, 1922-08-14
Hay at Cody

The Cody Enterprise in its account
of John w. Hays visit to that city
says:
They turned out strong. the vot.
ers OF this section. to see and hear
,John w. Hay and learn what manner
he was they were being asked to
vote for.
"A crowd which taxed the seating
capacity of Masonic temple, both floor
and gallery, gathered last Friday to
give the Republican candidate for gov
ernor the once over"
THE people looked listened.
and when they had finished apprais.
ing him they placed on the man from
Rock Springs the stamp of ap-
prevail. He left Cody properly o. KID.
by the Republicans of this vicinity.
Simplicity and sincerity are Mr..
Hays distinguishing characteristics.
" Here I am-just plain mel! This
is what his manner says to his audi.
ence. He Is not eloquent. but con,
vincing. speaking as one man to n
other upon a subject in which both
are keenly interested.
1.-THE people are tired of political
foxes. politicians playing both ends
against the center. and the audience
unconsciously evidenced h fact that
they recognized in Mr.. Hay a candi.
date of a new species by the close.
even eager attention which they. gave
to his utterances.
THE people present were aware
that they were listening to a man
who had consented to become a an
.ltIa&. 1-y,. 49, 1nr- a-H noroIrtant
urging from every section of the state
and that he was making a big per-
sonal sacrifice in so doing. =
1.-The subject of taxes upon which
Mr.. Hay spoke was one of keen in.
terest to his audience, a large mum.
Der of whom were ranchers who ave
found themselves annually bled white
to pay the cost of government in
Wyoming. and with no alternative
but &c submit dumbly or lose the land
upon which they have worked and
sweated during the best years of their
life to make a living for themselves
and families.
Mr.. Hay reiterated his statements
made elsewhere that something was
wrong when, AZ in certain sections, IS
per cent OF the taxes were delinquent
Yet 1t a time when merely to live is a
struggle, the expenses OF running the
business affairs of the state was in
creased In leaps and bounds. or from
s I.125. 90 in 1911 to sa,2s5, 900 in 1921.
I'm no uncertain words or manner
MI. Hay made a definite promise to
his audience.
If I am elected governor Of wyo,
ming, you have my word hat one.half
OF the bureaus and commissions now
existing will be discontinued or CON
solidated.'
He made II clear that conomy
was to be the keynote of his admin
istration and hat the state would
spend according to its mean as did
every wise and prudent individual.
Furthermore he said emphaticaily
that every man appointed to office
would do the work for which he was
put there and IL he spent his tint
running about the state or attending
to private business there would be a
vacancy without any argument.
I'm conversation afterward Mr.. Hay
asserted thai in this sparsely settled
state containing no more than. 900,
600 inhabitants. there was an organi.
zation large enough to run the govern.
ments of Great Britain and Irelend
which was a condition not only pre-
p~osterous but appalling.
." IF the people make me their chief
executive" hs continued in this con.
nection, and l reduce the number of
bureaus and commissions as I pro-
pose to do to keep the expense II
government within our income, IT may
be that there will be fewer than there
really should be. but IT is the only
thing to do, the m way to get back
to prosperity
Both Mr.. Hays public and private
u~tterances left the strong impression
that there would BIO no %sinecures un-
der his administration. and any office
seeker looking for an easy berth
! would far better be making arrange
ments to go back n live with his
! wife's father"