, 1922-11-12

--,s-cy Is with the average citizen
merely guesswork. but there are
those who predicate Il on painstakiur
and shrewd analysis. II there is In
Wyoming one OF the latter class who
believed. that Ross would beat Hay he
kept his belief profoundly secret. II
a dollar was bet in the STATE cap'tni
on h chances OF the Democratic
candifnte-the election gambler ia
ever assertively active here-the fact
never became noised about. There
weren't any odds because there was
no opportunity TO give Odds Ross
chances never for a m were re-.
sardei. even by his most sangulne
admirers. as involving a sporting
proposition. Yet Ross VIII be the next
governor OF Wyoming.
The m~lshldgment. not mercy OF
the public but of trained political oh
servers. becomes In retrospectlon
even more amazing ir view of the
fact that Ross. on the face OF ,incom-
piete returns. carried eleven. pos
slbly twelve. of the twenty.three
counties OF the state. Residents OF
n specific county might be-freauent-
iy they are-misled by the preponder-
ence of local opinion. but here is an
instance where n candidate generally
regarded as without a chance carried
half. possibly more than half, OF all
the counties. wyoming. IT now ap-
pears, was darliy Ignorant regarding
whit Wyoming was about to do.
The Incomplete returns show that
tho Democratic candidate carried Big
Horn. Campbell. Converse. Hot
Springs. Laramie. Natrona. Niobrara,
Park. Platte. Sheridan and Washable
counties. Al of these except .Sherl-
a In recent years have been re.
Earded az Republican. It might hive
been anticipated but was not, that
Laramie county might go for Ross
because he is a resident therein. and
popular and It further might have
been anticipated. but was no., that
Sheridan county might go for him
because II is the home OF Senator
Kendrick. Ross running mate on the
Democratic ticket. ard was regarded
as certain to give Kendrick n ma
jori.y. but who before election day
would have had the hardihood to fore
cast that any Of the other counties
named contained a majority OF vot-
ers who preferred Ross TO Hay. the
Republican, Yet It was one of these
other counties-Natrona-that elect
| ed Ross to the governorship. without
tho majority ne received here in
the banner Republican stronghold OF
the state he would have been beat
en- by q margin as great as hal by
which he defeated Hay. Regardless
OF what happened elsewhere in the
state. Natrona county made Ross gov
ernor.
Hay die not run as strongly in any
section as had been anticipated. a
rather Idle statement in view of the
fact thai. Ross ran better everywhere
than had been anticipated. but he still
would have won the governorship had
It not beer for she balIotfik in Ma
trona-there II was he me. his Wat
crioo. three months later than. on
h same field, he had sustained his
greatest previous political reverse.
Natrona. 1t will be recollected, went
Natronn t win be ~recollected. went
overwhelmingly against Hay in the
primary election and all bu made
Governor Carey the Republican nom.
inee for .he ~govcrnorship. 1t failed
in the contest between Republicans
to be the deciding factor. but in the
contest between the Republican and
the Democrat. it was the factor that
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