, 1891-04-12

TRRLFTT MR. HOYE


1t Is worth ones while 70 see Mr..
George Washington Hoyt preside at 4
meeting of the board Of county com
missioners. Laramie county as a whole
would be insignificant alongside Of him.
In al of his actions he is extremely unan
imous and it the personal welfare Of Mr..
Hoyt is overlooked 10 the shuttle it is
due to iuadvertence and not to intention
on his part. Presiding at a meeting of
the board he is a man Of extremely engag-
ing manner. There Is rarely a wrinkle
on his Websterisn brow and his eagle eve
pierces like an auger all bills but bis own.
His filth in his own bookkeeper is child
like and bland. It is a touching sight
indeed to see him audit one Of his own
bills, Men have been moved to tears at
the sight, he does it so ~unctuously. so
de1terously aud withal so cheerfully.
A very cheerful man indeed is Mr..
Hoyt, He Is not exactly like the fretful
porcupiue, with his quilts constantly on
the gln' rIUe for an Intellectual rough and
tumble. On the contrary, he is animated
by a charming candor, a breezy fraukness
Of style which arbitrarily bites of super
fuous discussion like some OF his own cor
rosive subIimate might eat into a pine
board An engaging smile plays about
the corners of his mouth and loses itself
in the angles OF his jaw as he disaIlows a
bill or refuses 10 grant a petition Tor a
new road This is one Of his chief recrea-
tons. Another is in ~compcunding hom-
eopathic doses and charging allopathic
prices for them.
Mr. Hoyt is on his third term as chair
man Of the board Of county commission
ers. The board seems to have been
planed on bol. sides aud tonRued aud
Eroovei for his private convenience. He
begins to look upon it a. his " private
invention He's GOT the copyright tor il
and would probably be amazed if anybody
suggested hat the board was simply an
expedieat OF the people for the trausac-
ton Of public business. At the last ses-
sion OF the legislature a little law was
passed. Il plainly infringes on some OF
Mr. Hpyt'- alleged p]rcrogatiycs. One Of
these was to furnish supplies OF the most
various and comprehensive character to
the county, Hoyt had what is technical
" known as a pudding" in this respect.
He furnished the supplies. fixed the
prices audited the bills aud signed the
warrants, a multiplicity Of duties in the
performance Of winch Mr. Hoyt fairly
reveled Il was to relieve Mr.. Iloyt and
Others OF these onerous duties that the
law was passed
a strict cou5tructionist Of the law so
far As It concerned other people he con.
siiered this new law. which aft ctod him
self as a very ridiculous asair. Being
ridiculous, vhy. in this case should il he
entoroed2 He drridrd that 1t should not
be enforced 8, f,ra the county commits
sioners were concerned. With serene
disregard OF the statutes he continued to
do business At the old stand and under
the Cd coniuions. Now an Injunction is
asker for to d. eide whether Hoy, ia su
pcrnr to the lsw or the law to Hoyt.
The LEADER declares itself on the side
Of the law brt it must at the same time
confess that HoYt himself is no slouct
where one Of his own bills is concerned
A bill to Hoyt occupies much the SAME
relation as a cub to a she bear in which
the maternal instinct is abnormaIly de
veloped Hoyts siphon has been bring
ing forth rich pickinRs from the county
treasury. It will make him ache to lie
go, but the majesty of the law must b,
maintained even though Mr.. Hoyt i
dragged bodily from the spigot In th,
scufis that ensues.