The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-09-04
PROHIBITION FORCES
SHOW THEIR LOYALTY
FORMER GOVERNOR CARLSON 10
OUT WITH sTATEMEhT
ON sUsJEcT.
STRONGLY APPROVES MEN
SAYS WATERMAN AND BALL
MICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
TRUE BLUE.

To tho People Of the State of Colo
RADIO:
Although have the highest per-
sonal regard for each OF the several
Republican candidates for Governor
and United States Senator. | feel It
my duty to give the public record Of
two of them upon vital state and ma
tionsl Issues.
In the fall OF 1914 the liquor forces
seemed to have a strange hold upon
the State. These forces had an
avowed champion In my powerful ad-
vsrsary. He brousat to their aid all
the strength Of = great political or
ganization. We who were meeting
him on this issue greatly needed help.
Mr.. Ballrsich closed W his office And
for three weeks toured the State with
Us. He made from three to eight
speeches q day and there was not
harder hitter anywhere In Colombo
than Charlie Ballrsioh- The marvel
Gus moral and economic returns that
have come to this Stats through that
dry victory were not GIFTS. We had
to fight for them. Good citizen. have
you forgotten that hard fight made In
your intsrsstsf II not. please rsmsm-
Der that Charles A. Balirsich was .
powerful contributor To the dry vio-
Tory.
Whore Watsrrnaa o4ssd.
Many will recall the Denver Rspsb-
lean Assembly OF 1914. The wet"
interests were In complete control OF
the Democratic organization. TAe
only important Issue between The
rival candidates for Governor bs1ors
the Republican Assembly vss
whsthsr the dry cause should secure
negative or affirmative support. fhs
majority of the Denver Assembly DE-
handed that the Asssmbly's repre-
ssntativss solidiy support oas caAdi-
date for Governor. but Mr.. Waterman
said NO" and insisted that the mia
GRITTY candidates receive their proper
tionate reprsssntatisn IN the STATE
Convention. No more powerful DIsa
was ever made in any political Assem-
bly, in Colorado than this one made
By Mr.. waterman before the Dsave
Assembly. This speech was one Of
the biggest factors OF the year In I'm
ally putting the Republican Party Il.
TENTATIVELY and foredbiy back Of The
dry issue.
Particular Always Pronounced.
Mr.. Waterman was . prewar pre-
parsdnsss man. Even many people OF
Colorado do not know that II We had
~ a. -
fists Colorado would have led the
nation In = prs-war preparedness plan.
shortly after the sinking Of the Las
itania We began to prepare for the In
svitabls The STATE strongly backed
the signal corps at the School Of
Mines. established . battery unit at
the Agricultural College. built build
inss for engineer and cavalry units at
the University. We arranged to sstab-
iish an artillery uait at the stockysrds.
National Guard units In Denver.
Pueblo. Arkansas Valley towns and
cities. and many other places in Colo
RADIO. But powerful Dacifists In high
places tore public support from us and
finally broke down federal oo-opsra-
tion. In that timely and patriotic o.
fort. though there were many who
were bitter In their opposition only .
few had the foresight to come to our
active aid. Mr.. Waterman was one Of
those few. He was an active. snthus-
iastic and farsssing supporter Of the
prs-war preparedness plan. We have
plenty with splendid hindsight, but
for the big work ahead should We not
hsnesforth pick men of foresight Mr..
Waterman in the Senate will put Colo
RADIO back on the map At Washington
and make our State felt a. . real fac
tor In the world struggle. for he has
the orators power. the patriots fer
vor and the statesman's foresight and
vision.
Mr. Waterman has always stood for
prohibition. and has always consist
entity been favorable 10 everything
that was decent. right. and to the best
interests of our State and its people.
II IL to the highest interests of our
people that such men - Ballrsich
and Waterman should b placed in
public office
(signed) GEORGE A. CARLSON,