The Greeley tribune. [volume] (Greeley, Colo.) 1870-1913, 1906-11-15

and / think when l have given two
years of my life to the state / will
have done my duty as citizen, at
least in so far as office holding is
concerned.
''Then have no ambition to
build up a machine. Men who go
into office expecting reelection are
very apt to be influenced from the
line of duty by purely political con-
siderations.
II promised the people Of Colo
RADIO that would do certain things
II they gave me an opportunity.
That was sacred pledge and l will
endeavor to redeem it. OF course
the power to determine the course
OF the state government. is not en-
tirely in my hands, but will have
a large share OF the responsibility
and the power and l will do my part
in good faith.
Il think the republican party of
the state in its platform promised
eighteen constructive measures.
That was very ambitious program,
and 1t is more than probable that
we should not have undertaken it.
We are pledged to 1t, however, and
as l said a moment ago / will do my
part toward redeeming every pledge.
Railway Commission.
Il will cooperate with the mem
bers of the legislature, and in order
that we may work in harmony / will
call meeting of the republican
members of the legislature for Den
yer on date prior to the assembling
Of the legislature, and at that gath
ering we will take up all these mat
ters. That is the businesslike way
to proceed.
''At that time we can consider
railway commission law. We will
invite the representative business
men of the state and the railway
officials to present their views, and
we will determine upon law which
can be enforced without litigation.
1 think it very important that we
should give the shippers relief with
out getting into legal tangle. We
cannot hope to enact law which
will do for all time or even for ten
years.
Undoubtedly the law we pass
will need to be bolstered Ia the fu-
ture. But experience and the de-
velopment of business will reveal its
weak points, and they can be reme-
died from time to time. If we at
tempt too much we will be tied up
in the courts for years, and then pos
sibly our law will be declared I'M
We want to make
an important advance, and we want
to hold the ground we gain.
1--WE will take up the other meas
ures promised in our platform in the
same spirit, and we should produce
results.
There Is one measure not men
toned in our platform, but which !
suggested in my letter of acceptance,
to which l will devote considerable
time, and that Is the problem of
providing employment for the in
mates of our penal Institutions.
'Rignt at this point wish you
would say for me, and say with all
possible emphasis, that l do not de-
sire the convicts to compete with
free labor. That will not be con-
sidered or permitted.
convlcts Should Work.
Work is a great blessing to the
normal man. Then how much more
important is it that the abnormal
man should be given employment. .
Other states have gone long way
toward solving this question and
Colorado should not lag behind. My
idea is that the inmates of our peni-
tentiary should labor eight hours a
day. The four hours In the forenoon
should be charged to the prisoners
maintenance and he should receive a
reasonable cerdit for the four hours
in the afternoon. When his term
expires the money he has earned
should be turned over to him to do
as he sees fit. He would have a
sufficient amount to purchase clothes
and ticket to point where he was
not known. His self respect would
be increased immeasureably by the
hard work he had performed In
prison and he would enter upon his
new career a changed man. i be-
lieve we should save our criminals
and not merely glut our vengeance
upon them.''
What will the university do