The Glenwood post., 1906-11-10

the republican state ticket is also safe,
but by considerably smaller plurali-
ties. Even Judge Gabbert has
squeezed through. His figures, how
ever, will run from 5000 to 5000 less
than Buchtels. The three republican
candidates for congress are also safe.
Governor-elect Buchtel last night
gave the following interview:
"The people of Colorado sent me a
message yesterday" said the chan
cellor, "of~#hich I am very proud. 1
need not say that l feel gratified at
the result. My avocation is not poll
tics but there often comes time in
the life Of every citizen when duty de-
mands that he lay aside his avocation
and take up the work of state govern
ment. This emergency had arisen at
this time and demanded that | accept
this position. The people have chosen
me and l hope to give them the clean
est, the strongest and the most whole
some government that l can possibly
give. shall be governor just two
years."
"Do you mean by that, chancellor,
that you will not be candidate for re-
election?"
yes, l do. I shall not be candi-
date for any office. l am not poll
tician, even though l have mingled in
public affairs. My work has always
been quasi-political in so far as it per-
tains to state matters. During the
Peabody campaign, while | talked for
law and order i never addressed re-
publican political meeting. They were
always non-partisan and were in every
Instance presided over by either a
democrat or prohibitionist"
Have you always been republi-
CAM"
81 never scratch my ticket, boys.
| always scratch the eagle and let
him do the rest of the scratching"
How will you divide your work be-
tween the state house and the univer-
sity?"
~ shall spend one hour at the uni
versity on my way down town each
morning but l will be at the state
house on time and l shall spend the
entire day there"
Don't you know" continued the
chancellor, that we have great
amount of work to do in the next four
months? The republican platform and
iny letter OF acceptance pledged us to
eighteen different measures. l hope
to secure the enactment of all of
them. They include a railway rate
law, an antitrust law, and a law that
will permit convict labor to work.
"In regard to the railway rate law,
l. expect to have conference of all
concerned and have the bill ready for
as it convenes. In fact l expect to
have nearly all of the measures ready
to hand to the members of the legisla-
ture for their consideration at the
very start. 1t will take long hours and
hard work for the next general assem-
bly, to make good to the people what
they have promised. l want to do my
part toward making good.
"One of the things we need most is
a law that will allow the convicts to
do some kind of work. l propose to
have it. Ohio lets them work in the
stone quarries and get out stone for
public buildings. We might do the
same. There is nothing that is as hard
on man as keeping him in idleness.
| am in favor of making him work in
the morning for his board and lodging
at the prison and then pay him for his
afternoons work so that when he
leaves the prison he can have money
enough to buy a suit of clothes and
go where he pleases. | am not in
favor of shipping him back to some
point where everybody knows who he
is, and what he has been, but l am in
favor of letting him go where he
pleases, to a locality where he is un-
known, if he chooses, and there start
life over again.
$50, boys, there is lots to be done
during the coming winter, more than
we can discuss just now, so just tell
the people l am thankful for the en-
dorsement they gave me yesterday,
that two years is all | want of this po-
sition, and that l shall do my best
while ocupy the same"