, 1922-06-28
Thoroughness and Forcefulness

4 FARMER BOY born and bred to the soil may
II wander far afield in other occupations OF life;
but he will always have a longing to return to the
things he knew and did in boyhOod. BE dreams,
while accommodating a competency in other lines,
Of the day when he viii engage as n man, In the
pursuits that filled his boyhood days.
1t is true of John Hay that having been born on an
Illinois farm and known the struggles and rewards
of that life, and having abandoned 1t when transpor-
tation apparently held out higher inducements,
should, after attaining high and influential position
when opportunity presented 2bandon the second
love for the first and engage m ranchtng and stock
raisingi IN Wyoming OF all the concerns IN the ousy
ilffe-o John Hay, the multitude of duties, cares
and-responsibiIities entailed by his vast business
interests, he finds relief and recreation IN me
pursuits of n rranchereand stockgrower.
He is, remarkably successful in such endeavors
because, he has applied the principles developed in
business and transportation, insofar as they
served, to the production of cattle ana sheep ana
the growing of crops.
There arestwo- CHARACTERISTICS that have stood out
boldly in John Hay as boy and man; they are
thoroughness and sforcefulness. He possesses many
others, of course; but let us speak of these two
which counted sosgreatly in his successful career.
The thuroughnesssis manifest in the business CON
Germs that he has builded. In the first place he
knew, and in the second place he-never overlooked
Details to, him are as large print. He saw to 1t
that the yminutests of them were as thoroughly un'
derstood by others as they were by himself. He
has a faculty of presenting things to Others lucidly
and briefly that would be mighty valuable, if pos
sessed by a school teacher or n college professor.
He knows when a thing is complete. 1t may be a
big undertaking or a small task, but complete 1t
must be. And it is when John Hay puts the final
o. K. upon it
Executive ability may have had its beginning
when he was given command Of a pillow team back
in Illinois. At least it is recorded that he was
a thorough master of the team, had its confidence
and .plowcd the fields thoroughly in straight clean
burrows. 1t is certain when he became7atrain dis
patcher authority rested well upon his shoulders.
He knew his responsibility and faced 1T with cour-
age and understanding. When enlarged authority
MS a railroad division superintendent came to him
he was prepared, and the records show how well he
performed. The success and prosperity that have
attended his own business efforts, since he en-
barked for himself, stand as a monument to his
thoroughness and forcefulness.
No man in Wyoming is better fitted by training,
experience, viewpoint and ability to become the
chief executive of Wyoming than, John Hay. No
man has greater sincerity for the peoples inter
ests. No man will make less mystery of govern
ment and the affairs of the people than John Hay.
He has a decided ~penchant for plain, simple right
things. n he becomes the governor, his admins
tration of the peoples business will reflect these
things in whatever he does.