The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-02-10
STATE CAPITOL LETTER

on Republican policies of government
under those conditions Colorado cam
occupy a position OF dignity and pow
err"
Are you candidate for deiezate?"
My name has been used in this
-onnection wholly without requesl
Or suggestion from me appreciate
most deeply the implied confidence
nd the expressions the suggestion
ias brought aboit. / shall neither
.heck nor nurse this movement My
riends are at liLeiw at any time to
lrop consideration of me in the in
terest OF such general program as
have outlined above ] should not
he convention decides to send me
shall accept the duty and shall dis
charge IL as nearly as | can in accord
ance with the understanding of Re-
publican opinion in the state and with
an eser-rr resent sense OF the great
issues which VIII attend the dsterm-
nations o. the ciiicazo convention
Have yol anything to say about
the results secured by the first year
of Republican state government?
The Republican party. with aid
rom good citizens Of all parties.
ought the aght for law and order
anarchy and disorder have been re
placed BY law and quiet Under nur-
.ure of these chsneed conditions have
ome good viii instead of bitterness
If civil war. This WIS a necessary
relude 10 that state OF mind upon
shich 70 bring about adjustment OF
misunderstanding ard reel settlement
II causes OF dis ute. THIS has taken
,lare 10 an extent unhosed for in
1914
-fhe prohibition question has been
ought out and under orders from the
people Law is in operation which
heiters young girls. wards on the
worst tsmI taiions beset;lng boys. res
cues politics from its vicious masters.
is emptying our jails and will plant
echoes in our poor houses.
The compensation law established
q principle of justice already sixty
years old in Germany. II is clearing
our courts of 25 per cent OF their
WORK. Il brings a full and fair mea-
sure q compensation for injury d.
reeiiy<la the ssctim and his family.
co,orp& has no other statute SO in
dicadre OF her eniightened public
opinion
The public utility commission has
for the first time been supported with
an appropriation and itssmembers are
working with tie utmost diligence to
settle the numberless disputes arising
between railroads and lighting com
panies and the communities affected.
There is no section Of the state wh.oa
has not already felt the beneficial
effect OF its work.
The state land board will show
s25o0eo gain in rua aeipts lover the
previous administration. The pres
ent regisser holss that the lanes are
q trust for the education OF the chill
dren Of the state and is demanding
fun market value for them. His the
ory of hsndling these lands as COM
pared with the theory OF his prede-
cessor is u direren,e of millions when
the last quarter section Is gene.
The present auditor and treasurer
viii pay every dollar OF the lesisia-
tive appropriation tesides paying Ger.
tain heavy ohlisaticns oatstandins
when they assumed Office. The eda.
cat'onal institutions will get every
dollar appropriated. which record is
in elaring contrast to preceding ad.
ministrations. /
ut seems to me tha, these reasons
are enough to commend tins years
achievement sto the people of the
state.''