, 1922-08-09
Father and Son

A NERlEND Writing 10 the iTlObHc fom III ~
n ern part of the state, and familiar with the
states political history, makes some comments deal
ing with the present situation which are rather
worth while. So interesting is the letter that We
publish it herewith:
"ou August 30 the people of Wyoming will be
called upon to say by their primary ballots whether
our present governor shall answer to an amnesty.
In the Hay-Carey situation are many questions in
volved which - me seem to have been given too
little consideration.
"It-has been interesting to note the queries and
assertions flashed in broad display type and splash
ing of printers ink over high priced paper in an
attempt to claim for the present governor all the
good things which have been accomplished by the
state in the past four years, and to camouiage the
deficiencies of his administration by asking what
Mr.. HAY would do if he we're governor.
"The cry why changer is so insistent that even
the common herd are thinking, and personally, the
following reasons for change are worthy of consid-
Grafton. Wyoming voters, during the two admin
i~strations of the CAREY family, might well have ex-
claimed. oh, Chameleons, that change their hues
and live on air!' The caudal flips of the palnozoic
time were as naught compared to the spectacular
doppings of the father and son of this much talked.
of amily.
"A Republican father elected by his party be
comes a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat over night, and
the son at the time of the flop, a man, of mature
years. was apparently vaccinated with some of the
serum used on the father and it resulted in a two
fold affection, first the Bull Moose fever and then
a fully developed case of 'Wilsonian peace at any
price
"A1l this is known, and voters are little interest
ed in the personal touch, but they are interested in
the comparison, the expenditures endorsed by an
ejecte& Republican Democratic governor and a com
promise Bull Moose Republican governor.
"Under the fathers administration, the present
public service commission, consisting of three ap.
pointees of the governor, one Democrat and two Re
publicans, did not exist. These appointments were
made possible by a legislature submissive to the
sons desires, and against better judment. Under
the fathers administration the duties assigned by
the son to his pet commission were performed by
the governor, secretary of state and state auditor
The son created the Office of state insurance com
missioner for which the father found no need. The
Office of prohibition commissioner which became SC
rank that the stencil became insuferable even to Its
creator was the result of a determined demand upon
the part of the son, and later this same son used
and abused his Office to obtain from a reluctant
legislature the present law enforcement horde, the
alibi of every county peace officer in the state when
questioned as to the performance of his duties. This
one pet ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS farce
has cost our taxpayers many dollars for every dol
lar collected in fines, has promoted the bootleg In
terests, and has accomplished more of bad and less
of good than any law ever placed on our statutes
The father had no need of a stronger law than his
power to remove from Office any peace officer who
neglected his duty, to enforce the laws during his
regime. The father did not find 1t necessary to
have a RED HILL ever looming in his reflected
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$4,000 per year, ever ready at his beck and call to
slip a shot into the American Legion or report the
secret thoughts of some political gathering. Under
the fathers administration he did not find it neces-
sary to have a brand commission consisting of one
commissioner, or chief clerk, and four other women
to accomplish the work of one efficient clerk in that
Office. Under the father the constitutional provi-
sion for one state superintendent of public instruc-
tion was found adequate to administer the school
affairs of the state in an efficient and satisfactory
manner: he found no need of the present high-sal'
dried multiheaded organization which has been
forced upon a tax burdened people. The father OPP
posed excessive taxation. He insisted upon it.
Every man in the state today who happens to hold
a mortgage would be paying taxes upon it except
for the fact that Father CAREY owning some could
Understand why they should be exempted from tax
alton.
over n hundred years ago our voters were deter
minelly coenizant of the fact that men are not born
70 power or to rule; that the son is not the father;
that the United States could only succeed as a ma
ton through the will of the people TO periodically
correct their previous errors by changing the ser
wants chosen to represent them in official capacity.
1T is but a matter. Of DAYS since the president
Of the United States declared to the people that