, 1926-05-05
W Y @ N | N G
CAPITAL COLUMN
THE PEOPLES BUSINESS
Reviewed Briefly For Those
Who should be Interested
By George R. Hand


One of the encouraging signs
on the Wyoming political horizon is
the apparent recession, at least to
a noticeable extent, of the wave of
hysteria which swept owe the State
two years ago when u governor,
Nellie Tayloe Ross, was elected to
succeed her late husband, William
b. Ross. For a time thereafter
merely to doubt the wisdom of the
electorate in this experimenting de-
cision was sufficient to bring down
upon ones head the wrathful ac-
cusation of being u~nchivalrous and
of being untrue to the sacred ira
ditions of the first state to extend
the suffrage to women.
Since then the glamour of the
situation has worn off considerably
and it is now becoming reasonably
safe for a Republican to intimate
that it might be well to have a
change of management at the State
House without Drawing social and
political ostracism. The recent
speaking tour made by Governor
Ross through the southwestern part
of the State, while it was not avow-
eddy for political motives, has been
generally accepted in the territory
covered as having been made with
an eye single to the political fu-
ture.
Following a visit to Kemmerer,
the county seat of Lincoln county
and the metropolis of Western Wyo-
ming's border counties, the KEN
merer Gazette. owned and edited by
Lester G. Baker, a former represen-
tative in the State legislature, pub
lished an editorial from which the
following quotations are made:
After reciting the circumstances
attending her nomination, the hui
man psychology which was the DOM
inant element in the campaign, the
assistance tactfully rendered by all
parties, the cheerful acquiescence
of a legislature of opposite political
faith in her wishes and the practi-
cal absence of criticism the Gaz-
cite says in part:
Governor Ross is a charming
woman. Her fellow-citizens have
bestowed upon her the highest hon.
distinction of being the first chief
executive of any American state in
the history of the nation. She was
elected to fill the ~unexpired term
of her husband. which she has done
with credit. In view of this would
not it be proper for Governor Ross,
the estimable lady, with not a tar
nish, to retire gracefully from the
political arena at the expiration of
her term, the most exalted woman
in Wyoming's history, and bask in
the rays of the highest public es-
TEEN and in the memories of the
greatest public career ever given
an American woman?
TOO long has Wyoming been
swayed by e~motionalism in politics.
What is needed is the application of
, hard business sense leading to econ
omy in state affairs. The general
! fund is a million dollars overdrawn,
which has been growing apace, not
altogether through fault of the pres
ent governor, but through a waste
il fIul SySltllJ WHlCn SHOulu De CnduS-
ed. And this change must come.
With due respect to all womankind
we do not believe it behooves one
of the weaker sex to undertake the
task; let the two dominant parties
select candidates with experience in
business-ones who will apply this
experience and put over a program
of economy, which is the greatest
need under the capital dome of
Wyoming today"
Wyoming's Wealth in Sheep
The sheep is a perennial profit
maker and mortgage litter and as
such deserves prominent mention at
a time when there is a praise
worthy and concerted movement on
foot to improve business conditions
within h state, by fostering new
Industries and supporting more 10y
ally those which we now have.
There are approximately 3,OO0,-
600 sheep In this state and this
number will be increased by one
and one-half to two millions by the
spring lamb crop, which is about to
be harvested. The wool crop will
be taken off soon and will create
another immence item of taxable
wealth. 1t is therefore obvious that
anything which the citizens of the
state can do to promote the con-
tinued prosperity of the sheep and
wool industry will add to the ma
terial wealth of the state directly
and to the individual indirectly.