The Glenwood post., 1916-10-21
.SpLDNDID MEETING
HELD IN CLOUD CITY
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the new governor was the "most re.
markable of creatures aud described
virtues which even his own wife did not
know he possessed" They called me
the blond-haired governor when
everybody I had known for years had
called me simply what I was, white
haired swede."
"When I came down from the coun-
try, green Swede as they thought,
they put is up to me that the register
would sell not only the school land but
the coal land underneath which the
laws of our state provide must be re-
tained for revenue for the school fund
They said they were working for the
interests of the settler. Now, do you
know that the only protection the peo-
pie of this state have in the handling
of state school lands for the school
fund, is the sale to the highest bidder?
They said, 'no, we don't sell the land
to the highest bidder. Well sell it to
the bona fide settler Now, anybody
could be bona fide settler. I could
be one; you could be one; whether we
had the money to make the highest bid,
or not. That was nothing but an ex-
cuse to permit gross mishandling of the
affairs of the office.
"Why, there is 4s acres of land near
city park at Denver that is worth
easily $4,000. They have rented this
piece of land to golf club, and how
much did they rent it for? Fifty dol
lars for twenty years. You may think
that means $50 for every year. No,
it means $3.50 a year.
"When I see group of newspapers,
or group of men, who have grown
rich from blackmail and taking, do I
give them my trust and believe they
can manage the affairs of an office
with fidelity and honesty? Would you!
No. When they told other governors
to keep innocent men in the state PEN
itentiary and the innocent men vera
When they called me the blonde haired
Swede' and put their arms around my
neck and said nice things about me,
knew there was something wrong and
that I'd lather have them call me
Wandering George and the other
titles you know they've given me.
sof hot ho1 ot
tempt to slug another man as they
did the late Senator Patterson, and
there is going to be such an uprising
in Denver of the people that they'll
throw these blackmailers out.
"I don't mind the cartoons against
me and the stories against me or the
editorials against me. I've received
hard knocks since was seventeen. 1
can stand them and most of the time
we stood up and hit them back. But
it has been hard on my wife. No man
can see himself abused and vilified and
not feel sorry for the wife who suffers
for it.
gan that possibly my opponent would
take stand against them-would rise
up and throw them out. I believed
this, but the other day when I saw the
vacancy committee of that party select
a Denver Post reporter to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of Mr..
Allen as nominee for secretary of
state, knew that I had erred.
"I say to you that if you want the
Denver Post to be governor of Colo.
RADIO, for Gods sake, vote for some
body else. So long as I've been COVER
nor and so long as shall be governor
I tell you that never one of them
will be allowed to put his dirty foot
in the capitol of the state Of Colo
rado." The audience applauded loud
ly as the governor closed his denuncia-
tion.
As to Prohibition
Governor Carlson spoke briefly on
prohibition, referred to his party as
one which had supported the new law
and declared that when he spoke here
before his election two years ago be
held out no false pretenses to tho
voters, having pledged himself to strict
enforcement Of the prohibition law.
"With hrmness equal to that with
which we have maintained that every
right which the law gives the working
man, or which is inherently his should
Be upheld do we also maintain that
every odollar invested in legitimate or
productive industry should be guarded
and conserved by the whole power Of
government. We believe in building