The Colorado statesman., 1906-11-17

nOWcNeTi ana as L SAID moment ago,
Will do my part toward redeeming
every pledge.
Il will cooperate with the members
of the Legislature, and In order that
we may work in harmony will call a
meeting of the Republican members OF
the Legislature for Denver on q date
prior to the assembling of the Legis-
lature, and at that gathering we will
take up all these matters. That Ia the
business-like way to proceed.
AT that time we can consider a rail-
way commission law. We will invite
the representative business men of the
state and the railway officials to pre-
sent their views, and we will deter
mine upon a law which can be en-
forced without litigation. l think 1t
very important that we should give
the shippers relief without getting
into legal tangle We can not 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 in the future. But
experience and the development of
business will reveal It's weak points,
and they can be remeeied from time
to time. If we attempt too much we
will be tied up in the courts for years,
and then possibly our law will be de-
clared unconstitutional. We want to
make an important advance, and we
want to hold the ground we gain.
1--WE 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 l will devote considerable
time, and that is the problem of pro-
viding employment for the inmates of
our penal institutions.
fright at this point I wish you
would say for me, and say it with all
possible emphasis, that l do not desire
the convicts to compete with free Ia
Dor. That will not be considered or
permitted.
'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 a long way toward
| solving this question and Colorado
should not lag behind. My idea is that
the inmates of our penitentiary should
| labor eight hours day. The four hours
| IN the forenoon should be charged to
the prisoners maintenance and he
should receive a reasonable credit for
| the four hours in the afternoon. Whe1
his term expires the money he has
earned should be turned over to him
| to do with as he sees fit. He would
| have a sufficient amount to purchase
| clothes and a ticket to a point where
| he was not known. His self-reSpect
would be increased immeasurably by
the hard work he had performed in
prison and he would enter upon his
new career a changed han. l believe
we should save our criminals and not
merely glut our vengeance upon them"
"Wiiat will the university do while
you are acting as governor, chancel-
lor?" 1 asked.
"Oh, | will not abandon the univer-
sity," said he. '1 am an early riser
ard hard worker. l will stop at the
university every morning on my way
down town. l will spend an hour in
going over my mail and in directing
certain important affairs. | will be
on hand at the governors office at the
usual time and will remain there for
the usual hours. Then, in the late af-
/ ternoon and evening | will take up the
business of the university again.
while the Legislature is in session
| will be very busy, but after that /
do not imagine tnat | will find tho
duties of governor particularly oner-
GUS The governor is the head of
twenty-three boards but his duties are
mainly routine and do not occupy
much of his time.
when my term expires | will re-
turn to the university and devote my
remaining years to making it one OF
the great educational institutions OF
| this western country.
by the way" said the chancellor,
81 have been connected with TIE uni
versity for almost seven years. When
| observe the seventh anniversary in a
few months I will hive cleared debt
of $350,000 which has been hamper
ms the institution, and | will have
been inaugurated governor of one of
the create st states in the Union. This
is rot bad record"
Drifting back to discussion of the
campaign, the chancellor declared that
MS acquaintance with the business
men of the state had proven one of his
greatest sources of strength.
"All my life busines SIS men have been
my chums," said he. Il enjoy the So
ciety of the worker, for am a worker
myself. | was very much interested
in the booster movements which
stirred Denver few years ago, and at
the request of that energetic crowd of
builders delivered some speeches at
that time. Then | went with the boost
ers on one of their trips and later ad-
dressed some meetings of business
men called to aid the election of Gov
ernor Peabody. The acquaintances
formed in that way proved of great
value to me in my campaign. Busl-
ness men had seen enough of me to be
convinced that | would make busi-
ness governor.
81 will be business governor, but
there will be enough sentiment to
leaven the lump"