Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-23

gave Lawson for president 547O, and
Albert Carpenter Of Lcadyille, his
competitor on the Moran-Pippiu
ticket, 457s, majority Of only s92
After the fraud votes Of seventeen
miners locals had been cNpurEated
by the tgllers. Lawson had 5lg4 and
Carpenter posi-. a majority for Law
son Of 3l37 votes. This same system
Of fraud was pcrpetratcd in the re
cent Miners District election.
The high type Of trade unionists
and their impeccable characters who
served as Investigators and tellcrs will
bring conviction to any who has hith-
erto had doubt as to charges Of cleo
ton steals by the labor crooks who
have infested Colorado during the past
year. The tellcrs were Otto f. Thum,
former president of the State Fedora
tion of Labor; Frank NJ. Sloan, presi-
dent Of the Pueblo Trades and Labor
Assembly, and Thomas p. Rodgers,
secretary of the Denver Trades and
Labor Assembly. Their report is a
complete vindication Of Lawson, Doyle,
w. H. Young. w. c. Thornton and The
Denver Labor Bulletin, against whom
the invaders have directed their vi
cious tactics and stealing methods.
sNtatS
The detailed report of the board of
tcllers. together with the letter of
President John r. Lawson Of the State
Federation to affiliated unions. is pub
lshcd in full on this page. 1t exposes
one Of the most hcinous labor politi-
cal crimes in the history Of the United
States Names of local officers were
forged to fraudulent return sheets,
seals OF defunct locals at district head
quarters were used to make the return
sheets appear legal, and in many in
stances dues were paid to the State
Federation of Labor after the voting
had begun.
The votes of seventeen miners local
unions. of which fraudulent return
sheets were indisputable. were thrown
out Other questionable ones were
permitted to stand. This reduced the
vote of Carpenter for president 2.52l
and likewise changed four places in the
list of vice presidents and executive
board members. deposing four who had
been reported elected upon original re-
turns before the frauds were exposed,
The four dcposed candidates are Eli
Follett of Leadvillo, Frank NJ. Her
mond of Pueblo, James T. Dunhill of
Denver and II. c. Stewart of Sopris.
The revised vote shows those to be
elected in their places and so declared
in the official announcements issued by
President Lawson to be w. c. Thorn
ton of Denver. William II. Young of
Pueblo. Steve Olmsted of Salida and
Frank T. Miner of Walscnburg.
How the Vote Slumped.
The number of votes lost by the re-
vision, after investigation and recount
of the tellers, by the various candi-
dates is ms follows
For president: Lawson, 276; Car
penter 2521.
For vice-presidents: Young. 1853;
McCabe. 21O; Miner, 272; Kouns, 157;
Cass. 1893; Olmsted, pol; Smith,
2.d7l; Jensen 23i0; Spiegl 239S;
Thornton. 100: Culhane. 80; Turney,
252; Walton, 80; Cassidy, 235; Follett,
2173; Hcrmond 1879; Dunhll 2216;
Morris 2095; Resch 342 and Stewart
2475
For secretary-treasurer Anderson,
1870; Shelly, 953, and Hoyt, 81.
A meeting of the executive board
will be held at State Federation head
quarters in Denver next Thursday,
February 2S, beginning at o'clock
This meeting was called by President
Lawson in order that the situation con-
fronting the labor movement of this
state may be ,thoroly discussed and
some plan adopted that will save the
movement from the debauchery COM
mitted by acting officials of the United
Mine Workers of America.
May Hold State Convention.
There is probability that n special
convention of the State Federation
will be called to meet sometime dur
ing the month of March in order to
present strong appeal to Frank J.
Hayes of the United Mine Workers of