The Holly chieftain., 1918-10-31
State Senator Hasty Makes
Brief Statement.
SPANISH "YLU" PREvENfS
POLITICAL GATHERINGS
In Open Letter Senator Hasty Calls
Attention Of Voters to His Past
Record In Colorado General As
sembly for Your Considsration.

financing the great war and sup
porting its various activities, rs
we'll as the presence among us OF
the dreaded Spanish influenza, pre-
venting assemblages. it has been
impossible to meet the voters OF the
Twenty-fifth Senatorial District
either individually OF by public
meetings, and discuss those mat
ters most vital to their interest, to
The eXent L had hoped.
l therefore, take this public means
OF renewing my standing pIeuge W
ut all times give my best and most
persistent attention to the accOmp-
lishln'ent OF those things which shall
Dene1lC the farming business ana,
llie people and interests Ot my dis
trlct, il 1 shall De re-elccted 10 tne
office vi State Senator WINCH 1 nov,
by your favor, hold.
AS security Tor that pledge, beg
leave to call attention to my pub
iic acts in the past and invite the
FULLEST and treest investigation OF
my official record, which ls accessl-
bic to all. Among measures OF VI
cal interest to the people ot my dis
IricJ, IN which nave taken q 1--we
iy interest and helped secure, are:
Water defense fund, $l5O,OOU.
Vocational training IN public
schools, and securing Federal aid
therefor.
Dairy and creamery public in
spectiOn and control.
Loan shark bill
Minimum wage for women and
minors.
Pure seed law, providing protec-
ton against weeds and lOk gerlnin-
alton at state expense
Investment OF state school fund
In first farm mortgages and public
securities.
Public defense law, providing an
inexpensive and efficient state po-
lice and guard system during the
war with Germany and autOmati-
cally ceasing at the signing OF the
treaty of peace
Prohibition
Securing of Federal aid OF Rural
Post Roads, under which road con-
structiOn is now taking place at
Federal cost in this district.
Flat tax on corporations, whereby
corporations doing business in Col
0rado will pay off the state bond
issue made necessary by the war.
Smith-Lever act, securing Federal
aid to State Agricultural college,
amounting to $4,000 per year.
Initiative and Referendum.
And many other bills, too numer-
GUS to mention, and of various de-
grees Of local interest.
At the cOnvening of the last gen
eral assembly, both retiring Cover
nor Carlson and incoming Governor
Gunter, in addressing the joint ses-
sion of senate and house, called at
tentiOn to the fact, proven by ex-
perience in actual practice, that
those great weapons of the people,
the Initiative and Referendum, had
fallen into special hands and been
SO subjected to abuse that the true
purposes of the law were being de-
feated, and both recommended and
urged such amendatOry legislation
as would prevent the abuse OF this
most valued right and at the same
time leave its exercise free to the
people as whole.
Following these suggestions, l
made an unsuccessful attempt to
so strengthen and amend the Ini-
tiative and Referendum law as to
retain this power in the hands of
the people as q whole and prevent
its abuse by any particular gang
or interest. AS the expense OF exer-
cising this power must be borne by
the people of all parts of the state,
l insisted and still insist that the
people of my district, or any 0her,
shall be consulted about incurring
this expense. l desire to retain,
strengthen and protect this valu-
able weapon and return it to the
people as q whole who may WELD it
according to their own desires,
without hindrance or orders from
self appointed bosses and political
triCksters.
1 believe that one elected by the
people of given district owes his
full allegiance to those people as q
whole, and II elected, shall con-
tinue true to that belief and fol
low it to the full extent of my abil-
ity.
JOHN s. HASTi.
Any ice today? Telephone 41-J.
Roy Chinn-he will tell you about
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