Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-01-22

1t is sufficiently apparent to all
who read both papers" that Brun-
dage has failed to publish the find
ing" of Governor Washburn-that is.
the conclusions of fact at which the
Governor arrived from the testimony
in the Cassidy case-for the simple
and only reason that he, Brundage,
determined at the outset to misrepre-
sent it, and by such means to deceive
the people, and that he has steadily
! adhered to that determination. He
has been frequently asked by the Re
porter to publish it and unable to
dodge the matter longer, he sneaks out
of it by characterizing the Governors
conclusions as ''his pettifogging por-
ton of the proclamation" Why not
let your readers judge whether the
Governor "pettifogs'' or not? Are
you afraid to trust their judgement?
Mr.. Brundage has charged repeat
eddy in substance, that ''ring" seek
ing to control Mr. Cassidy as a sstool'
POLITICALLY and otherwise" and fail
ing, from motives of revenge, have
brought about his removal. Claiming
to be the only person in Wood County
to whom the term ''ring" can in that
connection be possibly applied, [ de-
nounced the accusation as false.
would be justified in resting my case
here until more proof is offered in sup
port Of the accuation. None is offer
ed none can be offered from any
creditable source, Spokesman Brun-
dage understands this, and he there
fore proceeds to ask me questions
which he and his masters know [ am
under no obligations to answer, and
hope [ will not, and which they know
if [ answer in the affirmative, will not
even tend to support the accusation
preferred. [ am going to answer the
questions fully; and if it shall lead to
other fields than those in which this
controversy legitimately belongs, I
shall not shrink from the consequent
ces, and if you, Brundage, having in
vited it, continue to sneak, | shall con
tinue to expose and denounce you.
The first question substantially is,
whether, on certain occasion, after
Cassidy had made few remarks tc
the County Board in which he took
the ground that the Board had nc
right to appropriate sum of money
! (S500,) to defend suit concerning
the Tomah r. r. bonds, 7 did MOI
lock the door of the Office, and repre-
mand, or find fault 'with Cassidy TO,
the opinion he expressed to the Board 2
Answer: [ did lock the door Of IN,
office. have done so many times whel
| desired to con verse in private, anC
shall doubtless do SO again. | did no
"reprimand, !" or find fault with Mr.
Cassidy at ALL No hard words passed
between us no hard feelings resulted
from it, and Cassidy has since so St@orn
The interview was solicited on my pa ri
at the request of members Of the
County Board, and was for the sole
purpose of ascertaining whether the
District Attorney proposed to act in
harmony with the Board, or whether
ne intended to oppose their wishes, as
his voluntary speech to them led some
Of them to suppose he would Mr..
Cassidy expressed the opinion that it
was his duty to carry out the wishes
of the Board, and his determination
to do 50. We did not even differ IN
opinion upon the subject discussed.
You next ask if when the Board
sought the legal advice of Mr. Cassidy,
whether the County was liable to pay
the bill of the Town of Dexter for ex-
penses incurred in maintaining the
smallpox cases there, s'did not Mr..
Webb use his best endeavors to induce
Mr.. Cassidy to render an opinion ad-
verse to the allowance of the bill, in
direct opposition to the expressed judy
ment of g. L. Park, Maj Clark, and
Judge Powers, and other able attor-
! ney's, that the County was liable
Answer: [ did use my "best endeav-
ors'' to get Mr. Cassidy to render an
opinion against the allowance of the
bill. The bill of the Town of Dexter
was some 500 or $500. [ did not
believe the County was liable tc pay
any of it; and believed further, If it
was liable at all, it ought not to pay