The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1916-10-27
Republican Reelection Nominee, Geo. A. Carlson

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Mexico for more conspicuous head
line place in all the yellow newspapers
of the country. Business had suffer
ed loss of fifteen million dollars.
1t had cost labor unions little over
four million dollars. Labor payrolls
had shrunk about a million dollars per
year. The outside investor was loos-
ing faith in the stability of our gov
eminent, and the safety of Colorado
investments.
We are glad TO report that today
there is sense of security at home
and reestablished confidence abroad.
We are glad to report further, that
during these two years. we are the
only state in the country that has been
absolutely free from strikes; that dur
ing these two years not single in
surrection bond has been voted not
one dollars worth of property or one
life has been the prey of industrial
violence. The eighty-two industrial
/ disputes that have arisen have all been
settled promptly without loss of prop
erty or time, and with justice to both
parties involved. More safety devices
have been installed in perilous in
dustries in the last eighteen months
than in the proceeding ten years. Be
cause Of concentration upon the ques-
tion OF safety, deaths in coal mines
have been reduced from an average OF
forty-two every six months during the
/ proceeding administration. to the mum
ber of sixteen in this administration.
I The injured workers and their de-
pendents have actually received five
hundred thousand dollars under the
/ old system.
II was our firm belief that the truer
/ interests of Labor and Capital were
I identical and not antagnoistic. We
have maintained that 1t should be the
effort of governments to promote the
mutually and harmony of these two
interests. rather than their antagon-
isms. That our theory was sound is
shown by the fact that while u cost
the taxpayers of this state q little over
one thousand dollars per day in the
preceding administration, they have
not had to pay a single dollar day
for insurrection costs during this ad-
ministration.
We are proud to report to that the
state has at last been put upon n
sound finacial basis. In 1911. there
was appropriated s720.000.O0, more
than the total of the inheritance tax
and general revenues. Our state was
/ in the red. Third class appropria-
tions were paid fifty cents on the
dollar and fourth and fifth class appro-
priations were not paid at all. In 1918
third class appropriations were paid
eighty cents on the dollar. This ad-
ministration paid to the state institu-
tions S792,00 more than was paid in
1914, and paid one hundred cents on
the dollar. and has a surplus now of
$1,000. This was accomplished be-
cause no political appropriations were
allowed to pass the legislature, or to
stand.
We are glad to report that for the
first time in number of years the
insane patients are being cared for by
the state and the counties are relieved
of this burden. In 1911 there were
1875 insane patients in the differeat
jails and hospitals. And while that
administration appropriated $720,000
more than they had. and while the
insane buildings at Pueblo were
crowded to their capacity. not single
dollar was provided for a new build
ing construction for the insane on the
grounds at Pueblo. In 1913 the insane
grounds at Pueblo were crowded to
their capacity. Two hundred twenty
five were crowded in the different
jails and hospitals and still that admin
istration did not provide any new
buildings to relive the situation. In
1915 this administration provided an
appropriation of s225, 900. has built the
buildings to relieve the different
counties. and the taxpayers will hence
forth enjoy a saving of $16S.oo per
day.
Two years ago the Prohibitory
amendment was direct issue before
our people. Every political prophet
at that time revealed the promise Of
victory to those who would espouse
the cause of the Vets and the doom
of defeat to whomsoever would oppose
II. Our opponents at that time took