Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-15
The annual state convention of the

The annual state convention OF the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen met in Colorado
Springs June and 5. 1t was at
tended by delegates from the several
lodges thruout the state, and a large
number of the ladies' society. 1t was
considered one of the most represent
tative meetings that the organization
has had since the international con-
vention in 1916.
The open meeting held on Tuesday,
the 4th, was most valuable in instruc-
ton and advanced ideas on organized
labor, its future, its duty to the ma
ton during the war, and what the
country owes to it and its inspiring
patriotism.
The meeting was presided over by
Claude Seehorn of Lodge $40, presi-
dent of the convention, who intro
duced the following speakers:
Justice Scott Speaks.
Hon. Tully Scott of the supreme
court, H. B. Tedrow, United States
district attorney; T. D. A. Cockerell
of the state university at Boulder,
who represented its president; Victor
Anderson, president of the School of
Mines at Golden; Ed Anderson, sec
rotary of the State Federation of La
Dor; John r. Lawson, president of the
Independent Union of Mine Workers
of America, and Mayor Thomas of
Colorado Springs. The last mentioned
gave the opening address, welcoming
the delegates and their families, and
the lady members. Mayor Thomas
address was remarkable for its broad
ness of scope and the wise democratic
principles he advocated.
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Scott, who in his characteristic,
charming and convincing manner,
made a great impression upon his
hearers; it frequently sparkled with
patriotic fervor and showed mind
which understood the great economic
principles upon which organized labor
is founded. 1az
Favor Labor Education.
There were on the stage in COM
pany with the foregoing gentlemen
W. H. Young, president of the State
Federation of Labor; Frank M. Sloan,
president Pueblo Trades Assembly;
All S. Andrew of Pueblo, w. S. Wal
ton of Colorado Springs and James
Duce, the state oil inspector. Mr..
Duce is well and most favorably
known in labor circles and outside,
and has done more perhaps than any
other man in bringing about the es-
tablishment of the Colorado Labor
Educational Association, and in rec
ignition of his great, untiring and
successful efforts in that direction,
the convention unanimously adopted
very appropriate resolutions to Mr..
Duce in appreciation of his work.
Pledge Government Support.
At the first session resolution
was introduced and adopted unani-
mously pledging support to the gov
eminent. Close on the heels of that
action letter addressed to Mr.. Nc
Adoo, director general of railroads,
thanking him for his interest in labor
and supporting him in every manner;
it was endorsed by the convention and
copy forwarded to Mr.. McAdoo. The
resolution is as follows:
Whereas, Aside from the efforts in
obtaining the necessities of life, it is
imperative that all the people of this
the fact that the successful operation
of this war is, and must be, their first
consideration; that every business and
human endeavor must be conducted
with that object in view, and every
industry and its employees must apply
all their energies to that end; under
no consideration during the struggle
must this fact ever be lost sight Of
and right here it may be observed and
emphasized that no unfair advantages
shall be taken by employers or en-
ployes; profiteering is crime, and
should be punished as it deserves.
those who indulge in it remind us of
the pious hypocrite, who stole pig,
and then, in the name of God, gave
the trotters to the poor that we hail
this opportunity to give expression to
our honor and respect to- the men and
women who, without any reward or
compensation, devotes their entire
time to the work of assisting and sup
porting the government in it's defense
of Christianity, democracy and that
peace which the world should enjoy;
that we denounce the professional pa
triot, who, like the wolf in Sleeps
clothing, amasses fortune by the dis
tress and travail of his country, in its
hour of peril; he is only to be COM
pared to the politician, who bends the