Gunnison news-champion., 1918-10-04
LESLIE f. E.HUBBARD-DEMOCRAT
The Peoples Candidate for Attorney
General A Record of Devotion TO
Public Service.

attorney tcnefai, Is the uylng exam
pie Of that principle-he is a public
servant, not = politician for office.
He is a Connecticut Yankee of old
Revolutionary stock. was educated in
the public schools. and worked his way
thru college He knows the State and
Peoples needs and fights for them
II necessary, alone.
He stands on his record for pat
r.OtIEm, efficiency, economy. honesty,
courage and fairness in public affaiA
a record deserving the support of
the people without regard TO party.
He conducts the peoples business
IH the open, not behind closed doors,
takes the people into his confidence,
and makes them, not the politicians,
his clients.
He refused 10 permit politicians in
their own interest to loot and control
his Office, declined 10 trade the patron
age Of his Office for appropriation, and
fought for and secured square deal
for the people at the expense of his
own political advantage.
He settled the strike cases and es-
:ahlished industrial peace by fair and
courageous action TO labor.
He made effective the Workman's
Compensation Law by securing judi
cal determination upholding his con-
tentiou that companies must pay the
benefits TO injured workmen during
tEe time they are contesting their
claims in the courts.
he defended successfully the cons,i-
tutlonalIty Of the non-support law and
-eCu0od decisions in our courts extend
INK and making effective the scope and
effect Of the provisions and intent of
the law TO the. highest degree of eff
cheney in the interest of the women
and children under its protection.
He put vitality, as attorney gener-
a, into the prohibition laws of Colo
radO, by effective construction and
fearless enforcement of all prohibition
laws and vigorous prosecution of Of
Tenders thereof.
lie was a staunch supporter of pro-
MbtiOn as a moral and economic
measure before it became politically
eNpedient for mere politicians TO es-
pOUse that cause.
He has consistently protected the
farmers and their interests; he drafted
the alfalfa weeyil law and aided in
securing its passage; he saved to the
farmers the Farm Loan Act from the
attacks of the money trust, sustain
ing in the Supreme Court its consti-
tutionality; and he refused to permit
the milling trust, in order to crafty
its avarice and injure the farmer, to
set aside the pure seed law.
He was the first in Colorado to pro-
test against profiteering and to de-
clare public war against the profteer,
in the interest of the farmer and con-
sumer-he led, others followed.
He defended vigorously for the ben
eft Of the water users. the water
rights of the State at less than 2-5
the cost estimated by the legislature,
refusing to make appropriations for
that purpose political spoils, thus saw
ing over $4,000 to the people.
He fought the attempt to make the
initiative and referendum ineffective
and his prompt action and unfaltering
loyalty to the State and the clear logic
Of his opinion on the matter saved that
measure TO the people.
He upheld the rights of the people
in preventing the junking of public
utilities against the overwhelming in
fluence of powerful political and finan-
cial interests
He protected the public revenue, re-
sisting successfully in the courts ev-
cry effort of corporations and individ-
uals to evade their just proportions of
the public burden.
He collected in five years inherit
ance taxes amounting to two and a
quarter million, more than four times
the estimate, at cost of less than
3.2 per cent, record of efficiency and
economy unparalleled in the public
service.
He was the first official in Colorado
to visit our educational institutions
and inquire into their need, originating
the plan passed by the legislature to
create "a permanent building fund for
our educational institutions.
He demanded and secured for our
enlisted soldiers, called under State
orders, the full pay provided for them
BY law, holding that the statute should
be construed reasonably in favor of
the men who stood ready. to make the
supreme sacrifice for humanity.
He successfully handled the State
business in the Courts, establishing
for himself among the Bar and Bench
the reputation as one of the ablest and
most conscientious lawyers in the
State.
He stands for Wilsonian Democ-
racy, the winning of the war with an
American victory as the paramount
issue, the Federal Prohibition, Nation
al Woman Suffrage, the development
Of our agricultural, mining, manufac-
turing, and commercial resources, the
Improvement of highways and system
Of irrigation, the extension of edu-
cation, the suppression Of vice and pro-
motion of the public health, the equal
ization of taxation and industrial JUS
tice, q budget system and business
administration, and the enforcement
Of all laws with justice and a square
deal to all.
Vote for Leslie E. Hubbard for At
torney General-Colorado's popular
servant of the common good-the man
who never faltered in a public duty
nor prostituted his office for political
gain, and keep a courageous friend
OF the people in the State House-the