Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-12
To the ''Sick" Man.
Hon. L. P. Powers, EDITOR OF THE
TRIBUNE.

TRIBUNE.
Dear "Judge - congratulate
you on your recovery. According to
your late jig dance, (the lamented
Brundage,) you have been engaged
for some time past, in the business of
being "sick," and of "depIoring con-
troversies" generally-which among
those who know you well, means that
you were engaged in concocting, and
inducing persons without character to
carry out, some disreputable scheme
which you were too cunning or too
cowardly to openly spouse. But, [
suppose the fact that the jig dancer is
mo more" and the further fact that
the near approach of a laborious term
of court led you to suppose your long
pent,up Lore for the people could safe
ly boil over just now without calling
forth any notice, induced you to so far
recover your health as to put on that
hypocritical look of sincerity with
which the people here are so familiar,
and with which SO many have long
been disguised, and swaggcr into con-
troversy which you have stealthily
helped to engender and perpetuate,
and from the open responsibilities of
which, until aided by the circumstan-
ces above referred to, you have hith-
erto skunk away.
But Judge, " you are just the man.
I will notice, even at some inconven-
fence. You are entitled to more than
ordinary courtesy, not only out of re-
spect to the memory Of Brundage, who
loved you passlonately, not simply be-
cause Of your great ,cisdom, when not
too "sick," but because of the great
,acryices you have made for the people
of this county during the years that
have flown, and your devout patriotism,
as manifested upon every occasion upoR
which popular rights have been assail-
ed. Do you ever stop and reflect upon
the sacrifices you have made? Dc
you quite fully realize how much the
people owe you? You have set the
generous proposition of Artemus Ward
during the late war, to ''if necessary
sacrifice all his wife's relation" fal
into the shade Look over the list o.
immortal names of those whom you
have led to victory, and to death
Lang = Hawley-Tibbetts Brundage
'our eyes search for you in vain among
this broken band - And you Judge
are SO devoted to the noble ones who
have enlisted under your banner, and
who are yet spared There is Rem
ington, who has been so serviceable to
you, whenever a little talking" was
necessary, and which it was not quite
prudent for you to do in person 1t
was SO kind and DISTINGUISHED in you
to get Remington to "talk' for the
people. Suppose he does steal coca
sionally; SO long as no one but those
miserable Neccdah fellows, catch him
at it, you should screen and justify
him-and you will, won't you Judge p
Everybody will say you are sound, be-
cause you look SO innocent, and at the
same time so aoise Nobody will sus-
pect that you and Remington are part
nersI If those Necedah chaps under
take to prosecute Remington for steal
ing their property, you { on the sly. }
fix the District Attorney, so that he
will violate his oath, and official duty,
and let Remington escape. The Dis
trict Attorney will not know any bet
ter; or, if he does. you can tell him
that you a0it take care of him, and
then he will not fear ! If by some
ill-timed misfortune, your District At
torney shall happen to be impeached
and removed, and some man be legally
appointed in his stead, who has too
much self-respect TO disregard his duty
and become a tool for you, or any one
else. then you must get your little ours
all TO yelping at one time, for "spec-
ial election" while you swoop around
IN secret, and protesting to have no
personal interest in the matter-jus
for the sake Of the ''dear people
coin and give currency to falsehood and
Misrepresentation without number, and
which would shame to the blush any
man but you! Be sure TO have your
underlings call you Judge" as often
as praetieable--especialiy in print. 1t
sounds big; and the people will feel
al tue more grateful to you for condo
scending to be their especial champion,
you being at the same time, real. live
"Judee." And if, after all this you