, 1906-04-14
WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER

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Editor Daggett of the Worland Crit
has an extended article in his current
issue on the desirability of all Wyo-
ming standing us n unit. He urges the
fallacy Of arraying n portion Of the
state against another in sectional strife.
Such articles will do an immense
amount Of good.
In the same mail, from another por-
ton of the state, comes a paper with an
able article on the same subject. ed
itor Barrow of the Budget hits the
nail squarely ON the head and In his
inimitable manner shows up all the
folly connected with sectional strife,
His article is republished entire:
There's an old axiom and a true one
which AYERS that 1t is a mighty poor
policy to try to build yourself up by
tearing meon else down-applying
to communities and enterprises as well
as individuals. 1t Is usually the trick
oil the demagogrie and sneak-the fell
low whose motives will not bear the
light of truth, and who feels that his
cause cannot win on its merits. 1t is
dangerous and too often effective be-
cause based solely on appeal to preiu-
ana uehS 1t thoush We may tnere
are few people who cannot be reached
in this way If the matter is artfully
presented.
years Z snort
slshteu out AMBITIOUS poIiliclah eVolN'
ed the cry OF cheyenne rlng-mean'
ing the Union Paclhc counties-during
theh legislative session He proDaoly
wanted something he could not get, or
hau Iaied 10 get something he ala not
ueser'e' Al mat time our population
was eehtered aIohs the llhe OF the oh-
ion 1aeihc' III Oh o"r s.a'e INSTITUTIONS
"ee ioS"''u '"ee, "hu vas " i"Nt
"'o Doin '"He VI u'aPpoiH'
ineh'' VI, tue nope u aisn'hs ene zen
t'aI ahd northern sec'iohS as d UNI
ana salnuhs his point win tne help ol
ate" a~nssruhuea votes from me sou'n,
th's ie''o" raised the cry Oh we Vi
me norm must sunhu loselher anu
DOWN the cheyenne ring. IL dldh
Worh, OF course LOT our Union faoiic
irienus are not ioois' ana very SOON
tumpied TO he lact that TINS reiormer
expected his friends to stand together
whhie pleading with them TO do exact
iy the opposlle; u the laea hVed anu
N ioslerihsi others
VINO seeh u iiaNe Vi II 4e'er "nere'
ny they may KNOCK u coveted persim'
inoh Oh .He tree ol PIosress-has
grown ihtoa slogan which Is as uahse
gus 10 our ina'eiiai anu poii'ieal wei
iaie as II 10 unIus. " ohesenne anu
ner Union rae'he sisteis' ~ Is ia''
'hae hrousho many pol'iohs Vi tne
s'a.e people hohes'ty oeieNe 'hele 10
d Union RACINE ring which Is as uis-
hohest as IL Is sreeus, ana lhat SELFISH
ness ana graft comprise It's creed. sew
eral newspapers openly foster this be-
lief, and a few would-be politicians act
ually preach 1t from street-corner pull
pits-denouncing the avarice of u cold
blooded majority who lay awake nights
to plan raids upon the public treasury
and grind the north beneath the heel
of a cruel despotism. That some of
these gentlemen have an ak to grind is
only too evident, as has transpired in
the past and as will be again made
plain, but it sounds good, and it goes
see?
IL have beer a resident of wyoming, |
and with my neck through the newspa- |
per harness, for almost thirty years.
have some knowledge of the history
industrial and political-of the state
during thai time, and this sort of rot
makes me derned tired. 1t is true that
all of the state institutions are
along the line of the Union pa
to the fact that at the time
thew were established there was no 9th.
err place tn mt them Tho north and
were without railroads and thin
ly populated and to have located the
state university. penitentiary. insane
asylum or capital in a wilderness of
sagebrush and sand would have been
the act of an idiot These institutions
are ours from the standpoint OF honest
citenship-we ought to be proud OF
them, and unselhsh enough to contrib
ute willingly TO their support. Their
anairs have been conducted economi-
cally and honestly-there has not been
any scandal connected with the expen-
diture of the state funds, at any time.
Having been established they should
be supported and maintained in a cred
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