactics adopted by some
members of his own organization to
dreamed of by the coal operators.
Lawson succeeds John McLennan
who has held the office for several
terms thru just such Vaccinations ms
IL was hoped to defeat the present vic
tor. In the true sense Albert Car
pcnter was not candidate, being
merely used as n vehicle by Moran
Pippin and McLennan in n desperate
effort to defeat Lawson.
Anderson Re-elected Secretary.
Ed Anderson had an easy job being
reelected sccretary-treasur defeat
ing his two opponents by majority OF
2.70S Little interest was taken in
the election Of vice presidents, nine OF
whom were chosen from n field OF
twenty candidates.
II required two days. Tuesday and
Wednesday, for the three tellers to
canvass and tabulate the vote. the
largest ever cast under the refcren-
DUN system of election of officers.
The tellcrs were Charles NJ. Moore,
Denver: Margaret Hansen, Denver,
and Dan w. Law. Pueblo.
Newly-clectcd officers will be in
stalled January /. and serve for a
term of one year.
Here's the Official Vote.
Followinc, is the official vote cast
for each candidate. as complied and
given out by the tellers, the asterik
(.) dcnoting those elected:
For President
sJohn r. Lawson, Denver ..--..--.---.5,4IO
Albert Carpenter. Leadvillc .A,b7s
For Vice Presidents
s.i;,o Mcc,ho Denver "A $50
Frank T. Miner. Walsenburg -..- ,336
Earl NJ. Kouns. Pueblo. ,lIS
w. A. Cass. Boulder. er.............-..--. ,532
Steve Olmsted. Salida ...--.-...---..... y, ,5sy
Elizabeth Smith. Denver ..-..----..6,951
"Nels Jensen. Colorado Springs 5,5!2
Frank Spiegl. Denver .-....-.-..-..-.-.5, ,949
w. C. Thornton. Denver ......---.--....3 ,aS5
w. C. Culhanc, Grand Junction. ,o26
Iahn Turnev Victor. r........................2. .l62
w. S. Walton, Colorado Springs. 2, ,le4
John p. Cassidy, Frederick-....-......l ,S4l
sEi; Fo,lett Leadvillc c-.................4. .230
Frank NJ. Hcrmond. Pucblo...-....4 OBS
James T. Dunhill. Denver ....--.-..5 5,24I
John w. Morris, Delagua. a.-.....-....-.a,0 ,0oI
John Rcscb, Trinidad ..,.................1 .269
III. C.. Stcwert, Sopris. s..-.....-.....,-...-a a,3aS
For Secretary Treasurer
ED. Anderson. Denver ......--..---.-.6,35!
w. II. Shelly, Trinidad ....-.............2, ,664
Paul N. Hoyt. Pueblo. ...........-..-.--- 7So
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