Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-01
CHARLES E. FRIEND
ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Favors Bone Dry Law and State Own
ership and Operation Of Coal Mines;
Was Member of Legislature.

Hon. Charles E. Friend of Jefferson
county this week announces his can
didacy for state attorney general, sub
ject to the Democratic assembly and
primary election. His letter follows:
To the People of the State Of Colo
RADIO:
l am a candidate before the Demo-
cratic assembly and primary for the
nomination for attorney general. As
representative during the last gen.
eral and special sessions, l stood and
fell by certain principles. Now, those
principles are realities or soon will
be and / take this opportunity of
stating what / stand for in this
time of need for better political and
economical things
Because it is legally, economically
and morally right, l am for the bone
dry law. Governor Gunter and Mr..
Hubbard have placed themselves in
the same class by defeating dry"
legislation at the last session. Hub
bard said it was unconstitutional Now
he says it is not dry enough. Gov
ernor Gunter virtually put over" the
pernicious permit law" Then, to
enforce it and at the same time get
something in the nature of club
against labor for big business, he
put over the constabulary, on the plea
that the state would be left unpro-
tected. | am for the bone dry law.
But a few men arrogantly assume
the domination of our states richest
resource-coal. Why this or that in
dividual, however honest he may be,
should tell US to pay the price" or
freeze, when he is simply selling to
me that which is already mine-is an
outrage and only so because we per-
nit it. State mining of coal is COM
ing sooner or later. i am for it now.
Notwithstanding the farmer was the
first to Ego over the top" on his Red
Cross and Liberty loan quotas, yet
when he has begged for state aid in
planting and marketing his crop, he
is told to 20 home and "patriotically
ton feeds on the farmer He should
and must receive pecuniary aid from
the state if he is to do his utter
most Railroads and coal companies
have hitherto been aided in a material
way. Help the farmer.
The government has required every
able bodied man to engage in some
useful occupation. | say, amen"
At the same time, in this state. we
should have machinery to make this
effective.
We will lick the Hun. After that
/ there is bound TO be period of eco
nomic reconstruction for which we
must prepare. This state must this
session begin to prepare for this pc
Rod Government and state owner
ship and control is the only solution,
The right of the people to peace.
ably assemble for the common good
and to receive the aid of those in.
vested with the powers of govern
ment to redress of grievances is guar
anteed by the constitution and after
our own state war board has gone
on record that there is nothing un-
patriotic in the activities and litera-
ture of the Non-Partisan League,
say it is a disgrace to our state wher
the governor and attorney general
neglect, of their owp initiative, to
prosecute to the limit, that class OF
criminals who Jail, assault and ma
liciously beat those whose only pur.
pose is to see that their brother farm
ers have square deal in politics ant
business Surely the bull pen day.
of Cripple Creek are revived wher
farmers or laborers cannot peaceably
assemble and discuss their economic
political and social betterment. l an
against mob rule wherever found.
Pointing with pride to my recort
in the house of representatives, whei
majority of Democrats therein triec
with all their ability to gain some
thing of bread and butter Legislation
for the common man and were dubbed
"insurgent" thereafter, / seek sim
ply to put some of the principles TO
which we there fought into practice
CHARLES E. FRIEND.
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