The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-11-02
eARlooN FlANke GNEMv, Ex.
PooiMo REooR0 OF MieRUlG
AND RUIN.
HlEIATEs ENTIRE STATE
oGMocRAYo SEEK IN VAIN FOR
WEAK SPOT IN REPUG
llcAN oEFgNsE.

and nation was inimical to industrial
peace. George 4. Carlson. Republican
candidate for reelection as governor
put In the busiest period Of his cam
paign last week. He laid bare the At
titude Of the Democratic party ON pro
hibition. declaring that its ALLEGED
conversion is an indictment Of its 20
sition two years ago."
Carlson's whirlwind campaign has
carried him to every corner OF the
state. He has used train. auto and
wagon. speaking morning, noon and
night. Last week Thousands heard his
comparison Of the peaceful and pros
porous record of two years of Repub-
licanism in the state with the indus
trial warfare that has written In let
ters Of blood the history of his Demo
cratic predecessors.
His two-fisted attack has driven the
Democrats to the ropes, gasping for
breath. As q rule, the administration
is on the defensive In . campaign.
This year the rule is reversed. The
Democrats have sought without avail
for weak spot In the Republican de-
fenses. Meanwhile Carlson has turn
ed his guns on the record Of misrule
and ruin left by previous Democratic
administrations.
Republican and Democratic records
on industrial conditions and prohibit
ton are written too boldly to be mis-
construed. Carlson has needed only
the plain facts for ammunition. and he
has been using these to excellent ef-
feet, a. the Democrats can testify.
Here are some extracts taken frorn
recent speeches delivered BY the gov
ernor:
When Democracy took charge at
the close Of the Buchtel administra-
tion eight years ago. 1t found our
state in . condition Of industrial
peace. Labor was employed; working
men and their bosses and superin-
tendents were companions and friends.
There was no strife, no strikes. NO
turmoil anywhere. Contemporaneous
with their assumption Of control, high
state officials began sowing seeds Of
distrust and dissension between work
or and employer. Soon after, q great
coal strike broke in the northern
fields.
-Four years ago Democracy assum.
ID control of the government Of the
entire nation. Democratic congress
sional investigating committees and
federal boards began spreading the
doctrine nation wide that the employ.
q was the natural enemy Of the
working man. Soon after, rebellion
broke out in West Virginia. in Michi.
gan, in Colorado. then in Arkansas,
and finally in Arizona. More lives
have been lost and more property de-
stroyed due to internal disturbance In
~ lass sour years than any time
sfnee ~ besinnlaS Of this nation, sx-
cspt during the Civil War.
"Disputes and strikes r.ay natural
ly occur In the orderly evolution Of
our industrial development. But I
maintain that there 10 every diffes-
ence between disputes and strikes and
last four year,.
Colorado labor. what did this state
Democracy do for you, except to teach
yoa to hate your employer with BIT
tesAass and intensity! What de Il
DO for you sNespt to permit many q
your members 70 meet violent deathsf
What did It do for you, Colorado coal
minsrs. except to heap misery and
hunger and want upon your families
aad finally shrink your payroll five or
SIX million dollars . year! Property
owners. what did Democracy do for
you except to permit the barnins aad
dynaniting Of your buildings and
plants, to place your lives in peril, to
undermine your business and blast
your reputation? Colorado taxpayer,
what did Democracy do, for you except
to throw . useless load Of over q
thousand dollars day for every day
In the long. last two years that it was
IN, upon your already overburdened
shoulders! Good citizens, what did
Il do for yoa except to make you think
that civilization had turned back 800
years, and that the weapons Of say.
asery and barbarian were still Of ab-
solute necessity In tbs Christian and
civilized statsf
The doctrine that worker and en-.
pleyer are natural enemies aud pssss-
sarily santasonistie must inevitably L.
vs3op turmoil and insurrection. TIE
Republican party q this state DE-
ciares that doctrine to be absolutely
falss. The Republican party Of this
state maintains that the truer inter.
ests OF labor and capital are Identical
and not antagonistic. The Republican
party Of this state seeks to promote
the mutually and harmony Of inter
ests Of these great forces rather than
their antagonism. The Republican
party OF this state maintains that sta
bility Is the first indispensable Of
government and that the whole power
Of governmsat shall be used II neces-