, 1921-11-19
CAN HE REFUSE!

--u.., ,.rv oninion is sufficiently formed in
Wyoming when We can Very properly go " 'oLa :.
Hav of Rock Springs and ask him to be the anuio"
g. rovernor NEXT wear. We go to him with the cor
dial endorsement of leading party men IN an fSs
of the state, with already twenty ooo OF te
and most fearless party newspapers urging no o.
centance of the nomination and many others READY
TO add their declaration at any time. Ihers y" 10
no Republican newspaper that Will oppose him'
The Republicans of Wyoming have long reahleu
che necessity of an efficient business administrator
Of their affairs. They are weary and sore Oh having
urged and crowded upon them new and unnecessary
expenses in the form of experiments. They are ured
~ being governed by commissions while state OFFICIALS
stall in idleness. They want the men elected TO stape
ONCE to perform the work the constitution aha .ne
laws prescribe they should and not strain 1t through
some aid society. They want officials to devise ways
and means to reduce the states expenditures as well
as taxes upon the people, instead OF urging increases
frills.
The people of Wyoming who have studied their
business affairs with any degree Of diligence know
that a half million dollars could and should have been
cut from Legislative appropriations at the last session.
They know that instead of this the executive did urge
and did insist upon embarking upon a visionary ana
costly scheme of so-called law enforcement and the
retention of useless and valueless appendages in the
form Of commissions; and employed the power OF the
administration and the force Of official lobbying to
informed Of the fact that every whipper-snapper OF a
clerk, let alone the heads of departments, commits
sions, bureaus and lend a hand societies deserted the
duties for which they were hired by the people. dur
ing the last session Of the legislature and pulled and
hauled and scrambled for appropriations to keep their
little old dinky governmental appendages in existence
and themselves a job. This sort of thing Is not gov
eminent for the people. 1t is government against
the people. It is not in accordance with wyoming
governmental notions, in times of depression or at
any time.
It is useless to look for wisdom and efficiency where
they do not exist
Is it then any wonder that the people Of Wyoming
have turned their thoughts in the direction of a man
like John Hay, whose record is one Of splendid ac-
complement? In whom there is instant hope of bet
ter things? A man who would not seek refuge in the
silly subterfuge of the indolent and unknowing, that
because n few thousand more or less had been added
to the population, the cost of government had doubled
or trebled. WHO would not foolshly proclaim thai
Wyoming had reached the Importance of spending
half to three-quarters of a million more than neces
sary for biennial expenses. No, John Hay would TAXI
a large, ugly and wicked pruning knife and cut stat,
expenses. He would demand abolition of all the orna
mental commissions and sinecure jobs and bring
things back to a working business basis with less fore
and more efficient and intelligent work
He would relieve the people of Wyoming of bur
dens, not pile more upon their backs.
Do the people of Wyoming suppose for a single il
stant, with a man Of the executive capacity Of Johl
Hay in the governors chair there would ever hav
been any such miserable highway fasco as the stat
has witnessed the past two years?
Is it not about time for the people of Wyoming I
wake up and face squarely the humilisting situation
Is not the Republican party big enough and brav
enough to lead in good works for the peoples ir
terests7
II SO, then let US demand of John Hay, our bigges
and best citizen, that he make the personal sacrifc
for the people who have loved and honored him fo
thirty years and now need his help to place their fl!
cal affairs upon as sound basis as he has placed hi
own.