The Ordway new era., 1906-11-16
C0VERN0R-ELECT H. A. BUCHTEL
Announces HIS PLATFORM

pecially the business men, are anxious
to know your position on that QOes-
tion."
IL think we promised eighteen con-
structlve measures" said the gov.
ernor-elect. "That was a very ambi-
tlous program. and 1t is moro than
probable that we should not have un-
dertaken II. We are pledged to II,
however. and as I said moment ago.
I will do my part toward redeemiDg
every pledge.
II will cooperate with the members
OF the Legislature, and IN order that
we may work in harmony l Will call .
meeting of the Republican members OF
tho Legislature for Denver on a dato
prior to the assembling Of the Legis-
lature, and at that gathering we will
take up all these matters. That is tho
| business-like way to proceed.
AT that time we can consider rail-
way commission law. We viii invite
the representative business men of the
state and the railway officials to pro-
sent their views. and we will deter
| mine upon a law which can be en-
forced without litigation. think ie
very important that we should give
the shippers relief without getting
Into legal tangle. We can not hope
to enact n law which will do for ALI
time, or even Tor ten years.
Undoubtedly 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 remedled from time
| to time. II we attempt too much We
will be tied up in the courts for yearn,
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.
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 is the problem OF pro-
viding employment for the inmates OF
our penal institutions.
| fright at this point ] wish you
would say for me, and say II with all
possible emphasis, that do not desire
the convicts TO compete with free Ia
| Dor. That will not be considered or
permitted.
| Work is a great blessing to tho
normal man. Then how much more
important is II that the abnormal man
should be given employment. Other
solving this question and Colorado
should no; lag behind. My idea is that
the inmates OF our penitentiary should
labor eight hours n day. The four hours
In the forenoon should be charged to
the prisoners maintenance and ha
should receive n reasonable credit for
the four hours in the afternoon. When
his term expires the money he has
earned should be turned over to him
to do with as he sees ft. He would
have n sufficient amount to purchase
clothes and n ticket to a point where
he was not known. His sclf-respect
would be increased immeasurably by
the hard work he had performed in
prison and he would enter upon his
new career a changed man. I believe
we should save our criminals and not
merely glut our vengeance upon them"
what will the university do while
| you are acting as governor. chaucel-
| lcr?" / asked.
"Oh, will not abandon the univer-
| sity," said he. Il am an early riser
and hard worker. l will stop at tho
| university every morning ON my way
down town. I will spend an hour in
going over my mail and in directing
certain important affairs. I will bo
on hand at the governors office at the
usual time and will remain there for
the usual hours. Then, in the late at
tcrnoon and evening I 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 that l will find the
duties of governor particularly onef-
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 l will re-
turn to the university and devote my
| remaining years to making II one OF
the great educational institutions Of
this western country.
by the way" said the chancellor.
"I have been connected with the unl
versity for almost seven years. When.
observe the seventh anniversary in q
| fow months will have cleared debt
of $S50,000 which has been hamper
ing the Institution, and / will have
been inaugurated governor of one Of
the greatest states in the Union. This
, is not bad record"
Drifting back to a 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-
ciety of the worker, for am 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
builders delivered some speeches NJ .
that time Then I went with the boost
ers on one of their trips and later a9l-
dressed some meetings OF business
men called to aid the election Of Coy
ernor Peabody. The acquaintaNcen
formed in that way proved OF great
value to me in my campaign. Busi-
ness men had seen enough OF me to ~
convinced that I would make busi-