, 1922-06-30
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The Goshen Hole News in reporting
the visit OF Hon. John W. Hay to that
city says:
Among others of state wide prom
inence who honored Yoder with their
presence during the rodoo was Hon.
John w. Hay OF Rock Springs. can
didate for governor Of Wyoming on
the Republican ticket
MI. Hay occupied a seat in the
grand stand Saturday afternoon and
was accompanied by Chaa o. Down
ing of burlington. p. o. Martinussen
of Yoder. Other well known Repub-
licans Joined the group from time to
time
In order to b present Saturday
Mr.. Hay had found it necessary to
make q 25e-mile auto drive the night
before snd came here from Cheyenne
Saturday: The strenuous drive. how
over. did not take the pep out OF him
and while no made no public speech
he discussed freely problems confront
ing the government. both state and
national. in a vigorous manner.
M 11Ay lApACcoe Lac =
with n strong ~forcefulness of charac-
ter. He looks n in h ~ and as
serts he is making The race for gov
ernor OH a platform of retrenchment
and tells why taxes should be low
cred and Just how he proposes to re-
nevo the people of burdensome taxa-
ton, without in m way retnrding the
progress OF the state. Briefly, his
plan Is to eliminate some of the state
commissions and bureaus. perhaps do
ing away with some entirely and con-
~softiating others where the work can
be harmoniously done. thus saving a
portion of the expense of running the
state government
Further. Mr.. Hay says he is going
to win~the nomination in the primaries
and that he Is confident of being
elected governor. He has gotten into
close touch with Republicans in vari-
GUS parts of the state and has re-
ceived such assurances OF support that
he is convinced he will have a healthy
majority at the primaries on Au-
gust -,
"Mr. Hay has made a success of
business 1t is therefore not surpris-
ing to hear him assert that the head
of This great state should not be sim
ply a governor-he should b. a good
business manager as well. He should
state expenses and have h ability to
carry on the states business without
l~essening its efficiency.
This Mr.. Hay believes he "A do.
His friends her were f~avorably inc.
pressed with his frank statements re-
garding the manner in which state
affairs should be conducted. They
noticed particularly hat he INDUCED
in no platitudes but talked straight.
simple facts and. above all. made no
promiGcs except to agree that he
would use his best efforts at all times
to further the states continued de-
velopment along Legitimate lines.
mr.. Hays Wyoming career began
nearly 10 ear ago when he came to
Wyoming to serve the Union Pacific
railroad IN the capacity of night tele-
graph operator. Always prominent
in state activities and a powerful fac
tor in financial circles, Mr., Hay is
ono OF the fathers of the plan which
resulted in the recent organization of
tho Joint Stock Land bank. He is
one of the heaviest contributors to
the fund which makes IT possible for
Wyoming farmers to obtain longtime
loans at low rates OF interest. His
advice to those who contemplate Dor
rowing money through these channels
is BE sure your titles are prefectly
clear before making application
when asked specifically what he
regards as the leading issue of the
present campaign, Mr.. Hay replied:
"A reduction of taxes and cutting
down expenses of running the state
government Other crisp remarks by
Hay are epttomized Is follows:
'State government must be handled
business lines We must start at
the top and come down-e1penses
must be curtailed. II I am elected I
will put int state government the.
same business efficiency I would put
into any other business.
What you want is results and I
confident that I can give you re-
suits 1 intend to visit every commu.
nifty in the state and know for myself
the needs Of each community. All I
ask Is q fair deal"