Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-11-16

however, and as ! said moment ago.
! will do my part toward redeemins
every pledge.
II will cooperate with tho members
OF the Legislature. and In order that
We may work In harmony ! VIII call q
meeting Of the Republican members OF
tho Legislature for Denver on date
prior to the assembling OF the Legis.
lature. and at that gathering wo VIII
take up all these matters. That u inc
businesslike way to proceed.
.At that time we can consider rail.
way commission law. We will invite.
tho representative business men OF tho
state and the railway ofiicials to pre-
sent their views. and We Will deter
mine upon law which can be en-.
forced without litigation. ] think II
very important that We should give
the shippers relief without gettlns
into a legal tangle. We can not hope
to enact law which will do for al!
time, or even for ten years.
"Undoubtediy the law We pass will
need to be bolstered In the future. But
experience and the development OF
business will reveal Its weak points.
and they can be rcmedicd from time
to time. II We attempt too much we
will be tied up In the courts for years,
and then possibly our law Will be de-
clnred unconstitutional. We want to
make an important advance. and We
| want to hold tho ground we gain.
I'VE will take up the other measures
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 I will devote. considerable
time. and that In tho problem OF pro-
viding employment for the inmates OF
ou. penal institutions.
Right nt this point wish you
| would say for mo. and say II with all
possible emphasis. that I do not desire
/ tho convlets to compete with free In.
Dor. That will not bc considered or
permitted.
Work In n great blessing TO the
normal man. Then how much more
Important is Il that the abnormal man
should be given employment. Other
states hnvc gone n long way toward
solving this question and Colorado
should no, iaI behind. My idea Is tha.
tho Inmates of our pcniicn,inry should
labor eight hours n day. The four hours
IN tho forenoon should be charged 10
th. prisoners maintenance and he
should receive a reasonable credit for
the four hours In the afternoon. whca
his term expires tho money he has
earned should be turned over to him
TO do with nx he secs NJ. He would
have n sufficient amount to purchase
clothes and ticket to n point whcro
no was not known. His sclf.rcspcct
would bc Increased immcasurably py
tho hard work he had performed In
prison and he would gutter upon his
new career changed Nan. ] believe
We should save our criminals md not
merely riut our vengeance upon them
"What will tho university do whiic
you nrc acting as governor. chnnccI'
lcr?" asked.
"oh. will not abandon tho univcr.
sIty." said he. Il am mn carly riser
md hard worker. I will stop Mt the
university every morning on my way
down town. I will spend mn hour in
going over my mail and In directing
certain important affairs. I will be
on hnnd ut the governors once at the
uruni time and Will remain there for
u tho usual hours. Then. In tho late af.
4 tcfnoon and evening will take up tho
business OF the university again.
while the Legislature In In session
will be very busy. but after that !
do not imagine that I will find tho
duties of governor particularly oncr.
Gus. The governor Is the head of
twenty.threc boards but his duties nrc
mainly routine md do not occupy
much Of his time.
when my term expires I will re-
turn to the university and devote my
remaining years to making II one ol
the great educational institutions OF
this western country.
by tho way said the chancellor.
81 have been connected with the uni.
versi,y for almost seven years. When
I observe the seventh anniversary in n
few months I will have cleared a debt
OF s350.00O which has been hamper
ins the institution. and I will have
been inauguratcd governor of one OF
the greatest states in the Union. This
is not bad record
Drifting back to n discussion OF the
campaign. the chancellor declared that
his acquaintance with the business
men of the state had proven one Of his
greatest sources of strength.
"All my life business men have been
my chums," said he. II enjoy the SO.
cicty of the worker. for am n worker
myself. was very much interested
In the booster movements which
stirred Denver few years ago. and ut
the request OF that energetic crowd OF
DuilderS delivered some bpecCneS ~
that time Then went with the boost.
crs on one Of their trips and later ad-
dressed some meetings of business
men called to aid the election Of Gov.
i ernor Peabody. The acquaintances
formedain that way proved OF great
value d me in my campaign. Busi.
ness men had seen enough Of me to be
convinced that would make busi-
ness governor.
81 will be n business governor. but
there will be enough sentiment to