Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-07-12


you remind me was chosen 4'to repre-
sent the whole state We'll, If so,
yon chase the wroRg nan. / am net
sufficiently multil4rious for that. Per
haps the Evening Wisconsin could do
It, AHt ! can not.
On soHe questions the whole state
IS not agreed, DE you mean that a
senator may sreak when s-the whole
state Is agreed, but must be sidll
when she is not2 On what questions,
then should / speak, Do you want
aa etfigy for senator or man-
You urge slle TO initiate the example
Of the great senator Silas Wright. aad
have nothing 10 do with appointments.
Xou did aoC know Si.&s Wright, ]
fancy, nos did you ever know any sen
ator who 10 70 years service had SO
little 30 90 With appointments as l
have.
J most heartily wish l could have
nothing to 10 with them But do yeu
seriously think the time has come
when ] can safely say I will have
nothing 10 do with then2 Can | pro
perIy reply to all these letters now on
my table, some from the Heads of De-
partments, some from nay own Constit-
uents, some from other states, that
will have nothing to do With appoint
ments7 Would that have been a pro-
per and satisfactory reply to make to
your friend vine visited me bat q few
weeks since 10 urge your appointment
to the colleetorship la Milwaukee?
Had | net Better wait until our pol
ifics become a little mere Evangelical
before ] assume that positionq
You attempt to alright me with
history. You cite me to Walker and
DQQlittle and Carpenter as melancholy
Examples Of Senators who have defeat
en their omu elections by dabbiiug in
appointments and yon threaten pe
With thiir fate
Have you not read political history
8 little carelessly2 I knew Mr.. Walk,
CT after one reelection was defeated
6ut ] supposed 1t was not because he
dabbled with appointments, bat be
cause he dahbled in democracy and the
state wanted Ro more of that
/ knew after one reelection Dec
little was defeated-but ] supposed it
was because he espoused wrong meas
ures an& net because he supported
wrong men-
I knew Mr. Crrpelsfer was defeated
Without reelection. Precisely Io9
much dabhins IN appointments ta@ &c
| dc with H. ! don't know. But it did
not turn your stomach, if [ remember,
or forfait Jour support
| / kG0 " perfectly well tint [ 300 shall be
Eetired from the senate it 1t shall suit
she good pleasure of the great people
who sixteen years ago put me there.
land have since sustained me with s
IsteadfastDess unparalleled In Ameri
can politics ALI that Is plain
enough even TO ONE moi gifted with
your remarkable precision But be,
cause q q man Is destined to be iune
Same years hence that does not auth OF
6ze the boys III the meishbQrhaod Ia
stone the slet1m until the hangin2
| comes on. You need moi doubt thai
{ shall subaalt be rshe 6pal judgment o
the people with entlre sanapos0re
whatever it may be. But you aust
excuse me if [ dou'J aeqviesce in 81
your in1crloeutery ar&ers1 When
an dead the maggets are welcome IL
,ay qen&ias, buf wki3s / live eaenQ'
afford to lie still and be carried G
piece neal by them
The ease upen whieh yea and your
allies are dryarg sc lash Il city mt
fury, is very small It lad been De
creed that tMQ OF the 1bcee pensieI
agencies IN the state should be ahna
gated It is cutie aatural that eaeI
;oae of the agencies sh@gi seek &c e.
Sape that doom. { was appealed tx
on kehaif 81 each of ahe three
could not attempt te aid but @Re. q
|, that / failed. It haRpeps very strange
lay. that bo4b tie parties which are dis
appointed are serene, while the gart
which Is 4rium phantis outraged
SIC usually leek fer msgnasimity
and net malice liz yietors. 9'he prae
tice of shooting prisoners is cut G
date
i { have heard there was a dlRe asn;
ago when eoRGuerers tied eagtiNes t,
Shcir chariot wheela, tie grace tkeir tri
mmph- IF yau atteNpt shat yeu
Ieoach may set Npset.
i Since you are nay friend let ne tsk
geu into nay conf deRee- Nc MaI
more earnestly than myself, wishes 4,
maintain Republican supremacy in tha
state. 50 that end ] am prepared t
make great sacrifices.
: 8ather thar surrender the seat
bold Ii the senate t9 a democrat
! have already trampled ,en the Qnl,
zeal ambition l ever had.
Bnt dhare IS limit begend xhiek
| won't sc. TweHtv years age, sou re
melnber, j weuld nat surrep der M
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 80 Is retain tia
: seal. Ana ] went consent tie stane. j
1.-THE pilIory aud be Rehed with ha.
laggs, nOt.eyen TO prevent & demoGra
from taking thai seal.
Of course : can't pfe&eEs geg
E -scalding az me whenever st FITS YOU
maad, | can t..exeG ase&eut the deg
from barking at me as I Sc .s9ens til
street But I dent ;ebapdar th
saisgsg5hEay Sc -a&oid the latter Baris, er,