The Ordway new era., 1915-01-15
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
DELIVERED At AUDITORIUM BY
GOV GEORGE A. CARLSON.
New Executive Recommends Economy,
An Industrial Commission, a Work.
mems Compensation Act, and Asks
That Capital and Labor Clasp Hands
for Reunited Greater Colorado.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

for a Reunited Greater Colorado.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver, Jan. 12.-Governor George
A, Carlson delivered his inaugural
address at the Auditorium at noon to-
day. In part. the new executive said:
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TWEEN
TIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
THE STATE OF CoLoRADo:
Greeting: In my few days asso-
ea.ion With You safs tsat tSe desire
Of each to serve is intense. and your
determination to accomplish is i,ns aenin-
in history. Her vast resources are yet
In the earliest infancy OF devei0p,
men5 Mighty problems nnst birhv hays prexein prestia
fled to find nowhere among you dis
position to quail or cringe. Giant
But they only serve as spur to the
strong. The ocmplexity OF your prob
nifty for service.
Industrial Commission.
Colorado and the immediate parties
disputes. Frequent conflicts between s.ad
employer and % %empioye hay have oSrurter. Serurfer.
d ssd bx hSf anS
some Instances, attended by destruc-
tion OF property and bloodshed. II.
the present methods of preventing and
settling grievances between emp!Syer
sna sary nna Quite are
to those directly invPlvedh hasfdre and 20 me tne
" and diligently address itself to the
probIem of ascertaining and removing
II possible. the causes Of these indus
trIa
but part of the problem The
causes at the bottom Of disorder m, must 81
be recognized and measures adopted 10
eliminate them.
The time has now come when Colo
rado must cease being merely mega.
become a positive and vital agency to
harmonize our antagoristic Industrial
forees an ana agsnSXl ge1loye 4 ana ,anS someei far
dealing between them. I believe this
result can best be accomplished by the
sion charged with the power and duty
Of administering laws now existing or
hereafter enacted eomGernns me ths reln- em
ploye. Boards and bureaus now ex-
isting and designed to deal with III, Ger o
ordination. uniformity and definite
plan. and should be abolished and
This commission should be given
broad. general powers It should have
power to administer and enforce laws
protecting the life. health. safety ana
welfare OF employes: to investigate and
prescribe what safety devices and 9th.
sdapted ed ei"opI {" render the employees Of ev-
| cry department safe: to do all In its
power to promote the voluntary arbi1
disputes between employers and EN-.
ployes, and to avoid the necessity OF
colts. biacis-lists. discriminations and
| legal proceedings In matters OF EN-.
ployment; to establish and conduct M ad
all in It's power to bring, together en-
| pIoyers seeking employees and work,
ADOPT @ % the most efficient means within
| Its power to avoid Unemployment ana
to prevent involIntary ldienes.; nwa,ntary to pre
| idleness; to publish Information relat-
| ing to the work under Its jurisdiction:
to subpoena witnesses ana TO eSnmihe
| books.
worknen's Conpensation.
Complementary to these powers. the
| commission should have authority TO
tenn OF workmens compensation: Long
and hard-fouHht legal contests un,
doubtedly. have contributes i mus mueh o TO
pioyer and employe. To protect him.
self the employer pays large sums Of
turn assume his liability. and In or
| der to make profit can pay the em-
| ploye but a fraction of the amounts so
| received.
| Economy.
The people are demanding that this
Legislature increase the efficiency ana
| eliminate the extravagance ana waste.
| fuiness of the present organization OF
| our state government. 1t Is earnestly
urged that early in the session your
| tee as you may appoint for the -pur-
pose, make n thorough survey or ev-
ofss board bureau nr naRnr Rna knawn
| ali existing inefficiency and lack OF
economy.
The new governor treated many
other matters in detail, urging the
abolishment of classified appropria-
tions, a budget system, laws to make
prohibition effective when the new
act goes into effect in 1916, that the
scope of the bureau OF mines be Wild
ened. asks a law to prevent the sale
Of fraudulent irrigation securities. a
| new land loan act, better educational
| facilities, a new drainage law. defense
| of Colorado's water rights. that the
public lands. water power and other
natural resources of the state be
opened to development and closed
with plea for industrial peace, as fol
lows:
industrial Peace.
Capital and labor. clasp hands; This
ness. ness but. il viii Increase your oppSr-
| tunIties There is sufficient intelli. o.
| gence here: there IL here spirit OF
| Justice strong enough to unrapel ev-
ery perplexing difference between
| YOU. In This era of civilization neither
capital nor labor should go back to the
dark ages to get the weapons with
| which to carry their point. Henceforth
| Colorado Will not tolerate 1t. Capital
| and labor. help US build. We need your
energies, your Intelligence. II you
| differ among yourselves. or as to gov.
ernmental policy. you have your legal
and peaceful remedy. To this you
must. restrict yourselves. II heretofore
a too intense spirit of industrialisn has
prevailed, let 1t be suDDlanted by
bigger. broader spirit of statehood. Out
OF our many ills and SORROWS let us
build q reunited Greater Colorado.
BAD FAITH LAID TO Y. 8.