The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-08-08
TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO
Ringing Declaration of Policy Made
BY MIR. lyman

The state Democratic assembly has
designated me as one of the candi-
dates for governor to be voted on at
the primaries to be held on Septem-
ber 10th.
In submitting my candidacy to the
people | must rely upon the rank and
file of the Democracy of this state
as l have no machine backing, nor
have l the support of the moneyed
corporations.
Our first duty is to win the war
and to give to our boys with the col
ors the most loyal support. AT the
same time it is our duty to preserve
and safeguard from invasion those
rights at home upon which rest the
equal protection of all.
When / am governor l shall not APP
point corporation tools on the state
public utilities commission nor on
the state industrial commission. Nor
will l tolerate the head of the mill
ing trust, or the head of the sugar
trust, or the head of the coal trust
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the head of the steel trust, or the
head of any other trust on my coun-
Gil of defense.
The treason of the profteer must
be banished from within our borders
and this class of traitors must be
driven out of business. In order to
protect our people from the rapacity
and greed of those who prey upon
the public it is rapidly becoming
necessary for the state to mine COAL
with free labor. from it's own lands;
to throw around the metalliferous
miner direct protection from the
smelter trust; to aid the farmer in
securing proper warehouse facilities
his products; and to take steps for
keeping at home the millions of dol
lars now sent away every year for
fire and other insurance, never to re-
turn to our business channels. The
state should stop the leasing.o of large
tracts of land to a favored few,
which results in aiding the meat
trust and prevents settlers from ac-
quiring homes. In these vital mat
tcrs l shall not hesitate to use the
full power of the state for the pro-
lection of the people.
There must be no increase in the
cost of living or in the cost of any
public service that has not just
E Il, tIa e,t,
Cling to support their families under
the high prices now prevailing must
not have their burdens increased, but
their load must be lightened in every
possible way. Business must be en-
couraged in every legitimate avenue,
capital must be made secure in
actual investment, and at the same
time the rights of labor must be
held inviolate. But all must be for
the common good of all the people.
As governor shall do my utmost to
preserve inviolate the peoples power
of the initiative, the referendum and
the direct primary vote; to further
the adoption of the national prohibi-
tion amendment; to further in every
way possible the adoption of ma
tional equal suffrage amendment; to
secure legislation that shall protect
our people from promoters of wild
cat" stocks; and during the campaign
l shall urge the adoption at the com
ing election of the "bone-dry' law
submitted to the vote of the peo-
pie, and as governor l shall rigidly
enforce every measure to make this
state dry in fact. | also earnestly
favor government ownership of rail
roads, the telegraph and the tele-
phone, and the municipal ownership
of public utilities.
The state constabulary is useless.
1t duplicates expense and should be
abolished Waste must be eliminated
and the expenses in every depart
ment of the state government kept
down to the lowest limit compatible
with efficient service.
These things are necessary to good
government, and so that our people
may be able to bear their part in the
great struggle for worldwide de-
mocracy to which we have dedicated
ourselves, and to hasten the consum-
nation of that glorious victory that
shall certainly come to the arms of
our gallant boys on the field of bat
tie. THOMAS j. lyman.