, 1926-04-21
W Y @ N | N G
CAPITAL COLUMN
THE PEOPLES BUSINESS
Reviewed Briefly For Those
Who should be Interested
By George R. Hand

Tayloe Ross partial swing round
the circle last week bids fair to
become fully as interesting as were
the visits themselves to the favored
communities. These may or may
not be soon forgotten but the after
math will continue to reverberate
for some time unless advices from
widely separate places are hasty
and inaccurate. On the trip re-
ferred to, the principal centers
which met, greeted and entertained
our Governor were Kemmerer.
Green River, Rock Springs and
Rawlins.
In the Lincoln county capital Mrs.
Ross was the honor guest of the
Lions club at a banquet-reception.
She also addressed the high school
assembly and was rendered a re-
ception by the ladies of the Legion
Auxiliary. The account of the talk
delivered by the Governor at KEN
merer by the Gazette of hat city
indicates that it was practically
identical with her talk before the
Lions club of Rawlins. The editor
of the Gazette was accorded an in
terview of some length by the dis
tinguished visitor during which he
had the temerity to ask point
blank, as to her political intentions
for the future. He frankly admits
that he received the proverbial
"woman's answer and that he was
left thigh and dry"
Taking the Rawlins visit as typi-
cal and as one which will no doubt
supply some of the aftermath"
it may be briefly stated that Gov
ernor Ross was royalty entertained
and signally honored, publicly and
privately. The Governors talk at
this meeting was brief and devoted
almost entirely to the most lavish
and fulsome praise of the Legion
and the Auxiliary. their aims, pur-
poses and accomplishments.
This fact has been the subject OF
a great deal of good-natured COM
ment and has provoked the question
frequently heard: Can 1t be that
the Governor is making an effort
to atone for one of the most amaz-
ing lapses on record. when on Arm
istice Day she delivered an address
to Legionnaires in which football
was stressed to the utter exclusion
of the Legion or of the WARP" The
furore caused at the time in ex-ser-
vice circles will be easily recalled.
The reception rendered to the
Governor by the Rawlins Lions was
loyal and enthusiastic. Here she
was acclaimed as the chief execu-
tive of our great state should De.
She spoke of the functions OF the
governors office and of the great
responsibilities Of that office anu
it's infinite possibilities for service
to the people. Several specirlc
phases of the work of her office
were singled out for special mention
of which but one will be mentioned
for lack of space, this being the
farm loan board. which was hishly
praised for its business acumen IN
having loaned over $4,000,0 900 OF
state funds to the farmers without
a loss or foreclosure. one thlhs'
however, was omitted, this being
any reference whatever to the 1act
hat his board is composed OF tne
governor, the secretary of state, the
state treasurer, the state auditor
and the superintendent of public
instruction, all of whom are kepuo-
licans except the Governor.
Now as to an angle of the atore-
mentioned AFTERMATH" which mas
begun to crop out in many spols
in the state, and which need oniy
be suggested pending definite action
which is reasonably certain to pc
taken before the summer M Iali
campaigns get well under way. rms
is what is to be the attitude OF
avowedly non-partisan, non-sectar-
ian organizations, such as the AM
erican Legion, the Federation OF
Labor. the Ladies' Auxiliary, the
Lions, the Rotarians and dozens OF
others, on the use of their forums
to further the political fortunes OF
office seekers and their camp-fol-
lowers.
There is no party politics in the
roar of protest which has ALREADY
gone up. Members of both parties
who have already been heard take
the same ground. They claim with
the utmost propriety that their or
%ganizations are in existence for cer-
tain fixed purposes and that their
rosters bear the names of men who
hold every shade of political opin-
ion and they resent the exploitation
of their organizations for partisan