Abstract

A Progressive Governor for Colorado

The article focuses on the governor of Colorado, William E. Sweet. According to the author, Colorado has chosen a truly progressive Governor, a man who is willing to go to the root of the present social ills to find a reason and to evolve a remedy. Colorado is ready for him and is counting on him to do a thorough job. Sweet's successful fight for the governorship of Colorado was waged with a radical program on a Democratic ticket. Almost the whole press of the U.S. was against him, but he stumped Colorado from end to end and won his fight by the sheer force of his persuasion and his progressive ideas. Although Sweet is a wealthy man, a member of the largest bond firm west of Chicago, Illinois, he went before voters with a demand for a living wage as the minimum wage for labor and for a system of cooperative marketing and State storage for farmers.