Chapter XX: Conclusion

With all of these natural resources and this exceptional political situation, the state is being held back in its development. Corporation rule dominated so long, and then the disgrace of the state’s invasion came as a climax. Some of the invaders still hold up their heads and try to pose as men, but the dry rot has taken hold of many of them, and it is only a question of a short time until the last one will have quietly folded his tent and departed to a more congenial clime. To be pointed at with the finger of scorn by every passer-by becomes wearisome, and the weariness grows oppressive. Defeat brings disgust, and as the old ring has suffered this at every turn, the practical idea of a change of pasture is already having the desired effect. From now on there will be a new Wyoming, purified by the people’s rule, and made the home of a happy and prosperous population, engaged in opening up and humanizing the mountain, valley and plain.

GEORGE W. BAXTER, Ex-Governor
Recruiting Officer of the Invasion