La Junta tribune., 1916-10-21
iNEFFicIENcY OF FORMER AND
AND FAlSEHooDS OF LATTER
RELATED BY GOVERNOR.
WORDS ARE NOT MINCED
Appalling Expense Piled Onto Farm
e:s CT stats Tarov-h Democrats
Chroa!c inefficiency.

means OF ArApahoe county, Governor
George A. Carlson declared that
Democratic inefiiciency in handling
Colorado's industrial trouble had cost
The farmers OF the state s340 day
during the two years OF the Annnons
administration.
He dubbed the opposition's crit
Cism OF the present administration for
not passing a school fund farm loan
act as subterfuge 10 cover their own
failure TO act when 1t was Within
their power to do So
What has this administration done
Tor the farmer" said Governor Carl
son. 1T has given the state a stable
government The preceding admins
trations gave the state an unstable
government. This instability oil gov
eminent cost the state In insurrectioi.
bonds little over $1,000 day for
every day of the entire two years OF
the preceding Democratic adm!nistra-
ton. The agricultural communities
pay g per cent OF the taxes. There
fore, because OF this collapse OF gov
eminent the farmer was penalized
more than $40 day.
The farming sections OF the stats
are overwhelmingly dry. Two years
ago our opponents fought against the
dry amendment and we fought for It,
Because OF the dry victory there are
III fewer prisoners In the psniten.
tiary tonight than there were the first
Of last January. It costs 40 cents .
day TO keep a man In the state peni'
Tertiary. This decrease In the rum.
Der OF inmates viii mean main,
tenance reduction from now on Of SO
per day.
This administration appropriated
and paid Sl,7.6ls39 more for the
maintenance and equipment OF the
Agricultural College than was paid to
the college in 1911 and IL. and 3i2i..
PCS more than In 1913 and II.
This administration appropriated
and paid TO the State Dairy Depart
ment $3.50 more than was paid IN
1911 and II. and sS.2o3 more than
was paid In 1918 and IA.
This administration appropriated
$4,000 and TO date has paid s3i 56l.52
FOR the defense OF Colorado's water
rights
"Our opponents criticise us because
We have not loaned TO the farmer that
portion OF the school funds not in.
vested In state warrants. They ire In
fine position TO criticise. They were
In power over six years. Did theg
ever loan single dollar OF the .choO'
fund TO the farmers2 The farmers OF
Eastern Colorado were In especially
hard straits during the winter OF 1910
Did the Shafroth administration meet
this emergency II did not. yet At
that time II had on the books q farm
loan law which II later dragged In
and had declared unconstitutional by
Democratic Supreme Court"
Governor Carlson's speech at Lead.
Vile on the night OF Oct. II was not.
able for the manner In which he
scorched the Denver Post, declaring f.
TO be one OF the issues OF the cam.
paign He said:
Has the state Democracy selected
the Denver Post as It's standard
bearer The Denver Post and the
Great Divide deceived the people OF
this state when they published the
statement that ! vetoed the farm loan
act. The public records show that no
farm loan act was passed by the last
Legislature. The records in the gov.
ernor's office show that never v.
,oed such law"
!, was here explained by the gov
ernor that the Democrats had never
enforced the farm loan act which had
been on the books for six years while
they were in power on the contrary
they had hauled II into the courts
with the result that II was declared
unconstitutional nj "A time when II was
too late for n Republican Legislature
to pass another suitable WORKING
statute.
The Post" continued Governor
Carlson. deceived the p.opi. o: thl.
state when II persistentiy published
tn. false statement that this admins.
tration had not provided for the In
sane
In January. 1915. this adminisira.
tion found ~ . heritage OF past Dem.
ocratic neglect that the insane build
insu At Pueblo were crowded TO their
capacity and that there were 325 In.
sane In jails and hospitals Of the
state. IN my message TO the Lesi.ls.
ture I specifically recommended that
sufficient appropriation be provided TO
meet this most urgent need. Tn. Leg.
islature responded with an appropriA
ton Of e2?5.oo0. Tho buildings were
begun. they are now completed. have
been opened. and these unfortuna,es
for the first time In years viii BE-
properly cared for by III. state. These
facts are publicly manifested. yet
Judge Gunter. following the lead Of
tho Post. told u Boulder audience not
long ago that this administration had
neglected the insane.
Sometime ago. the Post IN frantic
desperation. charged the Republican
party and its leaders with r-sponsi.
bility for the beer amendment. This
ridiculous lie was extraordinary even